The 2021 conference took place on 11-15 February 2021.
The H818 ‘The Networked Practitioner’ online module was part of the MA Online and Distance Education 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 H818 student contributed a short presentation to the conference and there were 3 invited keynote presentations.
This page features the conference programme, which includes links to the abstracts and posters for each of the students’ presentations and keynotes, upon which you are invited to ask questions or make comments.
Registration
Access to the conference sessions was limited to H818 participants, MA ODE (and constituent module) students, alumni and staff, and IET and WELS staff.
Conference Programme
Session 1: Thursday 11th February (Times given are GMT)
| Start Time | End Time | Speaker | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 09:30 | Dr Tim Coughlan | KEYNOTE: Designing inclusive and creative technologies for learningThis talk will introduce several technology enhanced learning projects which aimed to tackle barriers to learning for particular groups. These are used to illustrate and reflect on some underlying principles, such as the potential of facilitating small acts of creativity, and the importance of focusing on accessibility from the early stages of design. |
| 09:30 | 09:45 | Sarah Dalton | Is there a need to help prospective nurses with work-related phobia?
Presentation Star Award winner! |
| 09:45 | 10:00 | Nicki Taverner | Encouraging the formation of Communities of Practice in online learning |
| 10:00 | 10:15 | Machiko Ohta | Knowledge Flow: Vertical to Horizontal: Exploring blended learning guidelines to turn a silent class into a workable Community of Practice |
| 10:15 | 10:30 | Frazer Ng’Oma |
Presentation Star Award winner! |
| 10:30 | 10:45 | BREAK | |
| 10:45 | 11:00 | Levi Nwankwo | |
| 11:00 | 11:15 | Kerry Summers | Total Physical Response (TPR) approach to language learning. Educatin’ through gesticulatin’. An open workshop for language teachers. |
| 11:15 | 11:30 | Irene Hossack |
Open Educational Practice: Using Virtual Spaces to Meet in a Book |
| 11:30 | 11:45 | Moses Mukasa | The role of mobile learning in supporting Community Health Workers’ continuous learning: A case study of a Village Health Teams (VHT) training app |
| 11:45 | 12:00 | BREAK | |
| 12:00 | 12:15 | Alison Gilmour | Exploring the challenge of embedding wellbeing in the curriculum through open pedagogy. |
| 12:15 | 12:30 | Charles Zulu | Supporting teacher continuing professional growth through MOOCs and OER: Participants’ experiences and user stories |
| 12:30 | 12:45 | Sarah Alcock |
Presentation Star Award winner! |
| 12:45 | 13:00 | Adam Ford |
Goldilocks and the Confused Parents Presentation Star Award winner! |
| 13:00 | 13:15 | Anhha Chowdhury | Authentic Learning in the Digital Age |
| 13:15 | 13:30 | Arjunan Arul |
Session 2: Saturday 13th February (Times given are GMT)
| Start Time | End Time | Speaker | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | 13:30 | Professor Martin Weller | KEYNOTE: Metaphors of EdTech. Exploring why metaphors are both a useful and potentially misleading way of thinking about educational technology. A number of metaphors will be proposed and analysed which demonstrate how metaphors can shape our thinking and help us view educational technology from different perspectives. |
| 13:30 | 13:45 | Declan Hurley | |
| 13:45 | 14:00 | Averil Armstrong | |
| 14:00 | 14:15 | ||
| 14:15 | 14:30 | McLean McIntosh | Mobile Blogging – A Course For Educators
Presentation Star Award winner! |
| 14:30 | 14:45 | Dianne Johnson | |
| 14:45 | 15:00 | BREAK | |
| 15:00 | 15:15 | Clare Choak |
OERs: Inclusion, diversity and culturally appropriate material |
| 15:15 | 15:30 | Jennifer Mattschey | Using Open Educational Practices and Resources and Psychology: Barriers and how to overcome them |
| 15:30 | 15:45 | Kevin Watson |
Presentation Star Award winner! |
| 15:45 | 16:00 | Stephanie Akinwoya |
Safe Space: A website for mental health education using OER Presentation Star Award winner! |
| 16:00 | 16:15 | BREAK | |
| 16:15 | 16:30 | Rebecca Hobbs | Humour in eLearning: Making Sure Everyone Is In On The Joke
Presentation Star Award winner! |
| 16:30 | 16:45 | Nathalie Stirland | Tinkering with Hybrid Apps to Develop Digital Competence in ACL |
| 16:45 | 17:00 | Alison Green | |
| 17:00 | 17:15 | Norma Judge | |
| 17:15 | 17:30 | Evan Flockhart |
Learning from a Dystopian Environmental Future in Virtual Reality Presentation Star Award winner! |
Session 3: Monday 15th February (Times given are GMT)
| Start Time | End Time | Speaker | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 | 19:00 | Lorna Campbell | KEYNOTE: Open for Good – open education and knowledge equity for all This talk will provide a broad overview of the global open education movement, highlighting how open education and OER can improve access to open knowledge, widen participation, create new opportunities and help to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. |
| 19:00 | 19:15 | Robin Wilkinson |
Developing an E-Learning Community of Practice for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) |
| 19:15 | 19:30 | Elizabeth Mills | Curating Open Education Resources for Pharmacist Clinical Decision Making |
| 19:30 | 19:45 | Mark Souter | The Surviving Sociology Teaching Network |
| 19:45 | 20:00 | John Okewole |
Awareness and Adoption of Open Education: A case study of Teacher Professional Development |
| 20:00 | 20:15 | BREAK | |
| 20:15 | 20:30 | Brendan Clarke | Challenging the Digital Divide For Adults experiencing Learning Disabilities |
| 20:30 | 20:45 | Hazel Church |
A descriptive case study into the openness of three FutureLearn courses. Presentation Star Award winner! |
| 20:45 | 21:00 | Alexandra Hayward | Can we teach clinical skills virtually? |
| 21:00 | 21:15 | Vicky Devaney |
A needle in a haystack: A curation of resources to exemplify flipped learning. Presentation Star Award winner! |
| 21:15 | 21:30 | BREAK | |
| 21:30 | 21:45 | Paul Shore | |
| 21:45 | 22:00 | Helen Ghodbane | Educational Escape |
| 22:00 | 22:15 | Olivia Rowland |
The virtual biscuit tin: creating a community of practice for learning designers in lockdown |
| 22:15 | 22:30 | Rebecca Harnett | Purls of wisdom.
Presentation Star Award winner! |