agenda: EduTech 2021

Session 1: Digital Teaching & Learning: Lessons from Lockdown
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM																Registration & networking
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM																Chair’s Opening Remarks Tracy Atkinson (Conference Chair) - Teaching Fellow in Digital Education - The University of Strathclyde
9:05 AM - 9:15 AM																Keynote Address (Ministerial keynote to be confirmed)
9:15 AM - 9:35 AM																The school in the cloud: A lifelong learning strategy with digital transformation at its heart How Estonia’s number one digital ranking helped continuity of education during a pandemic Heli Aru-Chabilan - Head of the Internationalisation Department in the Education and Youth Board - Education Estonia
9:35 AM - 9:55 AM																Education responses to Covid-19: Embracing digital learning and online collaboration Andreas Schleicher - Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
9:55 AM - 11:00 AM																Expert Panel: Transformation in action: a view from the digital coalface in Scottish education How Scotland’s schools responded to a public health crisis: the lessons from lockdown and their digital legacy Mark Davidson - Depute Head Teacher/Newbattle Digital Centre of Excellence Coordinator - Newbattle High School Stuart Clyde - Head Teacher - Bertha Park High School Angus MacLennan - Head Teacher - e-Sgoil
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM																Break
Session 2: Knowledge Exchange Masterclasses
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM																Masterclass session 1
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM																Masterclass session 2
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM																Break
Session 3: Innovation In Education: Remote And Blended Teaching And Learning Methods
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM																The Digital Pedagogies: how innovation has helped equip schools with the right resources to ensure continuity of education during Covid-19 Joan Mackay - Head of Curriculum Innovation - Education Scotland
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM																Equity, excellence and empowerment: How recorded learning experiences for children and young people are providing a new route for high quality engagement in education Paul Downie - Teacher and Science Faculty Head - Hyndland Secondary School and WestOS Coordinator
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM																Making the grade: Blended versus face-to-face learning: has coronavirus shone any light on how pupils can learn more effectively? Prof. Keith Topping - Professor of Educational & Social Research - University of Dundee
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM																Expert Panel: The post-pandemic way forward for remote and blended learning Paul Downie - Teacher and Science Faculty Head - Hyndland Secondary School and WestOS Coordinator
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM																Break
Session 4: A Data Education: Building The Digital Workforce Of The Future
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM																The changing nature of work and anticipating the future skills requirements to build a world-class digital nation Mark Logan - Professor of Computing Science & Author of the Technology Ecosystem Review - University of Glasgow Professor Judy Robertson - Chair in Digital Learning, Research Lead in Education Teaching and Leadership - The University of Edinburgh
3:35 PM - 3:50 PM																Addressing the imbalance: How to get young girls interested in tech and coding Toni Scullion - Founder - DressCode (Invited)
3:50 PM - 4:05 PM																Inspiring learners with data in their hands How sensors in schools can capture the imagination of children, helping them to engage with their environment Simon Chapple - Head of Data Technology - University of Edinburgh’s Information Services Group
4:05 PM - 4:25 PM																Expert Panel: Inspiring innovation and data curiosity among young learners
4:25 PM																Conference Close

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