Virtual Mobility for All - Teaching and Learning in a Connected World, 1st International Conference Cologne/Bonn Region

We invite all educators, international office managers, university administrators and learning technologists across the globe to share their education innovations. Join us for a one-day conference held in the Cologne-Bonn region on our H-BRS campus in Sankt Augustin, Germany to discuss how merging digital and international activities can benefit the global engagement among higher education institutions around the world. The conference is sponsored by the Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre.

The hybrid and in-person conference brings together a community involved in developing new internationalisation formats that include innovative digital learning scenarios that support global digital learning. The event will showcase different formats of global digital collaboration such as virtual or hybrid exchanges, digital summer schools and other formats conducted online in synchronous and asynchronous virtual environments. It also brings together administrators, elearning, and IT experts to find technical and secure solutions in connecting higher education institutions.

There will be opportunities to discuss how internationalisation and digitalisation strategies can be transformed to offer more inclusive and diverse opportunities than traditional mobility programs have accomplished in the past. The conference is open to all disciplines and interdisciplinary contributions are most welcome. We will offer online contributions to be streamed during the hybrid event for university partners in different time zones. We want to expand the opportunities of virtual mobility for all students. We encourage students to submit a contribution by showcasing their experiences in virtual mobility schemes.

We are looking foward to welcoming you at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences and are looking forward to your conference contribution.

Information on your keynote speakers will follow soon!

Please find further information here: https://eveeno.com/vimoall-conference

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The conference focuses on the following tracks:

Innovation and Learning (TRACK I)
Global trends in elearning | virtual collaboration | international collaborative learning | assessment | learning design | developing hybrid and virtual modules for intercultural and interdisciplinary projects | digital demonstrations on tools used for global learning scenarios | building learning communities online | teacher training | pedagogical methods and innovation | emerging trends

Tech Solutions (TRACK II)
Networks and integrated technologies | to evaluate, recommend and to use existing IT solutions for global exchanges | to provide insight in challenges of using joint platforms | elearning tools | innovative solutions

Policies and Strategies (TRACK III)
Discuss innovation and strategic policy developments and approaches on global digital learning and virtual mobility for all students | efforts to empower higher education to network and build communities | virtual mobility and virtual exchanges | curricula development

Student Voices (TRACK IV) (abstracts for this track can be submitted until April 2023)
Poster presentations | student perspectives on virtual mobility | intercultural projects | elearning | experiences on virtual and hybrid exchange| project presentations | evaluation and recommendation on blended learning environments | digital tools and use of joint platforms

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Dates and Deadlines

6 December 2022

Early Registration opens

10 January 2023

Deadline for Submission of Abstracts, Track I, II, III

January - February 2023

Review of Abstracts

10 February 2023

Feedback to Contributors

2 May 2023

Deadline for Registration

13 May 2023

Conference Day

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Programme (preliminary)

08:00 - 09:00: Registration

09:15 - 09:45: Keynote Speech

10:00 - 10:30: Coffee Break and Networking

10:30 - 12:00: Session

12:00 - 13:30: Lunch and Poster Presentation

13:30 - 14:00: Keynote Speech

14:15 - 15:45: Session

15:45 - 16:15: Coffee Break

16:15 - 17:15: Session

17:45 - 20:00: Closing Reception

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Link to Abstract Submission

Call for Contributions (pdf)