2021 Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada

Under the broad theme of Mobility, Digital Citizenship and the Student Experience, stakeholders from around the globe met to share experiences and examine issues of mobility and recognition through many different lenses. 

The historic meeting was delivered in a hybrid format, in person (in Ottawa, Canada) and virtually (online). 

2021 Annual Meeting Executive Summary

2021 Program

 
 

Conference Opening

Local Host Welcome

KEYNOTE: Mobility, Digital Citizenship and the Student Experience

PANEL: Digital Cultural Diplomacy: Global Perspectives on Digital Transition, Student Exchanges and

REFRESHMENT BREAK AND NETWORKING

KEYNOTE: Digitisation in India and global implications

PANEL: The Secret to Connecting Education and Industry through Standards, Interoperability and Verif

LUNCH AND NETWORKING

Disruption and Perspectives: Consequences for Student and Staff Mobility from a German Perspective

International Mobility Through Linked, Open, Interoperable Data

Open Badges for Students – Europass Mobility Experiences

Digital Credentials Enabling Mobility and Verification of Educational Achievements

EMREX: 4 Years After

FILMEU: European University Alliance Shared Campus Implementation

Canadian Use of PESC Standards For Today’s Mobile Students

DigiNet – Digitizing the Recognition Networks

Provider Bridge: Digital Credentials in a Pandemic World

REFRESHMENT BREAK AND NETWORKING

PANEL: Global Credential Interoperability and the Learner: Building out the Global Learner Data Ecosystem

WELCOME RECEPTION

Welcome Day 2

MyCreds Launch: Changing the Mobility Paradigm with the Bold Launch of Canada’s MyCreds

KEYNOTE: The Right Direction, the Right Training at the Right Time

PANEL: Making Micro-credentials work

Remembrance Day Acknowledgement

REFRESHMENT BREAK AND NETWORKING

PANEL: Global Talent Marketplace: USA’s Learner Centric Enabling Tectonic Technical Transformation

LUNCH AND NETWORKING

Exploring a Digital Credentials Infrastructure with Self-Sovereign Identity in Mind

The Article 26 Backpack: Refugee Academic Mobility and the Human Right to Digital Citizenship

The EUR ING : A Digital Application Tool to Apply for Recognition of Professional Engineering Qualif

European universities: Challenges

Self-Sovereign Learning: Blockchain and Verifiable Achievements

The Importance of Being Interoperable on Different Dimensions with Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Ide

Disruption of Culture as a Means to Technology Advancement

Lessons from Implementing Digital Comprehensive Learner Records

Velocity Network – Deploying the Internet of Careers®

REFRESHMENT BREAK AND NETWORKING

PANEL: Digital Credentialing: What role for small states ?

Signing ceremony for new signatories to the GDN

GDN Annual Dinner

GDN Business Meeting (AGM)

SOUTH AFRICA: A Restructured and a Reenergized South African Qualifications Authority

REFRESHMENT BREAK AND NETWORKING

KEYNOTE: Working collaboratively for the student journey (working title)

PANEL: The Student Voice

Birds of a Feather: Flocking together to Improve the (International) Student Journey in the Netherla

Credential Evaluation and What it Means for Students

Linking Learning Management Systems to Lower Barriers of Virtual Mobility

Digital badges: The Case of UPAEP High Schools

Digital Credentials and their Impact on Student Mobility: Credential Evaluators’ Perspective

Enhancing digital citizenship in global crisis through virtual mobility. Experiences from a problem-

LUNCH AND NETWORKING

GERMANY: Towards a Digital Education Space of Collaboration

ITALY:Italy: Digital Credentials for Competencies Demonstrated by 13 Graders at National Standardize

EUROPE: Wrap up international projects: what did it bring us and where are we now?

How Far Have We Come: A History of Digital Learner Data Mobility

Invitation to GDN Annual Meeting 2022

Closing Remarks

Recordings from the Annual Meeting are available to Signatories in the GDN Video Library.

Thank you to our sponsors and supporters

Patrons

Sponsors

We would like to extend a special word of thanks to the delegates, sponsors and local service providers that were in a position to donate their sponsorship money, registration fees and advance deposits, thus demonstrating their understanding, commitment and generosity to the GDN.