Location: TNC22, TCC V.le Miramare, 24/2, 34135 Trieste TS, Italy


Title: Digital infrastructure for education and the role of NRENs

The GÉANT Task Force for Educational Activities (TF-EDU) would like to invite you to a pre-TNC22 Conference workshop focussing on both strategic opportunities and challenges, and sharing knowledge and best practice on practical issues related to the delivery of education, both nationally and globally.  

Our annual event for 2022 will be hosted by TF-EDU Steering Committee members, using their experience, individually and collectively, and the knowledge gained from our community sessions over the past year, and during the pandemic. Our annual events attract a global audience, from NRENs, educational institutions, international organisations, governments and commercial companies.  

We will endeavour to set out the context for these discussions at the outset with an overview of the most recent results from our third ‘Annual Survey on Educational Services and Activities’, looking also at any trends from the earlier surveys and possible early impact of the pandemic, brought to you by Dragana Kupres (CARNET).

The workshop will help TF-EDU develop a forward-looking roadmap to better understand the changes as a community, and for the education sector as a whole.


If you have some technical issues or other concerns, please send your submission to tf-edu-sc@lists.geant.org


Agenda

Monday, 13 June 2022

Timing (CEST)

Topic / Talk

13:45 - 14:00 (15’)

Lobby:

Preparation, come and meet the organisers over a cup of coffee and test your audio and video

14:00-14:10 (‘10)

Welcome and general introduction to TF-EDU

Hosts: Esther Wilkinson (Jisc) & Gyongyi Horvath (GEANT)

Introduce the GÉANT Task Force for Education, including how participants can help shape and inform future TF-EDU discussions during this workshop and beyond.

14:10-14:45 (‘35)

NRENs for education - The landscape

Dragana Kupres (CARNET)

Dragana will present our third annual NREN educational services and activities survey results.
The latest survey shows a wider, more global scope as well as the current landscape and trends. The presentation will also reflect back from earlier surveys and impacts of the pandemic.

14:45-15:30 ('45)

Report on community projects

Hosts: Gyongyi Horvath (GEANT)

Digivisio 2030 - Building the Future of Learning

Sakari Heikkilä (CSC)

Digivisio is a joint project of all Finnish higher education institutions with the aim to create a future for learning that benefits higher education institutions, learners and our society as a whole.

15:30-16:00 ('30)

BREAK

16:00-16:40 ('40)

Collaboration for the digitalisation of education (Part I)

Host: Gyongyi Horvath (GEANT)

Christien Bok (SURF) & Elsbeth Vonkeman (Dutch Association of Universities of Applied Sciences)

Mikael Andersson (UHR)

Two organisations: SURF, the Dutch NREN perspective and from a different angle UHR, the Swedish Council for Higher Education will share their plans for supporting the development for digital infrastructure for education and invite other NRENs and organisations to collaborate.

16:40-17:20 ('40)

Collaboration for the digitalisation of education (Part II)

Host: Gyongyi Horvath (GEANT)

Christien Bok (SURF) & Elsbeth Vonkeman (Dutch Association of Universities of Applied Sciences)

Mikael Andersson (UHR)

Two organisations: SURF, the Dutch NREN perspective and from a different angle UHR, the Swedish Council for Higher Education will share their plans for supporting the development for digital infrastructure for education to invite other NRENs and organisations to collaborate.

17:20-17:30 ('15)

Event wrap up & conclusions

Host: Esther Wilkinson (Jisc)

Final conclusions after the meeting and invitation for the autumn TF-EDU meeting.