{"id":1898,"date":"2025-06-06T14:58:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T13:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:37:57","slug":"calrg-conference-2025-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/calrg-conference-2025-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"CALRG Conference 2025: Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

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48th Computers and Learning Research Group Annual Conference (Online)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

16-19 June 2025<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re delighted to share the schedule and abstracts for this year\u2019s 48th CALRG conference. The conference will take place online and is open to all.<\/p>\n

If you are external to The Open University (UK) then\u00a0please email us<\/a>\u00a0for links to join the conference sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0<\/span>Monday 16 June 2025<\/span> <\/span><\/b>(Session abstracts<\/a>)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Time<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPresentation\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSpeaker(s)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.00<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nWelcome<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nEileen Scanlon (OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.15<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nKeynote: Learning Science at a Distance?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nEileen Scanlon (OUUK)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.15<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nComfort break<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nThe importance of context in deploying AI in educational arenas<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nAudrey Ekuban and John Domingue (OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.00<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nDesigning and\u202fEvaluating an OU AI Digital Assistant (AIDA): What do students value? How will educators maintain influence?\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nTim Coughlan and Bart Rienties\u202f(OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nClose<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Tuesday 17 June 2025\u00a0<\/b> (Session abstracts<\/a>)<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9.15<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSymposium\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n

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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)<\/td>\n

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10.45<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nComfort break<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.00<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nOvercoming Tyrannies in Campaigns for Impact<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nAnne Adams, Gareth Davies, Gabi Kent, Gaia Cantellia (OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nUsing Digital Platforms for Inclusive Citizen Science and Sustainability in the PEACE of Mind Youth Wellbeing Intervention<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nJessica Carr (OUUK), Natalie Divin (OUUK), Caoimhe Millar (Verbal Arts Centre), Geraint Griffith (Cedar Foundation), Kathryn Stanford (Inspire Wellbeing), Christothea Herodotou (OUUK)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.00\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPodcasting and Peacebuilding: Stories from Rwanda, Nepal, Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan in the Everyday Peacebuilding through the Arts Podcast\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSherezade Garc\u00eda Rangel (Lincoln) and Koula Charitonos (OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nShort comfort break<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nnQuire for students: Enabling students to develop scientific thinking skills<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSagun Shrestha and Christothea Herodotou (OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.00<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nRelational Research as a Civic Method for Generating Policy Impact from Community Engagement<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nGareth Davies, Anne Adams and colleagues\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nClose<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Wednesday 18 June 2025\u00a0<\/b> (Session abstracts<\/a>)<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9.15<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nTrends in the use of technology, the English language and inclusion in higher education across East and South Asia\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nAgnes Kukulska-Hulme and Saraswati Dawadi\u202f(OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.45<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nLearning ecosystems: Understanding the processes and outcomes of technology-enhanced teacher professional development in Bangladesh\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nAgnes Kukulksa-Hulme and Tom Power (OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.15<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nComfort break\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nExploring the impact of visual aid tools on improving accessibility and inclusivity in online learning of three selected public secondary schools in Mzuzu City\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nOnick Gwayi, Stephen Pangani, Bridget Mbewe and Davison Nkhoma (Domasi College of Education)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.00<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nExploring teaching and learning in Gurku IDP camps in Nigeria: A Participatory action research inquiry the lived experience of teachers and students, teachers\u2019 adaptive pedagogies, and technology integration (Mobile learning)\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nStephanie Akinwoya (OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nComfort break\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.45<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSupporting doctoral researchers in the Global South through network federation: An update from the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBeck Pitt, Rob Farrow and Carina Bossu (OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.15<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSocial, academic, and technological challenges faced by learners with disabilities in Pakistan.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nMunir Moosa (<\/span>World Institute on Disability)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.45<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nClose\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0<\/span>Thursday 19 June 2025 (Session abstracts)<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9.15<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nEthical use of generative AI in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSyeda Rakhshanda Kaukab (Ziauddin University)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.45<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nNavigating the Ethical Frontiers of AI in Higher Education: Insights from a Delphi Study on Academic Integrity\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nAy\u015feg\u00fcl Liman Kaban (Mary Immaculate College; University of Limerick) and Aysun Gunes (<\/span>Anadolu University)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.15<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nTowards an EDIA-based and AI-enabled pedagogy across the curriculum\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nMirjam Hauck, Rachele deFelice, Clare Horackova, Deirdre Dunlevy, and\u202fVenetia Brown\u202f(OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.45<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nComfort break<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.00<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nDesigning Pedagogical AI to Scaffold Peer Feedback: Insights from a Classroom-Based Pilot<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nZexuan Chen, Bart Rienties, and Simon Cross (OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nAI-enhanced educational videos for online harm reduction: insights from the PRIME project\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nElizabeth FitzGerald and Peter Devine\u202f(OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.00<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSAGE-RAI: Smart Assessment and Guided Education with Responsible Artificial Intelligence<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nJoseph Kwarteng and colleagues (OUUK)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.30<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nClose\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

48th Computers and Learning Research Group Annual Conference (Online)\u00a0 16-19 June 2025\u00a0 We\u2019re delighted to share the schedule and abstracts for this year\u2019s 48th CALRG conference. The conference will take place online and is open to all. If you are external to The Open University (UK) then\u00a0please email us\u00a0for links to join the conference sessions. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[19,9,11],"class_list":["post-1898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calrg-conference","tag-calrg2025","tag-calrg","tag-calrg-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1898"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1933,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}