Speakers
Start
13/03/2025 - 11:00
End
13/03/2025 - 17:00
Address
K1 Room, UPT Conference Center View mapThe 12th edition of the international Open Education Week workshop
The event will be held in a hybrid format and participants can opt for ONLINE registration, via Zoom or physically, in the K1 Room – UPT Conference Center.
The 12th edition of the OEW International Workshop is organized Thursday, March 13, 2025, by The Politehnica University of Timișoara, through the Digital and Distance Education Department, together with European Universities Alliance E³UDRES² and Ent-r-e-novators, with IEEE support Romania, as part of the Open Education Week 2025, supported by Open Education Global, in room K1, Conference Center of Politehnica University Timișoara (Vasile Pârvan Boulevard, no. 2 B, next to the UPT Central Library) and online.
Highlights
- Captivating presentations from international experts
- Interactive discussions and networking opportunities
- Key insights on integrating open science into university practices
- Introduction to projects E³UDRES² and Ent-r-e-novators
- Updates on European Open Science
- National and institutional perspectives on science and open access
- Demonstrations of open digital scientific tools
- Exploring open pedagogies, emerging technologies, and generative AI
Under the theme "Challenges in practices, tools and methods of open science and open education", the workshop will delve into how open science and open educational resources are integrated into everyday activities, particularly in universities, research projects, and education in general. An emphasis will be placed on the response of educational and research systems to the challenges of emerging technologies of artificial intelligence, virtual reality and blockchain.
The workshop aims to bring together international speakers, preparing interactive sessions and discussions and is addressed to teachers, students, as well as actors in the field of education and training, IT trainers or human resources departments.
Participation is free, and attendees can choose between physical attendance at the UPT Conference Center or online participation. Participants will receive Open Education Workshop Participant Open Badges online and Certificates of Participation for physical attendance.
Agenda
| EET Time | Agenda |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Opening Workshop Introducing E³UDRES² and Ent-re-innovators projects |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Keynote: Anthony Camilleri, Founder and Senior Partner at the Knowledge Innovation Center | KIC (On-site) Open Models for Open Education – Creating Trust in a Multimodal World |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Arnold Pears, KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm, Sweden (Online) |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Prof. Univ. Dr. Eng. Radu Vasiu, Politehnica University of Timisoara | Timisoara, Romania (On-site) The Impact of E³UDRES² and Ent-re-innovators project in Open Practices |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Diana Andone, Politehnica University of Timisoara | Timisoara, Romania (On-site) Artificial Intelligence in Open Education |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Gabriela Grosseck, West University of Timisoara | Timisoara, Romania (On-site) Using generative AI in digital assessment is fine, actually |
| 13:00 – 13:15 | Senior Lecturer. Mark Frydenberg, Bentley University | Waltham, MA, USA (Online) Dr. Diana Andone, Politehnica University of Timisoara | Timisoara, Romania (On-site) Developing changemakers – the TalkTech the open virtual reality project |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Dr. Martin Ebner, Head of Educational Technology Graz University of Technology | TU Graz, Austria (Online) Open Educational Resources (OER) at TU Graz – Institutional Integration and Development of OER |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Prof. Dr. Eng. Vlad Mihaescu, Politehnica University of Timisoara | Timisoara, Romania (On-site) Developing E³UDRES² micro-credentials for Open Education |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Dr. Diana Andone, Prof. Univ. Dr. Eng. Radu Vasiu, Politehnica University of Timisoara |Timisoara, Romania (On-site) Artificial Intelligence in Open Science |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Prof. Cristian Gyozo – Haba, IEEE Romania & “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi | Iasi, Romania (Online) |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Dr. Carmen Holotescu, "Ioan Slavici" University of Timisoara | Timisoara, Romania (On-site) Advancing Europe's Digital Transformation: Integrating Verifiable Credentials and Blockchain Services. UPT Contributions |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Prof. Knut Blind, Chair of Innovation Economics, Technical University of Berlin and Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI | Berlin, Germany (Online) Education about Standardization in the EU: Objectives, Initiatives & Challenges |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Lecturer Dr. Andrei Ternauciuc, Politehnica University of Timisoara | Timisoara, Romania (On-site) Developing for Moodle – the Student Perspective |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Lecturer Ann Reulens, Expert in Supply Chain Management and Sustainability at UCLL | Diepenbeek, Belgium (Online) Fostering effective citizen science: key competencies and strategies for researcher engagement and societal impact |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Prof. Dr. Anca Draghici, Politehnica University of Timisoara | Timisoara, Romania (On-site) & Florica Manea, Maria Elena Boatca (Politehnica University of Timisoara, Timisoara | Romania), Santiago Ferrándiz Bou (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia | Spain), Dana Perniu, Angela Repanovici (Transylvania University of Brasov, Brasov | Romania) Education for plastic in circular economy |
| 16:00-16:15 | Maria Elena Boatca, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Timisoara | Romania (On-site) & Anca Draghici, Sorin Suciu, Caius the Bright, Cornelia Baera (Politehnica University of Timisoara, Timisoara | Romania) & Gabriela Mircea (West University of Timisoara, Timisoara | Romania) A framework for training remote educators, managers and workers: the VirtualEDU project |
| 16:15-16:30 | Alina Ancuța Berbeneciuc, Agricultural and Food Industry College Vasile Adamachi Iasi | Iași, Romania (Online) Applying artificial intelligence in ICT lessons in technological secondary schools: Challenges and practical examples |
| 16:30-16:45 | Cristian Tecu, Politehnica University of Timisoara | Timisoara, Romania (On-site) Attracting the Future: Using Design Thinking to Inspire and Engage Candidates for the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications |
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Website
https://elearning.upt.ro/ro/comunitate/workshop-open-education-science-practices-2025/
The event takes place in a hybrid format and participants can opt to register ONLINE, via Zoom or physically, in the K1 Amphitheater - UPT Conference Center.
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