Workshops

Prof. Mike Sharples
Chair and Professor in Educational Technology
Institute of Educational Technology
The Open University

For the past five years, The Open University has produced annual ‘Innovating Pedagogy’ reports. These reports highlight trends and innovations in teaching, learning and assessment for a digital age. For the workshop I will highlight some of the new pedagogies, such as ‘teachback’, ‘productive failure’, ‘formative analytics’, ‘dynamic assessment’, crossover learning’, ‘embodied learning’ and ‘bricolage’. Then participants will have an opportunity to explore some pedagogies in more depth and to discuss how they might be applied in their own contexts. The workshop will offer a framework to explore innovations in pedagogy and we will discuss which pedagogies may have a major influence on education over the next ten years.

Dr Eva Tsang
Director, Educational Technology and Publishing
The Open University of Hong Kong

Mobile learning is widely regarded as the next milestone in educational development. The widespread use of iPads/tablets in education calls for a paradigm shift in pedagogical approaches. It has become a necessity for teaching professionals to be well-equipped with suitable pedagogical strategies for adopting mobile teaching and learning both inside and outside the classroom.

Through examples, this workshop will demonstrate a broad variety of practices for integrating mobile learning in conventional teaching and learning environments. A set of relevant theoretical perspectives (covering active learning, blended learning, authentic learning, collaborative learning and flipped classroom) will also be presented together with strategies for the effective design and integration of mobile teaching and learning content.

In this workshop, we will provide mobile device (e.g. iPads/tablets) for participants to experience first-hand the various pedagogical strategies presented.