openAIED SIG
2020-06-23 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Presentation by Anna De Liddo. More info here

Open & Inclusive SIG
2020-06-29 14:00 - 16:00 UTC
Adobe Connect link: https://learn3.open.ac.uk/mod/connecthosted/view.php?id=172788
(Non OU/External attendees please use: https://ou.adobeconnect.com/r1lpp6x0f2ls/)
openTEL and SeGA are pleased to announce that the next Open & Inclusive Special Interest Group will include presentations from the following speakers:
Presentation 1: James Schwanethal: ASD and me
Presentation 2: Annabel Nijhof and Danna Oomen: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on autistic adults
Presentation 3: Laura Dean: Autistic Students in Higher Education: What Problems Do They Face? How Can We Help?
Full abstracts and bios
No need to register.

Steering Group
2020-07-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2020-09-09 10:00 - 11:00 UTC

Open & Inclusive SIG Presentations
2020-09-14 14:00 - 16:00 UTC

Assessment & Feedback SIG
2020-09-30 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Assessment & Feedback Special Interest Group
Wednesday 30th September 14:00 – 15:00
JOIN HERE:
Adobe Connect Link for OU Staff
Link for external participants

Show & TEL: Ethics and TEL
2020-11-02 09:30 - 13:30 UTC
More information to follow.

Open & Inclusive SIG
2020-11-09 14:00 - 16:00 UTC
Embedding Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Curriculum
Monday 9th November, 14:00 – 16:00
ONLINE: Adobe Connect
Adobe Connect Link for OU Staff
Link for external participants

Show & TEL: Presentations
2020-11-10 09:30 - 16:00 UTC
Agenda and joining information

Show & TEL
2020-11-11 09:30 - 13:00 UTC

Show & TEL: Keynote Presentation from Jack Mostow
2020-11-17 15:00 - 16:00 UTC
Online via Zoom (Hosted Externally) Join Here
Abstract and Bio: event page

Assessment & Feedback SIG
2020-11-25 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Assessment & Feedback SIG
Wednesday 25th November 14:00 – 15:00
Meeting Room 1, ground floor, Jennie Lee Building

AIED Presentations
2020-12-02 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
More info here

Student Voice Event
2021-01-20 14:00 - 16:00 UTC
Wednesday 20th Jan 2021 (14:00-16:00)
Please email openTEL for joining information.
https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/opentel/open-inclusive-sig-student-voice-event/

openTEL Steering Group Meeting
2021-02-10 10:00 - 11:00 UTC

openTEL Seminar: Martin Glynn
2021-02-24 14:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
Wednesday 24th February 2021 (14:30 – 15:30)
ONLINE: MS Teams (please email openTEL to be sent an invitation)
Please note this session will be recorded. To find out more about this event or to be added to the openTEL mailing list please email openTEL@open.ac.uk

FLAN: FutureLearn Academic Network Meeting
2021-03-17 14:00 - 17:00 UTC
FLAN Meeting
Wednesday 17th March 2021
14:00 – 17:00
ONLINE
The next meeting of the network will be hosted by The Open University in conjunction with OpenTEL.
We invite researchers, PhD students, course developers, educators and practitioners to attend a series of fantastic presentations on the following themes:

Supporting people who are learning at scale
Training and supporting educators working at scale
Assuring the quality of MOOCs and microcredentials

Here’s the event agenda:

Please contact openTEL for joining instructions or for more information about this event. openTEL@open.ac.uk

Open & Inclusive SIG (10:00 - 12:00)
2021-03-24 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Open & Inclusive Special Interest Group
Wednesday 24th March 2021
10:00 – 12:00
ONLINE: MS Teams
Join us online for the next Open and Inclusive Special Interest Group, with presentations from Sumeya Loonat and Dan Holloway.
Open & Inclusive SIG: 24th March

Show & TEL
2021-05-04 09:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Agenda

openTEL/IET Bidding Workshop
2021-05-04 13:30 - 16:00 UTC
openTEL/IET Bidding Workshop
Tuesday 4th May 13:30 – 16:00
Agenda

13:30: Welcome: Eileen Scanlon
13:35 – 14:05: Open calls: Helen Elves, EU Research Development Manager
14:05 – 14:15: Q & A
14:15 – 14:30: Break
14:30 – 15:45: Break out rooms (themed)
15:45 – 16:00: Round-table discussion and close
Please contact openTEL for an invitation.

openAIED Special Interest Group
2021-05-12 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
openAIED SIG: 12th May

Learning @ Scale (L@S) SIG
2021-05-26 15:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Programme (26 May 2021)
15.30 Introduction
15.40 Dr Anna Comas-Quinn presents Learning beyond the classroom: online volunteer translation (see info below)
16.30 Roundtable: What do we want for our SIG
17.00 End
New Special Interest Group: Learning At Scale

CALRG 2021 Online Conference
2021-06-15 08:00 - 17:00, 2021-06-16 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
15th-16th June 2021
We are pleased to invite you to attend CARLG’s annual conference. The online conference will consist of two days of presentations and interactive sessions across a broad range of topics relevant to educational technology in 7-panel sessions and 2 keynotes.
The conference is free to attend. If you have not yet had the MS Teams meeting link, please register here.
For any query regarding conference presentation and attendance, please email calrg@open.ac.uk.

openAIED SIG: Uncovering social biases in online learning: insights from bias-detection approaches applied to the OU
2021-07-07 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Uncovering social biases in online learning: insights from bias-detection approaches applied to the OU
Josmario Albuquerque

Abstract
Online educational technologies have transformed learning and teaching processes. For instance, researchers have proposed mechanisms to improve both students’ and teachers’ experience, e.g., tools to enhance collaboration, improve student engagement, and help teachers in designing and delivering new learning resources. However, despite the benefits of such technologies, recent findings have showed that issues related to social justice like human biases and stereotypes are still present in educational settings. Researchers have also shown that such issues can diminish several aspects of learning, e.g., academic performance, students’ confidence, and reduce engagement. In this presentation, I aim to highlight what is being used to uncover group biases in learning settings and share preliminary findings of exiting computational approaches applied to the OU VLE. A sample of 2024 sentences sampled from 91 OU modules across several disciplines was extracted and used as the input for two bias-detection algorithms. While potential biases were suggested by those approaches within the modules analysed, the extent to which those biases are relevant for an educational setting is questionable. Those results and the limitations of those mechanisms will be discussed, as well as implications and directions for future research in Artificial Intelligence in Education.
Bio
Josmario Albuquerque is currently a second-year research student at the Institute of Educational Technology, Open University. His current research focuses on group bias in online learning settings, where he expects to provide a mechanism to help the identification of racial biases in learning materials. Previously, he has investigated gender stereotypes in educational technologies while completing his master’s degree at the Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil. With a background in Computer Science, he has taken part in a few IT projects that include: developing an authoring tool to help tutors create customised Intelligent Tutoring Systems and improve students’ performance; and designing a video-monitoring learning analytics platform to inform tutors and school managers about the learning processes of bilingual students in a language school. Josmario’s interests include Artificial Intelligence in Education, Learning Analytics, and the general use of Computer Science to address social issues.

openTEL Completed Projects Seminar
2021-07-21 11:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
ADMINS: Designing and evaluating a virtual assistant for disability disclosure and study support conversations
Dr Tim Coughlan

break
2021-08-01 08:00 - 2021-08-31 17:00 UTC
No events during Summer break.

Artificial Intelligence in Education: openAIED SIG
2021-09-09 11:00 - 11:30 (Europe/London)
Please join us for this mini openAIED Special Interest Group meeting. There are no presenters for this session, instead we will use the time to find out what people are up to and discuss what’s next for the openAIED SIG. Duygu Bektik and Francisco Iniesto will be leading the meeting, so do come along to listen in or contribute if you can. All are welcome!
Please contact openTEL for an invite.

Accessibility in the BBC: open & Inclusive SIG
2021-09-15 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
External speakers from the BBC discuss accessibility as part of the open & Inclusive Special Interest Group. All are welcome. Please email openTEL for an invite.
Accessibility in the BBC

Assessment & Feedback SIG
2021-10-06 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
Abstract and Bio: https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/opentel/jose-luis-aznarte-presents-at-the-next-assessment-feedback-sig/
