PROGRAMME 
09:00 Registration
09:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Chair: Paulo Dias, Rector Universidade Aberta – UAb, PT
António Teixeira, Director DEED, UAb, PT
Lina Morgado, Scientific Coordinator LE@D, UAb, PT
Speaker:
DEED 25+: Redesigning an institutional sense – traits of the department of education at the Open University
António Teixeira, Director DEED, UAb, PT
10:00 Keynote 1| Chair: António Teixeira, Universidade Aberta – UAb, PT
Speakers:
Open Universities: A Technology for the 21st Century?
Alan Tait, Emeritus Professor of Distance Education and Development,
Open University, UK
Social Media and Research
Terry Anderson, Canada Research Chair in Distance Education, Emeritus Professor, Athabasca University, CA
Q&A
11:15 COFFEE-BREAK
11:45 Debate Panel 1 | Chair: Glória Bastos, Pró_Rector Universidade Aberta, UAb, PT
Towards a European Open, Distance and Networked European Area of Education: The next steps
Speakers:
UNED Roadmap towards a personalised learning
Miguel Santamaría, Pró-Rector UNED – UNED, SP
Main considerations for quality assurance of e-learning provision,
Esther Huertas, Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya – AQU Catalunya, ES
Distance Education Regulation and Quality Assunrance in Brazil
João Mattar, Brazilian Association of Distance Education – ABED and UNINTER, BR
Q&A
13:00 LUNCH
14:30 Afternoon Sessions
Chair: António Quintas Mendes, Universidade Aberta – UAb, LE@D, PT
The Sound of Innovation: Coimbra guitar research notes
Leonel Morgado, Universidade Aberta – UAb, PT
14:45 Keynote 2: Chair: Lina Morgado, LE@D,UAb,PT
Speakers:
Personalizing Learning in Digital Age
Steve Wheeler, Consultant and Researcher – Learning with Es, UK
Increasing Visibility and Reputation of Online Education
Albert Sangrà, Universidad Oberta de Catalunya – UOC, ES
Q&A
16:00 – PAUSE
16:15 – DEBATE PANEL II: Chair: João Filipe Matos, IE, University of Lisbon – UL, PT
New Trends, New Generations in Digital Education
Speakers:
Carlos Santos, Universidade de Aveiro – UA, PT
Paula Peres, Instituto Politécnico do Porto – IPP, PT
Paula Cardoso, LE@D, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria – IPL, PT
Pedro Cabral, Universidade Aberta, PT
17:30 – Closing Session: Chair: José Porfírio, Pro-Rector Universidade Aberta – UAb, PT
António Teixeira, Director DEED, UAb, PT
Lina Morgado, Scientific Coordinator LE@D, UAb, PT
Speaker:
Trajectory and Future of research in LE@D
Lina Morgado, Scientific Coordinator LE@D, UAb, PT
