Title: EPALE Webinar Series
Date: 11, 12, 15 May 2020
Time: 15:00
Registration: Online
This week, starting from 11 May 2020, a number of UM academics will be discussing the topics of Education, Training and Technology on EPALE, the Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe.
The EPALE Webinar Series is an initiative by the Directorate for Digital Literacy and Transversal Skills in collaboration with the Directorate for Research, Lifelong Learning and Employability.
The series aims to support educators and adult learning professionals to harness the potential of education, training and technology.
On 11 May at 15:00, Dr Joseph Vancell will discuss the anecdotal evidence that is emerging from parents, students, and educational professionals about the challenges they are facing in the rapid transition from the classroom to the uncharted and underrated virtual environment. He will also discuss scientific evidence, produced before the Covid-19 pandemic and the schools closure, that strongly indicates that the transition from the face-to-face dimension to remote online teaching and learning, if not done well, will become problematic, challenging and uneffective, if not harmful, for all those involved. Joe will thereby attempt, together with the participants of the webinar, to explore, and perhaps develop, more efficient strategies through which educators of young and adult learners can better adapt to the remote and virtual dimension.
On 12 May at 15:00, Dr Maria Cutajar we will be outlining distinct perspectives of incorporating learning technologies for teaching that emerged from research and the dimensions of awareness critically shaping them. Prior to the covid-19 pandemic, there was derived from this work an argument that transmission and participation are facets of the same technology enhanced/mediated teaching process. This argument is now taken a step forward to address what is observed as emergency remote teaching in contrast to emergent (blended and) online teaching: The future of teaching is up to us and our actions and reactions to the challenges and opportunities brought on us by the public health crisis of today.
On 15 May at 15:00, Dr Censu Caruana from the Centre for Environmental Education and Research (CEER) will discuss support structures - including mentoring and peer-mentoring - that can help educators be more effective in promoting Sustainable Development. In particular during this webinar, he will be sharing lessons learnt from a 3 year EC funded project PEERMENT coordinated through CEER, which is in its final year, and is focusing on peer mentoring in Education for Sustainable Development . Given the right conditions, mentoring and online mentoring can be important tools in the current situation - which is both a crisis and an opportunity to reconsider our vision for sustainable development.
On 15 May at 15:00, Dr Censu Caruana from the Centre for Environmental Education and Research (CEER) will discuss support structures - including mentoring and peer-mentoring - that can help educators be more effective in promoting Sustainable Development. In particular during this webinar, he will be sharing lessons learnt from a 3 year EC funded project PEERMENT coordinated through CEER, which is in its final year, and is focusing on peer mentoring in Education for Sustainable Development . Given the right conditions, mentoring and online mentoring can be important tools in the current situation - which is both a crisis and an opportunity to reconsider our vision for sustainable development.
The webinars will be recorded and shared online later so you will have a chance to go back to them and use as a T&L resource.
