The conference took place on:
- Friday 12th April 2024, starting at 09:00.
The H890 ‘Research and Scholarship in Digital Education’ online module is part of the MA in Online Teaching programme run by the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) at the Open University UK. This online conference was presented using the Open University’s Online Rooms, powered by Adobe Connect.
Each H890 student contributed a short presentation to the conference – see the Conference Programme below for details. Two students were subsequently nominated by their peers to receive a Presentation Star Award for the most effective presentations – these are also indicated in the Programme below.
We were also honoured to welcome Professor Mpine Makoe to deliver our keynote presentation. Professor Makoe is the Executive Dean of the College of Education and the Commonwealth of Learning Chair in Open Education Practices/ Resources (OEP/OER) (2018-2022) at the University of South Africa (UNISA). She is a National Research Foundation (NRF) rated research professor in Open Distance eLearning (ODeL) and an OER ambassador for the International Council for Distance Education (ICDE). She is a UNESCO higher education expert working on the Futures for Higher Education 2050, a member of the University of the Futures Network. She has also facilitated the development of ODL policies in different universities in Africa as a consultant for the Commonwealth of Learning. Professor Makoe spoke to the conference on the subject of “Shaping the Futures of Digital Scholarship“.
Registration
Registration for the April 2025 conference will open in January 2025.
Conference Programme
| Start Time | End Time | Speaker | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 09:30 | Professor Mpine Makoe, University of South Africa | KEYNOTE: Shaping the Futures of Digital Scholarship |
| 09:30 | 09:45 | Brenda Little | Contributory Factors to Disengagement with eLearning in the NHS Workforce (Presentation Star Award winner) |
| 09:45 | 10:00 | Tina Hedger | Online learning and children – critically exploring their lived experiences |
| 10:00 | 10:15 | Marilyn Long | Can digital pedagogy create real-world inclusion for autistic student outliers? |
| 10:15 | 10:45 | BREAK |
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| 10:45 | 11:00 | Andy Eagle-Weston | Asynchronous online learning: facilitating management compliance in a UK university (Presentation Star Award winner) |
| 11:00 | 11:15 | Nina Williams |
ADHD and the VLE: Student Perspectives and Improvement Strategies |
| 11:15 | 11:30 | Ian Kirton | Investigation into the Digital Pedagogical Practices of Bucher Emhart Glass |
| 11:30 | 11:45 | Ju Tope |