BOLOGNA26th September 2018 • Allianz Forum BerlinGOES DIGITAL

RECOGNITION IN THE DIGITAL AGE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGESCurious how digitisation drives changes in the way foreign qua-lifications are recognised? This workshop presents the opportu-nities and challenges to the evaluation of foreign qualifications from two different angles. First digitalisation as a catalyst for flexible forms of learning, such as MOOCs and modes of SPOCs and microcredentials. Is the traditional framework sufficient to deal with these new forms of learning, especially when offered outside of the tradi-tional education framework? The audience will be offered exam-ples of personalised and modular education, and next the op-portunities, challenges and solutions for recognition. Second the impact of digitalisation on the credential evaluation process. What do developments such as blockchain and student data portability mean for credential evaluation? Will recognition as we know it still exist in the future? The first findings of the NARIC DigiRec project will be shared to shed light on the changes that await recognition in Europe, focussing on the opportunities, challenges and possible solutions.

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SESSION 1 • 13:45-14:35 • ROOM 4022

HOW THE WORLD’S BIGGEST STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME IS GOING DIGITALIn 1155 the Emperor Federico Barbarossa enshrined the right of European scholars to study in different universities. The Erasmus programme is the modern incarnation of this longstanding aca-demic tradition, connecting more than 5000 higher education institutions (HEIs). The programme celebrated its 30th anniver-sary and 9 million students in 2017 and is getting itself a very special birthday present: a digital rebirth. Whilst the impact of the Erasmus without Paper (EWP) initiative is starting to be felt across the continent, the challenge ahead is nonetheless daunting. Many HEIs lack the required IT infrastruc-ture to connect to EWP, and the programme can only step into a digital new era if no university is left behind. This means that in less than two years a high quality public infrastructure needs to be rolled out across 33 countries. Meanwhile the likes of the Groningen Declaration are also looking as to how to enable data portably across continents to foster worldwide student mobility. This session will present the latest findings from several EU fun-ded projects, explain how they are combining their strengths to address current challenges and anticipate the impact of new flagship initiatives.

SESSION 3 • 14:45-15:45 • ROOM ROTUNDE

USING BLENDED-LEARNING FORMATS IN INTERNATIONAL STUDY PROGRAMMES: COLLABORATIVE APPROACHESIn international joint programmes in particular, blended-lear-ning formats offer a lot of possibilities to work with students across institutions. In our presentation, we offer some insights into how these formats are used in the Erasmus Mundus MA “Euroculture – Society, Politics and Culture in a Global Context”. The Master is part of the U4-Network, comprising the universi-ties of Göttingen, Groningen, Gent and Uppsala. It has developed the MOOC “European Culture and Politics”, which has attracted participants from around 150 countries thus far. The presenta-tion will show how the MOOC has been fed by and contributed to the teaching programme at the Euroculture partner-universi-ties. As another example, it will be shown how blended learning is used to prepare students from the different universities for a joint summer school. These examples will be used in order to initiate an exchange among the session’s participants on the possibilities, challenges and lessons learned of blended formats.

SESSION 2 • 13:45-14:35 • ROOM ROTUNDE

QUALITY OF CREDENTIALS IN OPEN EDUCATION: PATHWAYS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR RECOGNITION, TRANSPARENCY, AND PORTABILITYThe credential-space is currently seeing significant innovation, driven by two priorities, namely the unbundling of learning, and the drive to digitise credentials as prioritised by the Bolo-gna Digital Agenda and the EU’s Digital Education Action Plan. While traditionally learners could depend on the recognition of widely understood signals of experience and expertise such as university degrees, the same is not necessarily true for new for-mats of open education such as MOOCs. Currently, no clear and commonly agreed set of comprehensive criteria exists to assess the quality of such new approaches to learning and forms of cre-dentials, nor for standards and technologies which are applied to credentials. Based on work conducted by the OEPass project and other stakeholders like the Nuffic and JRC, the authors therefore propose a framework for such analysis in the form of two sets of quality characteristics for credentials. Within the session, parti-cipants will therefore be presented with the quality characteris-tics identified by the OEPass consortium and have the opportu-nity to discuss the quality of credentials from the perspective of their inherent value as well as the technological medium of the credential.

SESSION 4 • 14:45-15:45 • ROOM 4022

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE CONCURRENT SESSIONS PANEL DEBATE

LUNCH AND NETWORKING

RECEPTION • GALLERY 4th FLOOR

09:00 - 10:00 16:15 - 17:30

WORKSHOP 1 WORKSHOP 2ROOM E042 ROOM 4030

ROOM CHANGE AFTER 50 MINUTES

ON THE POTENTIAL OF DIGITAL TOOLS TO OPEN UP HIGHER EDUCATION AND WIDEN INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION THROUGH INDUCTION COURSES

Dr Renata Suter Head of Research Kiron Open Higher Education

Dr Vera Loureiro de Assunção Department Coordinator Propaedeutics Kiron Open Higher Education

Peter van der Hijden Independent European Higher Education Expert Dr Dominic Orr Senior Researcher FiBS Research Institute

COLLABORATION IS THE KEY: DIGITALISATION AND INTERNATIONALISATION

Alexander Knoth Advisor to the Vice-President on Digitalisation of Teaching / International Affairs University of Potsdam

René Wolf Supervisor for the Recflect.UP app University of Potsdam

12:45 - 13:45

17:30 - 18:30

COFFEE BREAK15:45 - 16:15

COFFEE BREAK11:00 - 11:30

WELCOME REMARKS

Dr Dorothea Rüland Secretary General DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)

10:00 - 10:20

KEYNOTE

HOW DIGITALISATION WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION LANDSCAPE IN EUROPEProf Dr Valérie Lemarquand Attaché for Higher Education French Embassy Berlin

10:20 - 11:00

PANEL DISCUSSION

LOOKING AHEAD: THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ON STUDENT MOBILITY, TEACHING, AND LEARNINGChristian Müller Deputy Secretary General DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)

Prof Dr Kornelia Freitag Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development Ruhr-University Bochum

Oliver Janoschka General Manager HFD (German Forum for Higher Education in the Digital Age)

Darco Jansen Programme Manager EADTU (European Association of Distance Teaching Universities)

Prof Dr Jürgen Handke Professor for Linguistics and Web Technology Philipps-University Marburg

Dr Christine Redecker Research Fellow Joint Research Commission, European Commission

11:30 - 12:45

TAKING BOLOGNA TO THE NEXT LEVEL: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL COOPERATION IN THE DIGITAL AGEDr Wiebke Esdar Member of Parliament German Bundestag

Dr Dorothea Rüland Secretary General DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Peter Hassenbach Head of Division “International Exchanges in Higher Education, Internationalisation” German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Dik van der Wal Manager International Services DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)

Martin Kern Director EIT (European Institute of Technology and Innovation)

Prof Dr Ramin Yahyapour Chief Information Officer Georg-August University Göttingen

Ali Aslan TV Presenter and Journalist Berlin

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During the workshop, we will focus on the potential of in-troductory and preparatory courses and how better use of digital tools in learning environ-ments can offer personalised education options according to diverse prior knowledge and personal needs. Digital plat-forms can enable students to be better informed and better prepared for their on-campus studies.

„Collaboration is the Key“ is the motto of the workshop, which focuses on transna-tional, collaborative blended learning scenarios to explore the possibilities and limits of student digital mobility as a bridge between physical in- coming and/or outgoing mobility. Ways of promoting professional, language, digital as well as transcultural skills will be discussed.

SESSION 1ROOM 4022

RECOGNITION IN THE DIGITAL AGE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Jenneke Lokhoff Senior Policy Officer Nuffic

Katrien Bardoel Senior Policy Officer Nuffic

SESSIONS 2ROOM ROTUNDE

USING BLENDED-LEARNING FORMATS IN INTERNATIONAL STUDY PROGRAMMES: COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES

Dr Lars Klein Cluster Coordinator U4 Network

Dr Senka Neuman Stanivukovic Assistant Professor U4 Network

SESSION 3 SESSION 4ROOM 4022ROOM ROTUNDE

HOW THE WORLD’S BIGGEST STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME IS GOING DIGITAL

João Bacelar Executive Manager European University Foundation

QUALITY OF CREDENTIALS IN OPEN EDUCATION: PATHWAYS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR RECOGNITION, TRANSPARENCY, AND PORTABILITY

Anthony F. Camilleri Senior Partner Knowledge Innovation Centre

Florian Rampelt Programme Manager German Forum for Higher Education in the Digital Age

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© DAADThis publication was funded to the DAAD by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research.

WORKSHOPS • ROOM E042 & 4030 SESSIONS • ROOM 4022 & ROOM ROTUNDE

SESSIONS • ROOM ROTUNDE & ROOM 4022

13:45 - 15:45 13:45 - 14:35

14:45 - 15:45