Programme
Plenary sessions Day 1
10:00
10:15
Opening by Ms. Sally Reynolds
Welcome remarks
Dr. Georgi Dimitrov (Acting Head of Unit, Digital Education, DG EAC)
Mr. Ioannis Maghiros (Head of Unit of Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
10:15
10:30
Opening speech: Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.
10:30
11:30
Panel discussion: The Digital Education Action Plan and SELFIE to support the development of a high-performing digital education ecosystem
- Spanish Ministry of Education and VET: Mr. Carlos Medina (INTEF, Head of international projects)
- European Training Foundation: Mr. Cesare Onestini (Director)
- Portuguese Ministry of Education: Ms. Maria João Horta (Deputy Director General)
- Slovenian Ministry of Education: Dr. Igor Pesek (Head of Unit for Digitisation of Education)
- Joint Research Centre: Dr. Yves Punie (Deputy Head of Unit of Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Moderated by Ms. Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva (Director of Innovation, Digital Education and International Cooperation, DG EAC)
11:30
11:45
Short break
11:45
12:15
Keynote speech: Digital empowerment of schools: using SELFIE for an efficient integration of digital technologies for teaching and learning
- Dr. Caroline Pulfrey (Senior Researcher, École Politecnique Fédérale de Laussane – EPFL)
Moderated by Dr. Romina Cachia (Scientific Officer, Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
12:15
13:00
What is the impact of SELFIE? A holistic approach combining evidence from two research approaches
- Introduction to the SELFIE impact study
Dr. Nikoleta Giannoutsou (Project leader, Human Capital and Employment, JRC) - How SELFIE support schools to develop their digital capacity? Insights from a qualitative study of SELFIE impact
Prof. Yannis Dimitriadis (University of Valladolid, Spain)
This presentation will focus on the impact SELFIE has in supporting schools to develop their digital capacity. This study describes not only what is the impact of SELFIE but it will offer a deeper understanding of how SELFIE is used and why it has the specific impact based on evidence from multiple sources collected from the schools participating in the study. - A feasibility study for a randomised control trial on the SELFIE impact
Ms. Ana Tăbăcaru (Senior Policy Associate, J-PAL Europe)
A study for exploring the feasibility of a randomised control trial to measure the impact of SELFIE in a large number of schools (large scale quantitative study) which will also build on the results of the qualitative study mentioned above.
We need you! Expression of interest to participate in a randomised controlled trial study on the impact of SELFIE
13:00
14:00
Lunch break
14:00
14:45
SELFIEforTEACHERS: a self-reflection tool to support teachers professional growth
- Presentation of the tool
Ms. Anastasia Economou (Project leader, Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Deirdre Hodson (Project officer, Schools and Multilingualism, DG EAC)
- First insights about the tool
Dr. Nikolas Kanaris (Teacher trainer, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute)
Ms. Viki Malcolm (Secondary school teacher, King’s Hospital School, Ireland)
Parallel workshops
14:45
15:45
Room 1: SELFIE for beginning schools-hands on session
Workshop and interactive demo for all interested in experiencing the SELFIE tool from inside. All welcome.
- SELFIE as a tool to support collective reflection within the school on the use of digital technologies for teaching and learning.
- We will explore the possibilities and learn how to: set up a SELFIE exercise, customise questionnaires, and look at the results.
Organisers:
Ms. Lilian Weikert García (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Ioanna Tsotsou (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Gabrielle Lafitte (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Carmen Capote de la Calle (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
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SELFIE for beginning schools-hands on session (Room 1 / 14:45- 15:45 and 15:45 - 16:45)
This workshop is an introductory session for participants who have never used SELFIE. For 60 minutes, SELFIE team members will help attendees experience the SELFIE tool as seen from the school coordinator’s point of view.
Target audience: School leaders, teachers, researchers and school leader, teachers and anyone interested in understanding how to set up a SELFIE session.
Structure of the workshop
We will explore and learn how to:
- Register a school and create a SELFIE school account
- Set- up a SELFIE exercise
- Customize questionnaires
- Take a look at the SELFIE results.
Previously to the workshop, participants are invited to register on the SELFIE platform here and activate a DEMO account. Useful instructions can be found here.
When creating your account, please include the word DEMO in the name of the school you are going to use, and remember to bring your credentials (username and password) to the workshop.
Room 2: Develop your digital action plan (part I)
This workshop will provide you an opportunity to work collaborative with other participants to develop a digital action plan after using the SELFIE tool focusing mainly in the eight areas of the SELFIE tool. The focus will be identifying potential challenges and solutions on how to effectively empower a school through enhancing the digital capacity. Participants will have an active role and will collaborate to create a guide with tips, advice and experiences on how to develop a digital action plan for the school.
Organisers:
Dr. Romina Cachia (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Dr. Nikoleta Giannoutsou (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Dr. César Herrero Rámila (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Lilian Weikert García (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Guest: Ms. Tatiana Nanaieva (Ukraine)
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Develop your digital action plan (Room 2 / 14-45- 15:45 and 15:45- 16:45)
This workshop will give you the opportunity to work collaboratively with other participants to develop a digital action plan following the use of the SELFIE tool.
The focus will be on identifying potential challenges and solutions on how to effectively empower a school through digital capacity improvement. Participants will take an active role and collaborate in creating a guide with suggestions, tips and experiences on how to develop a digital action plan for the school focusing mainly on the eight areas of the SELFIE tool.
Target Audience: Teachers, school leaders and anyone interested in the planning of the digital development of the school.
Structure of the workshop:
The two hour workshop, will be based on a participatory leadership model to enable collaboration between participants.
The guide that will be developed during this workshop will be published on our resources page and all participants will be acknowledged as contributors.
Room 3: Using SELFIEforTEACHERS to design professional learning paths
The aim of this workshop is to guide teachers in using SELFIEforTEACHERS to design their professional learning paths. It will be a hands-on workshop with teachers’ outcomes to be shared.
Organisers:
Ms. Anastasia Economou (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Dr. Andreia Inamorato Dos Santos (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Deirdre Hodson (Schools and Multilingualism, DG EAC)
Dr. Georgios Kapsalis (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Laura Molina Iglesias (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
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Using SELFIE for Teachers to design professional learning paths (Room 3 / 14:45- 15:45 and 15:45- 16:45)
The aim of this hands-on workshop is to guide teachers in using SELFIEforTEACHERS to design their professional learning paths.
Target audience: teachers and teacher trainers, anyone interested to know more about SELFIEforTEACHERS
Structure of the workshop
During the workshop, participants will:
- get to know more the design features of SELFIEforTEACHERS
- create an account and login to the SELFIEforTEACHERS platform
- complete a self-reflection
- receive their results and personalised feedback report
- discuss their results and feedback and start to design their professional learning paths
- share their results and provide and receive feedback by their peers
Participants will work in smaller groups supported by the workshop facilitators. They will use an online application (mural) to share their designs and provide and receive feedback from their peers. They will then discuss in the whole group their first insights on using the tool. A group representative will share the group outcomes in the forum plenary.
Room 4: Best practices of SELFIE in Erasmus+ projects
This workshop aims to provide inspiration but also practical ideas to schools on how they can use SELFIE to develop their digital capacity. The workshop will focus on the following topics:
- Collaboration and networking on schools’ digital planning (R4Change)
- A pedagogical Toolkit, SELFIE helper and a MOOC on how to develop an action PLAN (SHERPA Project)
- How to get the most from SELFIE action planning with Digital Schools Awards (ASELFIE project)
- Mentor Schools (MenSI project)
Coordinator: Dr. Nikoleta Giannoutsou (Human Capital and Employment, JRC) and Prof. Avgoustos Tsinakos
Organisers:
Prof. Avgoustos Tsinakos, Dr. Stefania Bocconi, Ms. Anna Doody, Dr. Victor McNair, Ms. Aoife O’Connor, Ms. Ann Marie Whelan, Dr. Sofoklis Sotiriou, Dr. Nikolaos Zygouritsas, Ms. Anna Laghigna
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Best practices of SELFIE use – Experiences from EU-Funded projects (Room 4 / 14:45- 15:45)
The workshop will bring in experiences, ideas and inspiration from the use of SELFIE in the context of EU-funded projects (ERASMUS Plus forward looking and Horizon 2020). The workshop is designed to offer some practical advice to participants on how to use SELFIE to develop their digital strategy by establishing collaborations with other schools, with other stakeholders and using material and resources the Erasmus Plus projects have prepared.
Target audience: School leaders, teachers, policy makers, researchers, technology and digital education experts.
Structure of the workshop
Introduction and short explanation about the three key topics that will be explored in the workshop
Why a school based approach is important for the integration of digital technologies in the school practice (Mensi project)
Break out rooms with the following themes.
- SELFIE as a tool for schools to celebrate their achievements employing peer learning and using the help of critical friends
- SELF reflection for School collaboration with external stakeholders and the society
- Resources supporting schools to use SELFIE: Pedagogical toolkit, MOOC and SELFIE helper
Key takeaways:
- How peer learning can help the implementation of SELFIE
- How SELFIE can be used by schools as a medium to not only develop but also share their achievements.
- How schools can pursue collaborations with the society and other key stakeholders to support their development plan
- Become aware and get access to resources that can be used to support the implementation of SELFIE in your school
Projects participating in the workshop
R4Change: Reflecting for Change: https://reflecting4change.eu/
SELFIE digital school awards – European pilot project: https://awards4selfie.eu/
SHERPA: SELFIE HElper and Pedagogical innovation Assistant: https://sherpa4selfie.eu/
MenSI: Mentoring for School Improvement: https://fcl.eun.org/mensi
DIGI-HE: Supporting European universities in their strategic approaches to digital learning https://eua.eu/101-projects/772-digi-he.html (TBC)
15:45
16:45
Room 1: SELFIE for beginning schools-hands on session
Workshop and interactive demo for all interested in experiencing the SELFIE tool from inside. All welcome.
- SELFIE as a tool to support collective reflection within the school on the use of digital technologies for teaching and learning.
- We will explore the possibilities and learn how to: set up a SELFIE exercise, customise questionnaires, and look at the results.
Organisers:
Ms. Lilian Weikert García (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Ioanna Tsotsou (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Gabrielle Lafitte (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Carmen Capote de la Calle (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
read more
SELFIE for beginning schools-hands on session (Room 1 / 14:45- 15:45 and 15:45 - 16:45)
This workshop is an introductory session for participants who have never used SELFIE. For 60 minutes, SELFIE team members will help attendees experience the SELFIE tool as seen from the school coordinator’s point of view.
Target audience: School leaders, teachers, researchers and school leader, teachers and anyone interested in understanding how to set up a SELFIE session.
Structure of the workshop
We will explore and learn how to:
- Register a school and create a SELFIE school account
- Set- up a SELFIE exercise
- Customize questionnaires
- Take a look at the SELFIE results.
Previously to the workshop, participants are invited to register on the SELFIE platform here and activate a DEMO account. Useful instructions can be found here.
When creating your account, please include the word DEMO in the name of the school you are going to use, and remember to bring your credentials (username and password) to the workshop.
Room 2: Develop your digital action plan (part II)
How to develop your action plan after taking SELFIE (part II)
- Challenges faced and how to solve them
- Experts in SELFIE to share tips and advices based on their experiences
read more
Develop your digital action plan (Room 2 / 14-45- 15:45 and 15:45- 16:45)
This workshop will give you the opportunity to work collaboratively with other participants to develop a digital action plan following the use of the SELFIE tool.
The focus will be on identifying potential challenges and solutions on how to effectively empower a school through digital capacity improvement. Participants will take an active role and collaborate in creating a guide with suggestions, tips and experiences on how to develop a digital action plan for the school focusing mainly on the eight areas of the SELFIE tool.
Target Audience: Teachers, school leaders and anyone interested in the planning of the digital development of the school.
Structure of the workshop:
The two hour workshop, will be based on a participatory leadership model to enable collaboration between participants.
The guide that will be developed during this workshop will be published on our resources page and all participants will be acknowledged as contributors.
Room 3: Using SELFIEforTEACHERS to design professional learning paths
The aim of this workshop is to guide teachers in using SELFIEforTEACHERS to design their professional learning paths. It will be a hands-on workshop with teachers’ outcomes to be shared.
Organisers:
Ms. Anastasia Economou (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Dr. Andreia Inamorato Dos Santos (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Deirdre Hodson (Schools and Multilingualism, DG EAC)
Dr. Georgios Kapsalis (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Laura Molina Iglesias (Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
read more
Using SELFIE for Teachers to design professional learning paths (Room 3 / 14:45- 15:45 and 15:45- 16:45)
The aim of this hands-on workshop is to guide teachers in using SELFIEforTEACHERS to design their professional learning paths.
Target audience: teachers and teacher trainers, anyone interested to know more about SELFIEforTEACHERS
Structure of the workshop
During the workshop, participants will:
- get to know more the design features of SELFIEforTEACHERS
- create an account and login to the SELFIEforTEACHERS platform
- complete a self-reflection
- receive their results and personalised feedback report
- discuss their results and feedback and start to design their professional learning paths
- share their results and provide and receive feedback by their peers
Participants will work in smaller groups supported by the workshop facilitators. They will use an online application (mural) to share their designs and provide and receive feedback from their peers. They will then discuss in the whole group their first insights on using the tool. A group representative will share the group outcomes in the forum plenary.
read more
Using SELFIE for Teachers to design professional learning paths (Room 3 / 14:45- 15:45 and 15:45- 16:45)
The aim of this hands-on workshop is to guide teachers in using SELFIEforTEACHERS to design their professional learning paths.
Target audience: teachers and teacher trainers, anyone interested to know more about SELFIEforTEACHERS
Structure of the workshop
During the workshop, participants will:
- get to know more the design features of SELFIEforTEACHERS
- create an account and login to the SELFIEforTEACHERS platform
- complete a self-reflection
- receive their results and personalised feedback report
- discuss their results and feedback and start to design their professional learning paths
- share their results and provide and receive feedback by their peers
Participants will work in smaller groups supported by the workshop facilitators. They will use an online application (mural) to share their designs and provide and receive feedback from their peers. They will then discuss in the whole group their first insights on using the tool. A group representative will share the group outcomes in the forum plenary.
Room 4: Digital planning and digital learning in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis
- Leading in a crisis: testimonies from schools on planned approaches to technology use
- The role of the ICT coordinator in schools
- Students as digital leaders: students supporting staff / fellow students’ digital upskilling
Organiser:
Ms. Naír Carrera Martínez (Digital Education, DG EAC)
Guests:
Ms. Rose McConville (Deputy Principal, Coláiste Bride, Ireland)
Ms. Muireann Nagle (Digital Learning Coordinator, Coláiste Bride, Ireland)
Students:
Ms. Bella Hogan Hickey (Coláiste Bride, Ireland)
Ms. Nancy Ennis (Coláiste Bride, Ireland)
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Digital planning and digital learning in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis (Room 4 / 15:45- 16:45)
This workshop aims to engage participants in a discussion about the use of digital technologies in the wake of the Covid -19 crisis. We will explore ideas regarding strategies on technology use as a response to the recent public health crisis and as a way to move forward leveraging on the progress already done and addressing the challenges. In the workshop we will also have the opportunity to explore these issues from the view point of the school leaders, ICT coordinators and from the view point of the students.
Target audience
- School leaders, teachers, students, policy makers, researchers, technology experts
- We encourage the participation of students in the workshop who would like to share their experience with us.
- Bring also with you a funny story from the period of remote teaching and learning.
Structure of the workshop
Welcome and introduction
Work in Break out rooms to share anonymously the funny stories from participants regarding the use of digital technologies during the period of online distance teaching and learning
Return to plenary to share the stories and identify key topics emerging
Invited speakers will address the following topics
- Leading in a crisis: Testimonies from schools on planned approaches to technology use
- The role of the ICT coordinator in schools
- Students as digital leaders: Students supporting staff/fellow students’ digital upskilling
16:45
17:30
Plenary: Interactive presentations from workshops (with Q&A):
Workshop reporters will present outcomes from their workshops related to the use of SELFIE, the development of the Digital Action Plan, professional learning paths based on SELFIEforTEACHERS, collaboration in Erasmus+ projects and COVID-19 implications.
Moderated by Dr. Romina Cachia (Scientific Officer, Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
17:30
18:00
Networking Rooms
- Networking area to connect new schools with schools interested in using SELFIE
- Exhibition area (video demos of tools, interactive posters, resources)
Room Bilbao: Experiences of Ministries of Education in the scale-up of SELFIE
Guest: Dr. Nuno Dorotea (Ministry of Education, Portugal)
Room Athens: How to read the SELFIE report
Guests: Prof. Susan Mc Kenney & Ms. Tatiana Nanaieva
Room Orleans: Whole school approach to the integration of digital technologies
Guest: Dr. Caroline Pulfrey
Room Valletta: Erasmus Plus projects
Guests: Dr. Sofoklis Sotiriou (R4Change), Ms. Anna Doody (ASELFIE project), Prof. Avgoustos Tsinakos (SHERPA), Dr. Anna Laghigna (MenSI project)
Room Sevilla: Use of SELFIE in the school
Guest: Mr. Sean Gallagher
Room Barcelona: After SELFIE, what? Initiatives which can help to develop in specific areas
Guest: Ms. Ivelina Ivanova
18:00
End of day 1
Plenary sessions Day 2
10:00
10:15
Opening of the day by Ms. Sally Reynolds
SELFIE (Team) behind the scenes
Ms. Naír Carrera Martínez (SELFIE Project manager, Digital Education, DG EAC)
Dr. Nikoleta Giannoutsou (Project leader, Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
10:15
10:45
Keynote speech: How to better integrate digital technologies for teaching and learning in the workplace
Mr. Stefano Tirati (Vice President of EfVET, CEO at Learning digital)
Q&A moderated by Dr. César Herrero Rámila (SELFIE WBL Project leader, Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
10:45
11:45
Panel discussion and Q&A: SELFIE tools to support change in different settings: How can SELFIE support change at systemic level (MoE) and school level?
- Mr. Jan De Craemer (Policy Advisor at Flemish Ministry of Education, Belgium)
- Dr. Daniela Scepajnovic (Education Policy Analyst and Education Technologist, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development – Sector for Digitalization in Education and Science, Serbia)
- Mr. Alessandro Brolpito (Senior specialist in Digital skills and learning, European Training Foundation)
- Dr. Maria Montebello (Head of School, St. Ignatius College Handaq Middle School, Malta)
- Dr. Panagiotis Kampylis (Senior Research Fellow, National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Educational Technology)
Moderated by Dr. Yves Punie (Deputy Head of Unit, Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
11:45
12:00
Short break
12:00
12:30
Launch of SELFIE for work-based learning (WBL): Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights
SELFIE for work-based learning
- Work-based learning pilot in Member States and partner countries
Dr. Ralph Hippe (CEDEFOP, Expert)
Mr. Alessandro Brolpito (Senior specialist in Digital skills and learning, European Training Foundation) - SELFIE for work-based learning: next steps
Mr. Tim Schreiber (SELFIE WBL Policy officer, DG EMPL)
Dr. César Herrero Rámila (SELFIE WBL Project leader, Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
12:30
12:45
The Future of SELFIE: next steps
Dr. Nikoleta Giannoutsou (Project leader, Human Capital and Employment, JRC)
Ms. Naír Carrera Martínez (SELFIE Project manager, Digital Education, DG EAC)
12:45
13:00
Closing remarks
Ms. Themis Christophidou (Director General, DG EAC)
Mr. Bernard Magenhann (Deputy Director General, JRC)
13:00
End of the event
