Pre-Conference Symposium Keynote #1 - Monday, 8:45 AM

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• Paul Kim - Stanford University, US
• MOOCs through the Lens of Sustainability
• In this session, The Anatomy of a MOOC, the non-profit and for-profit models will be viewed, compared, and presented through the lens of sustainability. Read More »

Pre-Conference Symposium Keynote #2 - Monday, 3:45 PM

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• George Siemens - Athabasca University, CA
• MOOCs: Where next
• This session will explore what happens next, after the MOOC hype fades. Specifically, what will be the legacy of MOOCs in stimulating change in higher education? Read More »

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• George Landow - Brown University, US
• Twenty-five years of teaching with the Victorian Web — what works and what doesn't
• A brief history of the Victorian Web in pre-WWW hypermedia environments followed by how its educational applications relate to scholarly uses. Read More »

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• Roderick Sims - University of Southern Queensland, AU
• Design Alchemy: Transforming the Way We Think About Teaching and Learning
• The presentation will include a range of examples as to how the principles of Design Alchemy can transform the way we think about teaching and learning. Read More »

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• Thomas Vander Wal - KM World, US
• Title Coming Soon
• Abstract & Bio Coming Soon

Tuesday, 11:15 AM

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• Alan Amory - University of Johannesburg, ZA
• Learning with technology – the CAT framework. It's just a jump to the left?
• This presentation explores, and makes use of, a framework to support a learning with technology approach and includes concepts related to collaboration, authentic tasks and tool-mediated knowledge construction. Read More »

Wednesday, 11:15 AM

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• David Gibson - Curtin University, AU
• Title Coming Soon
• Abstract & Bio Coming Soon

Thursday, 11:15 AM

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• Ümit Kartoğlu - Scientist, World Health Organization, CH
• How to fit a bus into a computer screen? Anatomy of an authentic e-learning design
• This talk will discuss a course that opens a new path to an efficient time-and-resource management of learning initiatives and therefore provides an efficient learning access to broad audiences worldwide. Read More »