Symposium Program

Time

Session

Participants

9:00-9:30

Opening Speeches

M.A. Yekta SARAÇ (upon his availability),

Director of the Higher Education Council (HEC)

Hasan MANDAL (upon his availability),

Director of the TUBITAK

Ali Taha KOÇ (upon his availability),

Director of the Presidential Office of Digital Transformation

Şahin KARASAR,

Rector of the Maltepe Üniversitesi

9:30-10:30

Invited Speaker:

National Open Education Systems in a Digital Age

Adnan Qayyum,

PENNSTATE University, USA

10:30-11:00

Refreshment

11:00-12:30

Panel 1:

Openness and Digitalization in Higher Education

Naci GÜNDOĞAN (upon his availability),

HEC Digital Transformation Coordinator

Ali Ekrem ÖZKUL,

Anadolu University

Yücel GÜNEY,

Dean of Open Education Faculty, Anadolu University

Ali Rıza BÜYÜKUSLU,

Rector of Fenerbahce University

12:30-13:30

LUNCH

13:30-14:30

Invited Speaker:

Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: A Systematic Review

Olaf Zawacki-Richter,

Oldenburg University

14:30-16:00

Panel 2:

Critical Issues of Open and Distance Education Research in the Digital Transformation

Dianne CONRAD,

Athabasca University, Canada

Junhong XIAO,

Shantou Radio and Television University, China

Albert Sangra MORER,  

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

Patricia SLAGTER VAN TRYON,  

East Carolina University, USA

16:00-16:30

ARA

16:30-18:00

Panel 3:

Future Skills, Open Education and Digital Transformation

Ahmet HANÇER,

eNocta

Selçuk KARAMAN,

Atatürk University

Ümit KOCABIÇAK,

Sakarya University

Gonca YAMAMATO,

Maltepe University

18:00-18:30

Closing

Şahin KARASAR

Rector of Maltepe University