ECSS 2015 - Pre-Summit Workshops
At the ECSS 2015, on the day before the main Summit, Monday October 12, 2015, two special Pre-Summit Workshops will be organized in parallel:
WORKSHOP FOR DEANS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS AND RESEARCH DIRECTORS
Chair: Mehdi Jazayeri, Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano
With the expansion of informatics and its ever-growing pervasiveness in other disciplines and society in general, department chairs at informatics groups face ever-increasing challenges. The goal of the workshop is to provide a networking opportunity for department chairs, old and new, to share experiences, common challenges, practical strategies, and best practices. It provides a forum for strengthening your leadership and management competencies by exchanging best practices and by building relationships among department heads at European Informatics research institutions. This year's meeting will cover a variety of issue presented by prominent leaders from different European universities.
The workshop will be a mixture of discussions/knowledge sharing/exchange of practical guidelines in smaller groups. Please bring the issues you are facing and approaches you have found to work. Both new and experienced department heads are invited for an exchange of best practices, new ideas and common challenges and practical strategies. Benefits for participants include:
- Learning best practices from heads of European Informatics departments and research labs
- Taking advantage of a networking platform for heads of European Informatics departments and research labs
- Inspiration for improving department processes
To know more about the speakers and detailed program visit the Workshop's webpage.
To know more about registration fees and to register for this workshop visit: ECSS 2015 Registration.
WORKSHOP ON EXPERIENCES AND PRACTICES IN MOOCS
Chairs: Uwe Egly and Hilda Tellioglu, Faculty of Informatics, TU Wien
This pre-summit workshop gathers practitioners interested in experiences and best practices in MOOCs and MOOC-related contexts. This includes experiences from authors who have been running MOOCs, supporting the production of MOOCs, involved in the selection of MOOCs, or analysing data for their university. It also includes experiences of using MOOC-related technology in other contexts, in particular, for on-campus education. It aims to share experiences, results, and solutions and to document problems.
Topics of Interest
- MOOC production: costs, processes, pitfalls
- MOOC selection: criteria for selection, how to motivate teachers, feedback from students
- MOOC introduction: strategies, phases, evaluation
- MOOC data: drop-out rates, student demographics, popular activities, etc.
- Integration with existing e-learning initiatives and learning management systems
- Failures and successes in flipped classrooms
- Pedagogical support to teachers
To know more about the speakers and detailed program visit the Workshop's webpage.
To know more about registration fee and to register for this workshop visit: ECSS 2015 Registration.