48th Computers and Learning Research Group Annual Conference (Online)
16-19 June 2025
We’re delighted to share the schedule and abstracts for this year’s 48th CALRG conference. The conference will take place online and is open to all.
If you are external to The Open University (UK) then please email us for links to join the conference sessions.
Monday 16 June 2025 (Session abstracts) |
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| Time | Presentation | Speaker(s) | |
| 14.00 | Welcome | Eileen Scanlon (OUUK) | |
| 14.15 | Keynote: Learning Science at a Distance? | Eileen Scanlon (OUUK) | |
| 15.15 | Comfort break | ||
| 15.30 | The importance of context in deploying AI in educational arenas | Audrey Ekuban and John Domingue (OUUK) | |
| 16.00 | Designing and Evaluating an OU AI Digital Assistant (AIDA): What do students value? How will educators maintain influence? | Tim Coughlan and Bart Rienties (OUUK) | |
| 16.30 | Close | ||
Tuesday 17 June 2025 (Session abstracts) |
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| 9.15 | Symposium
FACiliTating Physical Activity for people with long-term health conditions: understanding barriers and enablers for a fit society (FACT-PA) and how (educational) technology might help |
Elaine Duncan (Glasgow Caledonian University), Fereshte Goshtasbpour (OUUK), Emma Harris (OUUK), YingFei Heliot (University of Surrey), Bart Rienties (OUUK), Leani van Vuuren (University of South Africa) |
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| 10.45 | Comfort break | ||
| 11.00 | Overcoming Tyrannies in Campaigns for Impact | Anne Adams, Gareth Davies, Gabi Kent, Gaia Cantellia (OUUK) | |
| 11.30 | Using Digital Platforms for Inclusive Citizen Science and Sustainability in the PEACE of Mind Youth Wellbeing Intervention | Jessica Carr (OUUK), Natalie Divin (OUUK), Caoimhe Millar (Verbal Arts Centre), Geraint Griffith (Cedar Foundation), Kathryn Stanford (Inspire Wellbeing), Christothea Herodotou (OUUK) | |
| 12.00 | Podcasting and Peacebuilding: Stories from Rwanda, Nepal, Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan in the Everyday Peacebuilding through the Arts Podcast | Sherezade García Rangel (Lincoln) and Koula Charitonos (OUUK) | |
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| 12.30 | nQuire for students: Enabling students to develop scientific thinking skills | Sagun Shrestha and Christothea Herodotou (OUUK) | |
| 13.00 | Relational Research as a Civic Method for Generating Policy Impact from Community Engagement | Gareth Davies, Anne Adams and colleagues | |
| 13.30 | Close | ||
Wednesday 18 June 2025 (Session abstracts) |
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| 9.15 | Trends in the use of technology, the English language and inclusion in higher education across East and South Asia | Agnes Kukulska-Hulme and Saraswati Dawadi (OUUK) | |
| 9.45 | Learning ecosystems: Understanding the processes and outcomes of technology-enhanced teacher professional development in Bangladesh | Agnes Kukulksa-Hulme and Tom Power (OUUK) | |
| 10.15 | Comfort break | ||
| 10.30 | Exploring the impact of visual aid tools on improving accessibility and inclusivity in online learning of three selected public secondary schools in Mzuzu City | Onick Gwayi, Stephen Pangani, Bridget Mbewe and Davison Nkhoma (Domasi College of Education) | |
| 11.00 | Exploring teaching and learning in Gurku IDP camps in Nigeria: A Participatory action research inquiry the lived experience of teachers and students, teachers’ adaptive pedagogies, and technology integration (Mobile learning) | Stephanie Akinwoya (OUUK) | |
| 11.30 | Comfort break | ||
| 11.45 | Supporting doctoral researchers in the Global South through network federation: An update from the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) | Beck Pitt, Rob Farrow and Carina Bossu (OUUK) | |
| 12.15 | Social, academic, and technological challenges faced by learners with disabilities in Pakistan. | Munir Moosa (World Institute on Disability) | |
| 12.45 | Close | ||
Thursday 19 June 2025 (Session abstracts) |
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| 9.15 | Ethical use of generative AI in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities? | Syeda Rakhshanda Kaukab (Ziauddin University) | |
| 9.45 | Navigating the Ethical Frontiers of AI in Higher Education: Insights from a Delphi Study on Academic Integrity | Ayşegül Liman Kaban (Mary Immaculate College; University of Limerick) and Aysun Gunes (Anadolu University) | |
| 10.15 | Towards an EDIA-based and AI-enabled pedagogy across the curriculum | Mirjam Hauck, Rachele deFelice, Clare Horackova, Deirdre Dunlevy, and Venetia Brown (OUUK) | |
| 10.45 | Comfort break | ||
| 11.00 | Designing Pedagogical AI to Scaffold Peer Feedback: Insights from a Classroom-Based Pilot | Zexuan Chen, Bart Rienties, and Simon Cross (OUUK) | |
| 11.30 | AI-enhanced educational videos for online harm reduction: insights from the PRIME project | Elizabeth FitzGerald and Peter Devine (OUUK) | |
| 12.00 | SAGE-RAI: Smart Assessment and Guided Education with Responsible Artificial Intelligence | Joseph Kwarteng and colleagues (OUUK) | |
| 12.30 | Close | ||