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What is happening with MOOCs in Europe?

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What are MOOCs? What is happening in the world of digital online education? Which online courses are good for me? Why should consider designing my own MOOC?

What is the MOOC development?
The developments in the field of Massive Open, online Courses (MOOCs) are moving very rapidly and the options these format offers teachers are very relevant. MOOCs by their sheer online and open nature, are accesible anywhere and by anyone. For you as a teachers they offer the opportunity to teach participants far beyond the classroom and reaching out to participants that would otherwise never be able to enjoy neither the contents of the material, nor your methodology.

Breaking barriers
MOOCs allow you to break the barrier of time, place, age, gender and social class. Educators and managers in the field of e-learning all over the world are extensively discussing the framdwork for the full potential of MOOC-teaching to grow into a reality. If you would like understand what the MOOC-movement iss about, how it can positevely impact your teaching career or be actively part of it, attend one of the MOOC conferences or ask your management board to represent your teaching institute.

MOOC Conference Agenda 2015

15-18 September Toldeo, ES ECTEL, tenth European Conference on technology enhanced learning,Design for Teaching and Learning in a networked World. www.ec-tel.eu
14-16 October Sun City, SA ICDE; Growing capacities for sustainable distance e-learningprovision. www.unisa.ac.za/icde2015/
29-30 October Hagen,DE EADTU, Technology-based teaching and learning lead to the transformation of higher education. conference.eadtu.eu/
19-21 November London, UK EQAF, 10th European Quality Assurance Forum
Taking stock and looking forward.
www.eua.be/events/upcoming/EQAF-2015
2-4 December Berlin, DE Oeb, shaping the future of Learning. www.online-educa.com/

 

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1st International Conference “MOOCs: Present and Future. International Perspectives”

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1st International Conference

MOOCs: Present and Future. International Perspectives”

28th-30th November

ECO Project, approved by European Commission in February 2014, created a consortium of 20 universities and European enterprises from 7 different countries that joined to develop an innovative accreditation program aimed at teachers. One of its objectives is presenting e-learning strategies through MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) in the 1st International Conference “MOOCs: Present and Future. International Perspectives”

International special guest speaker George Siemens

George Siemens is one of the most relevant international e-learning theorists. He proposed Connectivism as a learning theory for the digital era, in which people learn through creativity and innovation. For Siemens, learning is no longer a copy or transmission of knowledge.

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY, November 28th (ON-SITE & ONLINE)

15:00 – 15:15: Opening
15:15 – 17:00: Round table: Technological perspectives and proposals for MOOCs environments in the EU (ECO Project)

Coordinator: Javier Viñuales (Geographica, Spain)

Jorge Driesner (Telefónica Learning System, Spain)
Marco Re (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Alberto Asuero (Geographica, Spain)
Francis Luong (HUMANCE AG, Germany)

17:00 – 17:30: Break
17:30 – 19:30: Virtual tour through ECO (presentation of ECO MOOCs)

Coordinator: Alfonso Gutiérrez (Universidad de Valladolid, Spain)

Maria do Carmo Pinto (Universidade Aberta, Portugal)
Alessandra Tomasini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Tiberio Feliz (UNED, Spain)
Vicente Montiel (TABARCA Consulting, Spain)
Adeline Bossu (Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, France)
Aquilina Fueyo (Universidad de Oviedo)
Sunne Eichler (SUNNE EICHLER, Alemania)
Carol Fowler (video presentation Manchester University)

19:30: End of session

SATURDAY, November 29th (ON-SITE & ONLINE)
09:00 – 10:30: Keynote session and open discussion: “After the MOOC:What remains and what is the next?” George Siemens (Canada)

10:30 – 12:00: Round table: Pedagogical and communicative models of MOOCs. European perspectives (ECO Project)

Coordinator: Francis Brouns (OUNL)

Maria Gomez Patiño (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain),
António Teixeira (Universidade Aberta, Portugal)
Carlos Rodríguez Hoyos (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain)
María Jordano (UNED, Spain)

12:00 – 12:30: Break

12:30 – 14:30: Round table: MOOCs methodology and assessment. European perspectives.

Coordinator: Divina Frau-Meigs (Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, France)

Santiago Fano (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain)
Lina Morgado (Universidade Aberta, Portugal)
Alejandro Silva (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
Javier Nó (Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Spain)

14:30: End of session

SUNDAY, November 30th (ONLINE)

10:00 – 14:00: Online Communications
14:00: End of session.

Participants: