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| On our way to England for a conference |
The Online,
Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference (OOFHEC) of 2017 will take place
at the Open University in Milton Keynes (UK) from 25 to 27 October 2017. This
is just a week after the ICDE conference in Canada and could easily be linked
up with that conference by those whose travel plans are not already fixed.
Key note
speakers include Anja Oskamp, Catherine Mongenet, Kathleen Schlusmans, Peter
Harrocks, George Androulakis and Eileen Scanlon.
The last date
for submission of abstracts is 1 June. Workshops will be allocated a timeslot
of 60 minutes and papers 15 to 20 minutes.
Although some
of the focus points are aimed towards the European situation, there are several
topics that are of interest for all focused on Higher Education in general. The
following seven themes will be the focus points:
1.
Strategies for the future of continuous professional development
- National and institutional policies
in the changing pedagogical landscape
- Flexible continuing education (incl.CPD) and new types of courses (short learning programmes) to accommodate 25+ students
- Modular education, short learning programmes
- University-business collaboration
- Flexible continuing education (incl.CPD) and new types of courses (short learning programmes) to accommodate 25+ students
- Modular education, short learning programmes
- University-business collaboration
2. Open education and widening participation
- OERs and MOOCs
- Equal opportunities
- Adaptive learning
- OERs and MOOCs
- Equal opportunities
- Adaptive learning
3. Research and innovation for new modes of teaching and learning
- Online and blended course design
- Learning analytics and learning technologies
- Assessment
- Virtual laboratories
- Online and blended course design
- Learning analytics and learning technologies
- Assessment
- Virtual laboratories
4. Higher Education for a divers future
- Social inclusion
- Higher education for minorities (refugees, migrants)
- Multi-cultural education
- Social inclusion
- Higher education for minorities (refugees, migrants)
- Multi-cultural education
5. Engaging students for learning at all stages of life
- Retention issues
- Retention issues
6. Policies for change in Higher Education
- Empowering universities for excellence in higher education, improving the quality of higher education
- The modernisation agenda for European universities: education for innovation and entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship
- Internationalisation (Networked curricula and virtual mobility)
- Empowering universities for excellence in higher education, improving the quality of higher education
- The modernisation agenda for European universities: education for innovation and entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship
- Internationalisation (Networked curricula and virtual mobility)
- Leadership in change
7. Quality assurance and accreditation of online and blended higher
education
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