Khazar University is organizing a Virtual Conference on the Challenges of Online Teaching and Learning. An international conference involves speakers from around the World: UK, Spain, Hungary, Finland,  Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and many other countries.  

The conference will take place on the 6^th of May 2020 at 15:00 Baku time. 

The Conference will mainly focus on the challenges of online teaching and learning during COVID-19 and how Higher Education Institutions have addressed the challenge to provide quality learning for students. All speakers from around the world will share their experiences on the following major challenges:  

• Challenges of online teaching and learning  
• Solutions to achieve student engagement in learning  
• Technological solutions to meet students’ need 
• Future implications to avoid these challenges in providing quality

Outcomes 

1. Wider awareness and understanding of the challenges of online Teaching and Learning  
2. Establishing a platform for further collaboration 
3. Determining recommendation of national and institutional level for the implementation 
4. Conference Proceedings 
5. Joint Publications (on a volunteer basis)

Conference format 

This conference is a 3-hour event that will bring together over 100 researchers and practitioners from different European and Partner countries. This conference serves best for the sustainability of PETRA (Promoting Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Azerbaijani Universities - 573630-EPP-1-2016-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP) since the majority of speakers and participants are the members of this project that we finalized in April 2020. 

 General Rules 

The Conference on the Challenges of Online Teaching and Learning will have three plenary sessions. Each speaker will have 10 minutes to speak and 3 minutes to respond to the questions. All speakers will be asked to log-in 10-15 minutes prior to the beginning of the conference to make sure settings are functioning well.