ICA Network for Innovation in Higher Education in the Life Sciences (ICA-Edu)

Educating the Net Generation in the Life Sciences

Thursday 21 June & Friday 22 June 2012

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Thursday 21 June

9.00     Welcome

Chair Stefan Zerbe, Free University of Bozen – Bolzano and Chair of the ICA Week of Conferences Local Organising Committee
Welcome by Professor Konrad Bergmeister, President Free University of Bozen – Bolzano
Welcome by Rector Walter Lorenz, Free University of Bozen – Bolzano
Welcome by Dean Guido Van Huylenbroeck, President of ICA
Welcome by Margarita Calderon-Peter, President of IROICA

SESSION 1

9.20Introduction to the themes of the Conferences, Stefan Zerbe, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano

9.30     KEYNOTE: Something becomes Someone – thoughts on an university and identity on social media , Christophe Johanns, KU Leuven

SESSION 2

Chair:  Matteo Scampicchio, Free University of Bozen – Bolzano

11.00   Introductions

11.10   Web Conferencing: opening a network of possibilities, Mike Moulton, Head of the Learning Centre, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

11.30   

11.50   Gender competence in international courses. Comparing classroom and blended e-learning courses, Siegfried Lewark, University of Freiburg, Germany

12.01   Computer-based language testing in a multilingual context , Christoph Nickenig, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

SESSION 3

Chair:  Stefan Zerbe, Free University of Bozen – Bolzano

13.30KEYNOTE: How does technology impact on the teaching and learning process - positive and negative effects? Barbara Hinterstoisser, Vice Rector for Education, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Austria

14.15 When distance education comes up short: two cases of social science programs , Bruce L. Ahrendsen, University of Arkansas, USA

14.35   Teaching with augmented reality - mobility wherever necessary, Cornelius Filipski, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Hohenheim, Germany

14.55   Extreme apprenticeship: teaching exact sciences in an experimental way, Gabriella Dodero, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

14.15   Discussion

16.00  The students' viewpoint, Juliette Mouche, President of the International Forestry Students Association (IFSA) and Lyda Michopoulou President of the Intrentional Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Scioences (IAAS)

16.20   KEYNOTE: Emerging hybrid staff roles in the new e-learning environment, Clive P L Young, Learning Technology Advisor, Learning Technology Support Service, University College London, United Kingdom

Friday 23 June

SESSION 4

Chair: Simon Heath, ICA Secretary General

9.00 KEYNOTE: Delivering excellence in life science higher education ,Julian Park, Professor of Agricultural Systems and Education and Faculty Director of Teaching and Learning (Life Sciences), University of Reading, United Kingdom

SESSION 5

9.45     Discussion:  Educating the Net Generation in the Life Sciences

Chair:  Barbara Hinterstoisser and Julian Park

The discussion focused on the following topics and further discussion prompts can be found in the Appendix:

A How does technology impact on the delivery of the curriculum in the life science disciplines? How does technology allow us to do things differently?

B How does technology impact on the teaching and learning process, positive and negative effects?

12.00   The role of the ICA Network for Innovation in Higher Education in the Life Sciences (ICA-Edu)

Discussion led by Guido Van Huylenbroeck, President of ICA