* EDEN Open Classroom Conference – Panel live broadcast – 13:00 – 15:00 CET
Format: Presentations and panel

Moderator: Sandra Kucina Softic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

The session will start with 3 keynotes:

• Transformation of Education in the Era of Openness and Flexibility, Gard Titlestad, International Council for Distance Education (ICDE)
• Images of Education Futures: Looking at the Big Picture, Mark Brown, Dublin City University, EDEN
• From Open Educational Resources to Open Educational Practices, Svetlana Knyazeva, Unesco IITE

Panel discussion

Questions addressed:

• what is the common understanding in Europe of an accessible, quality and flexible education for all?
• what are best – practice examples from your countries, regions and projects that lead to accessible and flexible education for society?
• are education providers ready to meet the needs of a digitalised and networked society? and why? What are the triggers and what are the potentials? are we on the way?
• how open education can be? how ready we are are?
• what is the role of different stakeholders to foster the development of education innovations for better access, quality and flexibility?

Panelists:

• Gard Titlestad, ICDE
• Svetlana Knyazeva, UNESCO IITE
• Yves Punie, European Commission – DG JRC
• Airina Volungevičienė, EDEN
• Asta Junevičienė, Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO
• Giedrius Vaidelis, Education Development Centre
• Ineta Dabašinskienė, Vytautas Magnus University

Invited experts:

• Wim Van Petegem, K.U.Leuven
• Lisa Marie Blaschke, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
• Josep M. Duart, Catalonian Open University, Spain
• Ebba Ossiannilsson, Swedish Association of DE
• Mark Nichols, the Open University UK

Watch the recording here