ECEL Future and Past

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Hosted by:

UNISA - University of South Africa
Muckleneuk Campus
Preller Street,
Muckleneuk Ridge
Pretoria
South Africa

https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default

26 – 27 October 2023

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ECEL 2023 Conference Proceedings

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Proceedings

The Electronic Proceedings from ECEL are included in your registration and are available to download for conference participants.  They are also available to purchase:

• • • Printed Version - £55 plus Postage and Packaging

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Winners at ECEL 2022

Best Poster

The design and evaluation of a rubric to measure online teachers’ competences
Maaike Grammens and Bram De Wever, Ghent University, Belgium

Educators, professional development, educational technologies and agency – impacting pedagogical practices.
Greg Doyle, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Competition Winners

Physical Category

1st Place
Diagnosis Zombie: An Interactive Lesson on Brain and Behaviour
Jane Guiller, Alex Oliver, Ken Rice, Emma Gibson and Jordyn McNally, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK

2nd Place
Blended Learning UK (James Paget University Hospital NHS FT)
Tom King, James Pereira, Sue Down, James Paget/BLUK, Sam Leinister and A.D. Simpson, University of East Anglia, UK

3rd Place
Towards Building a Sustainable Community Through Social Platforms
Sweta Patnaik, CPUT and Nadine Sonnenberg, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Virtual Category

1st place
Unlocking Potential: Creating an Innovative Learning Platform to Foster Digital Skills of Educators
Georg Winder, Andrea Kern, Karin Zehetner and Josef Buchner, St Gallen University of Teacher Education, Switzerland.

2nd place
Inclusive e-Learning for Marginalized Communities: The Mobile Centre Initiative
Mahmoud Hawamdeh, Bayan Shoubaki, Nisreen Awadallah and Saeda Abu Halaweh, Al-Quds Open University, Ramallah, Palestine

3rd place
uQualio Video4Learning
Hatla Johnsen, Christian Nielsen and John Gage, uQualio, USA

Conference Executives

Conference co-Chairs:

Associate Professor Sarah Jane Johnston, University of South Africa (Unisa)
Associate Professor C Shawren Singh PhD, University of South Africa

Key Note Speakers:   

Zolile Martin Mguda, University of South Africa
ChatGPT: The first year

Thenjiwe Meyiwa, University of South Africa
The Role of African Feminisms in Shaping a Sustainable Future of Being and Learning

Dr Isabel Tarling, Limina Education Services
Digital Standards for South Africa’s Basic Education Sector

Message of Thanks

We extend our thanks to all participants at the conference, both presenters and attendees and gratefully acknowledge the support of University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, along with assistance provided by the Conference and Programme Chairs and keynote speakers. The stream and mini track chairs are to be applauded for their efforts in ensuring that timekeeping requirements were respected by all participants and the chair and discussants of the PhD Colloquium are thanked for their invaluable contribution to this important part of the conference. Finally, we value and unreservedly acknowledge the essential role performed by the executive and programme committees in respect of the double blind review process.

We trust that the overall the conference exceeded your expectations; we welcome your feedback.

Previous ECEL Conferences

ECEL 2022

Hosted by:

University of Brighton, UK
Varley Park Conference Centre and Halls of Residence
Coldean Lane
Brighton BN1 9GR

27 – 28 October 2022

Winners at ECEL 2022

PhD Winner

Exploring Augmented Reality Affordances for Media Literacy in the EFL Context
Chrysoula Lazou and Avgoustos Tsinakos, International Hellenic University, Greece

Best Poster

A Case Study into the Application of Online Self-Testing in Higher Education
Liesbeth Coppens, Karin Coninx and Katrien Struyven, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek Belgium

Competition Winners

1^st place
open.uom.lk: A Free Online Knowledge Sharing Platform
Vishaka Nanayakkara, Buddhika Karunarathne, Malik Ranasinghe, Amal Shehan Perera, Gayashan Amarasinghe, Sandareka Wickramanayake, Supunmali Ahangama, Kulani Mahadewa, Chathuranga Hettiarachchi, University of Moratuwa, Katubedda, Sri Lanka and Hasith Yaggahavita, 99x Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka (V)

2^nd place
Capsule: Supporting UK Undergraduate Medical Education
Nadia Mahmood, Chee Yeen Fung, Tim Vincent, Juliet Wright, Amir H. Sam, Malcolm Reed, Dawn Hanna, Peter Dennis, David C. Howlett (P)

3^rd place
Using e-Learning to Support Entrepreneurs at a Time of Crisis: A South African perspective
Sweta Patnaik and Shamil Isaacs, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa (P)

Conference Executives

Conference Chair: Dr Panagiotis Fotaris, University of Brighton
Programme Chair: Dr Andrew Blake, University of Brighton

 Key Note Speakers:   

Phil Ashford
Developing Augmented and Virtual Reality in Training Adults from Underrepresented Groups

 Liz Cable
Broken Games for Learning

ECEL 2021

Hosted by:

University of Applied Sciences
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft
Berlin (HTW) Berlin Research and Training Center for Culture and Computer Science (FKI) Wilhelminenhofstr. 75A
12459 Berlin Germany
Tel: +49 (0)30 5019 0

28 - 29 October 2021

Conference Executives

Conference Co-Chairs:               
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Busch, HTW Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Tilo Wendler, HTW Berlin, Germany

Programme Chair: 
Martin Steinicke, HTW Berlin, Germany

Key Note Speakers:   
Dr. Dan Remenyi
University of the Future

Professor Shawren Singh
Reflecting on Higher Education Examinations

Winners at ECEL 2021

PhD Certificates of Merit

Playful Online Learning Environments Promote Student Teachers' Renegotiation of the Learner Roles
Vici Daphne Händel and Mie Buhl, Aalborg University, Denmark

Towards a Framework for Teaching Secure Coding Practices to Programming Students
Vuyolwethu Mdunyelwa, Lynn Futcher, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa and Johan van Niekerk, Noroff University College, Norway

Expansive Learning During Pandemic Teaching: Collaborative Digital Textbooks in Secondary Biology Courses
Kristi Nourie, University of Cambridge, UK

Masters Certificate of Merit

Studying the Impact of Gamification on Motivation in Remote Programming Education
Lauren Scott and Nick Dalton, Northumbria University, UK

Best Poster

RegioDiff: Digitally fostering reading and regional competencies in Grade 4 students
Lisa Paleczek, University of Graz, Austria, Katharina Prinz, Jessica Berger, Daniela Ender and David Wohlhart, Private University College of the Diocese Graz, Austria and Lorenz Kern, Wohlhart Lernsoftware, Graz, Austria

ECEL 2020

Hosted by:

University of Applied Sciences
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft
Berlin (HTW) Berlin Research and Training Center for Culture and Computer Science (FKI) Wilhelminenhofstr. 75A
12459 Berlin Germany
Tel: +49 (0)30 5019 0

28 - 30 October 2020

Winners at ECEL 2020

Conference Executives

Conference Co-Chairs:   
Mie Buhl, Bente Meyer and Rikke Ørngreen, Aalborg University Copenhagen.

Key Note Speakers:
Dr Anthony 'Skip' Basiel
An Interactive Exploration of Higher Education (HE) Pedagogy Using Game Design Features and Technologies: Towards Next Generation Webinar Learning.

Mie Buhl, Bente Meyer and Rikke Ørngreen, Aalborg University Copenhagen.
Does IT work? Investigating factors at play in e-learning research.

ECEL 2019

Hosted by:

Aalborg Universitet København
A.C. Meyers Vænge 15 2450
Copenhagen SV
Denmark

7 -8 November 2019

Winners at ECEL 2019

Poster Winner

Blended Learning Sessions to Improve Job Interview Skills
Michiko Toyama and Yoshitaka Yamazaki

Competition Winners

Conference Executives

Conference Co-Chairs:   
Mie Buhl, Bente Meyer and Rikke Ørngreen, Aalborg University Copenhagen.

Key Note Speakers:
Dr Anthony 'Skip' Basiel
An Interactive Exploration of Higher Education (HE) Pedagogy Using Game Design Features and Technologies: Towards Next Generation Webinar Learning.

Mie Buhl, Bente Meyer and Rikke Ørngreen, Aalborg University Copenhagen.
Does IT work? Investigating factors at play in e-learning research.

ECEL 2018

Hosted by:

University of West Attica
Athens, Greece

1 - 2 November 2018

Winners at ECEL 2018

PhD Winner:
Computational Thinking and Online Learning: A Systematic Literature Review
Colette Kirwan, Eamon Costello and Enda Donlon, Dublin City University, Ireland

Poster Winner:
Digital Badges: Achievement-based recognition beyond assessment
Zian Ser, Tan and Nurhanim Hassan, Taylor's University, Malaysia

e-Learning Awards

1^st place:
Fashion Students Choose how to Learn
Michaella Cavanagh, Durban University of Technology, South Africa

2^nd place:
Presentation inControl (iControl)
Lew Sook Ling, et al., Multimedia University, Malaysia

3^rd place:
 Live-Teaching and Live-Learning with alfaview®: Creating  an Economical, Ecological and Social Shift with Live e-Learning
Nico  Fostirpoulos, Vaia Rapti and Armin Schweinfurth, alfatraining, Germany 

Conference Executives

Conference Chair/Co-Chairs:    
Prof. Klimis Ntalianis, Athens University of Applied Sciences

Programme Co-Chairs: 
Prof. Antonios Andreatos, Hellenic Air Force Academy and Prof (Mrs) Cleo Sgouropoulou, Athens University of Applied Sciences

Key Note Speakers:
Prof. Michalis Xenos, University of Patras
Everything is blended learning

Dr. Anastassios (Tassos) Mikropoulos, University of Ioannina
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Prof. Dr. Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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ECEL 2017

Hosted by:

Porto Accounting and Business School (ISCAP)
Porto, Portugal

26 - 27 October 2017

Winners at ECEL 2017

Best PhD Paper :
Engagement Driven Massive Online Learning Environment: A Heutagogy-Based MOOC (hMOOC) Nikoletta Agonács and João Filipe Matos, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Best Poster:
Videos & Learning Strategies – Screencasts as Participatory Tools in Study
Jacob Christensen , Miloud Yousfi, Michael Jensen and Henriette Vognsgaard, University College Lillebaelt, Denmark and Bente Meyer, Aalborg University, Denmark

Competition Winners

1^st Place:
Online Experiential Learning: Bringing the Complexities of the Courtroom to the Classroom
Karen Miner-Romanoff

2^nd Place: 
The Global Teenager Project: from Learner to Leader.
Bob Hofman, Manon van Herwijnen, Anita Townsend, Lisa-Marie Colllimore, Dwayne Pare and Steve Joordens

3^rd Place:
Supporting Student Projects Through Feedback from Transnational Peers and Industry Experts in a Mixed-Reality Immersive Environment
Sasha Nikolic, Christian H.Ritz and Peter J. Vial