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Enhancing student mobility across educational boundaries through recognition

International Conference on Recognition25–26 November 2021 (Online)

Draft Programme:

07/10/2021

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Day 1 25 Nov. 2021

A Lifelong Learning

B Quality Development

C Student Mobility

D Networks/ Alliances

09:30-09:45 Welcome

09:45-10:30 Podium DiscussionCreating a Culture of Global Recognition Prof. Dr. Peter-André Alt, German Rectors' Conference Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, African Research Universities Alliance Katia Dolgova Dreyer, Council of Europe Michaela Martin, UNESCO-International Institute for Educational Planning Prof. Dr. Martin Paul, Maastricht University (as of 1/11/2021 Ruhr University Bochum)

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:15

1A1 | Keynote on Lifelong LearningHow does Recognition of Prior Learning Promote Life Long Learning?Prof. Patrick Werquin PhD, French Tertiary Education and Research Institute (CNAM), Paris

11:15-12:00

2A2 | Workshop 45’How to Create a Mobile European LLL Culture by the Complementary Use of European Instru-ments such as RPL, Micro Credentials and the EQFChristina Paulus, Marion Ramusch, University of Natural Ressources and Life Sciences Vienna

B2.1 | PresentationChallenges and Solu-tions in Higher Education Recogni-tionDr. Harun Serpil, Anado-lu University; Mehmet Şengül, Council of Higher Education

B2.2 | Workshop 90’Part 1 Enhancing Recognition through Self-AssessmentHelene Peterbauer, European University Association, Europe/Belgium ( B3)

C2.1 | PresentationInternational Mobility and the Recognition of Study Credits: Ex-periences before and during the Corona PandemicDavid Akrami Flores, Dr. Susanne Wilking, German Academic Exchange Service

C2.2 | Presentation International Mobility and Recognition of Professionals with a Social Educational Qualification Earned Abroad - the Example of a Job-and Needs-oriented Adaptation CourseTanja Ehmann, Catholic University of Applied Social Sciences Berlin

D2 | Panel DiscussionThe Internationa-lisation of Higher Education in the Me-diterranean: Students Mobility and the Role of International Net-works Marcello Scalisi, Medi-terranean Universities Union (Unimed); Naouel Abdellatif Mami, Sétif 2 University; Rima Mattar, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik

12:00-12:15 Break

12:15-13:00

3A3 | PresentationThe Recognition of Prior Learning in an Undergraduate Program in Informa-tics - Insights and ChallengesProf. Dr. Uwe Elsholz, Hoai Nam Huynh, Prof. Dr. Jörg Desel, University of Hagen

B3 | Workshop 90’Part 2 Enhancing Recognition through Self-AssessmentHelene Peterbauer, European University Association

C3 | Panel DiscussionPeer-to-Peer Ap-proaches towards an Effective and Sustainable Change in InternationalisationDr. Arnim Heinemann, University of Bayreuth; Ass. Prof. Nicolas Mail-lard, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; Ass. Prof. José María Marbán Prieto, Universi-ty of Valladolid

D3 | Workshop 45’Lessons Learnt from RUN-EU Network Re-garding RecognitionDr. Júlia Szőke PhD, Szé-chenyi István University

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

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Day 1 25 Nov. 2021

A Lifelong Learning

B Quality Development

C Student Mobility

D Networks/ Alliances

14:00-14:30

4B4 | Keynote on Quality DevelopmentMariá José Lemaitre, Inter-University Center for Development (CINDA)

14:30-15:15

5A5 | Panel DiscussionNobody Should be Required to Study So-mething They Already Know! Insights from the Peer-Learning Project Recognition of Prior Learning in PracticeCecilia George, Anders Ahlstrand, Swedish Council of Higher Education; Ina Dögg Eyt-horsdottir, ENIC/NARIC Iceland, University of Iceland

B5 | Workshop 45’Quality Assurance in the Service of International Student Mobility: the Case of InternshipsStéphanie Devèze-De-launay, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research; Vianna Renaud, Bournemouth University

C5 | PresentationPlatform for In-ter*national Student Mobility (PIM) – From Project to ProductDr. Janina Hantke, Ge-rald Lach, PIM/Techni-cal University Berlin; Nina Wagenknecht, Dr. Wolfgang Raden-bach, Georg-August-University Göttingen

D5| Panel discussionHow a European Uni-versity Alliance Sti-mulates Recognition & Mobility: the Case of AuroraKees Kouwenaar, Aurora - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Prof. Kai Hockerts, Copenhagen Business School; Anne-May Janssen, Aurora

15:15-15:30 Break

15:30-16:00 Roundtable Digital Dimension of International Recognition in HE - Status Quo and Future Developments Dr. Carita Blomqvist, Finnish National Agency for Education Tilman Dörr, German Rectors' Conference/MODUS Jenneke Lokhoff, Dutch Organisation for Internationalisation in Education (NUFFIC)/ ENIC-NARIC Networks

16:00-16:15 Wrap up

End of day 1

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Day 2 26 Nov. 2021

A Lifelong Learning

B Quality Development

C Student Mobility

D Networks/ Alliances

09:30-09:45 Welcome

09:45-10:30 Students‘ Perspective - Presentation of the results of the Pre-Conference

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:15

6C6 | Keynote on Student MobilityIrina Ferencz, Academic Cooperation Association of Universities

11:15-12:00

7A7 | Workshop 90’Part 1 Recognition of Prior Learning in Higher Education in Ireland & Europe: a Burden or a Benefit?Grace Edge, Technolo-gical Higher Education Association, Ireland; Nora Trench Bowles, Irish Universities Asso-ciation, Ireland ( A8)

B7.1 | Panel DiscussionLife after Brexit: The UK Perspective on Enhancing Student MobilityEduardo Ramos, Univer-sities UK International; Dr Alison Felce, Quality Assurance Agency for UK Higher Education; Diane Glautier, Stafford-shire University

B7.2 | RoundtableRegional Perspectives on International Re-cognition and Quality AssuranceProf. Alyssa M. Pe-leo-Alampay, Ph.D., ASEAN-QA Associa-tion/University of the Phillipines; Dr. Fabrizio Trifiro, Ecctis; Aurelija Valeikienė, Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC), Lithuania; Chair: Dr. Peter A. Zervakis, German Rectors' Conference/MODUS

C7 | Panel DiscussionLearnings and Chal-lenges from 20 years of Double Degree Cooperations from International Per-spectivesProf. Michael Faustino Bauer, Berlin University of Economics and Law; Further Contributors to be Announced

D7 | PresentationJoint Teaching – a Way to Recognition?Dr. Nina Dasouqi, Dr. Michael Krüger, Ludwigsburg University of Education

12:00-12:15 Break

12:15-13:00

8A8 | Workshop 90’Part 2 Recognition of Prior Learning in Higher Education in Ireland & Europe: a Burden or a Benefit?Grace Edge, Technolo-gical Higher Education Association, Ireland; Nora Trench Bowles, Irish Universities Asso-ciation, Ireland

B8 | PresentationAn Innovative Quality Assurance Approach to Improve the Recog-nition Climate for TNE Qualifications: the TNE Quality Bench-mark SchemeDr. Fabrizio Trifiro, Ecctis

C8.1 | PresentationDriving the Mobility of Teacher Education Students through Innovative Approa-ches in Recognition Processes: Concept and PerspectivesHanna Theele, Europa-Universität Flensburg

D8 | Workshop 45’Semantic Standard-ization with XHEIE CredentialsSebastian Sklarß, Oliver Budke, XHigherEduca-tionInstitutionExchange

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Day 2 26 Nov. 2021

A Lifelong Learning

B Quality Development

C Student Mobility

D Networks/ Alliances

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8C8.2 | PresentationRecognition and the Learning Agreement – Same, Same but Different?! Recognition in Stu-dent Mobility in the Context of Regulatory Requirements for Digitalization Inga Christine Gerling, University of Hohen-heim

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-14:30

9D9 | Keynote on Networks / AlliancesProf. Michael Murphy, European University Association

14:30-15:15

10A10 | PresentationGood to Know – Defi-ning the Framework for a Quality Assured Recognition of Micro Degrees and Micro Credentials Prof. Dr. Elke Katharina Wittich, Leibniz Univer-sity Hannover

B10 | PresentationEquivalence Com-parisons as a Basis for Quality-Assu-red Recognition of Vocational Learning Outcomes for Study Modules at German Universities PD Dr. Wolfgang Müs-kens, Carl von Ossietzky University of Olden-burg

C10 | Panel DiscussionHow to Make ECTS the “Easy Credit Transfer System”Dr.-Ing. Oliver Kreis, Jasmin Dieck, Alexander Nasarow, University Erlangen-Nuremberg

D10.1 | Workshop 45’Recognition of Prior Learning - From Peer to PeerBarbara Birke, Agency for Quality Assuran-ce and Accreditation Austria; Grace Edge, Technological Higher Education Associa-tion, Ireland; Pernilla Hultberg, University of Gothenburg

D10.2 | Lightning PanelPhysician Assistance – Perspectives and Boundaries for Inter-national MobilityProf. Dr. Peter Heis-termann, German University Association Physician Assistant/Fliedner University of Applied Sciences; Prof. Dr. Nabell Farhan, PhD, German University Association Physician Assistant/European University of Applied Sciences

15:15-15:30 Closing Discussion and Goodbye

15:30 End of the Conference

Conference Moderator: Ali Aslan

More information about the conference and details about the registration process will be available on our website in due time.

Contact: modus-conference@hrk.de