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OEB 2019: Using data and analytics in learning

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OEB 2019 Conference, Berlin, 27-29 November, will debate using data and analytics in education and workplace learning. A series of expert panels with practitioners and edtech leaders aims to provide practical insights for improving learning and debate controversial views on the use of data.

What can - or should - we do with learning analytics? Edtech entrepreneur Donald Clark will take part in an expert panel discussion on learning analytics strategies at OEB 2019
What can - or should - we do with learning analytics? Edtech entrepreneur Donald Clark will take part in an expert panel discussion on learning analytics strategies at OEB 2019 

OEB has assembled a series of expert panel sessions and presentations for edtech professionals all about using data and analytics. 

OEB has led the debate on controversial topics in education and workplace learning for twenty five years. Today, one of those topics is blockchain, so OEB 2019 will explore blockchain and its use in education: is blockchain technology actually useful as a means to keep track of personalised learning? 

EXPERT PANEL: Blockchain for Education - Research, Products, and Skepsis Delegates will gain a deeper understanding of the potential and pitfalls of blockchain in education and hear critical, ethical views on blockchain as a means to keep track of personal, formal and informal learning journeys. 

EXPERT PANEL: How Will Emerging Technologies Influence Personalisation, Efficiency, Costs, Ethics and Trust in Online, Open and Distance Education?
Together with the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) OEB has assembled some of the world’s leading thinkers to help edtech professionals get to grips with using emerging technologies and has assembled a panel containing.

This panel will discuss pressing questions relevant to higher education institutions, educators, learners and ethicists alike and is recommended for those interested in big data, blockchain and AI. 

EXPERT PANEL: Data and Analytics
As part of the series on using data in learning, on day one of the conference, a panel for workplace learning professionals will show how to use analytics and data to guide learning implementations, reduce speed to competence and increase the quality of learning. 

EXPERT PANEL: Requirements and Impact of Adaptive Learning and Learning Analytics Strategies
On day two, a panel for higher education professionals offers an outlook on both the technical requirements of multi-modal learning analytics for creative, adaptive learning spaces, as well as insights into important strategic issues. What can, or should, we do with learning analytics? 

OEB 2019 takes place in Berlin from 27-29 November, and is the 25th edition of OEB which now incorporates Learning Technologies Germany. 

The complete OEB 2019 programme and agenda is available along with conference booking via the event website: https://oeb.global/participation.