We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers:
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Keynote speaker 1:
Timothy A. McKay
Dr. McKay is Arthur
F. Thurnau Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Education, and Principal Investigator of the Digital
Innovation Greenhouse at the University of Michigan.
In education research, he works to understand and improve postsecondary student outcomes using the rich, extensive, and complex digital data produced in the course of educating students in the 21st century. He has pioneered systems such as ECoach, a computer tailored support system; REBUILD, a college-wide effort to increase usage of evidence-based methods in introductory STEM courses, and the Digital Innovation Greenhouse, an education technology accelerator within the U-M Office of Digital Education & Innovation.
Abstract
Equity in Education – Using Learning Analytics for Discovery, Exploration, and ExperimentEducational institutions hold equity as a central goal. Learning analytics can play a central role in achieving this goal. First, data are essential for probing equity. To provide an example, Tim will describe the discovery of a pattern of gendered performance differences in large foundational courses, both at Michigan and at an array of other Universities. Data can also help create solutions, as when we use tools like ECoach to personalize education. ECoach allows us both to learn more and to experiment with possible interventions. Research like this is essential for advancing equity. Data can also help to connect research and practice, providing the evidence necessary to motivate change, and creating the sociotechnical conditions for sustained reform.
Keynote speaker 2:
Ian Dolphin
Ian Dolphin is Executive Director of the Apereo Foundation, a US registered non-profit membership
organization focused on the development of innovative open source software supporting higher education. He
is formerly Head of eStrategy at The University of Hull in the UK, and International Director of the Jisc
eFramework Initiative. Ian has broad experience of higher education IT at a national level in the UK and
internationally, having served on a number of Jisc governance bodies, and on the boards of JASIG and the
Sakai Foundation.
Abstract
The Case for Open Learning AnalyticsDespite the broad acceptance of Learning Analytics, the topic remains controversial in higher education. Ian Dolphin will locate learning analytics within the broader development of big data, and present perspectives on some of the controversy surrounding learning analytics drawn from early and existing practice. Drawing on the work of the open source Apereo analytics community, Ian will outline several dimensions of open practice that can help overcome faculty and student resistance to the practical deployment of analytics in the service of learning.
Panel speakers:
Annelies Spork
Biography
Annelies Spork, program director House of Skills Metropolitan area Amsterdam On September 1st 2017 Annelies started in the position of program director House of Skills. Annelies works for the municipality of Amsterdam and for the program period 2017-2020 she is seconded to House of Skills. House of Skills is a triple helix partnership where the partners work to establish a labour market based on skills: 21th century skills are essential to work of the future. Prior to this, Annelies was working as a senior policy advisor labour market at the Economic Development Department of the city of Amsterdam. From 2007 until 2012 she was employed by the city of Alkmaar. There she worked on labour market policy in the Noord-Holland Noord area.Session: Towards as sustainable skills job market
The types of skills needed in the labour market are changing rapidly. As such, individual workers will have to engage in life-long development if they are to remain not just employable but are to achieve fulfilling and rewarding sustainable careers. This session will showcase three innovative approaches towards sustainable skill development and matching, thereby making use of cutting-edge technologies.
Frank Benneker
Biography
Innovation, ideas and visions for e-learning at the University of Amsterdam is at the core of Frank's work. His of field expertise is the introduction and implementation of e-learning solutions, trend analysis & spotting innovative and practical ICT solutions for education and research. At present he is a member of the executive staff in the position of Information & ICT Manager on Education.For the University of Amsterdam, he is one of the architects of the e-learning infrastructure. He was the Apereo (Sakai) representative of the University of Amsterdam for more than decade. In 2007 & 2011 he was the local host of the 7th Sakai conference & 4th European Sakai conference in Amsterdam. Frank was a member (NEN) the Dutch standards organisation on e-learning standards and involved in several projects in the Netherlands in which e-learning specifications are being developed and implemented
Frank studied Philosophy at Utrecht University (the Netherlands) and Industrial Robotics at the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. Since 1999 Franks is working at the UvA. http://www.uva.nl/profiel/b/e/w.f.m.benneker/w.f.m.benneker.html
Session: Scaling up grassroot Grassroots projects
Grassroots are a way to promote new ideas and practices within our institutions. Teachers and students have keen inside in the new technology needs for a particular class or a series of lectures and are often initiators of the grassroot projects. Grassroots are often quite successful in realising their original goals. The challenge institutions are facing is how to develop a successful bottom approach like a grassroot programme into a sustainable driving force of introducing new possibilities and innovations in our institutions. In the session we will investigate and elaborate on the challenges several universities have experienced. The focus will be on how to be more than a niche innovation. What are triggers for change that a grassroot approach can introduce an bring to table to actually be a real driving force for a mainstream innovation process?
Petra Ardai
Biography
Petra is theatre-maker, moderator and lecturer specialised in future scenario’s. She is artistic leader of the Amsterdam and Budapest based art collective SPACE. SPACE has wide experience in documentary theatre and immersive collaborative storytelling in divers media. SPACE produces performances, multimedia installations, online art, living heritage apps and instant visionary fiction. Her latest project is Digest The Future a series of conversation pieces on: Who owns the future?Session: LA Leadership and AI
If we can see the future we want, we can shape it too! In this interactive art and science workshop we’ll create a future scenario on AI in education. Fiction and storytelling is a widely used tool in understanding reality, often implemented in practices of –for example- (social)engineering, education or trauma processing. Mythology, traditional storytelling, hypotheses or speculative fiction have the same source and potential. They build imaginary worlds that allow unlimited but safe experimentation with thoughts and ‘wild idea’s’. During the workshop we’ll work with immersive collaborative storytelling, zoom in and reflect on the method.
Talitha Langendam
Biography
Talitha Langendam is pursuing a Master’s degree in Child & Adolescent Psychology and Family Studies (Pedagogical Sciences) at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam (EUR). She worked as a substitute teacher at the EUR and currently works as a student teacher for the Wetenschapsknooppunt EUR and observes and accompanies a child with a disorder at a school. In this school situations she encounters different educational methods and privacy issues.Panel Discussion: Policies: privacy and ethics
Melissa de Gast
Biography
Bsc. Melissa de Gast is in her third year at Erasmus University Rotterdam studying Psychology. She works as a student teacher for the Science Hub (“Wetenschapsknooppunt”) EUR and supervises children with behavioural problems for BeActive. Her internship at a special school made her realise that you need to adapt to child's learning needs and personal issues. She strongly believes this in combination with unconditional positive regard is a necessity to help children reach their true potential.Panel Discussion: Policies: privacy and ethics
Tijana Breuer
Biography
Tijana Breuer is a senior policy analyst at the Ministry of Education (Inspectorate) with professional experience in research, public sector and international organizations (OECD and the World Bank). She is currently leading the external collaborations program from the Educational Inspectorate. The program is a platform where policy makers and academics work together to create innovative approaches to policy and educational system level assessment. She studied economics in Amsterdam and Milan and holds a PhD from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence.Session: ICT in Education and the Educational Inspectorate
Maren Scheffel
