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THE 2ND ANNUAL FULLY ONLINE DISTANCE EDUCATION SYMPOSIUMLoading...
20 & 21 OCTOBER 2022Loading...
EMERGING TRENDS IN ONLINE LEARNINGLoading...
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WELCOME NOTE
About FODES
The idea of this symposium was born from discussions between learning designers and e-learning specialists late in the year 2020. While COVID-19 magnified the importance of online learning, many universities were already busy transforming face-to-face qualifications to fully online qualifications, entering the Fully OnlineDistance Education market. This transformational journey brings its own challenges. Therefore, the need arises for learning designers, online facilitators, and higher education decision-makers to come together and share their experiences of Fully Online Distance Education.
This symposium aims to invite scholars from all academic and technical backgrounds to participate by presenting work related to Fully Online Distance Education. It is open to national and international presenters to share their experiences, innovative ideas, and pedagogical approaches to transform education practice. The symposium seeks to address the many challenges to technological innovations in online educational settings and provide new directions for growth and development. Through this platform, we hope to create an online community of practice where we bring together like-minded individuals to discuss current thinking and practices in technology applications within Fully Online Distance Education.
This symposium aims to invite scholars from all academic and technical backgrounds to participate by presenting work related to Fully Online Distance Education. It is open to national and international presenters to share their experiences, innovative ideas, and pedagogical approaches to transform education practice. The symposium seeks to address the many challenges to technological innovations in online educational settings and provide new directions for growth and development. Through this platform, we hope to create an online community of practice where we bring together like-minded individuals to discuss current thinking and practices in technology applications within Fully Online Distance Education.
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KEYNOTE
Dr Piet Kommers, The University of Twente
Dr Piet Kommers is an early pioneer in media for cognitive- and social support. His doctoral research explored methods for hypertext and concept mapping in learning. Since 1982 he developed educational technology for teacher training. His main thesis is that technology is catalytic for human ambition and awareness. His main function is an associate professor at the University in Twente, the Netherlands and adjunct/visiting professor in various countries. He taught more than fifteen bachelor-, master- and PhD courses and supervised more than 30 PhD students. He instigated and coordinated the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Cognitive Technologies in 1990 and an extensive series of Joint European Research Projects in authoring multimedia, web-based learning, teacher education, virtual 3d worlds, constructivist learning, social media, web-based communities and international student exchange.
UNESCO awarded his work in ICT for Education in Eastern Europe with the title of Honorary Professor. The Capital Normal University in Beijing awarded his work with the title of Honorary Doctor. He is a member of advisory boards in the ministries of education and academia of sciences in Singapore, Finland and Russia.
Piet Kommers is the initiator of the "International Journal For Web-Based Communities" and overall chair of the IADIS conferences on societal applications of ICT. Since the late nineties, he has given more than 40 invited and keynote lectures at main education, media and communication conferences.
His books and journal articles address the social and intellectual transformations at each transition from "traditional" into the "new" media. Instead of regarding media as extrapolating, supplanting, vicarious or even disruptive, Piet's view is that new media elicit and seduce both individuals and organisations to reconsider human nature and challenge existential awareness at that very moment. His main publications and citation score can be found here. His workshop templates and experiences have been implemented into the UNESCO IITE reports, policy briefings and Master Course. Piet Kommers' books and journal articles reach the level of 5012 citations and an h-index of 30.
UNESCO awarded his work in ICT for Education in Eastern Europe with the title of Honorary Professor. The Capital Normal University in Beijing awarded his work with the title of Honorary Doctor. He is a member of advisory boards in the ministries of education and academia of sciences in Singapore, Finland and Russia.
Piet Kommers is the initiator of the "International Journal For Web-Based Communities" and overall chair of the IADIS conferences on societal applications of ICT. Since the late nineties, he has given more than 40 invited and keynote lectures at main education, media and communication conferences.
His books and journal articles address the social and intellectual transformations at each transition from "traditional" into the "new" media. Instead of regarding media as extrapolating, supplanting, vicarious or even disruptive, Piet's view is that new media elicit and seduce both individuals and organisations to reconsider human nature and challenge existential awareness at that very moment. His main publications and citation score can be found here. His workshop templates and experiences have been implemented into the UNESCO IITE reports, policy briefings and Master Course. Piet Kommers' books and journal articles reach the level of 5012 citations and an h-index of 30.
PLENARY DISCUSSION
Sibongile Mnisi, Debbie Adendorff, Tasneem Jaffer & Detken Scheepers
PRESENTATIONS
"Online education is like a rising tide, it's going to lift all boats."
Anant Agarwal