Requirement for submission:
All submission should be in line of the area of educational activities, services and technologies.
Submitters should be prepared to present / host during the virtual mini conference: facilitate discussions, prepare to summarize it (E.g. some notes as conclusions, outcomes and / or follow up points).
Title / Topic | Type (Lightning talks / Session) | Pitch (150 words) | Name of submitter (Organisation) | Email of submitter |
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Online Students Acessment | After an initial phase of general adaptation of teachers to technologies to support distance learning, it is now urgent and necessary | Antonio Vieira de Castro ISEP - P. Porto | avc@isep.ipp.pt | |
Video on education: Lecture Recording and Broadcast (LiveStream and Videoconferences) | Distance learning is based on synchronous and asynchronous activities.
In recent times the video has taken on an even more relevant role and the twu role in a pedagogical perspective is increasingly important.
In addition to the synchronous activities provided by video conferencing systems, the use of video can be extremely important in | Antonio Vieira de Castro ISEP - P. Porto | ||
Vscene to the community | Lightning talk | There have been many discussions within the group on a number of other video based collaboration tools, however Vscene (www.vscene.net) has not been mentioned yet and it was designed for Education, with the help of the Education community and security is at the heart of what we do. We only allow education, research and public sector use of the platform and have a very strong user base in the UK and Ireland and are just about to launch global expansion – multi language is also on the roadmap. | Gavin McKenzie | gavin@ajenta.net |
E-learning infrastructure and user support for HE in Croatia | Lightning talk | E-learning Centre at SRCE provides e-learning systems and user support/education in implementation of e-learning technologies to entire HE in Croatia. Even if e-learning was widely used, it was used commonly in blended mode. With COVID-19 pandemic entire learning process went fully online. This meant huge increase in number of users needing to use our services but also user support. In this lightning talk we will present system usage in this period, our actions to keep services running and available to users and the scope of user support. At the end we will summarize our short term plans for our services. | Zvonko Martinovic (SRCE) | zvonko.martinovic@srce.hr |
Lessons from the Covid videoconference crisis in Italy | Lightning talk | Italy has faced more than 7M students having to attend online lessons in a few days. The deflation of user base has highlighted the scalability limits in traditional VC platforms and in the related end-user support practices. The need for a novel strategy has brought to a wider, deeper understanding of the available open source solutions for education VCs. In this lightning talk GARR will share the main lessons learned in managing the changes needed to face the Covid crisis, and how the acquired know-how can give hints on the path towards future education services. | Fabio Farina (GARR) | fabio.farina@garr.it |
NRENs role in global impact on education - multistakeholder model (CARNET) | Lightning talk | NRENs as supporters of education and educational community in many various aspects (such as providing Internet connectivity, digital tools, education etc.) can also have important advisory roles in international institutions, furthering the case of NRENs impact on educational development on a global level. The case presented is Croatian (CARNET) participation in Multistakeholder Advisory Group, body established to advise UN Secretary General on policy, development, economic, sociocultural and educational issues all known under the umbrella of Internet Governance issues. Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a platform for transparent, open, inclusive discussions of Internet Governance related issues appreciating multistakeholder model and bottom-up approach. Back to the regional and national level, (Croatian) IGF discussions lively cover different stakeholders' perspectives in themes closely related to the area of education such as Digital Literacy, Protection of Children on Internet and many others. | Nataša Glavor (CARNET) | natasa.glavor@carnet.hr |
Digital Literacy for Teachers (Security, Tools, OER) GARR training activities during COVID emergency | Lightning talk | During COVID emergency the main problem for teachers has been how to understand all the extraordinary powers that Internet (and all the online tools) can offer them, and how to use them quickly. We'll show what we have carried to the Italian teacher community to improve their knowledge. This emergency is a big opportunity for digital growth in schools and universities , but it's showing all the limits and holes in teachers digital literacy. | Gabriella Paolini (GARR) | gabriella.paolini@garr.it |
Learning Analytics and Educational Data Mining Information System CARNET delta encompasses measuring, collecting, analyzing, correlating and reporting of data from various data sources and their context aiming for gaining better comprehension of learning processes, and the environment in which learning takes place. CARNET delta learning analytics system is aimed to be developed in the following directions: - to boost educational processes, helping students selecting their learning strategies, and monitor their accomplishment, enabling teachers to have insight into large set of data related to particular student or class, decreasing dropout rate - to enhance reporting in educational system and enable evidence based strategies, policies and decissions making - as a platform for collaboration with other NRENs exchanging experience in sence what really boost educational process, exploring capabilities of learning analytics concepts and strategies. | Nataša Glavor (CARNET) | |||