Mike Wald from the University of Southampton, UK will show how the accessibility of video for learning can be enhanced using current technologies and discuss the potential for AI to improve the availability of accessible media.

How can educational podcasts innovate your teaching and learning? In a workshop entitled “Practice what you speech – the value of podcasts” Joasia van Kooten will share experiences on podcast design and production for MOOCs and SPOCs at the Centre for Innovation and tell some findings from her own research. Participants will listen to different educational podcast examples, reflect together and exchange ideas. Why would you start podcasting as a teacher? What podcasts formats exist and what works well for online or blended education? How can teachers be trained to produce their own podcasts, what support is needed?

Donald Clark from WildFire, UK will give a keynote presentation in which he will build on learning theory, research on the use of video in learning and recent developments in AI, to create balanced, effortful learning experiences.

Interactive features can prolong the life of an online video. Janne Länsitie from Oulu University of Applied Sciences in Finland is hosting a workshop on the use of H5P tools to enrich interactivity of online videos in which participants will get to know H5P tools and create at least one video featuring H5P interactive elements.

International Centre for Innovation and Workplace Learning (ICIWL) Symposium will take place June 6, 2019. ICIWL supports practitioners in carrying out action research enquiries in their own workplace. In the process practitioners make their own unique contribution to the creation of knowledge by developing greater self-awareness, participating in decision-making processes in collaboration with others, and designing pedagogical and technological innovations. The Symposium is going to be moderated by Yvonne Crotty, who is an Associate Professor in the School of STEM Education, Innovation and Global Studies in the Institute of Education at Dublin City University.

Emily Nordmann, University of Glasgow, UK will give a keynote presentation in which she will argue that the focus on the relationship between lecture capture and lecture attendance is misplaced and that there are more interesting and pedagogically important questions we should be asking (and answering)

MEDEA Awards encourages innovation and celebrates good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics and animation) in education. The 2019 award ceremony will be held on 5 June, 2019 in the Town Hall Leuven, where Media & Learning conference participants will be welcomed by the Mayor, Mohamed Ridouani. If you would like to submit an entry you will find all the information you need here - the closing date for submissions is 15 March 2019.

Sonia Hetzner from Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in Germany will be moderating a discussion on Do It Yourself Production Concepts for Higher Education. Everyone taking part is welcome to share their experiences of different approaches to production from simple DIY to other variants and practices.

The Leuven Institute for Media and Learning aka LIMEL, is the place where, at KU Leuven, educators and students can find everything they need to produce high quality videos. Not only do LIMEL staff work with a professional video team, they also train educators to enable them to make their own videos. This visit includes both a tour of the facilities as well as discussion about how the LIMEL support model works.

360˚ Video, 3D, 4K, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality look set to provide really immersive learning experiences in universities just as elsewhere. In a session dedicated to this topic, Dieter Struyf from Thomas More University College, Belgium and Matt Gilooly & Laura Hollinshead from University of Derby, UK will share their experiences of Using immersive video to enhance simulated practice for students in different disciplines.

For more than 10 years KU Leuven’s students who take a course in Visual and Experimental Anthropology have been required to produce their own anthropological films in groups. This year, for the first time, they went one step further and created their own video installations. Prepare to be surprised by the results! On 5 June 2019 you will get a chance to visit this special exhibition featuring student generated video installations for assessment.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hebbel-Seeger from Macromedia University, Germany will give a keynote presentation entitled “To be, or not to be… When and how 360 degrees video enhance learning”. In this talk he will show the peculiarities of 360-degree video, outline the general conditions for video production and reception and discuss a wide range of applications in teaching, learning and communication.

Robert M. Lipps, Sonic Foundry, USA will give a keynote presentation where he will argue that given the fact that today’s digital native students crave a traditional college experience, institutions need to figure out what that looks like in a fast-paced world. Rob will explore the massive potential for streaming video & artificial intelligence to offer Gen Z the Netflix model for learning.

There will be a half day pre-conference workshop on Tuesday 4 June led by the organisers of the annual EDIT Educational Video Challenge aimed at teacher training organisations. During the workshop you will find out more about the EDIT model for creating educational videos in a hackathon-style event organised in a unique international cooperation model. The workshop will be led by Janne Länsitie, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, Christian Kogler, University of Education Upper Austria, Austria and Rebekka Schmidt, University of Paderborn, Germany

Dave Gatrell from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University will lead a workshop on video observation and feedback which is an instructional approach that can improve performance in a broad range of professional disciplines. In this practical workshop, Dave will help you develop an action plan for how to integrate video observation and feedback in your own field.