What lies ahead for the Media & Learning community: a return to traditional campus-based learning services, prioritising quality and embracing gradual innovation? Or will institutions take a leap forward, embracing hybrid and hyflex arrangements that cater to students’ needs through a blend of in-person and online components, eventually transitioning into a fully online service landscape, while harnessing the transformative potential of AI and Immersive Learning technologies?
This is the conundrum facing many centres for teaching and learning, AV support services and anyone who works to bridge the gap in higher education institutions between teaching and learning and media-based technologies. This is why the organisers of this year’s conference have chosen the conference is organised under the tagline Back to the Future? as we believe it encapsulates this challenge and helps us to shape an agenda providing plenty of opportunities to discuss the options.
The event is now accepting proposals under 14 different themes, encompassing topics from educational media expertise to the application of AI and immersive learning technologies. Media & Learning 2024 offers an opportunity for participants to actively engage in discussions about the future of education, providing a diverse program that includes keynotes, workshops, and interactive discussions. The Media & Learning 2024: Back to the Future? conference, organised in collaboration with KU Leuven Learning Lab, will take place from 20 – 21 June 2024 at the Provinciehuis in Leuven.
The call for proposals is open until 31 January, 2024, inviting educators, researchers, and innovators to contribute to this essential conversation