<div dir="ltr">fyi<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<span dir="auto"></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 12:25 PM<br>Subject: Invitation to the 2nd NRENs educational technologies workshop and pre-workshop - 4-5 November 2019<br>To: <a href="mailto:sig-tne@lists.geant.org">sig-tne@lists.geant.org</a> <<a href="mailto:sig-tne@lists.geant.org">sig-tne@lists.geant.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Hi everyone<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">It’s a while since we ‘spoke’ and we have been firming up plans for the future of the TNE-SIG, revising the Steering Committee membership, as well as looking at events
to attend next year for more discussions. More information to come on that soon, but in the meantime I wanted to highlight an education technology workshop being run by GÉANT next month in Budapest.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Further information is below – we hope you can attend!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Kind regards<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Esther
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Invitation to the 2nd NRENs educational technologies workshop and pre-workshop<u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Dear colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Once again, on behalf of GÉANT and the educational expert group, we invite you to join us in creating a space for NRENs' collaboration in educational technologies!. This will be done in a sequence,
starting from call for topics; the topics will be discussed in an online pre-workshop, followed by group work on defined topics in a face-to-face workshop.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Workshops and call for topics:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="m_3739686861597716316MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Call for topics, deadline:
<b>4 October 2019</b><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_3739686861597716316MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Pre-workshop (online), duration 1 hour,
<b>7 October 2019 – 13:00-14:00 CEST</b><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_3739686861597716316MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">2nd NRENs educational technologies workshop,
<b>4-5 November 2019</b> in Budapest, Hungary<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Call for topics (4 October 2019)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">We invite you to submit your proposal for a topic to be part of the 2nd face-to-face workshop. Requirements: Topics should focus on the educational aspect of a future
activity, project and / or service to benefit both the educational and NREN communities.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Title / name of the topic:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Short explanation / pitch: maximum 150 words long and to address the following questions:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="m_3739686861597716316MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Why it is important for you?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_3739686861597716316MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Why is it relevant for your NREN?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_3739686861597716316MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Why should we collaborate about it internationally?<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">The topics should be uploaded to the</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">
<a href="https://wiki.geant.org/display/NE/Topic+proposals" target="_blank">https://wiki.geant.org/display/NE/Topic+proposals</a>
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">(On this page you can already see the already submitted topics.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Pre-workshop (7 October 2019 – 13:00 – 14:00 CEST)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Objective: discuss and prioritize key topics for the NRENs and the educational communities which will be addressed during the 2nd face-to-face workshop.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Register here for the pre-workshop:
<a href="https://eventr.geant.org/events/3182" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://eventr.geant.org/events/3182</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">2nd NRENs educational technologies workshop (4-5 November 2019)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">This workshop follows up from the first NREN educational technologies workshop from TNC19 (<a href="https://tnc19.geant.org/events/#s115" target="_blank">https://tnc19.geant.org/events/#s115</a>). We will be
discussing future strategies on how the NREN community can support educational institutions with innovative technologies. With specialized topics we would like to discuss possibilities for future collaborations, challenges and good practices, current topics
include: joint procurement for LMS, Digital Learning Environment, eduID - MyAcademicID, learning analytics, open educational resources...etc. During the workshop the collaboration on MyAcademic ID and micro credentialing progress will be discussed, possibility
for the cloud procurement will be discussed and a couple more use cases presented.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">If your proposed topic will be chosen for a face-to-face workshop, your role will be to host a group conversation about the potential future collaboration on your topic during the workshop.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">REGISTRATION</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">This event is free of charge to attend. Please register until
<b>30 October 2019</b>:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><a href="https://eventr.geant.org/events/3146" target="_blank">https://eventr.geant.org/events/3146</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">If you have any questions, concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">We are looking forward to seeing you all in Budapest!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Gyongyi Horvath<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Important dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">4 October 2019 - send your topic<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">7 October 2019 - online pre-workshop<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">15 October 2019 - register for the 2nd workshop<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">30 October 2019 - deadline for registration<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">4-5 November 2019 - 2nd NRENs ed tech workshop<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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