X International GUIDE Conference
“Optimizing Higher Education for the Professional Student: A balance of flexibility, quality and cultural sensitivity”
September 16-18, 2015
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien,
Vienna, Austria
Day 1 - September 16 Pre-conference
17:00 – 18:00 – Welcome session: “Challenges for Universities in a changing world”
Prof. Marco Rimanelli (GUIDE Association, USA & Saint Leo University, USA)
Prof. Robert Pucher (UAS Technikum Wien, Austria)
Dr. Sandra Allmayer (Director of Center of International Relations, UAS Technikum Wien, Austria)
18:00 – 19:00 – Welcome reception
Day 2 – September 17
08:30 – 09:00 – Accreditation
09:00 – 09:30 – Welcome session:
Prof. Fritz Schmöllebeck (Rector, UAS Technikum Wien, Austria)
Dr. Sandra Allmayer (Director of Center of International Relations, UAS Technikum Wien, Austria)
09:30 – 10:00 – Keynote Speech: Prof. Robert Robertson
(Director of Academic Affairs, Center for Workforce Development Research, University of Phoenix, USA)
“Observations on the Future of Online Education”
10:00 – 10:30 – Keynote Speech: Prof. Dr. Jörn Loviscach
(Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Germany)
“Courses or online knowledge nuggets: What do professional students need?”
Chair: Prof. Marco Rimanelli (GUIDE Association, USA & Saint Leo University, USA)
10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee Break
11:00 – 13.00 – Plenary Session (B): Assuring Quality, Flexibility and Access in Distance Education: New Technologies for the Professional Student
 Prof. Fabio Rinaldi (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy)
“Economic Engineering. Remarks on Financial Mathematics and its mathematical models arising from Engineering. Short didactic guide”
 Prof. Valerio Veraldi (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy)
“Virtual Laboratory Of “Infrastructures Roads & Territory””
 Prof. Cinzia Barbara Bellone (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy)
“The restoration virtual lab of architectural heritage: an interactive learning/teaching experience”
 Dr. Arturo Lavalle (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy)
“Quality assurance implementation in higher education within the European southern neighboring area: the example of EQTEL project in
Jordan”
 Mr. Maaroof Fakhri (Labster, Denmark)
”Next-Generation Gamified Virtual Laboratories for STEM online, on-campus and distance education”
 Roman Beneder (FH Technikum Wien, Austria)
“Development of low-cost, open-source measurement equipment for courses dedicated to Embedded Systems”
Chair: Dr. Paolo Francescone (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy)
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 – Keynote Speech: Dr. Sven Laux (Adapt, Kineo, UK)
“Producing modern, multi-device online learning materials with the free, open source and market leading Adapt Learning tools”
Chair: Prof. Robert Pucher (UAS Technikum Wien, Austria)
15:00 – 16:15 – Plenary Session I (A): The Evolution of the University Student
 Prof. Krzysztof Gurba (Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland)
“Future of MOOCs – fears and hopes”
• Helena Boal, Prof. Luciane Stallivieri (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil)
“The Influence of “Massive Online Open Courses” (MOOCs) on the internationalization process of Higher Education”
 Prof. Dr. Schumann Christian-Andreas (West Saxon University of Zwickau, Germany)
“Recognition Management for Promoting and Accelerating the Academic Careers of Professional Learners”
 Prof. Paz Prendes-Espinosa, Prof. Isabel Gutiérrez (University of Murcia, Spain)
“Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) of Spanish university students: Project CAPPLE”
 Prof. Christian Kollmitzer (Universtiy of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria)
“A Perception of Task Complexity by Teachers and Students”
Chair: Dr. Arturo Lavalle (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy)
16:15 – 16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:15 – Parallel Sessions:
Hall 1 – Session I (A): The Evolution of the University Student: Researching the Impact of Social, Economic and Cultural Factors and Technological Trends
 Prof. Robert Pucher (University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria), Werner Henschelchen (gasq, Germany) “Certificates –
Benefits for Students, Companies and Universities”
 Andreas Horfurter (Common Sense Elearning & Training Consultants, Austria)
“eLearning – Organisational Diversity or Standardized Approach?”
 Dr. Neysa Hatcher (University of Phoenix, USA)
“Paradigm Shift to Contemporary Education: Reframing Outcomes to Online Learning”
 G. Holweg, Th. Mandl and B. Salzbrunn, R. Pucher, (University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria)
“Optimizing Higher Education for the Professional Student – The Example of Computer Science Education at the University of Applied
Sciences Technikum Wien”
• David Maria Mercedes Quevedo Fernandez (Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero, Argentina)
“To an Education without distances”
Chair: Prof. Krzysztof Gurba (Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland)
Hall 2 – Session II (E): Career-Oriented Distance Education and Corporate Training
 Manfred Muehlfelder (SRH Mobile University Riedlingen, Germany)
“Collaborative Problem Based Learning in Distance Education”
 Prof. Da-Yung Wang (MingDao University, Taiwan)
“The I.C.E. model for job-place connection and International transferability of MingDao University in Taiwan”
• Prof. Alex Bell, Prof. Louise Emanuel (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK)
“Collaborative Online Learning: Experiences from the VocTEL Project”
Session II (F/G): - Career-Oriented Distance Education and Corporate Training
 Prof. Juvy Lizette Gervacio (University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines)
“Continuing Education for the Public Sector Through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)”
 Prof. Benedikt Salzbrunn (University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria)
“UX Professionals - skills, expertise and experience”
Chair: Prof. Marco Rimanelli (GUIDE Association, USA & Saint Leo University, USA)
Day 3 – September 18
09:00 – 09:30 – Keynote Speech: David Guralnick (Kaleidoscope Learning, USA)
“Envisioning a Learner-Centered Future”
09:30 – 10:00 – Keynote Speech: Prof. Dr. Martin Lehner (UAS Technikum Wien, Austria)
“Didactic reduction - Dealing with large and complex amounts of learning content“
Chair: Prof. Robert Robertson (University of Phoenix, USA)
10:00 – 11:30 – Plenary Session (H): Connecting with the 21st Century Learner: Innovation in Pedagogy, Methodology and ICT to Meet the Needs of the
Evolving Student
 Prof. Lucia Recchia (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy)
“Carbon Footprint Lab: a didactical tool for the assessment of the environmental sustainability of a food product”
 Prof. Matteo Martini (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy)
“The PSSC didactic movies, some "old friends" revisited through modern teaching technologies”
• Nataliya Losyeva, Daria Termenzhy (Donetsk National University, Ukraine)
“Blended Learning In Action: Up-To-Date Teaching Mathematics”
 Prof. Veronika Ospina-Kammerer, Prof. Theodora Christine Gordon (Saint Leo University, USA)
“Strategies and Tips for Effective Teaching for the 21st Century Learner”
Chair: Prof. Prof. Marco Rimanelli (GUIDE Association, USA & Saint Leo University, USA)
11:30 – 11:45 – Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:15 – Plenary Session (H): Connecting with the 21st Century Learner: Innovation in Pedagogy, Methodology and ICT to Meet the Needs of the
Evolving Student
 Prof. Anja Richert (RWTH Aachen University, Germany )
"Learning 4.0" - Virtual immersive engineering education”
 Prof. Sheila Bonito (University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines)
“Preferred Learning Environment, Level of Engagement and Academic Performance of Professional Students”
 Prof. Matthias Wenzl (UAS Technikum Wien, Austria)
“Individual hardware and tasks for better learning outcome”
 Douadi Bourouaieh (Universite 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Algerie)
“Motivation and learning modes: towards an automatic intelligent evaluation of learner motivation”
 Prof. Daniela Waller (Technikum Wien, Austria)
“The implementation of ePortfolios in higher education”
Chair: David Guralnick (Kaleidoscope Learning, USA)
13:15 – 13:45 – Closing session