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With #GastaGoesGlobal the aim is to create an engaging and lively atmosphere that affords the seven presenters: Maha Bali; Martin Weller; Leigh Graves Wolf; Mark Brown; Frank Rennie; Sheila MacNeill & Tony Bates and the audience the opportunity to come together to think about What Will (Online) Education Look Like?

I appreciate that this is a difficult time with people working remotely and, in many cases, working alone. This event aims to draw people together in a show of togetherness and solidarity. #GastaGoesGlobal is about getting the community to imagine a new future in a spirit of fellowship, solidarity and yes, a bit of light-heartedness.

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I can imagine that for many people who have come to this site they may well not have heard about a Gasta session.

Therefore, let us first start with what is a Gasta session and where did it come from? Several years ago, myself and a former colleague Tony Murphy of the E-learning unit in the Institute of Technology, Tralee (ITT) responded to the Irish Learning Technology Association’s (ILTA) call to host its annual conference.

As part of the call ILTA asked that potential hosts to identify possible additions to the standard conference. In our submission document I suggested the idea of a quick 5-minute presentation that incorporated a LOT of participation on the part of the audience. Not wanting to use the protected term Pecha Kucha and in keeping with the Irish nature of the conference I decided to use the Irish word Gasta indicating quick or fast or rapid.

Although ITT was unsuccessful in its bid, the idea of Gasta was incorporated into ILTA’s EdTech Conference for the first time in 2014.

Maha BaliAssociate Professor of Practice, at Center for Learning and Teaching, American University in Cairo

College Website: https://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/mahabali
Blog: https://blog.mahabali.me/

Martin WellerProfessor of Educational Technology

Director - OER Hub at The Open University
College website: https://iet.open.ac.uk/people/martin.weller

Leigh Graves WolfClinical Associate Professor at Arizona State University

College Website: https://education.asu.edu/leigh-wolf
Blog: http://www.leighgraveswolf.com/

Mark BrownFull Professor, Dublin City University

Ireland's First Chair in Digital Learning and Director, National Institute for Digital Learning, Dublin City University
College: https://www.dcu.ie/nidl/people/director.shtml

Frank RennieProfessor at Lews Castle College, University of the Highlands and Islands

Professor of Sustainable Rural Development, Assistant Principal (Research, Enterprise, and Development
College website: https://www.lews.uhi.ac.uk/research-enterprise/contact-research-staff/prof-frank-rennie/

Blog: https://uheye.wordpress.com/

Sheila MacNeillManaging director at How Sheila Sees IT

Independent consultant, open educator and writer specialising in all aspects of supporting digital learning and teaching primarily within the UK HE sector. Current Chair of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT).

Blog: https://howsheilaseesit.net/

Tony BatesResearch Associate Contact North and Distinguished Visiting Professor Ryerson University

Website: https://www.tonybates.ca/

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