Day 2 agenda
Friday 11 July
Please note: Sessions and break timings are subject to change
8:30 AM - Registration and refreshments
Registration and refreshments will be available in Cloth Hall Court.
9:00 AM - Welcome back
Margaret Korosec will provide a recap of Day 1 and welcome delegates back for the second day of the Online Learning Summit.
9:05 AM - The Future Academic: Al, adult learners, and the new rules of engagement [Hybrid panel]
Our panel focus on the role of the academic in serving adult, professional learners. What support do they need to thrive? Where does AI play a role to enable? What do you stop/start? Where are academic skills needed most? What institutional models of support help facilitate this? What do people bring into their journey in using GenAI, and what is the individual starting point/skill set?
Chair: Martin Bean
Panel: Aaron Wijeratne [virtual], Julie Lindsay, Chie Adachi, Mohammed Abdelmegid.
9:45 AM - Perspective: Let's hear what the students say! [Virtual panel]
This session brings together current students from online programmes offered by University of London and University of Leeds. We’ll hear about their experience of learning online, why they chose an online degree and what changes we should explore for the future.
Chair: Megan Kime
Panelists: Students from the University of Leeds and the University of London [virtual]
10:25 AM - The hidden curriculum of AI: Literacy, Ethics, and the Student Voice [Event partner presentation]
Students aren’t waiting for institutions to catch up—they’re already using AI in powerful, personal, and sometimes unexpected ways. Drawing on new research across Asia-Pacific, Dr. Cristi Ford explores what their experiences reveal about the future of learning—and why our current frameworks for AI literacy may be missing the mark. In this 10-minute talk, she invites us to rethink what it means to support learners in an AI-enhanced world—and what they’re really asking of us.
Chair: Margaret Korosec
Presenter: Dr Cristi Ford (D2L)
10:35 AM - Break
Please note that break timings are subject to change.
11:00 AM - Proactive change: Reducing the cost of online education
The pressure on HEIs around the world is significant. What can institutions do today to ensure they heed the call for action before the sector does it for them.
This interactive workshop will start with three perspectives on tackling the challenge of cost followed by an opportunity for delegates to explore several questions. We’ll return as a group and summarise what surfaced and what could be implemented at pace.
Chair: Margaret Korosec
Facilitators: Julia Leong Son, Paul Bacsich, Glenda Morgan.
12:00 PM - Lunch
Lunch will be served in the ground floor of Cloth Hall Court.
1:00 PM - World Café: Global perspectives on transformation of open educational ecosystems [Interactive session]
Expect to participate actively in this action lab in the format of a world café! We will facilitate and explore together global perspectives on transformation of open educational ecosystems. The conceptual 3Is framework (Integration – Impact – Infection) will be used as a scaffold to progressively engage with important questions and dilemmas about the culture of openness, dealing with change in an unpredictable world and illuminate the importance of collaborative pedagogic innovation for scaling up transformative and impactful learning experiences within a global and connected educational ecosystem.
Facilitators: Chrissi Nerantzi and Kirstine McDermid (University of Leeds)
2:00 – 2:10 PM Beyond the Screen: How VR and AR are reimagining learning [Event partner presentation]
Discover how virtual and augmented reality are reshaping the future of online learning. From lifelike simulations to immersive storytelling, this session shares insights from Anthology’s latest innovations - and explores what it takes to bring high-impact, scalable VR/AR experiences into the hands of today’s learners.
Speaker: Jonathan Quayle (Anthology)
2:10 PM - Provocation: Innovative models that will disrupt
Be the first to hear about an innovative model just on the cusp of launching that intends to future-proof a traditional institution from Sam Brenton (University of London), a leading expert on digital learning and distance education.
Chair: Martin Bean and Margaret Korosec
Speaker: Sam Brenton
2:45 PM - Break
Please note that break timings are subject to change.
3:15 PM - Perspective: Live Podcast Recording with #OLS2025 reflections
Live podcast recording to summarise and conclude OLS2025.
Panelists: Phil Hill, Glenda Morgan, Neil Mosley.
3:45 PM - Closing remarks
Keynote speaker Professor Martin Bean will join host Dr Margaret Korosec to conclude the Summit, which will finish around 4pm.
View the Day 1 Agenda...