The VII global conference on new educational technologies EDCRUNCH ON DEMAND was held

10.12.2020 / Conferences, assemblies

The VII global conference on new educational technologies EDCRUNCH ON DEMAND was held on an interactive platform on 8-10 December 2020. (The conference was organized by the National University of Science and Technology MISiS and University 20.35, with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and Mail.ru Group).

The online video conference was attended by renowned scientists, heads of universities and schools, politicians, investors and founders of IT companies, figures from all over the world associated with the field of ICT, reforms of the educational system and the use of smart technologies in education.

The theme of the online video conference was the use of new educational technologies for teaching in schools, universities, companies and in self-development. These technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS), authorial tools, mobile learning environments, gaming solutions, simulators, virtual and augmented reality applications, learning record store (LRS), Open Badges and micro-specializations, artificial intelligence-powered virtual teaching agents (IPA), online labs and more. It was noted that new products of media formats and technologies are constantly appearing on the international ICT market, designed to complement training and education, both in the traditional and remote forms, requiring close attention and study.

The online video conference was attended by Valeriya Pushnova, researcher of the Foreign Relations and Innovation Department of the Institute of Control Systems of ANAS. She was awarded a personal certificate.