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Agenda Wednesday 4 December 2013 - Openness, Innovation, and Inclusion: European Policies and Programmes in ICT for Learning

10:00 - 10:30 INTRODUCTION

Mr Pierre Mairesse (European Commission – Director – DG Education and Culture)

The role of ICT in education from a European policy perspective

10:30 - 11:10 SESSION 1. Openness (part I)

Key note presentation by Ms Riina Vuorikari (European Commission - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Spain) - Imagining Open Education in 2030

Dr Carl Holmberg, Case Study 1: OPAL (Open Educational Quality Initiative) - Reaching quality in OER through open educational practices

11:10 - 11:40 COFFEE BREAK

11:40 - 12:30 SESSION 1. Openness (part II)

Prof. Paul Bacsich, Case Study 2: POERUP (Policies for OER uptake) - Policies for OER uptake for the three formal education sectors with emphasis on Member States

Discussion led by Ms Ana Carla Pereira (European Commission – Head of Unit – DG Education and Culture)

12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 - 15:30 SESSION 2. Innovation

Key note presentation by Mr Brian Holmes (European Commission - Interim Director - Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) - Innovation in Education: Evidence from European policy and practice

Dr Michela Ott, Case Study 1: MAGICAL (Making Games in collaboration for Learning) - Serious Gaming, Gamification and Game making: new avenues towards learning innovation?

Mr Théo Bondolfi, Case Study 2: WIKI Skills (Empowering and fostering social, professional, cultural and civic skills through pedagogical use of Wiki technologies and methodologies) - WIKIS as gateway to netizenship

Ms Anja Balanskat, Case study 3: Creative Classroom Lab - How to foster the innovative and creative use of tablets in schools - The CCL approach

Discussion led by Ms Ana Carla Pereira (European Commission – Head of Unit – DG Education and Culture)

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 17:00 SESSION 3. Inclusion

Key note presentation by Mr Jouni Kangasniemi (Ministry of Education and Culture Finland - Senior Adviser - Division for Adult Education and Training Policy) - Unbundling Inclusion

Ms Marcella Turner-Cmuchal, Case Study 1: ICT4IAL (ICT for information accessibility in learning) - Accessible ICTs for learners with special needs: promoting equity in education

Ms Susan Flocken, Case Study 2: ICT&ESL (Teacher Unions preventing early school leaving through the use of ICT in education) - Preventing early school leaving through the use of ICT in education

Discussion led by Mr Ralf Rahders (European Commission - Head of Unit – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency)

17:00 - 17:30 CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSING STATEMENT

Mr Brian Holmes (European Commission - Interim Director - Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency)