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/

Learning at Scale: L@S SIG
2021-10-12 11:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
Join us for the Learning at Scale Special Interest Group. More information here: https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/opentel/learning-scale-sig-12th-october-2021/

Show & TEL: Day 1
2021-11-02 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
Agenda and Abstracts

Show & TEL: Day 2
2021-11-03 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London)

Assessment & Feedback Special Interest Group
2021-11-24 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
Join us online for the Assessment & Feedback SIG which will include speakers from Michigan University.
For an invite please contact openTEL.
All are welcome!
More info: https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/opentel/presentations-from-michigan-university-24-11-21/

open & Inclusive Special Interest Group
2021-12-01 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Join us online for the open & Inclusive SIG for talks from two external speakers on assistive technologies.
open & Inclusive SIG: Presentations on Assistive Technology & UX Accessibility

Learning at Scale Special Interest Group
2021-12-14 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
Please join us for the next Learning at Scale Special Interest Group:

Digital badging as a way of accrediting learning at scale

Title: Digital Badges in Context: Looking behind and beyond the digital badge
Speaker: Dr Simon Cross, Senior Lecturer and Associate Director at the Institute of Educational Technology (IET), The Open University
Abstract:
Digital badges possess affordances that position them well as an option for reward and recognition in digital learning and teaching at scale. However, the processes and structures required to issue and value badges may not be as compatible with such scaling. What are the factors that limit and enable their use at scale? How can we better understand the application of digital badges in the digital and actual contexts in which they are employed? How can we strategically and practically exploit the constructive disruption that digital badges can cause to create a productive dissonance? In this presentation I will draw on emerging research from work undertaken with colleagues Freda Wolfenden and Lina Adinolfi and in collaboration with TISS, India. This work has focused on online Teacher Professional Development (TPD) including, most recently, a multi-badge trial with teachers from over 200 schools in Assam, India. Our mixed methods approach has been designed to help answer a range of research questions: from factor analysis of survey data to look beyond the intrinsic-extrinsic motivation dichotomy to in-depth interviews conducted by local language speakers to understand how badges may be valued and shared. As an outcome of this research and engagement with state and national stakeholders, teachers and teacher educations, I will share our conceptualisation – still work-in-progress- for how the use of digital badges could be used in TPD in general and in TPD at scale in particular.

Show & TEL Seminar
2022-02-22 13:40 - 16:00 UTC
Tuesday 22nd February (13:40-16:00)
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Join us online for the next openTEL Show & TEL event with presentations from Gerald Evans, Koula Charitonos, Rachel Mcmullan, Saraswati Dawadi, Maria Aristeidou and Felipe Tessarolo.
All are welcome! Please contact openTEL for an invite.

open & Inclusive SIG
2022-02-28 13:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join us for presentations from Jessica Carr, Ian Kenny and Christothea Herodotou.
open & Inclusive SIG

Connected Higher Education in crisis contexts monthly webinar, 9th March, 2-3pm GMT
2022-03-09 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Connected Higher Education in crisis contexts monthly webinar (09.03.22) @ 2pm
Presentations by UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), Jian Xi Teng and Marie Macauley. Join us for the launch of this new webinar series in collaboration with the Connected Learning in Crisis Consortium and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Link to abstracts.

Presentations - openAIED SIG
2022-03-15 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
Carmel Kent hosts the first openAIED Special Interest Group of the year with presentations from external speaker, Ali Chaudhury, UCL, and Christothea Herodotou, The Open University. You can find the abstracts and bios on the openTEL blog here.

Webinar Series (April): Connected Higher Education in Crisis Contexts
2022-04-06 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Webinar Series April: Connected Higher Education in Crisis contexts

Webinar Series: Connected Higher Education in Crisis contexts (May)
2022-05-04 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)

openTEL Writing Retreat
2022-05-05 09:30 - 16:30 UTC
All day Writing Retreat for academics – contact openTEL for availability.

open & inclusive SIG
2022-05-17 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
Open & Inclusive SIG: Digital Inclusion

openAIED Special Interest Group
2022-05-25 13:30 - 15:00 UTC
openAIED SIG Meeting: 25th May

Webinar Series (June)
2022-06-01 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
Connected Higher Education in Crisis Contexts Webinar (June)

open & Inclusive SIG: Positive Digital Practices
2022-06-28 14:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)

Webinar Series (July)
2022-07-20 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
Connected Higher Education in Crisis Contexts Webinar (July)

Open&Inclusive SIG
2022-10-11 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
11th Oct, 2pm-3pm

Connected Higher Education in Crisis Contexts Webinar (October)
2022-10-31 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
Knowledge Exchange event: Financing for scale
Monday 31st October (14:00 – 15:30 BST)
We are excited to announce that our next CLCC / UNHCR / OU Knowledge Exchange event will be held in collaboration with the Humanitarian Education Accelerator’s Community of Practice. This session will focus on Financing for Scale and will be at 3pm CET on Monday 31st October (please note the from Sunday 27th October the clocks will go back in Denmark which may cause some confusion in calendars).

The session will explore the options for funding of innovative education initiatives and will be based on a Financing Scale Learning Paper by Kate Dodgson, who will be one of the presenters. We will also have a presenter from Kepler, who have recently managed to scale out into Ethiopia, and who will share some of the learnings from this process. We will also hear from a donor on their perspective of this scaling process and who will share some insights from their side.

For more information about this series of events please get in touch with Dr Koula Charitonos, Institute of Educational Technology, Open University at koula.charitonos at open.ac.uk or Francis Randle, Division of Resilience and Solutions, UNHCR at RANDLE at UNHCR.org.

If you would like to be sent a meeting request for these events please contact openTEL.

openAIED: How to prepare university assessment for a world with AI?
2024-02-29 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
openAIED Special Interest Group Seminars

Thursday 29th February | 10:00-11:00 AM

How to prepare university assessment for a world with AI?

Abstract

“This presentation will explore the impact Generative AI is having on assessment practices in HE and ways that The OU can respond. We will share strategies we are taking in Learning Design to support Module Teams to: a) adapt approaches to assessment in the face of AI; and b) consider the opportunities and challenges of incorporating AI in module materials. There will be plenty of opportunity to discuss this important area.”

Bio

“Mary Simper and Eleanor Moore are Learning Designers in LDS and are part of a group of five LDs who are considering all aspects of Generative AI and the impact on module teams and students. Mary has a particular focus on Authentic Assessment and Eleanor is exploring ways to both adapt and incorporate AI into assessment practices.”

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