EDEN Webinar: Shaping Tomorrow’s Education: Strategies for Delivering High-Quality Teaching and Learning in a Transforming World

Topic:  Shaping Tomorrow’s Education: Strategies for Delivering High-Quality Teaching and Learning in a Transforming World
Format: Panel with discussion
Description:  The session explores the future of teaching and learning, reflecting on current educational practices and outlining the steps needed to ensure high-quality education in tomorrow’s world. The topic will address the evolving demands of education in the face of technological advances, changing student needs, and global challenges. By examining what is already being done and identifying the gaps that remain, this discussion will focus on how educators, policymakers, associations and institutions can work together to create an adaptive, flexible, equitable, and innovative learning environment.

Moderator:  Dr. Sandra Kučina Softić, University of Zagreb University Computing Centre, EDEN DLE Vice president

Dr. Sandra Kučina Softić is  the vice president of EDEN Digital Learning Europe, Assistant Director at the University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (Croatia) and Head of the E-learning Centre. She has over 25 years of experience working in higher education. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to institutions, teachers and students in implementing new technologies in learning and teaching. She has a master’s degree in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh, UK and a PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. In 2021, she authored a book on digital transformation in higher education (published in Croatian). She is a professor at the University of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, DOBA University, Slovenia and University North, Croatia. She was EDEN president 2019- 2022. Since 2023 she has been EDEN DLE Vice-President for Open Professional Collaboration.

Speakers:
Dr. Josep M. Duart

Josep M. Duart holds a doctorate in Pedagogy from Ramon Llull University (URL), Barcelona, and a Master in Business Administration from ESADE Business School, Barcelona. He qualified from the University of Barcelona (UB) with a bachelor’s degree in History and Education and also has a teaching qualification.
He is former vice president for Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning, and former director of the International Graduate Institute at the Open University of Catalonia, UOC (2007-2013). The UOC is a benchmark online university, internationally recognised for quality e-learning, and Dr Duart has played an active role in the development of its educational model, which makes intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Today he is a research professor in the Educational Sciences and Technology department at the UOC. He is the  EDEN DLE MB member and EDEN past president (2022-2024)

Dr. Farah Bennani

Dr. Farah Bennani is a distinguished leader in higher education, with over 23 years of experience in academic administration, pedagogy, and research. Currently serving as the Dean of Math, Science, and Engineering at Elgin Community College, Dr. Bennani is responsible for overseeing the strategic planning, development, and administration of academic programs in one of the institution’s most pivotal divisions. She holds a PhD in Microbiology from Ibnou Tofail University, Morocco, where she secured a research patent. Fluent in six languages, Dr. Bennani brings a global perspective to higher education, making her uniquely equipped to cultivate international partnerships and promote cross-cultural collaboration. A highly respected scholar and presenter, Dr Bennani has published and presented extensively on topics ranging from STEM pedagogy, online learning technologies and AI in education to the global perspectives of distance learning. She has been recognized with numerous awards for her contributions to e-learning, instructional technology, and diversity in education.

Kae Novak

Kae Novak is the Assistant Director of Learning Design at Front Range Community College. She has over a decade of experience as a learning designer and started in distance learning as an online student success coordinator. Kae has championed and led multiple grants on innovation, game-based learning, online learning and emerging technologies. Kae Novak is a Ph.D. student in Education at the University of Colorado-Denver. Her coursework is in critical studies and learning design and technology.

Benoit Berthou

Senior lecturer, Benoit Berthou was from 2015 to 2023 vice-president in charge of relations with the socio-economic world of the Sorbonne Paris Nord University and then director of the continuing education services of the Paris Panthéon Sorbonne University. Currently vice-president of the Digital Engineering and Technology University, he is in charge of developing international relations for the French University Lifelong Learning Education Network.

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