Sessions of the webinar will be held as follows:
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:
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 14th 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