Workshop Material

PANEL QUESTIONS

In all three panels the following two questions will be answered by the panelists:

  1. Which are the key opportunities/strengths/advantages you identified during the Distance Learning period?
  2. Which are the key challenges/risks/threats you experienced during the Distance Learning period?

During the panel discussions, the audience will get the chance to address their own questions to the panelists via the Q&A facility of Zoom.

WORKSHOP FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

On behalf of the University Alliance "Linking society and technology to shape sustainable futures" NTUA invites you to join our virtual Workshop entitled “What is the New Normal in Distance Learning in European Universities”, on June 10th 2021, 13:00-16:00 CEST.

For more information about the European Workshop on Distance Learning, visit our website.

The University Alliance

The University Alliance "Linking society and technology to shape sustainable futures" is a network of nine European Higher Education Institutions working together to develop a joint long-term strategy for education, research and outreach and provide innovative responses to existing and emerging societal challenges. Our shared vision is to develop a world class, transnational network with unique, multidisciplinary, and transcultural education programs and research initiatives, helping to educate and train the next generation of European innovators and leaders. The partners who have joined forces to work together towards achieving this vision are the National Technical University of Athens (GR), Brno University of Technology (CZ), Slovak University of Technology Bratislava (SK), Leibniz University Hannover (DE), Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT (FI), Jönköping University (SE), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid (ES), Università degli Studi Roma Tre (IT) and Technische Universität Wien (AT).

About the European Workshop on Distance Learning

During the virtual Workshop, leading academic educators and university students from the universities of our Alliance will discuss Distance Learning as a new learning modality from social, technical and pedagogical perspectives. Success stories and lessons learnt in the COVID-19 era will be shared within panel discussions to recognize advantages and opportunities for universities and work towards sustainable solutions for the European Higher Education Area.

The introductory Plenary Session includes a welcome speech, by the hosting National Technical University of Athens Rector, an introduction to the University Alliance "Linking society and technology to shape sustainable futures", presented by the Leibniz University Hannover Vice President, and a key note speech on remote education in our era exploring new ways of teaching in digital educational environments.

Three parallel Panel Sessions will follow, organized and moderated by the Alliance’s representatives, with the participation of professors, students and IT experts of the Alliance’s partners as panelists, both from STEM and Humanities disciplines, discussing through diverse viewpoints the enhancement of distance learning to achieve the best learning outcomes.

The workshop will be completed with a concluding Plenary Session on the issues discussed and next steps proposed.

Key Note Speaker

The key note speech“A strategic view on the future of higher education online learning” will be delivered by Assoc. Prof. Pedro M. Ruiz-Martínez, Vice-Rector for Strategy and Digital University, University of Murcia, Spain.

Issues to be discussed during Parallel Panels

  • Key opportunities/strengths/advantages you identified during the Distance Learning period.
  • Key challenges /risks/threats you experienced during the Distance Learning period.

Interactivity

Participants will be able to share their opinions and experiences though live polling and Q&A and have the chance to exchange views on Distance Learning.

Livestreaming

The European Workshop will be live streamed on the hosting institution YouTube channel and broadcasted live on the website of the workshop.

Registration

Registration is open at the following link.

Register

The Zoom link for the event will follow after Registration.

Should you need further clarifications or have any inquiries about the Distance Learning Workshop, please do not hesitate to contact us at: dlworkshop@mail.ntua.gr

Certificates of attendance

Certificates of Attendance will be granted to participants following the Workshop upon their request.

The DL Workshop will be hosted online by the National Technical University of Athens with the contribution and active participation of all the Universities of the Alliance.

Chair of the Organizing Committee
NTUA Assoc. Professor Katerina Adam
The Rector of the National Technical University of Athens
Prof. Andreas G. Boudouvis

 

SAVE THE DATE

The University Alliance "Linking society and technology to shape sustainable futures" invites you to join the virtual Workshop entitled “What is the New Normal in Distance Learning in European Universities”, June 10th 2021, 13:00-16:00 CEST.

This Alliance is a network of nine European Higher Education Institutions working together to develop a joint long-term strategy for education, research and outreach and provide innovative responses to existing and emerging societal challenges. The partners who have joined forces to work together towards achieving this vision are the National Technical University of Athens (GR), Brno University of Technology (CZ), Slovak University of Technology Bratislava (SK), Leibniz University Hannover (DE), Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT (FI), Jönköping University (SE), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Madrid (ES), Università degli studi Roma Tre (IT) and Technische Universität Wien (AT). Our shared vision is to develop a world class, transnational network with unique, multidisciplinary, and transcultural education programs and research initiatives, helping to educate and train the next generation of European innovators and leaders.

During the virtual Workshop, leading academic educators and university students from the nine universities of our Alliance will discuss Distance Learning as a new learning modality from social, technical and pedagogical perspectives.  Success stories and lessons learnt in the COVID-19 era will be shared within panel discussions to recognize advantages and opportunities for universities and work towards sustainable solutions for the European Higher Education Area.

The DL Workshop will be hosted online by the National Technical University of Athens with the contribution and active participation of all the Universities of the Alliance.

Registration is open at the following link.

Register

The Agenda and the Zoom link for the event will follow after Registration.

Chair of the Organizing Committee
NTUA Assoc. Professor Katerina Adam
The Rector of the National Technical University of Athens
Prof. Andreas G. Boudouvis

 

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