of bachelor degree programs in the fields of business, engineering, and social work.

Achievement in digitally enhanced learning and teaching:  Visit our latest teaching project: The “Grand Challenge” – students presenting their vision of Artifical Intelligence and the future of society in a large student conference, all online. https://next-education.org/grandchallenge2020/ 
When it comes to digital transformation of higher education it is all about building new learning cultures. Visit: The Future Skills – Future Higher Education Movement – www.nextskills.org

A major challenge that your institution tries to solve: To connect all 10 learning support units into one large learning network for the entire institution…almost there…

Bio:  Ulf is a learning innovation expert, founder of mindful-leaders.net, serial entrepreneur, and Professor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State University in Karlsruhe in 2011. From 2011-2017 he held the position of Vicepresident at the same university and has been responsible for Quality and Academic Affairs. He held positions as Associate Professor of University Duisburg-Essen (Germany), Professor for Technology Enhanced Learning of University Augsburg (Germany) and Associate Professor of the Graduate School for Management and Technology of the University of Maryland University College (USA). Ulf has delivered   keynotes and been speaking  to audiences in more than 45 countries. He is author/ editor of more than 15 books and 150 scholarly articles with over 3000 academic citations. Ulf is a trained coach, facilitator and expert for mindful communication, and holds degrees in English Language, Social Sciences and Education Sciences from the University of Bielefeld, where he finished his Ph.D. with honors in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning in 2003. He was awarded his habilitation in 2008 from the University of Duisburg-Essen. His writings on Quality  in education are internationally awarded. 

Personal website: www.ulf-ehlers.net

Social network information: Twitter | Google+ | XING | LinkedIn

Recommended publication on digitally enhanced learning and teaching:  Future Skills www.nextskills.org and https://ulf-ehlers.net/my-books-1/open-learning-cultures/

Projects relating to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in: https://next-education.org/ongoing-projects/

What do you like to do when you're not working? Playing the piano, currently Chopin Preludes & Running 

We support a comprehensive suite of professional development opportunities in BOLD education from workshops to advanced postgraduate study, including specialist doctoral research. Additionally, the NIDL is committed to promoting access to university-level degrees and qualifications through DCU Connected. We have particular expertise in the design, development and delivery of online degrees, short courses and micro-credentials, including those available through the FutureLearn platform.

https://www.dcu.ie/nidl

Position: Director of National Institute for Digital Learning, Dublin City University

Participant in the edX network. 

Position:  Head of the Division of Academic Affairs, University of Iceland

Professor of Philosophy

Social network information:   https://www.facebook.com/robert.h.haraldsson 

Participant in the edX network. 

Position: Head of digital learning at the University of Iceland

Social network information:  https://www.facebook.com/pallli 

https://www.educare.unimore.it/

Bio:  Giacomo Cabri is a Full Professor in Computer Engineering and Rector’s delegate for teaching at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. His main research interests are distributed software systems, collective autonomous software systems, autonomic computing, coordination of autonomous software entities. He has published around 180 papers in international journals and conferences. He has received 7 best paper awards. He is (and has been) involved in international and national projects, of which 2 FP7 projects and 1 H2020 project. He has been general chair of IEEE WETICE 2004, of ACM PPPJ 2008 and of IEEE WETICE 2014.

http://www.agentgroup.unimore.it/people.html

Social network information: 

https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-modena-and-reggio-emilia
https://twitter.com/unimore_univ
https://www.facebook.com/unimore.it/
https://www.instagram.com/unimore_official/
https://www.youtube.com/user/tvunimore

What do you like to do when you are not working? Reading scientific books, playing with my children, watching science-fiction movies. 

https://www.educare.unimore.it/

Bio:   Tindara Addabbo is a Full Professor in Economic Policy and Coordinator of the Ph.d Programme in Labour, Development and Innovation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Current main Research Areas: gender economics, employment and wage discrimination by gender, well-being, gender budgeting and policies evaluation, gender gap in education, quality of work, work related stress, certification of firms in terms of gender equity, work life balance. Coordinator of the ongoing Project: Leading Towards Sustainable Gender Equality Plans in research institutions – LeTSGEPs (H2020-SwafS-2019 – 873072) within the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework.

Updated CV available at: http://personale.unimore.it/rubrica/curriculum/addabbo 

Must-see webinar on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/webinars/how-the-pandemic-made-me-a-better-educator/

Social network information:  https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-modena-and-reggio-emilia https://twitter.com/unimore_univ https://www.facebook.com/unimore.it/ https://www.instagram.com/unimore_official/ https://www.youtube.com/user/tvunimore

What do you like to do when you're not working?  Gym exercises, swimming

And…when theatres are open attending opera, concerts and plays. 

DigiCampus: https://digicampus.fi/?lang=en

Bio:  I have a PhD in Environmental Sciences from University of Edinburgh. Since 2013 I have been working first in Tampere University of Technology and since 2019 in Tampere University in Support Services for Education and Learning. I have worked in several roles, since 2019 as a Project Director of Development Programme for Education and Learning that is a programme for implementing Tampere University's strategy and Strategy for Education. In this role I work closely with our Vice President for Education to further strategically important issues and actions such as TLC and digital pedagogy. My main areas of interests are strategic development of higher education, sustainable development and its integration to teaching and learning in HE and international co-operation in these matters. 

Recommended publication on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching:  Mishra et al. (2011), The seven Trans-Disciplinary Habits of Mind: Extending the TPACK Framework Towards 21st Century Learning

Redecker (2017), European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators

Social network information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanna-kivim%C3%A4ki-61541b104/?originalSubdomain=fi

What do you like to do when you are not working? My spare time goes mainly in hobbies with my dog. I also like gardening and being outdoors. 

DigiCampus: https://digicampus.fi/?lang=en 

Bio: I work as Head of Pedagogical Support Services in Tampere University. I have a D.Sc. (Tech.) degree from Tampere University of Technology and the focus of my thesis was on online assessment. My main areas of interest are digital pedagogy, work-integrated pedagogy in higher education and competency-based teaching and learning. Previously I have also been working as teacher and as supervisor of B.Sc. theses in industrial management.

Recommended publication on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching:  https://unips.fi; especially https://unips.fi/how-to-teach-multicultural-groups/

Social network information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eila-pajarre-74021ba9/

What do you like to do when you're not working? I am interested in genealogy and in summer I like gardening in our little summer cottage. 

The UOC's methodology – its proprietary learning model – is based on three basic elements: learning resources, personalized student support from teaching staff, and peer collaboration.

Created by the Catalan government, the UOC is a university run privately to provide a public service and facilitates equitable and inclusive access to higher education.
We adopted the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as our roadmap.
For more information: https://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/metodologia-online-qualitat/index.html

Achievement or lesson learnt in the area of digitally enhanced learning and teaching:  The eLearn Center, specialised on applied research in e-learning, using data obtained within the institution itself, either from users or from sections or processes, and to do so to benefit innovation and contribute to improving the quality of teaching. It works in a number of fields to offer students the best possible learning experience and to support academic staff in achieving this goal. Among other services, it analyses and redesigns courses and programmes, organizes themed sessions, studies and selects learning resources, obtains data to improve teaching and offers the chance to experiment and conduct trials in a real-life setting, while constantly monitoring the field of e-learning.  https://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/elearncenter/index.html 

A major challenge your institution tries to resolve: How to scale online assessment as well as the adaptation and recognition of online assessment by regulatory bodies.

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in: Emergency Remote Teaching Webinar Series - https://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/news/actualitat/2020/313-remote-teaching.html 

TeSLA - https://tesla-project-eu.azurewebsites.net/

Bio: Pastora Martínez Samper has a doctoral degree in Physics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, an Executive MBA from EADA Business School and a master's degree in Leadership and Management in Science and Innovation (UB-UAB-UPF joint programme). 

She is Vice President for Globalization and Cooperation at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) since February 2016 and President of the UOC Equality Unit since September 2016. 

She has more than 15 years of experience in the management of science including management of research centers, European projects or networks. She has been invited to participate in several workshops and courses focused on 2030 Agenda, RRI and Open Science.

Recommended publication on the the topic of international partnerships: Innovative Models for Collaboration and Student Mobility in Europe - Results of the EADTU’s Task Force and Peer Learning Activity on Virtual Mobility - https://eadtu.eu/documents/Innovative_Models_for_Collaboration_and_Student_Mobility_in_Europe.pdf

Social network information: Twitter: @pastorams 

Created by the Catalan government, the UOC is a university run privately to provide a public service and facilitates equitable and inclusive access to higher education.
We adopted the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as our roadmap.
For more information: https://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/metodologia-online-qualitat/index.html

Achievement or lesson learnt in the area of digitally enhanced learning and teaching:  The eLearn Center, specialised on applied research in e-learning, using data obtained within the institution itself, either from users or from sections or processes, and to do so to benefit innovation and contribute to improving the quality of teaching. It works in a number of fields to offer students the best possible learning experience and to support academic staff in achieving this goal. Among other services, it analyses and redesigns courses and programmes, organizes themed sessions, studies and selects learning resources, obtains data to improve teaching and offers the chance to experiment and conduct trials in a real-life setting, while constantly monitoring the field of e-learning.  https://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/elearncenter/index.html 

A major challenge your institution tries to solve: How to scale online assessment as well as the adaptation and recognition of online assessment by regulatory bodies.

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching in currently involved in: Emergency Remote Teaching Webinar Series - https://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/news/actualitat/2020/313-remote-teaching.html 

TeSLA - https://tesla-project-eu.azurewebsites.net/

Bio: I am currently working at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in the Department of Globalisation and Cooperation as Director of Open Knowledge Projects. Among my responsibilities are the promotion of Open Science and Open Knowledge at the UOC as well as the coordination of the Sustainability Action Plan. I am also in charge of strategic partnerships in Europe and with international networks. I have been working for over fifteen years in different fields of higher education and research management, mainly related to international relations, development cooperation and sustainable development. My studies are Language, Business and Cultural Studies from the University of Passau in Germany and Master in European Development Cooperation Policies from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Recommended publication on international partnerships: Innovative Models for Collaboration and Student Mobility in Europe - Results of the EADTU’s Task Force and Peer Learning Activity on Virtual Mobility - https://eadtu.eu/documents/Innovative_Models_for_Collaboration_and_Student_Mobility_in_Europe.pdf

Social network information: Twitter: @nadjagmelch

What do you like to do when you're not working? I love spending time on the road in my van, together with my husband and my dog, in nature, climbing mountains, both in summer and in winter, playing the piano and practicing yoga. 

https://www.fernuni-hagen.de/english/research/d2l2/ 

Bio: I work as Senior Strategy Advisor Digitalization for the rector. Previously, I was a post-doc at the Chair of Media Didactics and Knowledge Management at the University of Duisburg-Essen and Chair Representative for Educational Technology at the FernUniversität in Hagen. I am an expert in digital education and am interested in New Learning, innovation culture and change.

Recommended publication on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching:  https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/210047/  

In German: https://www.bpb.de/apuz/293132/hochschulen-im-digitalen-wandel?p=all

Must-see webinar on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching: In German: https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/de/blog/innovationskultur-hochschulen

Social network information:  Twitter: @bilsandbytes

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabellp/

What do you like to do when you're not working?  I love cooking

The current situation requires us to explicitly identify innovative approaches that impact and create value for student learning. However, in order to implement such approaches and practices, it is necessary to analyse and detail a conceptual framework to guide our educational institutions. 

Bio: Academic Vice-Rector at Mondragon University since 2011, received his Ph.D degree in signal processing and electronics engineering from the University of Edinburgh (UK) in 1997.  He worked as a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Engineering of Mondragon University since 1997 and was appointed Academic Coordinator of the Faculty of Engineering in 2007 where he was involved in competence based curriculum design and quality assurance. In his current position, he is mainly involved in the development of (dual) co-operative education, internationalisation of higher education and educational innovation, in particular in the development of the 

MENDEBERRI 2025 educational model. He has worked closely with different stakeholders in educational innovation and social transformation projects in Spain, Colombia, México, Morocco and Kenya. He is President of the Lea Artibai Vocational Training College, evaluator of QA systems with AQU Catalunya and member of the 

Social Management Committee of Mondragon Co-operative Group.

Recommended publication on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching:
•       Neary, M., Valenzuela-Fuentes, K. and Winn, J. (2018), Co-operative leadership for higher education. Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, ISBN: 978-1-912137-97-8. 

•       Wright, S., Greenwood, D. and Boden R. 

(2011). Report on a field visit to Mondragón 

University: a cooperative experience/experiment. Learning and Teaching 4 (3), 38–56, doi: 

10.3167/latiss.2011.040304

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in: Mendeberri 2025 project:  https://www.mondragon.edu/en/informationof-interest/learning-model
Erasmus+ KA226: Personalised digital learning paths to foster social-cooperative entrepreneurship.  2020-1-ES01-KA226HE096168.

Social network information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-altuna-

The University of Bologna was founded in 1088, it is the most populated university community in Italy, with 86.000 enrolled students, 2800 teaching professors and 3000 technical-administrative staff. UNIBO is a comprehensive higher education institution with 32 departments and 219 Degree Programmes: 92 first cycle (BA), 114 second cycle (MA) and 13 single cycle programmes. UNIBO also offers 45 PhD programmes, 52 specialisation schools, 74 professional courses. UNIBO is a multi-campus university, strongly rooted in its territory and is also the most internationalised of all Italian universities with: 69 international degree programs, 6.300 international students enrolled, international networks, EU funded projects (147 Erasmus+, 244 Horizon2020 and 27 other EU-funded projects during 2014-2019). Every year, more than 2.200 EU students come on exchange programmes, and over 2.700 UNIBO students spend a study period in other EU countries.

Achievement or lesson learnt in the area of digitally enhanced learning and teaching: https://alma2021.unibo.it/en/actions/digital-technologies-for-education The projects related with digital tools for learning and teaching currently active at UNIBO include the following actions:
- Creating a platform to offer open online courses to students and citizens on a large scale (MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses), also in collaboration with institutions interested in developing common teaching areas.
-  Developing e-learning technologies, to support strategic actions, including safety at work training and certifications.
- Improving the Digital Library, including providing a discovery tool for teaching material and designing an infrastructure for long-term archiving.

A major challenge your institution tries to solve: Finding the proper balance within face to face and e-learning, keeping high standard of quality and participation in learning and teaching processes during and after the pandemic.

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in: https://book.unibo.it

Bio: My name is Elena Luppi, I am an Associate Professor in Educational Research at the University of Bologna – Department of Education. I am currently Rector’s Delegate for Innovation in Teaching and Learning and I have been Rector's Delegate for Gender Equality. I carry out Evidence Based Research and Action Research on Design, Assessment and Evaluation in Education. I am an expert in Lifelong Learning - especially Elderly Education, Intergenerationality, Elderly Care - and in Gender issues, tackling these topics with an interdisciplinary perspective. I am the author of books and articles concerning these subjects. I am the Italian representative for the University of Bologna in WiTEC - the European Association for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology.

Recommended publication on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching: https://book.coe.int/en/higher-education-and-research/9141-higher-education-s-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-building-a-more-sustainable-and-democratic-future-council-of-europe-higher-education-series-no-25.html

Social network information:  | https://www.facebook.com/unibo.it/ https://www.linkedin.com/school/unibo/mycompany/ https://twitter.com/UniboMagazine https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-luppi-ab2a602b/

What do you like to do when you are not working? Spending time with family and friends and with my pets, practicing yoga, reading, travelling, walking, cooking, skiing, hiking…. 

<https://www.unito.it/didattica/e-learning> 

 
A major challenge your institution tries to solve: Reaching and involving every kind of student (out-of-towners, people with small children, workers, with disabilities and SLD, etc.) to support them in the most effective way.

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in:  IRIDI Project, Educational Research Incubator for Innovation: https://www.unito.it/didattica/e-learning/progetto-iridi 
E-Learning Projects:

https://www.unito.it/didattica/e-learning 

Bio:  President of the QA Board of the University of Turin; PhD in Ibero-Romance Philology, Full Professor of Spanish Literature and Catalan Language and Literature; member of the PhD in “Digital Humanities” (Universities of Turin and Genoa, Italy) and of the PhD in “Transferencias Interculturales e Históricas en la Europa Mediterránea” (University of Alicante, Spain); member of the Centre for Catalan Studies (Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California Santa Barbara); Remote Referee for the Panel SH5 of the ERC Grants; Expert Evaluator for ANVUR (Agenzia Nazionale per la Valutazione dell’Università e della Ricerca); dir. of the international research project “Glocal Perspectives in Iberian Studies” (https://www.lingue.unito.it/do/progetti.pl/Show?_id=8m8s); complete CV available on https://www.lingue.unito.it/do/docenti.pl/Show?_id=vorazi#tab-profilo.

Social network information:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Veronica_Orazi 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veronica.orazi.7

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veronica_orazi/

What do you like to do when you are not working?  Reading and swimming (sometimes, cooking too).

To take care of the mental health and high motivation of our students and teachers in digitally enhanced learning and teaching. 

 

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in: European University Alliance 4EU+ (Erasmus+ project)

Bio:  See my CV at Milena Králíčková – CV – Institute of Histology and Embryology (cuni.cz)

Vice-Rector for Education - Charles University (cuni.cz) 

European Commission:  DigComp 2.0:The Digital Competence Framework for Citizens.  https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC101254/jrc101254_digcomp%202.0%20the%20digital%20competence%20framework%20for%20citizens.%20update%20phase%201.pdf

Social network information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-julia-webersik-6a20b492/?originalSubdomain=de

What do you like to do when you're not working? Spending time with my family (husband + 2 daughters, 15 and 12 years old), Nordic Walking, reading, travelling, hanging around with friends 

• Leuphana…auf dem Weg! (Federal Ministry of Education and Research): https://www.leuphana.de/en/university/history/teaching/projekte/project-leuphana-auf-dem-weg.html  

Bio: I am a consultant for university development in Leuphana’s President’s Office. My background is in Mechanical Engineering.  I was born and raised in Northern Germany, then moved around quite a bit but came back as soon as I had the chance.   

Recommended publication on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching: Noam (1995): Electronics and the Dim Future of the University. Science (270)  https://science.sciencemag.org/content/270/5234/247  

It is always fun to go re-investigate old prophecies and see how well they have aged. After almost one year of zoom calls and close to zero physical interaction on campus, Noam’s doomsday scenario from the 1990s about how Information Technology and digital solutions might make universities obsolete almost feels like a comical read. I have always liked the premise of the article though, because it makes you realize that firstly, digital technologies are and should never be more than a means to an end and secondly, that universities have to be, do and enable more than “just” creating, storing, sharing and distributing knowledge and information to stay relevant and not become obsolete.

Social network information:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephan-scheuner-28103627/

What do you like to do when you are not working? Cooking (and eating), playing ice hockey, spending time with my family, travelling and hanging out with friends. 

We have assessment as a major theme within our ‘Learning Hub’ of shared good practice (https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/learning-hub). 

A major challenge your institution tries to solve: Enhancing and improving assessment and feedback practices is a major concern to Cardiff University, and to the UK HE sector in general. The key challenge is how to integrate assessment and feedback into overall learning and teaching activities, so that assessment becomes assessment for learning, or assessment as learning, rather than just assessment of learning. This requires a fundamental rethink of the role of assessment in the ‘learning journey’ of a student.

Bio:  My name is Steve Rutherford, and I am a Professor of Bioscience Education, and Head of the ‘Education Division’, in the School of Biosciences, Cardiff University. I was formerly Director of Undergraduate Education within the School of Biosciences. I am also Academic Lead for learning and teaching professional development courses at Cardiff, in the Centre for Education Support and Innovation. During 2020 I was a working group lead in our ‘Digital Education Project’, to support the move to online teaching due to Covid-19, leading the ‘Staff Training and Development’ strand of the project. I was awarded a prestigious ‘National Teaching Fellowship’ in 2016, and I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I have a PhD, as well as a Masters degree and Doctorate in Education. My pedagogic research focuses around the development of self-regulated learning during the transition to university, student engagement in assessment and feedback, and collaborative learning in HE. I also have a strong interest in the social interactions between students, and the development of student learning communities, and ‘Personal Learning Networks’. I am the lead on a new Erasmus+/EU-funded joint project (with 5 other European institutions) on self-regulation and student partnership in assessment.  

https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/81269-rutherford-stephen

Recommended publications on the topic of curriculum and assessment:  This publication and link to the supporting website is the backbone of the student-staff partnership in assessment approach which is the backbone of my TPG community. Authored by Prof. Carol Evans of Griffiths University, Australia.  https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/417264 https://eatframework.org.uk   This paper is also an important review of the literature around self-regulation in assessment.  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0034654312474350

Must-see webinar on the topic of curriculum and assessment:  This seminar, by Prof. Carol Evans, summarises many of the key concepts of student-staff partnership in assessment design.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJvaKryuwAo

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in:  Over the summer of 2020, Cardiff University undertook a project to develop and promote digital education, in preparation for the new academic year, a large proportion of which would need to be online. This project took 5 months, and involved over 120 members of staff who volunteered to be partners in the activities. Divided into 8 working groups, every aspect of digital education was addressed, including curriculum design, assessment, practical/clinical teaching, staff and student training, and support. The positive impact on students and staff when the new academic year began was extremely significant.  http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/CESI/2020/06/16/a-principled-approach-to-online-learning/  http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/CESI/2020/06/23/not-sure-what-to-do-about-online-teaching-next-year-dont-worry-help-is-on-its-way/  http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/CESI/2020/10/01/starting-the-semester/  

http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/CESI/2020/10/07/working-collaboratively-to-support-digital-education/

Social network information: http://www.twitter.com/sm_rutherford   

What do you like to do when you're not working? When not working, I am usually found walking my dog (a very large, hairy, and none-too-bright ‘Otterhound’ (one of the rarest breeds of dog, worldwide). I am also a historical re-enactor (mostly English Civil War, where I am a military drummer. I also have a very strong interest in the history of surgery, especially military surgery, and have contributed chapters on the biomedical validity of 17^th Century surgical techniques to published scholarly books, and helped create an exhibition on early modern medicine for a Civil War museum. 

https://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/facts/profile/

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/teaching-excellence/educationincubator/about/

Bio: Professor Mark Goodwin leads on Global Engagement for the University of Exeter. He is responsible for the delivery of the University’s Global Strategy and has oversight of all of the University’s global activities, including international student recruitment and global partnerships. Our growing portfolio includes significant strategic partnerships with international universities including the University of Queensland and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Recommended publication on the topic of international partnerships: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/vision/global/ 

As a lifelong learner, I try not to miss any webinars or conferences in my field and have been a ‘Clubhouser’ recently. 

Educational Innovation Unit (delegated by the Vice-Rector for Academic Organization, Educational Innovation and Quality) [external lin​k]​ .

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vriklefs/

What do you like to do when you are not working? Web-programming (PHP, MySQL, JavaScript), travelling 

National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" (NaUKMA) is a classic university that creates preserves and spreads knowledge in the natural, social, humanitarian and technical sciences. Kyiv-Mohyla Academy represents a community that forms nationally-conscious, honest, caring, creative personalities, who are able to think independently and act responsibly in accordance with the universal principles of Good and Justice, for the development of an open and democratic society.

Achievement or lesson learnt in the area of digitally enhanced learning and teaching:  Methodology comes before technology. We understand that it is not enough to provide faculty with technology. And it is even not enough to teach them how to use the technology. It is about how you design teaching and learning process in new environments.

Here is the link to the recommendations we developed and which were distributed at national level  https://mon.gov.ua/ua/osvita/visha-osvita/rekomendacij-shodo-vprovadzhennya-zmishanogo-navchannya-u-zakladah-fahovoyi-peredvishoyi-ta-vishoyi-osviti

A major challenge your institution tries to solve: Ensuring academic integrity in online environment

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in:  We are participating in the project “Academic Integrity & Quality Initiative” which is aimed at developing teaching methodologies and curricula that cultivate academic integrity in classrooms.

https://americancouncils.org.ua/en/programs/academiq/

Bio: I am the head of Education Quality Assurance department. I also teach cross-cultural communication courses for BA students and conduct trainings in our teaching excellence program for the faculty.

Recommended publication on the topic of curriculum and assessment:  Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID–19. Faculty Playbook http://olc-wordpress-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/Faculty-Playbook_Final-1.pdf It is a simple step-by-step multilevel manual.

Must-see webinar on the topic of curriculum and assessment:  A substantial online course on assessment in higher education https://www.coursera.org/learn/assessment-higher-education/home/welcome

Social network information:  https://www.facebook.com/olga.bershadska.7/

What do you like to do when you are not working?  I love reading and spend a lot on books. My recent favorite author is Fredrik Backman, especially his “My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apology”. When I was reading it, my youngest son came to hug me because I was crying.  I also like discovering new music and at the moment I am listening to a song of the Georgian folk-rock band “33a” here https://youtu.be/aEJMKCAoQbA To this music, I can really “dance like nobody’s watching”.  I love the sea and spend at least a week at the sea every year.  I have a dream to live at the seaside one day and the only thing that stops me is the Ukrainian winter at the Ukrainian sea.  And one more thing I’d like to share is that I love eating. I love mixture of different tastes and textures.  I love French, Italian, Georgian food. But if you think that I love cooking as well, the answer is no. I am conveniently married to a man who loves cooking 😊

·  National and international partnerships in digital age (with both universities/research centers and industries/NGO’s) and strategic mindset in this context.

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in: The main project for SU is the development of the 2020-2025 strategic plan, which is relevant to this TPG in many aspects. The other ongoing project for us is the newly built SU Digital Campus, which is designed to provide environment for online/hybrid learning. We hope to gain insight for both of these “projects” throughout the work of the TPG.

Bio:  Cem Güneri is a professor of mathematics. He has been with SU since 2001. He holds BSc degree from the Middle East Technical University and PhD degree from Louisiana State University, both in mathematics. His research areas can be sumarized as algebra and its applications in coding theory and cryptography. He graduated 13 graduate students in his career so far, 6 of whom were PhD students.  He was actively involved in developing undergraduate courses, minor and graduate programs in mathematics during his early years at SU. He served as the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences between 2012 and 2018. Since 2018, he has been the Vice President responsible from education. He has been elected by students for Sabancı University’s annual teaching awards for the First Year Courses and the Graduating Class several times.

https://it.ku.edu.tr/en/

Bio:  Zuhal Zeybekoglu received her Ph.D. degree in Educational Administration and Planning from Middle East Technical University, Turkey in 2011. She has twenty years of experience in higher education. She is currently with the Koç University Office of Learning and Teaching (KOLT). She oversees organizing professional development programs for faculty members, teaching assistants and academic support services for students. She actively designs and delivers workshops in different aspects of learning and teaching for faculty members. She conducts class observations and course evaluations and leads consultation sessions for faculty members who are interested in improving their course design and delivery by using high impact practices in face-to-face and online learning and teaching. She organizes focus group and survey studies with students, alumni and employers and advises program leaders and internal review committees in evidence-based curriculum review and development. Her main research interests focus on learning and teaching in higher education. She has published articles in national and international journals.

Recommended publication on the topic of curriculum and assessment: Raes, A., Detienne, L., Windey, I., & Depaepe, F. (2020). A systematic literature review on synchronous hybrid learning: gaps identified. Learning Environments Research, 23(3), 269-290.

Must-listen podcast on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching: https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast-category/online-learning/

Social network information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zzeybekoglu/

What do you like to do when you are not working? Walking, pilates and cooking 

Webpage: https://duth.gr/en/Home

Achievement or lesson learnt in the area of digitally enhanced learning and teaching: As soon as Democritus University of Thrace passed to distance learning (MARCH 2020), the newly founded Learning and Teaching Office produced useful guides for distance learning ( https://ctl.duth.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/distance_learning_guide.pdf )and e-exams ( https://ctl.duth.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/exams.pdf) and organized a series of webinars for the teaching  staff focusing on how to motivate and engage students in e-teaching.

A major challenge your institution tries to solve: Capacity  and  professional development  of  staff for the digital transformation.

Bio: I am a Professor of Linguistics at the Department of Greek Philology at Democritus University of Thrace and Vice Rector of Academic Affairs and Student Welfare at the same University. I am also Head of the Quality Assurance Unit of Democritus University of Thrace and Coordinator of The Teaching and Learning Center at my University. As Vice-Rector I am a member of the Greek Rectors' Convention. I was was the supervising coordinator of the THALES Project on Language Learning Strategies (total grant 600.000 euros) and also member of the experts’ committees for the revision of curricula in Greece and Cyprus in primary and secondary education. My main areas of research interests include language learning strategies, student-centered learning, higher education policies and quality assurance and language policies.

Social network information:  Twitter: @ZGavriilidou 
Facebook: Zoe Gavriilidou

Instagram: Zoe Gavriilidou

What do you like to do when you are not working? I like reading literature (especially campus or historical novels) travelling and swimming.

https://www.unil.ch/

Achievement or lesson learnt in the area of digitally enhanced learning and teaching:  Development of digital strategy for UNIL :  https://www.unil.ch/numerique/fr/home.html Framework for digital culture development at UNIL (only in French for now) :   https://bit.ly/2Nwh8QW
Providing a full digital ecosystem for teaching :  https://www.unil.ch/coronavirus/teach 

Providing a quality central service that respect every schools specificity.

A major challenge your institution tries to solve: Digital skills development oriented in the fields of teaching and learning.
Providing a digital and stable ecosystem designing to enhance teaching and learning quality.

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in:  
·   P8 project phase 1 funded by swissuniversities (digital learning outcomes) – 2019-2021 ·   P8 project phase 2 funded by swissuniversities (FUTURE UNIVERSITY) - 2021-2024

https://www.swissuniversities.ch/fr/themes/digitalisation/digital-skills

Bio:  After ten years spent in South-East Asia at the service of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie and its international university cooperation projects, I joined the University of Liège as a researcher in the field of educational technologies. Between 2004 and 2018, I created and developed the University's digital campus and then took over the management of the MOOC project between 2015 and 2018. I joined the University of Lausanne in 2019 as Deputy Director of Digital Affairs and am assigned to the Teaching and Learning Centre of UNIL. I am in charge of the development of our digital portfolio for teaching, the development of uses of educational multimedia and projects related to the development of digital skills. After studying robotics, I trained as a primary school teacher and also hold a master's degree in educational sciences, a master's degree in educational technologies and a master's degree in higher education pedagogy.

Recommended publication on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching:
Bates, A. and Poole, G. (2003) Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education: Foundations for Success San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Horizon report teaching and learning edition 2020 : https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/3/2020-educause-horizon-report-teaching-and-learning-edition

Must-see webinar on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching:  EDEN COVID webinars serie 

https://www.eden-online.org/covid-webinar-series/

Social network information:
https://twitter.com/JeffVandePoel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfvandepoel/

What do you like to do when you are not working?  
Being a sad but avid and devoted Arsenal’s fan

Cycling 
Watching movies 

www.unifg.it 

Bio:  Rector of the University of Foggia ,Full professor of Educational Psychology  

Research interests: Instructional technology, MOOCs, digital learning, SSDT.

What do you like to do when you are not working? Movies and books 

To take care of the mental health and high motivation of our students and teachers in digitally enhanced learning and teaching.

Projects related to digitally enhanced learning and teaching currently involved in:   European University Alliance 4EU+ (webpage  https://4euplus.eu/4EU-1.html)

Central development project (national project) dedicated to the prevention of plagiarism and academic integrity of the digitally enhanced learning and teaching (webpage:  https://www.akademickaetika.cz/, Czech only)

Bio:  Member of the Rector's Board of Charles University – responsible for the E-learning and Plagiarism Prevention; Member of the Ethics Committee of Charles University; Expert Evaluator, National Accreditation Authority for Higher Education (Former Member of the Board);

Senior Lecturer in Medical Biochemistry.

Social network information: Linked in profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josef-fontana-712179131/ 

https://excellence-in-education.co.uk

Bio:  Professor Tim Quine is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) and a Professor of Earth System Science at the University of Exeter. As the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education, Tim is responsible for developing and delivering the University’s Education Strategy and monitoring and providing regular reports to Senate and Council. Tim is currently the sponsor of Project Enhance, which is facilitating the university’s approach to maintaining educational opportunities and outcomes for students in response to the Covid-19 pandemic through the provision of a blended model of teaching and learning. Key aspects of Tim’s portfolio include the development of our portfolio of degree programmes including Degree Apprenticeships; fair access, participation and progression; and graduate employability. Tim maintains a close partnership with the Exeter Students’ Guild and the Falmouth and Exeter Students’ Union to ensure the quality and continual enhancement of the student experience. Finally, Tim works closely with the Academic Dean for Students, Associate Academic Dean for Students, Director of Education & Student Support and the six College Associate Deans for Education to ensure that the University maintains its excellent academic quality and standards and seeks to innovate to improve the educational experience of all Exeter students.  Tim undertakes research in Earth Surface Science that focuses on perturbation of the terrestrial carbon cycle by soil erosion and sediment deposition and on long-term landscape evolution. Over 60% of his papers have been written with international collaborators; current projects take him to China, India and South America.

Recommended publication on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/vision/educationstrategy/

Must-see webinar on the topic of digitally enhanced learning and teaching: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/michael-crow-future-online-teaching-learning

Social network information:  | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-quine-3061081/?originalSubdomain=uk  

Twitter: @timquine

What do you like to do when you are not working: Walking, gardening and photography