CONFERENCE VIDEO RECORDS

NOVEMBER 9, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Plenary Session. Re-considering Access, Quality and Flexibility of Education. Panel Session.

NOVEMBER 10, 10:45 AM – 12:45 AM
Plenary Session. Introducing Agenda for Open Professional Collaboration

NOVEMBER 10, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Final Plenary. Presentation of Open Professional Collaboration Results

Organisers:

• Vytautas Magnus University
• European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN)
• UNESCO IITE
• Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania

Partners:

• Lithuanian National Commission For UNESCO
• Lithuanian Association of Distance and e-Learning (LieDM association)
• EPALE – Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe
• Education Development Centre (EDC)
• MeetingOne – Communication & eLearning Solutions

Conference chair – assoc. prof. dr. Airina Volungevičienė, European Distance and eLearning Network, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Conference co-chairs:

• Svetlana Knyazeva, UNESCO IITE, Russian Federation,
• dr. Giedrius Viliūnas, Ministry of Education and Sciences, Lithuania,
• prof. dr. Ineta Dabašinskienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

International Scientific Committee

Chair – prof. dr. Ineta Dabašinskienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Co-chair – Sandra Kuchina Softic, European Distance and eLearning Network, SRCE, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Members:

• prof. dr. Wim Van Petegem, European Distance and eLearning Network, KU Leuven, Belgium,
• Tatiana Murovana, UNESCO IITE, Russian Federation,
• prof. dr. Margarita Teresevičienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania,
• prof. dr. Alan Tait, The Open University, United Kingdom,
• dr. András  Szûcs, European Distance and eLearning Network, Hungary,
• Lisa Marie Blaschke, European Distance and eLearning Network, The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany,
• dr. Alan Bruce, Universal Learning Systems, Ireland, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan,
• dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson, Swedish Association for Distance Education, Sweden,
• Loreta Žadeikaitė, Ministry of Education and Sciences in Lithuania,
• Giedrius Vaidelis, Education Development Centre, Ministry of Education and Sciences in Lithuania,
• Vilma Bačkiūtė, Ministry of Education and Sciences in Lithuania,
• assoc. prof. dr. Lina Kaminskienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania,
• prof. dr. Genutė Gedvilienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania,
• dr. Elena Trepulė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania,
• dr. Estela Daukšienė, Lithuanian Distance and e-Learning (LieDM) association, Lithuania

Scientific committee of School sector

Chair – dr. Alan Bruce, Universal Learning Systems, Ireland, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan

Co-chair – assoc. prof. dr. Lina Kaminskienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Members:

• prof. dr. Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, European Distance and eLearning Network, Aalborg University, Denmark,
• dr. Estela Daukšienė, Lithuanian Distance and eLearning Association (LieDM), Lithuania,
• dr. Sofoklis A. Sotiriou, European Distance and eLearning Network, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece,
• Vaino Brazdeikis, Ministry of Education and Sciences in Lithuania,
• Loreta Graželienė, Ministry of Education and Sciences in Lithuania,
• Vytautas Kantauskas, Šiauliai Simonas Daukantas gymnasium, LieDM Association, Lithuania
• Irma Kačinauskienė, Prienai “Žiburys” gymnasium, LieDM Association, Lithuania
• Edita Svidinskienė, Vytautas Magnus University Rasa gymnasium, LieDM Association, Lithuania

Scientific committee of Higher Education sector

Chair – prof. dr. Wim Van Petegem, European Distance and eLearning Network, KU Leuven, Belgium

Co-chair – prof. dr. Margarita Teresevičienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Members:

• prof. dr.  Alan Tait, The Open University, United Kingdom,
• dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson, Swedish Association for Distance Education, Sweden,
• Sandra Kuchina Softic, European Distance and eLearning Network, SRCE, University of Zagreb, Croatia,
• Antanas Levickas, Ministry of Education and Sciences in Lithuania,
• Daina Vipartienė, Ministry of Education and Sciences in Lithuania,
• assoc. prof. dr. Dalia Baziukė, Klaipėda University, LieDM Association, Lithuania,
• Paulius Baltrušaitis, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, LieDM Association, Lithuania

Scientific committee of Vocational Education and Training sector

Chair – Lisa Marie Blaschke, European Distance and eLearning Network, The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany

Co-chair – prof. dr. Genutė Gedvilienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Members:

• assist. prof. Fabio Nascimbeni, European Distance and eLearning Network, University of Rioja, Spain,
• asoc. prof. Vidmantas Tutlys, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania,
• Dangiras Kačinskas, Kėdainiai Vocational Training Centre, LieDM Association, Lithuania,
• Rita Misiulienė, Šiauliai Vocational Training Centre, LieDM Association, Lithuania,
• Laimutė Ratkevičienė, Visaginas Technology and Business Centre on Vocational Training, LieDM Association, Lithuania

Scientific committee of Adult Learning sector

Chair – dr. András Szûcs, European Distance and eLearning Network, Hungary

Co-chair – dr. Elena Trepulė, Vytautas Magnus University and ePlatform for Adult Learning in Europe EPALE, Lithuania

Members:

• dr. Lina Kankevičienė, Alytus University of Applied Sciences, LieDM Association, Lithuania
• dita Trečiokienė, The Education Exchanges Support Foundation, Lithuania
• Vida Drąsutė, Lithuanian Association of Distance and e-Learning (LieDM), Lithuania
• Daiva Malinauskienė, Soros International House, LieDM Association, Lithuania
• Ona Sturonienė, Tauragė Adult Training Centre, LieDM Association, Lithuania
• Giedrė Tamoliūnė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Organizing committee

Chair – Danutė Pranckutė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Co-chairs

• Kriszta Mihályi, European Distance and eLearning Network, Hungary,
• Vida Žvinienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Members:

• Zoltán Fekete, European Distance and eLearning Network, Hungary,
• Saulius Kuzminskis, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania,
• Indrė Klanauskaitė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania,
• Marius Šadauskas, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

The conference will be organized in the Open Classroom format through:

1. Open format plenary session with the introduction of the conference topics leading to
2. Open professional collaboration sessions in groups formed for specific level of education, with the aim to collaborate on the development of a solution for a given challenge to be presented in the plenary discussions through the day.

• The duration of these “open professional collaboration” sessions will be of 90 minutes (per each level of education).
• The moderators of the session will aim to trigger and enable feedback and enhance discussions and collaborative artefacts in a lively, interactive environment
• “Video Call the Expert” option will be established for collaborative session participants to involve global expertise in the issue
• The collaboratively developed solutions will be presented in the plenary sessions by Reporteurs and will be discussed with the audience

Presentations (max 4 slides) will be accepted for the sessions if they are published in advance in the conference website and may serve to open professional collaboration purposes for the sessions.

Structure of the session (4 parallel sessions will take place for school education, higher education, adult learning, VET and company training)

The Session Moderator re-introduces the ’challenge” and questions raised during the plenary session of the conference

Presenters (4 max) have 5-6 minutes (strictly moderated!) to cover key concepts and ideas in their  presentations highlighting suggested solutions/ further  questions for the discussion in the session.

• The participants of the session break into smaller working groups where the presenters guide the discussions to reach strategic answers to the challenges/ questions to be reported as the session outcome during the plenary sessions planned in the program
• Experts are video called to guide the discussion (upon availability)
• The presenters report back to the whole group about the key messages coming from their group for 1-2 minutes per group
• The participants convene for a 10 minutes rapporting block (from each sub-group) before the closing of the session.
• Session results will be presented in a collaborative online documents and presentations made at plenary sessions with the involvement of all conference delegates.

Following the concept of the conference of open professional collaboration, the full presentations submitted for online publishing should meet the following requirements:

• Presentation should be developed under a Creative Commons licence (clearly indicated on the presentation file)
• Presentation should be uploaded for open access using any of the online repository (slideshare or alike)

The technical equipment available in all the sessions rooms include laptop (MS Office, Power Point), projector and WiFi, Adobe Connect or Hangout video conferencing tools. There will be technical assistants around to provide support if needed.

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