- Plenary Session 2
- Afternoon Tea
- Parallel Session B
- Poster Session
- Oxford Debate
- Gala Dinner
13:30 – 14:45 Plenary Session 2
Chair: Airina Volungeviciene, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
- Report from the Rapporteur:
- Tony Bates, Workshop Rapporteur and General Moderator, President and CEO, Tony Bates Associates Ltd. Canada
- Keynote speeches:
- MOOCs, Two Years Later
- Pierre Dillenbourg, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL, Switzerland
Sian Bayne, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
14:45 – 15:05 Afternoon Tea
15:05 – 16:45 Parallel Session B
Session B1
eLearning Quality and Assesment
Chair: Adrian Kirkwood, The Open University, United Kingdom
- Assessing Transformational Learning in Online Professional Programs: Methodological Approaches and Challenges
- Swapna Kumar, University of Florida, United States of America, Patricia Arnold, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- A Review of a Faculty-Wide Change in Assessment Practice for Open and Distance Learners of Science
- Sally Jordan, The Open University, United Kingdom
- An Exploration of Tutor Feedback on Essays and Development of a Feedback Guidance Tool
- Anthea Wilson, The Open University, United Kingdom
- Assessing Oral Presentations in Distance and Open Learning
- Stefanie Sinclair, The Open University, United Kingdom
- Exploring Quality in Teaching and Learning with ICT: A Qualitative Study
- Cathrine Tomte, Dorothy Sutherland Olsen, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education – NIFU, Norway
- University as an Extended Environment: A Question of E-Quality
- Francesca Ravanelli, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
- The LIBE Project Distance Learning Platform Evaluating an Adaptive e-Learning Solution
- Francesco Agrusti, University Roma III, Italy
Session B2
Social media and Mobile Learning
Chair: Sharon Slade, The Open University, United Kingdom
- Making Online Teams Work: The Tutor View
- Jane Barrett, Helen Kaye, The Open University, United Kingdom
- Mobile Learning Delivery via Social Networks: What Platforms Do First-Year University Students Prefer?
- Yaacov Katz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- Evaluating Web Connectivity for Adult Distance Learners Facebook or Forums?
- Christine Gardner, The Open University, United Kingdom
- Measuring Impact of Using E-learning Portals on Educational Systems
- Masoud Fakhimi, Munir Abbasi, Lampros Stergioulas, Georgios Xydopoulos, University of Surrey, United Kingdom, Maria Fragkaki, Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus”, Sofoklis Sotiriou, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece, Luis Anido Rifon, University of Vigo, Spain, Ruxandra Margineanu, Unisoft Romania SA, Romania, Ferenc Tatrai, EDEN, Hungary
- The Internet in Icelandic Teacher Education, Twenty Years History, Problems and Possibilities
- Thuridur Johannsdottir, Solveig Jakobsdottir, University of Iceland, Iceland
- A Murky Business: The Ethics of Conducting Educational Research in Facebook Groups
- Leigh-Anne Perryman, Tony Coughlan, The Open University, United Kingdom
Workshop Session B3
- From Lightning to Enlightenment: How to Apply Learning Analytics in Practice
- Kevin Mayles, Bart Rienties, Zdenek Zdrahal, Sharon Slade, Alison Ashby, Kevin Mayles, The Open University, United Kingdom
Big Data and learning analytics in particular have created high or even lightning expectations. While some early adopters of learning analytics, such as Carnegie Mellon University and Open University UK, have realised and worked with the opportunities and the challenges learning analytics adoption raise, most institutions have either ignored the thunder of learning analytics. Early adopters of learning analytics approaches acknowledge that while HEIs may have access to large amounts of data, linking these various datasets together and making (pedagogical) sense of these vast data flows is challenging.
In this workshop, we will enlighten participants with a blend of lightening presentations and practical applications of real case-studies at the Open University UK. Using principles of role-play¸ participants will be able to play, experiment and learn from the leading early-adopter experience in order to allow participants to work with the originally presented frameworks and experiences of the four presentations. This will allow participants to play, adapt, adjust, criticise and re-create these frameworks. Role-play allows participants to act-out a different role than normal, thereby allowing them to freely engage in discussions (rather than potentially defending their own position) and potentially learn from different perspectives. At the end of the workshop, participants/groups will present their experiences to one another in order to learn from each others experiences. The following main questions will be addressed during the workshop:
- Which learning analytics data are actually useful to collect?
- How can we measure the impact of learning analytics interventions?
- What are the ethical considerations when implementing learning analytics?
- How can organisations use the power of learning analytics to improve the students learning experience and reduce drop-out?
Workshop Session B4
- Teaching Strategies and Design for Online and Blended Learning
- Martha Cleveland-Innes, Athabasca University, D. Randy Garrison, University of Calgary, Norman Vaughan, Mount Royal University, Canada, Stefan Stenbom, The Royal Institute of Technology – KTH, Sweden
This workshop is available as a webinar online at 15:05 BST (16:05 CET) via the link: https://connectmeeting.ucalgary.ca/edencoiworkshop/
Based on the book published by the authors identified above, this participatory workshop will engage those involved in a discussion about new pedagogies and the supporting instructional opportunities. This discussion will focus in particular creating inquiry opportunities in learning communities, in place-based, online, and blended learning.
Blending diverse learning experiences has been in existence since humans started thinking about teaching. Recently, the term blended learning emerged to describe the infusion of new technologies into the traditional learning and teaching process. In particular, the Internet provides the opportunity to create, support and/or maintain a community of learners in a blend of place-based and Internet-based environments. Still under discussion are the fine distinctions and effects of activities in learning environments touched by the Internet, and its social, instructional, and cognitive impact.
16:45 – 17:45 Poster Session
Poster Session D1
- Pedagogical Speedbumps and Lifes Potholes and Diversions on a Distance Learners Journey
- Anthea Wilson, The Open University, United Kingdom
- ICT in Emancipatory Education: An Approach to Crisis Alleviation
- Maria Fragkaki, Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus”, Greece, Lampros Stergioulas, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
- Digital Learning – Exploring the Leadership Factor
- Colum Foley, Dublin City University, Ireland
- SpeakApps: Studies on Oral Production and Speaking Interaction
- Christine Appel, Maria Luisa Malerba, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – UOC, Spain
- Social Networking in Second Language (L2) Learning
- Maria Luisa Malerba, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – UOC, Spain
- Vision, Scenarios, Insights and Recommendations on How ICT may Help Making Lifelong Learning a Reality for All The Stakeholders Voice
- Andras Szucs, Livia Turzo, EDEN, United Kingdom
- Patterns of Non-Encouraged in-Class Mobile Technologies Use at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
- Judit Videkine-Remenyi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
- From Library Place to Library Space: Investigating Distance Learner Engagement with Online Library Services
- Jacqueline Baxter, Megan Doolittle, Non Scantlebury, Sam Thomas, The Open University, United Kingdom
- Assessment Strategy – Designing and Developing Assessments for Online Distance Education
- Elaine Walsh, James Brunton, Dublin City University, Ireland
- Digital Learning Objects Design for Teachers Continuing Professional Development
- Daina Gudoniene, Danguole Rutkauskiene, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, Emma Beatty, Fast Track into Information Technology, Ireland, Brigita Latvelyte, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
- Critical Reflections on Course Design in Open University
- Satu Hakanurmi, University of Turku, Finland
- The South Baltic Weblab: Captivating Pupils in Marine Science
- Dalia Baziuke, Klaipeda University, Lithuania
- E-Learning Paradigms in Apulian Living Labs
- Giovanna Avellis, InnovaPuglia, Adriana Agrimi, Apulia Region, Gaetano Grasso, Marco Di Ciano, Francesco Surico, InnovaPuglia, Italy
- EMPORT – Improve Employability and Enhance European Competitiveness through the Acquisition of Language and Cultural Competences in Portuguese
- Amador Ordonez, Silvia Capon, Dirección Xeral de Educación, Formación Profesional e Innovación Educativa, Ana Ma Jorquera, Asesoramiento, Tecnologia e Investigacion S.L., Spain, Livia Turzo, EDEN, United Kingdom, Simone Schwambach, Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy, Rui Azevedo, Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies, Carla Laranjeria, Magensinus – Empresa Promotora de Servicos de Ensino, S.A., Portugal, Gerd Merke, European & International Federation of Natural Stone Industries, Germany, Jose Carlos Paes de Almeida Filho, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil
- The Online Classroom – Developing Learning Spaces Using Blogs, Wiki and Twitter
- Per Arne Godejord, Hogskolen i Nord-Trondelag, Norway
- Internet Services in the Work of University Teacher
- Alexey Kozlov, Tatiana Kozlova, Ilya Ashavskiy, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics Informatics – MESI, Russian Federation
- Blended Learning: A View from a Research Angle
- Alla Nazarenko, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
- An Experience of Blended Learning in an International Distance Education Context
- Jose I. Navarro, University of Cadiz, Spain
17:45 – 18:45 Oxford Debate
Plenary Session An Oxford-Style Debate
Moderator: Mark Brown, National Institute for Digital Learning, Dublin City University, Ireland
Uptake and Impact of OER
- Rory McGreal, UNESCO/COL/ICDE Chair in OER, Athabasca University, Canada
- Maria Soledad Ramirez Montoya, UNESCO Chair in OEP/ICDE Chair in OER & CLARISE, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
20:00 – 22:00 Gala Dinner
Cathedral Suite of Oxford Spires Four Pillars Hotel
During the event:
Presentation of the EDEN Best Research Paper Award
For those who have booked places, please bring your dinner ticket.