Category: Policy and Strategy

Associations, Digital Learning, Events, Leadership, Learning Futures, Policy and Strategy

First Empower Online Learning Leadership Academy

In early June 2016 the first Empower Online Learning Leadership Academy (EOLLA) took in place at Neth-ER in Brussels. The two-day workshop supported with an Online Primer was very successful, evidenced by the positive feedback from participants.IMG_1161

The Leadership Academy is designed around the principles of active learning and includes activities like high-level discussions, creative problem solving and strategic thinking in response to new and emerging models of teaching and learning. Four experienced institutional leaders from the field, including our own Professor Mark Brown, together with a diverse group of established and new and emerging leaders explored a number of real dilemmas, challenging case studies and future scenarios to better understanding some of the opportunities and threats facing Higher Education. Through a mix of short presentations, open discussions and small group work the programme culminated on the final day with a number of business cases being put to a simulated senior leadership team.

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The EOLLA is part of a joint initiative between the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) and the Empower programme managed by the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU). Empower supports collaboration and sharing of expertise between European universities and provides specialist advice and guidance for institutional leaders on the latest developments in online, open and flexible education.

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Associations, Conferences, Digital Learning, Policy and Strategy, Presentations

CESI Conference Comes to DCU

The 2016 Computers in Education Society of Ireland conference known as CESI was hosted at the end of February on DCU’s Glasnevin campus. The theme was “Our Digital Strategy: Making IT Matter” and the conference was opened on the first morning by DCU”s President, Professor Brian Brian MacCraith. Unknown

The opening was then followed by a keynote address by Professor Mark Brown where he challenged conference delegates to “Seize the Moment: Make the Future Extraordinary“. Mark discussed the broken promises of education technology over many waves of innovation and the importance of not underestimating the politics of educational change.

Several other DCU staff also contributed presentations and assisted with the conference organisation. Next year we hope CESI will stay at DCU but more appropriately on our St Patrick’s campus where the new Institute of Education will be located.