Our banner theme for this year’s conference reflects the core set of interests shared by members of the Media & Learning Association and our wider community of interest, where,  when and how best to introduce media in all its manifestations into the learning offer of higher education institutions. During the opening plenary session, our invited speakers will present their ideas on how best to incorporate significant advances in areas such as immersive learning into the everyday teaching and learning process in our organisations.

Moderator: Anke Pesch, KU Leuven, Belgium

Presenters:

• Welcome from Peter Lievens, Vice Rector for International Policy and Interculturality, KU Leuven
• Jeremy Nelson, University of Michigan, USA Scaling XR in Higher Education
• Anneleen Cosemans, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Michel Beerens, NewMedia Centre, TU Delft, The Netherlands Making the impossible possible with new media tools

Meet our exhibitors! 1 minute inputs from all exhibitors to tell us what they are focusing on this year

This presentation session is all about the experience of creating and using XR and 360°  recordings in Higher Education illustrated by several different case studies.

Moderator: André Rosendaal, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Presenters:

• Anne-Astrid Agten, KU Leuven, Belgium Basic life support in virtual reality: From concept to implementation in the curriculum
• Kathryn Woodhead Jisc, UK Building a culture of collaboration: an introduction to the ALT/ Jisc UK Extended Reality (XR) Community of Practice
• Ahmed Yousef, East Stroudsburg University, USA Virtual Reality for Empowering Teachers: A 360° Approach to Disability Inclusion in Higher Education
• Gert-Jan Verheij & Sara Omlor, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Insights from Embracing XR at the University of Groningen

Presenters in this session will share their knowledge and experience of using video and other media—based approaches and resources to enhance learning within their own institution as well as in the wider network.

Moderator: Lana Scott, MIT, USA

Presenters:

• Paul Trueman, University of Sunderland, UK , Online learning – keeping it real  
• Steven Verjans & Kiara Billiau, UCLL, Belgium Exploration of Acceptance and confidence in the use of digital technology during the application of video registrations.
• Markus Tischner, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, The QUADIS distributed media production model in Bavaria

Presenters in this session will share their insights and experiences in introducing new and innovative approaches to the educational media production process in higher education.

Moderator: Eirik Wattengård, NTNU, Norway

Presenters:

• Lucy Kendra & Greg Fantham, Heriot-Watt University, UK Finding the sweet spot: directing content remotely – a producer’s perspective.
• Steven McCombe & Dom Pates, City, University of London, UK Improving Video Content at City, University of London, with Dedicated DIY Production Studios
• Camila Monge Pizarro & Charlaine Clerc , UOH, France The PUNCHY project: easily reuse, modify and share 30-minute content in languages with HTML5 (H5P)

Experience a DEER which utilizes Moodle in combination with H5P as well as analogue elements to demonstrate the broad spectrum of options available to course instructors interested in using this method to increase student engagement. This particular DEER is based on a blended format workshop designed, developed, and delivered by the instructional design team at the Center for Digital Teaching and Learning at the University of Graz, Austria

Workshop leaders: Barbora Orlická & Roland Radlinger

The workshop will kick off with presentations from Panopto’s valued customers, Copenhagen Business School, AP Hogeschool Antwerpen & uGent, talking us through how video fits into their technology ecosystem and how it enhances student engagement.

Panopto’s Dean Offord will then do a short presentation on Panopto’s key AV partnerships with Panasonic, Matrox, Extron, Wolfvision and Epiphan, digging into how these enhance the overall learning experience. He will review Panopto’s key integrations with Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, MS Teams and Zoom, exploring the workflows, and how these fit into an institution’s ecosystem of learning technologies.

Deployment of audio-visual systems are often more challenging than they need be. Supply chain issues from some manufacturers, late handover of finished rooms from building contractors and reduced commissioning time can lead to deadlines for completion being missed. Biamp has developed an innovative way of designing these spaces in order to mitigate some of these issues and have developed a platform called Classroom Designer this enables the user to easily configure a space with consistency and accuracy, whilst being very simple to use. The software is completely free.

This workshop will be led by Nevil Bounds  & Hans Timmermans.

The latest ALT survey on learning technology trends highlights the priority for flexible, video-based learning solutions in HE institutions (2022/23 ALT Annual Survey). Video is now used extensively for synchronous and on-demand classes, where student choice, meaningful engagement, and adaptable teaching modalities, are commonplace across most institutions. More and more universities are waking up to this need for flexibility, but rigid legacy systems often impede this ambition. By using unified, flexible technology that covers the entire student lifecycle (from applicants to enrolled students to lifelong learners and alumni), universities can solve their biggest challenges in media management, accessibility, supporting mixed-learner cohorts, and more.

Join Kaltura’s Taco Scargo, EMEA Senior Solutions Engineer, and Sergei Tugarinov, Head of Education, UK&I in this workshop where they discuss the latest trends and insights around the challenges facing instructors and learners in supporting flexible learning.

In just one hour, you’ll learn how to save time and what to focus on when creating awesome video content for webinars, lectures, presentations, video podcasts, and any other studio format. You’ll discover how to keep things simple so you can concentrate on unleashing your creativity and delivering compelling content, instead of getting tangled up in technology. We’ll show you how the latest camera technology eliminates the need for operators, and smart software streamlines the scripting, recording, and streaming processes into one user-friendly interface that can be operated by a single person.

This workshop will be led by Kevin Hermans, Business Development Manager Professional Imaging, Canon BELUX & Marc Hak, Co-Founder & CEO, GetyourStudio, Netherlands.

In this workshop led by Evert Binnard and Hanne Tollenaere, KU Leuven, Belgium you can try out for yourself the TransACTION! co- creational framework and accompanying tools through a simulation based on cases brought by workshop participants.

The objective of TransACTION!  is to develop and up-scale effective media-based learning strategies and resources in Higher Education. At the moment a framework is being developed to guide teaching staff through the process of designing and producing educational multimedia.

We plan to use this experience to test and enhance the framework. Bring along examples and experiences to share. We are looking forward to your contributions!

This practical session is led by Rebecca Oldfield and Alex McGaughrin Cross   from University of Manchester, UK. During the session, Rebecca and Alex will set up, demonstrate and discuss how they used Mattterport to record their popular virtual twin of the  Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama at the University of Manchester.

Panel discussion about the value and importance of podcasting as a tool for learning and relevant cross-campus  services and support.

Moderator: Cecille Plomp Bogaard, Saxion, University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Panelists: Stef Stes, Lana Scott, Vivian van Laarhoven

Showcase of EDIT 2022 winners and finalists by Janne Länsitie, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland. EDIT – the Educational Video Challenge is an annual competition for trainee teachers in 11 European countries where students are challenged to collaborate on a joint educational video production. Join Janne to take a look at the videos created by this year’s student teachers and find out more about the EDIT experience.

Migrant Lives in Pandemic Times presented by Maggie Perzyna, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada. These documentary shorts offer personal testimony and expert analysis on how the everyday realities of 12 migrants across 4 continents changed during the pandemic. The screening will be followed by a discussion exploring how multimedia storytelling in education can help shift the narrative of migration as a problem to be solved by emphasising the universal humanity of migration and centering personal stories and migrant voices in ways that other educational resources cannot.

Screenings of this year’s finalists in the annual MEDEA awards
Come and decide for yourself which is your favourite – popcorn will be supplied!

Moderator: John Murray, University of Galway, Ireland

• Effective Communication for Leadership produced by IE University, Spain shown by Giorgi Kopadze
• From archive to the classroom produced by meemoo, Flemish Institute for Archives, Belgium shown
  by Leen De Bruyn
• Mediajungle: Super Fake Safari produced by Mediajungle, The Netherlands, shown by name missing
• Stolpersteine NRW produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany shown by Elena Riedlinger

Screenings of this year’s finalists in the annual MEDEA awards

Come and decide for yourself which is your favourite – popcorn will be supplied!

Moderator: John Murray, University of Galway, Ireland

• Tell Me What I See produced by Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
  shown by Andreas Schille
• Trust Me produced by Getting Better Foundation, USA shown by Rosemary Smith
• Platinum Jubilee produced by The National Archives, UK shown by Clare Horrie

Demonstrations in this session will feature AR/VR/XR applications created and utilised in higher educational settings.

• Digital twin of the Simulation Lab demonstrated by Stéphanie Vanneste, ITC, Belgium
• FAU Geo-Explorer demonstrated by Dominik Kremer, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
• VR applications built by the University of Groningen for education and research (2017 to 2023) demonstrated by Gert-Jan Verheij & Sara Omlor, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Moleculous (Composition & Geometry of molecules) demonstrated by Daan Vandervelde, KU Leuven, Belgium

Demonstrations in this session will feature AR/VR/XR applications created and utilised in higher educational settings.

• Digital twin of the Simulation Lab demonstrated by Stéphanie Vanneste, ITC, Belgium
• FAU Geo-Explorer demonstrated by Dominik Kremer, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
• VR applications built by the University of Groningen for education and research (2017 to 2023) demonstrated by Gert-Jan Verheij & Sara Omlor, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Moleculous (Composition & Geometry of molecules) demonstrated by Daan Vandervelde, KU Leuven, Belgium