Programme Outline
The 2nd International Summer Workshop on IT Education & Research will take three days and is split in the following parts:
- Talks and workshops on Thursday and Friday:
- Four keynote talks with panel discussion
- Four half-day workshops (à two parallel tracks)
- Social programme on Thursday and Friday:
- Campus tour and visit of the R&D department (afternoon)
- Dinner and visit of the Ars Electronica Center (evening)
- Full-day social event on Saturday
Schedule
Thursday, 11th June 2015
08:30 – 09:00|Registration | |
09:00 – 09:30|Opening | |
09:30 – 10:15|Keynote 1: "openSAP - Adaptation of the Academic MOOC Model for Enterprise Education" Michaela Laemmler (Dean of openSAP at SAP, Germany) | |
10:15 – 10:45|Coffee Break | |
10:45 – 11:30|Keynote 2: "Producing a Smart City MOOC at The Open University and FutureLearn" Gerd Kortuem (Professor of Computing at the Open University, UK) | |
11:30 – 12:00|Panel Discussion with Keynote Speakers | |
12:00 – 13:30|Lunch | |
13:30 – 14:30|Campus Tour/Time for Individual Meetings | |
14:30 – 17:00|Workshop Tracks
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18:00|Reception in Linz (seat of the Upper Austrian provincial government) |
Friday, 12th June 2015
08:30 – 09:00|Registration | |
09:00 – 09:45|Keynote 3: "Georgia Tech's New Online MOOC-Based Master's Program" Zvi Galil (Dean of the Georgia Tech College of Computing, US) | |
09:45 – 10:15|Coffee Break | |
10:15 – 11:00|Keynote 4: "Online Education in Africa: Experiences, Challenges and Outlook" Januarius J. Asongu (President of the Saint Monica University, Cameroon) | |
11:00 – 11:30|Panel Discussion with Keynote Speakers | |
11:30 – 12:30|Presentation Birmingham City University/Visit of R&D Department | |
12:30 – 14:00|Lunch | |
14:00 – 16:30|Workshop Tracks
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17:30 – 19:00|Ars Electronica Center Tour (optional) |
Saturday, 13th June 2015
08:30 – 17:00|Social Event (trip to the beautiful Salzkammergut in the lake district of Upper Austria) |