Rob Koper

Time: 18 September, 15:15-16:15
Place: Aula Magna, FCEE
Session Chair: Mustafa Yunus Eryaman

Rationale: Learning is the key to personal and economical growth. New digital media open-up new opportunities for learning anywhere, at any place, at any time. A lot of research have been done to aspects of lifelong learning: supporting informal/non-formal learning, ePortfolio, competence development, assessment of prior learning, self-directed learning facilities, personal and social learning environments, learning networks, etc. However: how to integrate all of these aspects into an effective, working environment for lifelong learning? What works and what does not work? In this keynote I will address the efforts we have undertaken in the last 9 years to develop an effective approach.

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Professor Dr. Rob Koper is the Dean of the Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies (http://celstec.org), the research centre of the Open University of the Netherlands. His personal research concentrates on the effective use of digital media for lifelong learning. In the past he developed among other things, the Educational Modelling Language, the predecessor of IMS Learning Design. He was involved in many EU projects and has published over two hundred academic publications. Currently he is involved in designing and implementing an new University strategy and infrastructure for the use of Open Educational Resources and lifelong learning.