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What Works? Successful Educational Policies, Resources and Technologies
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Earls Court Conference Centre, London, UK
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(MirandaNet members will be interested to see that Christina Preston is taking part in Session 4)
Everyone concerned with education is trying to improve the result, but what combination of policy, pedagogy, content and technology works best? There is no single best answer and every country is different, but the evidence from international surveys, wide-scale projects and practical experience is increasingly compelling. This conference brings together a special blend of policy makers, international agencies, academics, teachers, publishers and technology advocates to take an open-minded look at this evidence and to share perspectives on ‘what works?’
Programme
Introduction to the Conference
09:30 Welcome from IPA President, YS Chi
Introduction to the Programme by Graham Taylor, Chair, IPA Educational Publishers
Forum
Session 1. Behind the headlines: What is the evidence telling us?
Chair: Graham Taylor
09:45 1st keynote: Does copyright support education in the 21st Century?
Francis Gurry, Director General, WIPO
10:15 2nd keynote: What can we learn from PISA 2012 about learning resources?
Pablo Zoido, Analyst, The PISA Team, Directorate for Education, OECD
10:45 Q&A session
11:00 Coffee and networking break
Session 2. The forces for change: Recent initiatives and their
impact
Chair: Jose Borghino
11:30 The funder’s experience in middle and low-income countries
Michael Trucano, Senior ICT and Education Policy Specialist, The World Bank
11:50 ‘Opening up Education’, an initiative in Europe
Anna Carla Pereira, Project Manager, European Commission
12:10 The online market for free learning materials
Professor Eva Matthes, Augsburg University, Germany
12:30 Digital development in Denmark
Jakob Harder, Deputy Director, Customers & eGovernment, Ministry of
Education, Denmark
12:50 Q&A session
13:00 Lunch and networking break
Session 3. A closer look at the perfect mix
Chair: Jay Diskey
14:00 Panel session: Experiences and programmes from around the word
Lessons from research in ICT use in education in the Netherlands Alfons
ten Brummelhuis, Head of Research Kennisnet, The Netherlands
The story from Turkey Emrah Özpirinççi, Managing Director,
OUP Turkey
Progressive programmes in the USA Keith Krueger, CEO, Consortium for School
Networking, USA
Radical change in Korea Sunshik Min, President of YBM, Korea
15:00 Q&A session
15:15 Tea and networking break
Session 4. The promise of technology & the need for quality
content: what lies ahead?
Chair: Wilmar Diepgrond
15:30 Lessons from the MirandaNet Fellowship
Christina Preston, Professor of Educational Innovation, University of Bedfordshire,
UK
Download Christina's PowerPoint presentation
(3MB)
15:50 A view from Microsoft
David Langridge, Development Director, Worldwide Education, UK
16:10 Gamifying books: What to embrace, what to avoid?
Professor Jeffrey Brand, Communication and Creative Media, Bond University,
Australia
16:35 Q&A session
Session 5. Final Wrap-Up
16:50 Chair: Graham Taylor
17:00 Conference ends, followed by wine reception
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