Parallel session 1: International virtual learning in 2020

When: Wednesday 14 October 2020, 12:15 – 13:30

What: Round Table Discussion: Parallel Session

Overview:

This session will hear from international academic leaders and educators and will look at the experiences of virtual learning during 2020. It will reflect on how both institutions and students have had to adapt to virtual learning during an international crisis, and what it might mean for designing higher education programmes in the future.

It is a sequence of short presentations from 3-4 speakers (5-10 minutes each) and will involve an open discussion with all delegates.

Chair: Albina Szeles, Coventry University

Confirmed Speakers:

• Professor Mushtak Al-Atabi, CEO and Provost, Malaysia campus, Heriot-Watt University
• Associate Professor Mohd Ismid Md Said, Pro-Vice Chancellor (International), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
• Professor Matthew Docherty, Digital Learning Developer, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
• Professor, Dr. Peter Kersten, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences

Session video