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November 19, 2014
Palace of the Academies
Brussels
The Campus Blended O
nline? The Flanders Cas
e
21st Century Learning in Higher Education
9.00 Introduction and welcome: Georges Van der Perre, coordinator of the KVAB Blended Learning project
9.15-10.35 Session 1: The MOOCs challenge
- The MOOCs Tsunami: MOOCs offer and participation in the world, Europe and Belgium (Pierre Dillenbourg,
EPFL, KVAB-Thinker in Residence)
- A Belgian pioneer: The UCL and the LouvainX program (Françoise Docq, IPM, UCL)
- Flemish students in an entrepreneurship MOOC with Berkeley and Stanford (Frank Gielen, UGent and
iMinds)
- A European model: the OpenupED platform (Peter Sloep, OU-Netherlands)
10.35-11.05 Coffee Break
11.05-12.30 Session 2: Blended learning (BL), open educational resources (OER), learning design (LD).
- Examples of BL-good practice in Flanders
-UGent: Video lectures and discussion forum in a master course on Plant Biotechnology (Godelieve Gheysen)
-KU Leuven:Flipped classroom and web learning in a basic Engineering Mechanics course (Jos Vander Sloten)
-UAntwerpen: Blended learning trajectory for working students in the master program in Social Work
(Dimitri Mortelmans) (video presentation)
-UHasselt: Distance Learning Program in the Master Statistics (Roel Braekers)
-VUB: Blended Learning program in Educational Sciences (Koen Lombaerts)
- State of the Art: BL, OER and LD in the world, Europe and Flanders (Diana Laurillard, The Institute of Education,
London, KVAB-Thinker in Residence)
- Research on Blended Learning: Ideas for a Research Agenda (Jan Elen and Katie Goeman, KU Leuven)
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 Session 3: A systemic vision on the optimal exploitation of ICT and Internet for Higher Learning
in Flanders and beyond.
- The two Thinkers in Residence Position Papers:
Diana Laurillard : Thinking about Blended Learning
Pierre Dillenbourg: No time to lose-Proposing a MOOC strategy for Flanders Universities
- Panel: Blended learning visions and experiences in Flanders and Europe: Anne Flierman, NVAO (Flemish-Dutch
Accreditation Organization); Rosette S’Jegers, VLIR (Flemish Interuniversity Council); Cis Van den Bogaert,
Working Group Digital Learning, VLOR (Flemish Education Council); Andreas Frans, VVS (Flemish Student Body);
Roland Legrand (journalist De Tijd); Jonathan Cornelissen (DataCamp enterprise trainings)
15.30-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-17.25 Session 4: Debate and closing addresses
- Debate (Moderator Georges Van der Perre)
- Excellence and Innovation in European Higher Education (Tibor Navracsis, European Commissioner for Education,
Culture, Youth and Sports) (to be confirmed)
- Excellence and Innovation in Flemish Higher Education (Hilde Crevits, Flemish Minister of Education)
(to be confirmed)
- Closure (Ludo Gelders, Chairman of the KVAB)
17.30 Reception
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