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Programme

The Trends Conference will be organized together with the Faculty of Education Sciences’ Faculty Day. The sections marked with an asterisk are sessions specifically suitable for students attending the conference because of the Trends in Education and Education Sciences course. However, anyone interested may attend any session. The choice for parallel sessions can be indicated on the registration form (link will follow)
10.00 - 10.15h Welcome by the rector of the Open Universiteit
Prof. Dr. Theo Bastiaens.
10.15 - 10.30h An introduction of the Hyb-IT-up project
Azusa Nakata, OULU university, project coordinator of the Hyb-IT-up project.
10.30 - 11.15h Keynote Challenges of hybrid learning and competences needed to address them
Prof. dr. Margus Pedaste (University of Tartu, Hyb-IT-up).
11.15 - 11.30h Short break
11.30 - 12.45h

An interactive session with an expert panel on the potential and caveats of hybrid learning and teaching.

Moderated by Prof. dr. Armin Weinberger (Saarland University, Hyb-IT-up project).

Panel: Prof. dr. Annelies Raes (online); Prof. dr. Karel Kreijns; Prof. dr. Marco Kalz; Prof. dr. Tamara van Gog; Prof. dr. Carlos Santos (online).
12.45 - 13.30h Lunch
13.30 - 14.00h Demonstration of OneRoom - technology for hybrid learning and teaching (optional for conference participants live and online, registration of online participants in advance)
  Afternoon programme of the Trends Conference
14.00 - 15.30h

Workshops

  • Hybrid Buffet: Designing Hybrid Learning by Ana Balula
  • Seamless and Hybrid Learning Design by Ellen Rusman
  • Hybrid Intelligence in the Classroom: Integrating Eye-Tracking and AI Technologies for Student Support in Reading by Leen Catrysse & Konstantinos Tsiakas
15.30 - 15.45h Short break
15.45 - 16.30h Keynote: Infrastructure for collaborative curriculum development: Supporting the co-design of hybrid learning
Prof. dr. Susan Mckenney, University of Twente
16.30 - 17.30h Wrap up and drinks 

Afternoon programme of the Faculty Day

14.15 - 15.00h Reception of guests of certificate ceremony candidates
15.00 - 16.30h Graduation ceremony
16.30 - 17.30h Drinks and closing