Dr. Andrés Chiappe Laverde, Faculty of Education, Universidad de La Sabana.

Keynote Title: Retos y Posibilidades del Aprendizaje Híbrido en el Entorno Educativo Actual (Challenges and Opportunities of Blended Learning in Current Educational Environments)

Date: May 6 (13:30 EST)

Language: Spanish

Abstract: The synchronization of face-to-face and online learning environments has been a matter under scrutiny in research and practice scenarios for various decades. Results have been both diverse and promising, in terms of their potential to generate flexible learning at various levels and educational contexts. However, school experiences that have emerged from the current pandemic show an urgent need to study the relevance and transformation of Blended Learning to adjust to the demands of home education under confinement conditions, and especially, although not exclusively, to early childhood students. In this sense, this conference addresses some of the most representative challenges of Blended Learning in the current context and proposes some critical reflections and implications for further practice.

La sincronización de espacios de aprendizaje presenciales y online viene siendo objeto de práctica e investigación desde hace ya un par de décadas con resultados muy diversos, muchos de ellos muy esperanzadores en cuanto a su potencial para generar aprendizajes flexibles en diversos niveles y contextos educativos. No obstante, las experiencias escolares vividas a partir de la actual pandemia muestran una urgente necesidad de estudiar la pertinencia y transformación del aprendizaje híbrido para ajustarse a las exigencias de la educación en casa bajo condiciones de confinamiento y en especial, aunque no exclusivamente, para estudiantes de primera infancia. En este sentido, esta conferencia aborda algunos de los retos más representativos del aprendizaje híbrido en el contexto actual y propone algunas reflexiones críticas al respecto.

Dr. Eman. M. AL. Rowaythi, Professor, Science Education at Imam Muhammed Bin Saud Islamic University

Keynote Title: The Role of Blended Learning in the Development of Creative Skills

Date: May 7 (09:00 EST)

Language: Arabic

Abstract: Blended learning is one of the most important learning methods that help enhance the creative skills of the individual and develop them in education. It is a style of learning that uses what is available in technology and accommodates multiple techniques, and in a way that suits students, the educational situation and the educational material. In addition, it preserves the features and characteristics of regular teaching, so that the integration of direct classroom teaching with online teaching provides an opportunity for students to benefit from the skills that they develop outside the framework of the educational process. There are many tools that can be used in blended learning, whether synchronous or asynchronous. This paper will review several e-learning tools that can contribute to the development of students' creativity skills, and they have been classified into digital tools to develop creativity in the personal sphere, the field of work, as well as in the field of education. Also, this paper will present a teaching model, proposed by the researcher, based on blended learning and its effectiveness in developing students 'creativity skills. In conclusion, we will also review a number of requirements for activating e-learning tools in blended learning in order to develop students' creativity.

التَّعلُّم المدمج من أهم أساليب التَّعلُّم التي تساعد على تعزيز المهارات الإبداعية للفرد وتطويرها في التعليم ، فهو نمط من التَّعلُّم يستخدم ما هو متوفر من التقنية ويستوعب كذلك تقنيات متعددة ، وبما يناسب الطلبة والموقف التعليمي والمادة التعليمية ، إلى جانب ذلك فهو يحافظ على سمات التدريس المعتاد وخصائصه، بحيث يتيح دمج التدريس الصفي المباشر بالتدريس عن طريق الإنترنت الفرصةَ أمام الطلبة؛ للاستفادة من المهارات التي يطوّرونها خارج إطار العملية التعليمية ، وتتوافر العديد من الأدوات التي يمكن أن تُستخدم في التَّعلُّم المدمج سواء متزامن Synchronous أو غير متزامن Asynchronous ، وهذه الورقة سوف تستعرض عدد من أدوات التعلم الإلكتروني التي يمكن أن تساهم في تنمية مهارات الإبداع عند الطلبة ، وقد تم تصنيفها إلى أدوات رقمية لتطوير الإبداع في المجال الشخصي ، ومجال العمل ، وكذلك في مجال التعليم ، كما ستتناول الورقة نموذج تدريسي مقترح من الباحثة قائم على التَّعلُّم المدمج و مدى فاعليته في تنمية مهارات الإبداع عند الطلبة ، وفي الختام سنستعرض عدد من المتطلبات اللازمة لتفعيل أدوات التعلم الإلكتروني في التعلم المدمج بغرض تنمية الإبداع عن الطلبة.

Dr. Aga Palalas, Associate Professor, Athabasca University, Canada

Keynote Title: Digital Wellness in Blended Learning: From Theory to Practice

Date: May 7 (13:30 EST)

Language: English

Abstract: Digital wellness of both learners and educators is a significant factor to consider when designing and facilitating digital learning. The need to use and engage with technology in a way that promotes optimal health and well-being is essential to successful online and blended learning; that has been accentuated and “revealed” to a wider audience by the pressures and challenges of emergency remote teaching and learning. Working in the digital space, designing for, and facilitating online and blended learning offers many benefits but also comes with demands and limitations that require new strategies as well as changed habits of body and mind. In this closing keynote, Dr. Aga Palalas discusses both the potential positive and negative effects of the use as well as misuse of technology for learning. She addresses them through a whole-person lens in the context of the larger technological ecosystem. Dr. Palalas introduces evidence-based strategies drawing from her two-decade-long practice of mindfulness and research on mindfulness-informed practices for online learning and digital well-being.

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