Call: Free online event: EDUBOTS: Best practice of chatbots in higher education – Findings and insights from 2 year...

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Call: Free online event: EDUBOTS: Best practice of chatbots in higher education – Findings and insights from 2 years of applied research

January 14, 2022


Call for Participation

EDUBOTS: “Best practice of chatbots in higher education” – Findings and insights from 2 years of applied research
Free online event
Tuesday January 18, 2022
7:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST [follow the registration link below to see the time in your location –ML]
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/best-practice-of-chatbots-in-higher-education-tickets-228807678927

ABOUT THIS EVENT

This edu conference gives you a “best of” overview of all insights the EDUBOTS consortium has gained from conducting two years of applied research that span across Europe. As part of the conference we will also release the “Chatbots for Education – CMOOC 2.0”.

Agenda of Topics (times are in CET):

1:00 PM
Opening – EDUBOTS Conference
Lars Willner, Differ.chat

1:10 PM
Release of cMOOC 2.0: Best practice of Chatbots in Higher Education
Gregor Jarisch, EDUBOTS Project Manager

1:20 PM
“Five years since chatbots become popular; How much impact did Chatbots have in higher education overall? What will chatbots bring for higher education in the next 5 years?”
Round Table

2:00 PM
Chatbots in Higher Education: Perceptions of educators’ and students’ potential use and needs
Olia Tsivitanidou, University of Nicosia,
Andri Ioannou, CYENS – Centre of Excellence

2:20 PM
JISC AI Centre chatbot developments in UK FE and HE
Tom Moule, Jisc’s National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education

2:40 PM
Chatbots’ journey at the Faculty of Organizations and Informatics
Antonela Čižmešija, Goran Hajdin, Dijana Plantak Vukovac, FOI, University of Zagreb

3:00 PM
Using AI Chatbots in Education: Recent Advances Challenges and Use Case in Saudi Arabia
Moneerh Aleedy, Information Technology Department at PNU

3:20 PM
Findings on the application of chatbots in Education: Students’ and teachers’ perspectives
Francisco Barranco, University of Granada

3:40 PM
Using an Online Chat Community to Support Under-represented Students’ Transitions to Leeds
Elen Rose, Lucy Holehan, Plus Programme – University of Leeds

Project Website: https://www.edubots.eu

EDUBOTS is an ongoing EU Erasmus+ knowledge alliance project which will finalize on January 31, 2022.


 
 

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