College of Education Webinar Series

Sessions of the webinar will be held as follows: 

• Wednesday 23rd September 

•  Thursday 1st October 

• Wednesday 7th October and  

• Wednesday 14th October, 2020 

• Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (GMT) each day

Day 1:  Wednesday, 23rd September 2020 
Topic: Big Data and Higher Education in the Global South: Challenges, Opportunities and Risks
-        Roundtable Discussion 

Day 2 -Thursday 1st October 2020 

Topic: Using Students' data to transform Teaching and Learning
-   Presenter: Prof. Bart Rienties, Professor of Learning Analytics,     Institute of Educational Technology, Open University UK 

Discussants:  

1. Prof. Seth Akonor Adjei, Assistant Professor of Data Science, Department of Computer Science College of Informatics, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, USA
2. Dr. Angela Tabiri,AIMS - Google AI Postdoctoral Fellow, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences(AIMS)-Ghana

Day 3 -Wednesday, 7th October, 2020
Topic: Growing infrastructure and institutional capacity for a more optimum and appropriate collection, analysis and use of student data in the Global South
-        Presenter: Mr. Lucas Yikimpa Chigabatia, Chief Information Technology Officer, University of Ghana & Coordinator, Ghanaian Academic and Research Network 

-        Discussant: Prof. Paul Prinsloo, Research Professor in Open Distance Learning (ODL), Department of Business Management, University of South Africa
 

Day 4 –Wednesday 14^th October, 2020
Topic: Ethical issues in the use of Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics
-        Presenter: Dr. Duncan Banks, Director of Work-Based Learning for Health Sciences, Faculty of Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics, Institute of Educational Technology, Open University UK,; 
-        Discussant: Prof. Paul Prinsloo, Research Professor in Open Distance Learning (ODL), Department of Business Management, University of South Africa

Registration details are as follows:

Registration: bit.ly/COEUGWebinar1  

Meeting Link: https://wacren.zoom.us/j/65904570175

Meeting ID: 659 0457 0175

Passcode: COE

YouTube handle for day 1: https://youtu.be/-N69NoWf7pw 

YouTube handle for day 2: https://youtu.be/siOk9WxyUyM

YouTube handle for day 3: https://youtu.be/u51zWt_MnyI

YouTube handle for day 4: https://youtu.be/X1i8gJhYD8w