{"id":1477,"date":"2023-06-14T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T11:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2024-08-16T09:43:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T08:43:25","slug":"calrg-conference-2023-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/calrg-conference-2023-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"CALRG Conference 2023: Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re delighted to share the provisional schedule and abstracts for this year&#8217;s 46th CALRG conference. The conference will take place online and is open to all.<\/p>\n<p>If you are external to The Open University (UK) then <a href=\"mailto:calrg@open.ac.uk\">please email us<\/a> for links to join the conference sessions.<\/p>\n<p>This post was last updated on 26 June 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CALRGlogo.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CALRGlogo.png\" alt=\"The CALRG logo\" width=\"261\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">The 46th Computers and Learning Research Group Annual Conference<\/h1>\n<p><em>All times shown are in BST (GMT+1)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tuesday 27 June 2023: Doctoral Consortium\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>14.00: Faculty members&#8217; teaching practices in developing inclusive pedagogy: from theory to action<\/strong> (Ana Castellano Beltr\u00e1n,\u00a0Universidad de Sevilla)<\/li>\n<li><strong>14.30: Can geospatial technologies reduce the transactional distance in open and distance learning?<\/strong> (Kamran Mir, Allama Iqbal, OU Islamabad)<\/li>\n<li><strong>15.00-15.15: Comfort break<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>15.15: Negotiating the competing demands of home, work and learning through improved self-efficacy in CPD for healthcare professionals<\/strong> (Helen Darlaston, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>15.45: Predicting drop-out in Toastmasters<\/strong> (Selina Griffin, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>16.15: Close<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Session abstracts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/calrg-conference-27-june-2023\/\" >https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/calrg-conference-27-june-2023\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wednesday 28 June 2023: OpenTEL SIG launch, Openness &amp; Inclusion\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>13.30: Welcome <\/strong>(Eileen Scanlon, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>13.40: OpenTEL SIG launch<\/strong> (Bart Rienties, Gerald Evans, Mark Williams and Natasha Huckle, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>14.45: Comfort break<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>15.00: Open Education Research: Celebrating 10 years of the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN)<\/strong> (Rob Farrow, Martin Weller, Beck Pitt and Carina Bossu, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>15.30: A call for open science to become inclusive science<\/strong> (Garron Hillaire, AERDF)<\/li>\n<li><strong>16.00: Deep viewpoints: Using citizen curation to address the museum participation gap<\/strong> (Paul Mullholland, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>16.30: Close<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Session abstracts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/calrg-conference-28-june-2023\/\" >https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/calrg-conference-28-june-2023\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Thursday 29 June 2023: Professional Development, Capacity Building &amp; Supporting Learners\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>09.30: <\/strong><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW93508750 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93508750 BCX9\">Digital Education for Universities: Capacity building for impact and nationwide change in Kenya<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"EOP SCXW93508750 BCX9\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> (<span class=\"TextRun SCXW260641205 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW260641205 BCX9\">Denise Whitelock, Fereshte <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW260641205 BCX9\">Goshtasbpour<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW260641205 BCX9\">, Beck Pitt, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW260641205 BCX9\">Cross<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW260641205 BCX9\"> and Olivier Biard, OU UK)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>10.00: Introduction to Virtual Exchange and its benefits: a case study from the OU&#8217;s Online Confucius Institute<\/strong> (<span class=\"TextRun SCXW142766027 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142766027 BCX9\">Mirjam Hauck, Qian Kan, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW142766027 BCX9\">Ligao<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142766027 BCX9\"> Wu and Doris Hermann-Ostrowski, OU UK)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>10.30: Comfort break<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>10.45: Online professional development across European institutions and borders<\/strong> (Bart Rienties, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>11.15:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Energy digitisation and learning: who is interested and what do people want to learn about?<\/strong>\u00a0(Irina Rets, Denise Whitelock, Leigh-Anne Perryman and Chris Edwards, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>11.45: Lunch break<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>13.30: Understanding student experience feedback of ethnic minority students with learning analytics<\/strong>\u00a0(Thomas Ullman and Chris Edwards, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>14.00: <span class=\"TextRun SCXW82441220 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW82441220 BCX9\">\u201cIt offers me a future, when I don\u2019t have anything&#8221;: Perspectives from students from refugee backgrounds associated with the Open Futures Sanctuary Programme at the OU<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"EOP SCXW82441220 BCX9\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> (<span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW128061714 BCX9\">Koula <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW128061714 BCX9\">Charitonos<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW128061714 BCX9\">, Neil Graffin, Marie Gillespie, Lidia <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW128061714 BCX9\">Dancu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW128061714 BCX9\">, Ahmad Al-Rashid, Olwyn O\u2019Malley, Shannon Martin, Fidele <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW128061714 BCX9\">Mutwarasibo<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW128061714 BCX9\">, Mahlea Babjak and Colin Wilding, OU UK)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>14.30: Comfort break<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>14.45: The Complex Trajectories project<\/strong> (Chris Edwards, Bart Rienties, Simon Cross and Mark Gaved, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>15.15: Creating emotionally supportive learning environments when undertaking assessed, online, group activities<\/strong> (Jake Hilliard, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>15.45: Examining OU student satisfaction and barriers to taking remote online exams<\/strong> (<span class=\"TextRun SCXW60569187 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW60569187 BCX9\">Maria <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW60569187 BCX9\">Aristeidou<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW60569187 BCX9\">, Simon Cross, Carlton Wood and <\/span><span class=\"FindHit SCXW60569187 BCX9\">Klaus<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW60569187 BCX9\">-Dieter <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW60569187 BCX9\">Rossade,<\/span><\/span> OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>16.15: Close<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Session abstracts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/calrg-conference-29-june-2023\/\" >https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/calrg-conference-29-june-2023\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Friday 30 June 2023: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Extended Reality (XR) and Learning Analytics\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>09.15: Solving Year 1 programming problems with AI assistants<\/strong> (Michel Wermelinger, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>09.45: iSpot &amp; AI: Integrating FASTCAT-Cloud and PI@ntNET-API in the Cos4Cloud framework<\/strong> (Citizen Science &amp; AI Group: Chris Valentine, Mike Dodd, <span class=\"markmmne44n6j\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Janice<\/span> Ansine, Stefan Rueger, Advaith Siddharthan, Damian Dadswell, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>10.15: Comfort break<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>10.30: Open XR Studios: What could immersive learning do for us?<\/strong> (Tyrrell Golding and Trevor Collins, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>11.00: The potential of generative AI in education<\/strong> (John Domingue and AI module team, OU UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>11.30: Comfort break<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>11.45: Open Skills Academy<\/strong> <strong>(OU Wales)<\/strong> (<span class=\"TextRun SCXW206884343 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW206884343 BCX9\">Rhys Daniels<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW206884343 BCX9\">, OU Wales)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>12.15: Ethical use of predictive learning analytics in distance education<\/strong> (<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" data-contrast=\"none\">Christothea Herodotou, Anna Gillespie and<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" data-contrast=\"none\">Irina Rets, OU UK)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>12.45: Closing remarks and conference ends\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Session abstracts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/calrg-conference-30-june-2023\/\" >https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/calrg-conference-30-june-2023\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Contacts and further information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"mailto:calrg@open.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conference inquiries <\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CALRGatOU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/twitter.com');\">Find us on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conference hashtag: #CALRG2023<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >More on CALRG and our forthcoming events<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CALRG Conference 2023 organising team is: Hannah Clarkson, Fereshte Goshtasbpour, Kylie Matthews, Beck Pitt, Eileen Scanlon and the IET-Research team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re delighted to share the provisional schedule and abstracts for this year&#8217;s 46th 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. This post was last updated on 26 June 2023. 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