TNE 4.0: Technology and TNE

27 Feb 2020, 10:30 - 16:00

Jisc
4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB

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Technology can play a key enabling role in the delivery of high quality, equitable and accessible TNE, addressing issues such as assuring connectivity, accessibility of digital content and the digital skills of students and staff. There are also risks associated with digital dependency, cyber security, intellectual property, the unbundling of the education experience and the impact of TNE on the environment.

Who should attend

Join UUKi and Jisc for a day full of sessions on approaches to ensure your TNE operations are technologically suited to embrace Industry 4.0.

We will explore:

Enhancing TNE provision through technology: the virtual TNE environment
Case studies of successful (and less successful) application of technology to TNE
Technological pitfalls of delivering higher education across borders.
Mutualising risk and profit through technology

Do you have an interesting case study to present? Please submit your session proposal here.

Who should attend?

Pro Vice-Chancellor, International
Director/Head of International
Director/Head of Library Services
Chief Technology Officer/Head of technology
Head of Partnerships and Global Opportunities
Partnership Manager
TNE Manager
Global Engagement Officer
Innovation Officer
Subscriptions Manager

Testimonials

Attendees at last year's events said:

"All the speakers were excellent in their presentations and it was a very useful networking event"
"Well paced and very informative."
"Good resource, timing and experience with worthwhile peer interaction."
"Lots of best practice to reflect on and revisit our existing models."
"The catering for the event was fantastic. A big thank you from me."

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Agenda

10:00	Registration and refreshments
10:30	Introduction Eduardo Ramos, Head of TNE, Universities UK International
10:35	International Education 4.0 Jisc has formed a vision for the future of teaching that empowers students and transforms the role of teachers following the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on tertiary education – our Education 4.0 vision. This direction for the next 10-15 years is far reaching and challenges institutions to think not only about how they teach based on the opportunities that technology brings, but also what they teach given that most professions will themselves be impacted by these same technologies. Paul Feldman, Chief Executive, Jisc
11:10	Active classrooms enabling global collaboration: New pedagogies for TNE 4.0? Increased global connectivity is leading to opportunities for digital TNE between multi-campus HEIs or between collaborating HEIs. Reflective learning and teaching practice help academics optimise the student learning experience for face-to-face, online and blended learning approaches – but how to achieve similar results in a relatively new paradigm of synchronously linked physical and virtual learning environments may be unclear. In this session, we will use an exercise and presentation to draw together ideas for a TNE 4.0 educational model using collaborative learning approaches typically encountered in active learning studios. We will also present previous examples of this approach and new ones gained from insights from the HEFCW funded Growing Comms project and the recently completed pilot of the Global Engineering Design module delivered in partnership between Texas A&M University and Swansea University. Dr Paul M Holland, Associate Professor, Swansea University Noémi Hilaireau, Project Manager, Swansea University
11:55	Coffee break and networking
12:25	Exporting learning: Powerful digital drivers promoting quality, equity and accessibility Gilly Salmon explores practice and evidence-based examples of scalable, sustainable student-centred digital credit-bearing learning including: critical success factors for empowering online students in higher education, new curricula and graduate outcomes for Education 4.0 careers. Goals of this approach include preparing students for long lives and enabling quality, accessibility, and equity through learning design and delivery. Of interest to all those interested in exporting TNE for equity, reputation building and volume. Prof Gilly Salmon, Academic Director, Online Education Services (OES)
13:10	Lunch
14:05	From Beginning to Now: Five Steps to Launching a Successful Digital Content Program Included in Tuition for Under-Represented Students Higher ed institutions have faced a longstanding discussion of how to offer access to an affordable, individualized, and quality education for under-represented students. Now go beyond just talking about it and take a deep dive into creating a digital content program included in tuition at your transnational institution. This session is structured for individuals who are ready to take the next step in providing a digital learning materials strategy at their institution and are looking for best practices in implementation. Susan Oakes, Head of Libraries, The University of Law Nick Barratt, Director of Learner and Discovery Services, The Open University David Sherwood, Co-Founder and CEO, BibliU
14:50	Mixed reality and TNE: Sustainability and student experience Mixed reality (MR) is emerging as a ground-breaking technology that can enhance and revolutionise the delivery of higher education. MR applications can help universities address the growing concerns about the environmental footprint of international education (e.g. travel) and the need for improvements in the TNE student experience. This session will explore some of the potential applications the practical challenges of using MR in a TNE context. Dr Vangelis Tsiligiris, Principal Lecturer, Nottingham Business School
15:35	The digital global classroom As a trusted partner to our UK universities and colleges, Jisc’s transnational education support programme has been running for over five years providing advice, guidance and facilitating connectivity and services for our institutions based overseas. We now want to look to supporting the next generation of TNE and how we use the technologies of both today and the future to enable global delivery. This session will outline ways in which Jisc can support our institutions and take the first steps in adopting new technologies. Dr Esther Wilkinson, Head of International, Jisc
15:55	Closing remarks Eduardo Ramos, Head of TNE, Universities UK International
16:00	Close

Speakers

	Chair Eduardo Ramos Head of Transnational Education, Universities UK International Eduardo manages the Transnational Education programme of work at UUK, leading on the development and implementation of strategies that contribute to positioning the UK as a leading transnational education provider and global partner of choice. The programme creates new initiatives in focus regions, supports the development of effective TNE partnerships, and delivers good practice support for strategic leaders and practitioners in UK universities. Eduardo worked on education internationalisation for Spanish agency ICEX-Invest in Spain, Audencia Business School in France and St George’s, University of London. He holds degrees from the Autonomous University of Madrid and the UCL Institute of Education.
	Dr Esther Wilkinson Head of International, Jisc Dr Esther Wilkinson is a specialist in international education in the UK, and the Head of International at Jisc, the body powering the UK’s higher and further education’s teaching, learning and research and inspiring its digital transformation. Esther leads Jisc’s international strategy and strategic development of Jisc’s transnational education support programme. Esther has worked in various roles in higher education, as Assistant Director at Universities UK International; the UK Research Councils for over 13 years; the Open University and a brief spell as a police officer. Esther has a BSc Hons, DIC and PhD in Chemistry from Imperial College, London.
	Dr Paul M Holland Associate Professor, Swansea University Dr Paul M Holland is an associate professor in the College of Engineering at Swansea University. Paul was Dean of Educational Technology between 2017 and 2019, where he led the Swansea University Blended Learning Pilot, coordinated the introduction of new active learning studios and helped colleagues write a specification for the new VLE. Now a Principal Fellow of the HEA, Paul is Head of the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre in the College of Engineering and works holistically across a range of areas to improve student learning and experience.
	Noémi Hilaireau, Project Manager, Swansea University Noémi Hilaireau started working as Project Manager in the College of Engineering at Swansea University in September 2019. Her current focus is on the Growing Comms project, about enhancing collaboration between HE and FE using Active Classrooms and Collaborative Communication Platforms. With a background in Industrial Engineering and Innovation Management, Noémi has worked as Innovation Project Manager for a key French research centre (CEA Tech) handling partnership projects with industrial companies as well as the deployment of internal communication and collaboration platforms. During this experience, she developed a taste for innovative projects involving new technologies.
	Professor Gilly Salmon Academic Director, Online Education Services (OES) Professor Gilly Salmon is one of the world’s leading thinkers, researchers and practitioners in learning futures, focussing currently on ‘Education 4.0’ & new learning design and pedagogy for the third decade of the 21st C. She is Academic Director at OES (UK) in London & Professor at Swinburne University in Melbourne. Previously she was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education Futures) at the University of Western Australia. She publishes, blogs and presents on innovation and transformation in HE. Her books ‘E-moderating’ and ‘E-tivities’ are considered seminal texts and her ‘Carpe Diem’ learning design methodology is deployed internationally.
	David Sherwood, Co-Founder and CEO, BibliU David Sherwood is a Rhodes Scholar, cofounder of teachlearngrow.org.au and co-founder and CEO of BibliU, a digital content platform for institutions. BibliU is proud to be partnering with Coventry University and their Flying Start Programme to offer digital textbooks to over 30,000 students and staff at their university. Dave was a Forbes 30 Under 30 listee.
	Dr Vangelis Tsiligiris, Principal Lecturer, Nottingham Business School Dr Vangelis Tsiligiris (FHEA, FCMI) is a Principal Lecturer at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University and a Visiting Professor at Birmingham City University. He has broad experience in European transnational education (TNE) and internationalisation of higher education. Over a period of 15 years, he developed and managed several European universities’ overseas partnerships. Vangelis is an experienced researcher in the area of international higher education where he has published extensively in academic journals and books and presented his works in several international conferences. He has acted as advisor to the Maltese government on the internationalisation of higher education, and he has conducted high-profile research consultancy projects for the British Council, Universities UK International, and NAFSA. In 2016, Vangelis founded the TNE-Hub (www.tnehug.org) an international network of researchers and practitioners in international higher education.
	Paul Feldman, Chief Executive, Jisc Paul Feldman has been chief executive of Jisc since mid-October 2015. He currently sits on the GÉANT (European association of NRENS and connecting infrastructure) board of directors and the HEANet (Eire’s NREN). Before joining Jisc Paul was most recently an executive partner at Gartner UK, a technology research and advisory firm. He spent over 20 years in financial services at Nationwide Building Society, Barclays Bank and First Data EMEA, both in IT and business roles. He has also worked in knowledge-based IT companies including Thomson Reuters Legal UK and the Intellectual Property Office.
	Susan Oakes, Head of Libraries, The University of Law Susan Oakes has worked at the University of Law as Head of Libraries for the past 4 years and has led the library through a considerable time of change, centred largely around the implementation of new technology for both staff and students. Her Library team won a Special Recognition student award in 2018 in part for engaging students in this process. Susan has worked for a number of years in Library and knowledge management roles in Law firms and has been largely concerned with supporting the change to new ways of accessing resources and knowledge via technology.
	Nick Barratt, Director of Learner and Discovery Services, The Open University Dr Nick Barratt is Director of Learner and Discovery Services at the Open University. His previous role was Director of Senate House Library, University of London, having joined in 2015 as Associate Director, Collections and Engagement. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an Honorary Associate Professor of public history at the University of Nottingham, a teaching fellow at the University of Dundee, and sits on the Executive Committee of the Community Archives and Heritage Group. A qualified historian specializing in thirteenth-century state finance and fiscal history, he is a published author and, prior to his current position, worked in the media for a number of years.