User-generated conference

The CONCEDE User Generated Conference took place 14th September 2011.

Here you can find links to session descriptions on our wiki and presented slides from the conference.

See pictures of our conference

Read what others have said about the conference on their blogs:

• Nick Pearce
• Wolfgang Reinhardt
• Alistair Creelman

Session descriptions and selected slides

Introduction to CONCEDE	Thomas Kretschmer, ILI-FIM, CONCEDE project coordinator
The Good, the Bad, and the Wiki	Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth
A short introduction to the conference concept	Anne-Christin Tannhäuser, Scienter
The CONCEDE Quality Framework for user-generated content in higher education	Ulf Ehlers, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University
User-generated content in education - Applying the CONCEDE Quality framework in practice	Interview session with pilot leaders Montse Guitert, Marcelo Maina (Open University of Catalonia) & Dénes Zarka (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
Results and conclusions of pilot experiences process	Maria Pérez & Mateo, Marc Romero (Open University of Catalonia)
The value of user (student) generated content (in higher education) from the viewpoint of sustainable learning	Judit Vidékiné-Reményi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Using planet of blogs to boost participation, quality and control, and allow co-evaluation	Gregorio Robles, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Evolving b-learning practices - do they increase the quality of online learning?	Maria João Loureiro, Universidade de Aveiro
User generated content: a new way to mix the role of teacher and student	Paolo Tosato, University Ca' Foscari Venice
Using YouTube in the Classroom: Issues and Oportunities	Nick Pearce, Durham University
Training teachers for web 2.0: What do they need (to know) to ensure high-quality learning results	Cristina Gallardo, FUNDECYT Petra Newrly, MFG Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
Excellent Virtual Schools and User-Generated Content VISCED Project consortium & International Advisory Committee on virtual schools and colleges	Sally Reynolds, ATiT Paul Bacsich, Sero
How can self-evaluation help to enhance user generated content in HE?	Deborah Arnold, University of Nancy 2
How policy needs to change to make high-quality UGC in education a reality? Do we need a Quality Label for UGC? What elements and criteria would it need to contain?	José Lagarto, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
How to provide and ensure efficient enabling structures and services for user-generated content	Ari-Matti Auvinen

What was the conference about?

The event brought together researchers, educational practitioners, innovators and policy makers to share experience on user-generated content (UGC) and approaches to quality in higher education

• How is UGC currently used in higher education teaching and learning?
• How can the quality of UGC in teaching and learning be improved?
• What policies do we need to boost the quality and quantity of UGC in teaching and learning?

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