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Venue: The Open University of Hong Kong, 30 Good Shepherd Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon

Day 1 16 January 2014 (Thursday)
8:00–9:00 Registration and Light Breakfast 10/F Multi-purpose Hall
9:00–9:30 Opening Ceremony

Welcoming Remarks
Prof. John C Y Leong
President, The Open University of Hong Kong

Address by Guest of Honor
Ms Michelle Li
Acting Permanent Secretary for Education
Education Bureau, Hong Kong SAR

Opening address
Dr K S Yuen
Chair, Organizing Committee
10/F Multi-purpose Hall
9:30–10:30 Keynote Session I
The phenomenology of learning in the connected age: From democratization to searching for universal scaling laws

Chairperson

Dr K C Li

Chair, Programme Committee

Keynote speaker
Prof. Leung Chun Ming
Vice President (Technology and Development)
The Open University of Hong Kong
10/F Multi-purpose Hall
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break 10/F Multi-purpose Hall
11:00–12:30 Parallel Paper Presentations 6/F Block C: C0610, C0612, C0613, C0614, C0619
12:30–14:00 Conference Lunch 10/F Multi-purpose Hall
14:00–15:30 Parallel Paper Presentations
6/F Block C: C0610, C0612, C0613, C0614
Sharing Session: Best Practices of Flexible Learning 6/F Block C: C0619
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break 10/F Multi-purpose Hall
16:00–17:00 Parallel Paper Presentations 6/F Block C: C0610, C0612, C0613, C0614, C0619
17:00–18:00 Keynote session II
In the Trenches: Delivering on the promise of open educational resources

Chairperson

Dr K S Yuen

Chair, Organizing Committee

Keynote speaker
Prof. David Wiley
Brigham Young University, USA
10/F Multi-purpose Hall
18:00–18:30 Welcome Reception 10/F Multi-purpose Hall

Day 2 17 January 2014 (Friday)
8:00–9:00 Registration and Light Breakfast 10/F Multi-purpose Hall
9:00–10:00 Keynote session III (video-conferencing)
The online revolution: Education for everyone

Chairperson

Dr Andrew Lui

The Open University of Hong Kong

Keynote speaker
Prof. Andrew Ng
Stanford University, USA
& Coursera
10/F Multi-purpose Hall
10:00–10:30 Coffee Break 10/F Multi-purpose Hall
10:30–12:00 Parallel Workshops:

Conference Workshop I
Best practices for designing mobile content
Dr Eva Tsang
The Open University of Hong Kong

Conference Workshop II
Creating and adopting open textbooks
Prof. David Wiley
Brigham Young University, USA

Conference Workshop III
OER curation and search: The issues at hand
Mr Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena
Wawasan Open University, Malaysia

Conference Workshop IV
Offering massive open online courses (MOOCs)
Prof. Louis Lee
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
6/F Block C: C0610, C0611, C0612, C0613
12:00–13:30 Conference Lunch 10/F Multi-purpose Hall
13:30–15:30 Parallel Paper Presentations 6/F Block C: C0610, C0611, C0612
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break 10/F Multi-purpose Hall
16:00–17:00 Keynote session IV
Flexible futures: A framework to assure quality in blended learning

Chairperson

Dr Linda Lee

The Open University of Hong Kong

Keynote speaker
Prof. Bob Fox
University of New South Wales, Australia
10/F Multi-purpose Hall
17:00–17:30 Closing Ceremony with Award Presentation and
Introduction to ICOFE 2015

Closing remarks
Prof. Danny S N Wong
Vice President (Academic),
The Open University of Hong Kong

Closing Speech
Dr K C Li
Chair, Programme Committee
10/F Multi-purpose Hall
18:30–20:00 Conference Dinner Star of Canton Restaurant,
Tsim Sha Tsui

If you wish to attend the Conference Dinner, you must register before 12.00 at the registration counter to get your dinner coupon.

Post-Conference 18 January 2014 (Saturday)
9:00–9:30 Registration A 12/F Foyer
9:30–11:00 Post-conference workshop
Using open textbooks in Hong Kong schools
Dr K S Yuen
The Open University of Hong Kong
Tai Ning Hall (A1217)