OEB 2018: A student-led conversation on the future of education
Traditional education is coming to an end driven, in part, by more agile and ever-learning young professionals. At OEB 2018 a panel from Avans University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands will consider how technology is keeping up with new educational principles and what education in the future should look like.
Curriculum-development has become a collaborative process, involving students and industries. Faculty in their role as coaches are tapping into students intrinsic motivation and curiosity. Learning communities and flexible learning spaces have replaced lecture halls. So what comes next as we’re creating higher learning impact?
A selected group of students will facilitate an exchange on how technology is keeping up with the reality of new educational principles at the the session: Students in the Lead: Technologies for Demand-driven Education.
“The group will tap into the wishes and demands of users, discuss functionalities and requirements of new learning spaces and share best practices, tips and tricks,” explains OEB conference chair, Rebecca Stromeyer.
On the panel are Partnership Manager, Rick Bastiaanssen and students Iris Wardenaar and Marit Steketee.
Rick Bastiaanssen is an intermediary between businesses, research and education. He helps companies find collaboration opportunities with education and research. Looking ahead to his panel session at OEB he said: “During OEB, Avans’ students will lead a workshop on how technology can help and support this demand-driven education approach. Traditional education is coming to an end. Our environment demands agile and ever-learning young professionals. That means a shift in thinking about what education should look like. At Avans University, The Netherlands, we have started this shift by quitting on outdated teachings, classrooms, and exams. Instead, our students work on real projects at real organizations, based on their own learning objectives.”
Students in the Lead: Technologies for Demand-driven Education takes place at OEB on Thursday, Dec 6 at 14:30 and forms part of a series of sessions about the future of higher education.
The full OEB conference programme along with registration and all the information delegates need to plan their time at the event is available on the OEB website.
OEB 2018 takes place in Berlin from 5-7 December.
Notes
Learning Technologies Germany will form part of OEB 2018, providing an additional focus for the conference on employment, skills and workplace learning.
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