MOOCs – Page 11 – Digital Learning Dispatches

The 11th Learning Design Cross Institutional Network (LD-CIN) and first meeting of the new year will be hosted by the National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University (DCU) on 8th April 2019. The focus of the meeting will be on:

Designing for opening up education, including OERs, MOOCs and new forms of accreditation and micro-credentialing.

There is also an opportunity for you to indicate any other potential topics that you would like to see discussed by contacting the local organiser. Please register here to book your place if you are interested in participating in this event.

We very much look forward to seeing you at the network meeting and we hope that you enjoy Dublin! For those coming from outside of Ireland an accommodation list can be found at:

https://www.ireland.com/en-gb/accommodation/

Please contact Professor Gráinne Conole, Head of the Open Education Unit, on behalf of the LD CIN organising committee if you require any further information.

The 28^thICDE World Conference on Online Learning in Dublin, Ireland is now less than a year away and the team in National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University (DCU) has been busy over recent weeks preparing for the conference. The last conference in 2017 in Toronto attracted around 1,400 delegates and this year’s Organising Committee promise a truly unique Irish experience along with an exciting and engaging conference programme.

The call for papers went out on Monday 19^thNovember and in the context of the conference theme of “Transforming Lives and Societies” a range of opportunities will be available for participants to discuss many of the contemporary issues facing today’s educators. There will be a variety of invited symposia and pre-conference workshops along with a special event for doctoral students but also plenty of time for delegates to mix socially and enjoy the sights and delights of Dublin. Note the conference key dates and watch out over the next few months for further news and updates, including how to enter our special monthly draw to win tickets to visit the iconic Guinness Storehouse during your stay in Dublin. You may also wish to follow the World Conference twitter handle:

@WCOL2019

In the meantime you view a brief video below where members of the local organising team from DCU mark the one-year milestone before researchers, policy-makers institutional leaders and educational professionals from around the world gather in Dublin in November 2019.