Keynote

Invited Keynote at IEC 2023 in Bangkok

Christian M. Stracke

The International E-Learning Conference (IEC) 2023 invited me to deliver the keynote on 1st of September 2023. I selected the title “Social changes for and through e-Learning and AI” for my keynote to address current and future challenges in education.

I’m convinced that digitalisation is a strong (if not the strongest) driver for social changes, not only in education.

E-Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are challenging and changing our societies.

During the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, e-Learning was often immediately and broadly introduced without any support and stable infrastructure leading to many problems and inequities.

Afterwards and in particular through the published ChatGPT and its global promotion, AI became popular and impacts now educational settings and systems by offering new opportunities to create media, analyses and decisions. However, the AI services, their black boxes, hallucinations, lacking responsibilities and ongoing integrations into other systems are mostly unclear and non-transparent.

As a consequence, we need to reflect and adapt our current teaching and learning opportunities, especially the grading and assessments with main focus on written examinations and theses.

And we should start the global discussion how e-Learning and AI can be used to strengthen human rights, democracy and rules of law instead of supporting biases, fake news and inequity.

Siberia is melting for Open Education

Siberia is melting for Open Education

Christian M. Stracke

I was very honoured to hold the keynote at the International Lensky Education Forum in Yakutsk: It was my first trip to Siberia and I was very curious what I could discover. I explored an unknown world with extremes (+40 degrees in summer and -45 degrees in winter) and extraordinary passion for Open Education that I had not expected.

Overall it was a unique experience in the Republic of Sakha (formerly called Yakutia) that I do not want to miss! I was impressed by the very kind hospitality and strong focus on educational innovations that were presented during the four-day congress. And in meetings with the government as well in many personal talks with the Minister of Education Prof. Dr. Feodosia Gabysheva (left on the photo) I could feel their dedication for opening-up education in Siberia. Together with Dr. David Atchoarena, UNESCO Director for Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems (middle), we enjoyed an exciting event including 100 booths on the main Lenin Square of Yakutsk and a concluding boat trip to the UNESCO world heritage Lena pillars (photo taken on their top). And I have learned that the congress with more 3,000 participants in more than 200 events is just the starting point for a long-term and sustainable support to Open Schools and Education.

Here you can find the full description how Siberia is melting for Open Education.

And here is my keynote presentation at slideshare with open licence.

Keynote on Open Learning at International IEEE EDUCON in Abu Dhabi

Keynote on Open Learning at International IEEE EDUCON in Abu Dhabi

Christian M. Stracke

I’m pleased to be invited and deliver the keynote on Open Learning at the International IEEE EDUCON Conference 2016: I will speak about “Open Learning for Smart Education: Open educational policies, strategies and access for all”. This year EDUCON is taking place from 10th to 13th of April 2016 in Abu Dhabi.

My questions of the keynote on open learning will be: What is Open Education? Why do we need to change education? How can we collaborate and share our methodologies and resources for mutual benefits?

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