FUTURE LEARN - EUROPEAN PARTNERS EVENT

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AGENDA

 (please note all times and speakers are subject to change)

 Monday 11 April, from 10.30am – 5.30pm

 Multipurpose Room, Poblenou campus

  
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 10.30-1pm
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 Meet FutureLearn
 
 An informal session to meet the FutureLearn Content Team and Partner Development Team.
 
 You can talk to us about courses you are working on or courses that you are thinking about. Ask us anything.
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 Nigel Smith, Head of Content, FutureLearn
 
 Alyssa Tisne, Director of New Partnerships, FutureLearn
 
 David Thair, Social Lead, FutureLearn
 
 Katherine Weber, Partnership Manager, FutureLearn
 
 Vanessa Carbajal, Partner Development Manager, FutureLearn
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 1-2pm
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 Lunch
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 2-2.20pm
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 Welcome to Pompeu Fabra
 
 Manel Jiménez, project lead for Pompeu Fabra’s FutureLearn courses, welcome delegates and provides a brief overview of their FutureLearn story. 
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 Manel Jiménez, Pompeu Fabra
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 2.20-2.40pm
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 Introduction from Nigel Smith, Head of Content:
 
 Introduction to the two days of the forum and meet the FutureLearn team.
 
 Learner stories and demographic of our learners.
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 Nigel Smith, Head of Content, FutureLearn
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 2.40-3.10pm
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 What’s the role of the lead educator and the course team? 
 
 Presentation and discussion
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 Nigel Smith, Head of Content, FutureLearn
 
  
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 3.10-3.30pm
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 Coffee break
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 3.30-3.45pm
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 Simon Nelson
 
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 CEO, FutureLearn
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 3.45-4.30pm
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 Learning Design Patterns workshop: 
 
 A workshop exploring design within FutureLearn courses and examining how you can refine and reuse them.
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 Nigel Smith, Head of Content,
 
 Katherine Weber, Partnership Manager,
 
 FutureLearn
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 4.30-5pm
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 Effective storytelling:
 
 case study
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 Howard Ramsay and Aidan Johnston, University of Strathclyde
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 5-5.30pm
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 FutureLearn update:
 
 Alyssa Tisne will provide a strategic and business update
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 Alyssa Tisne, Director of New Partnerships, FutureLearn
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 5.30-7pm
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 Drinks reception
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 Tuesday 12 April, 9am – 5.30pm

 Poblenou campus

  
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 9-9.30am
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 Arrival and refreshments
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 9.30-9.40am
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 Brief introduction
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 Katherine Weber, Partnership Manager
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 9.40-10.30am
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 Embedding FutureLearn within a digital learning strategy:
 
 A case study (with Q&A)
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 Neil Morris, Leeds University
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 10.30-11.30am
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 Panel discussion:
 
 How to get the best out of social learning: a discussion on how to engage learners and provoke conversation
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 Chaired by David Thair
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 11.30-12pm
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 Coffee break
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 12-1pm
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 FutureLearn product update:
 
 We will share a review of platform features, details of how we’re growing and what our development teams will be working on in the coming months.
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 Alyssa Tisne, Director of New Partnerships, FutureLearn
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 1-2pm
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 Lunch
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 2-3pm
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 Studio session:
 
 Educators at UPF share their strategies and techniques working with FutureLearn
 
  
 
 Follow the Studio session by <a href="http://www.upf.edu/retransmissions/teracue7.html" target="_blank">streaming</a>
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 Dolors Folch and Cristina Gelpí
 
  
 
 Tallers Building, Studio
 
 Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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 3-3.45pm
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 Show &Tell:
 
 Tour of Universitat Pompeu Fabra technical facilities where the MOOCs are made
 
 Visit UPF Library
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 Tallers Building
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 3.45-4pm
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 4-4.15pm
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 Closing Address
 
 Rector, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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 Jaume Casals, Rector, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
 
  
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 4.15-5pm
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 Have your say: 
 
 Ask FutureLearn anything. Final wrap-up.
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 All FutureLearn staff
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 <a href="http://eventum.upf.edu/file_manager/getfile/6940">Download program (PDF)</a>

Dates Event local time

Apr

11^th

'16

10:30 Starting date

Apr

13^th

'16

00:00 Closing date

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