2022 EDUTech Europe

On 5 October 2022, I attended the EDUTech Europe event at RAI Amsterdam.

I was fortunate to receive an invitation from an internship student I am supervising, though had also had this event on my radar for some time as my own Master’s thesis focussed on EdTech.

Ans: the satisfying grading platform

Based in Delft, Ans is designed to support paper, digital and hybrid examinations.

WooClap

WooClap is one of the tools we already use at THUAS.

Panels and Presentations

With a full agenda, it was difficult to choose which sessions to attend. These are the ones I decided on:

Panel: Leadership towards the university of the future

This session covered:

• Developing digital fluency in leadership
• Building on current foundations to foster an innovative digital culture within universities
• Digital faculty for a digital future

The panel included:

• Moderator Tawhid Chtioui, President aivancity Paris-Cachan, the Grande Cole of AI & Data
• Dr Ianis G. Matsoukas, Executive Director, Global University Hub, Metropolitan College
• Prof Dr Ada Perlett, Fern Universitait Hagen
• Ellen van Schoten, VP Erasmus

Just a few of my own notes:

• The future belongs to intelligent collaboration – this is hard, but rewarding
• Bringing knowledge to students is not about tech, it’s rethinking learning
• National learning policy is important
• Critical thinking and reflection are skills to take seriously but so is creativity
• A network of institutions is the future of personalised learning
• Stop separation – the world is connected

Panel: Are you OK? Protecting student and teacher wellbeing

This session covered:

• Cultivating a wellbeing culture for students, parents and teachers in the digital age
• Nurturing an environment of openness, communication and empathy
• Retaining and motivating staff
• Balancing between striving for academic excellence and emotional welling resilience

The panel included:

• Moderator Iain Henderson
• Rynette de Villiers, Principal, Amsterdam International Community School
• Peter Dickinson, School Director, St George’s The British International School
• Sarah Wade, Principal, Amity International School Amsterdam
• Wayne Johnson, Head of School, International School of Belgium

My own notes:

• Tech can be damaging but “getting it out of their hands” is not going to work, you need to balance the virtual and real world
• You need to have real authentic interest in staff and students
• Don’t dictate or micromanage, things will fail, experiment, work it out, encourage risk
• Trust people and get out of their way

Panel: New Skills Agenda for Europe: The essential role of Universities

EDUTech 2023

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