Systematic Reviews in Educational Technology and TEL Research
Methodology Workshop Conducting a systematic review is a fruitful exercise for early career researchers and doctoral students, to gain a solid overview of a given topic, in order to develop their own research topics and agendas. This workshop provides a dense introduction to the basic steps in systematic review methodology: the development of a review […]
Decentralising education using Blockchain technology
Thematic Workshop The emergence of the Blockchain promises to revolutionise not only the financial world, but also education in various ways. Blockchain technology offers a decentralised peer-to-peer infrastructure, where privacy, secure archiving, consensual ownership, transparency, accountability, identity management and trust are built-in, both at the software and infrastructure levels. This technology offers opportunities to thoroughly […]
Online Identity and Personal Learning Networks in TEL
Soft-Skills Workshop If you are in an early stage of your PhD, you may wonder how you can start being visible online, both to present yourself as researcher to others in TEL and to get to know other researchers and experts for networking, asking for advice during your research journey, or just to have a […]
Keynote 5: Learn2Analyse: Educational Data Literacy for Online Teaching and Learning
Keynote Abstract. Educational data analytics are currently a core trend in both Learning Technologies research and Online Education & Training innovations. As, nowadays, university teaching and learning, as well as, professional development is widely offered online and facilitated by digital technologies, Educational Data Literacy competencies are becoming essential to all stakeholders engaged in Online Education […]
Speed Mentoring
Informal Learning Session The hall will be organized into several “stations”. At each station, a senior participant will be located (every participant who currently holds a PhD degree). The PhD students will choose a station for a 10-minute conversation. If the number of PhD students is too high, two PhD students can attend a station […]
Designing Learning Analytics for Open Educational Resources
Thematic Workshop Open Educational Resources (OER) are digital learning resources offered online freely and openly to teachers, educators, students, and independent learners to be used, shared, combined, adapted, and expanded in teaching, learning and research. The learning content is educational material of a wide variety, from full courses to smaller units such as diagrams or […]
Fellowship of the Learning Activities – The LA4LD Board Game
Thematic Workshop In an effort to bridge the gap between learning analytics (LA) and learning design this workshop presents a multidisciplinary perspective on the design of learning activities. The serious (board) game used in the workshop demonstrates opportunities to create awareness, use the game as a design tool, and design learning activities with LA in […]
Field Studies in TEL
Methodology Workshop Much research in TEL is design work – i.e., together with the relevant stakeholders, the research team designs an intervention that is intended to support learning. This intervention needs to be evaluated alongside the design process to show the extent to which this goal has been reached for the prototypical iteration; and to […]
Post-PhD life – From Proposals to Value Propositions
Career Workshop Post-PhD life is a topic that is often avoided by a lot of PhD candidates as it can all at once seems fuzzy, scary and far ahead. Career as a researcher and/or associate professor are the most common paths. Other alternatives exist. Entrepreneurship is a compelling one that is often overlooked out of […]
GO-GN and TEL: engaging doctoral research with openness
Thematic Workshop The Open Educational Resources (OER) research community is a relatively new area of interest. Research on OER where Technology-Enhanced learning (TEL) has a primary role is growing. PhD students around the world are getting involved in OER research. This workshop will focus on open research practices and approaches with the objective to make […]