QED'14 Agenda

Quality of Education and Challenges in a Digitally Networked World

30-31 October, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria

THURSDAY, October 30

SULSIT 2, hall 309, 69A Shipchenski prohod blvd, 1574 Sofia

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00-10:00

OPENNIG CEREMONY
Chair person: Roumen Nikolov

 

Bulgarian folk dances  under the artistic direction of Assen Pavlov, Sofia National School of Dance Art

Welcome addresses:

Stoyan Dentchev

Official Guests

10:00 – 12:45 

PLENARY SESSION
Chair person: Peter Kenderov

10:00-10:20
Mariana Patru, Evgueni Khvilon
Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: The Role of Digital Technologies in Preparing Students for Lifelong Learning and Successful Careers

10:20-10:40
Blagovest Sendov
Education and knowledge

10:40-11:20
Joke Voogt, Gerald Knezek
Making technology work in education: Outcomes of the EDUsummIT 2013

11:20-11:40                                      coffee break

 11:40-13:00

Chair person: Evgenia Sendova

11:40-12:00
Stoyan Denchev, Roumen Nikolov
The UNESCO Chair  - a Driver for Research and Innovation Excellence and Sustainable Regional Development

12:00-12:20
Lyubov Kostova
Science Communication – or Turning Defect into Effect

12:20-12:40
Alexander Angelov 
Creative Classroom

12:40-13:00
Peter Kenderov, Toni Chehlarova
Mathematics with a computer - a contest enhancing the digital and mathematical competences of the students

13:00 – 14:00                                   Lunch 

 14:00 - 16:00  PARALLEL SESSIONS 

QED & Young Scientists
Chair Person: Tania Todorova

Room 309

Teacher's session: 
Open day of NETT project:
Networked Entrepreneurship Training of Teachers

Chair Person: Eugenia Kovatcheva 

Room 104

14:00-14:15
Evgenia Sendova
A drunk man vs. a drunk bird: Developing communication competencies of high-school students for presenting research projects in various formats and settings

14:15-14:30
Konstantin Delchev
Science Fair Evaluation Framework: The importance of high school science initiatives

14:30-14:45
Milena Krumova & Elena Shoikova
Competence Based Education 

14:45-15:00
Anatoly Peshev & Elena Shoikova
Education Enhanced by Cloud Computing

15:00-15:15
Oleg Konstantinov, Valeria Fol
The Odrysian Kingdom - an Interactive Multimedia Application for Educational Purposes

15:15-15:30
Zlatogor Minchev
Challenges to Future Training with Interactive Intelligent Avatars

 

15:30 - 16:00                                    coffee break

16:00-16:15 
Maiyana Mitevska
Organisational Values - Multicultural Comparative Analisys at University Level

16:15-16:30 
Katia Rasheva
Continuing education of Librarians in Community Centrеs - a Factor to Overcome the Digital Divide

16:30-16:45
Diman Karagiozov
Harnessing NLP technologies in Content Management Systems

16:45-17:00
Todor Branzov & Georgi Gachev
VivaCognita platform

Continuation:
Open day of the NETT project

17:00-18:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Policies for QED
Chair Person: Stoyan Denchev


 

FRIDAY, October 31

SULSIT 2, hall 309, 69A Shipchenski prohod blvd, 1574 Sofia

09:00-10:00

PLENARY SESSION
Chair person: Roumen Nikolov

09:00-09:30 
Alexey Semenov

09:30-09:50 
Petar Stanchev
Open Assess

09:50-10:10 
Georgi Dimitrov
E-education - legal challanges and perspectives

10:10-10:30
Alastair Clark
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Is this a Digital Challenge or Digital Opportunity

10:30-11:00                                      coffee breaк

Poster Session 

11:00-12:30         PARALLEL SESSIONS

 

QED & Best Practices
Chair Person: Elena Shoikova

Room 309

Teacher session's:
MaSciL seminar: Multiplying the Inquiry Based Learning
Chair Person:
Evgenia Sendova

Room 104

11:00-11:15 
Tania Todorova
Erasmus Intensive Programmes - effective tool for educational and scientific communities

11:15-11:30 
Georgi Dinitrov, Ivan Ivanov, and Galia Panayotova, 
Quality of Education Management System at SULSIT

11:30-11:45 
Sofia Vassileva
Cultural Heritage: multimedia lectures and learning materials - results from one research project

11:45-12:05
Eugenia Kovatcheva and Elena Shoikova
The PICTET, SoC and FETCH European Projects

 

 

12:30-13:00

CLOSING CEREMONY
room 309

Chair person: Roumen Nikolov

Announcing the winner of the Best Presentation of Young Scientist Award