Milestone: Walsh to present in Belgium

Published 1:53 pm Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Walsh to present in Belgium

Brian Walsh, associate dean of Basic Skills and Corrections at Peninsula College, has been invited to present at the “Adult Learners in Digital Learning Environments” workshop to be held Nov. 6 in Brussels, Belgium.

Walsh and his wife Autumn Piontek-Walsh own and operate Five Acre School in Sequim.

Early this year, the European Commission launched a study to look at how adult learners use digital tools for learning. The November workshop is part of that study.

Walsh will talk about Good Practice examples of how Information and Communication Technology and Open Educational Resources are used in adult learning contexts in the United States. Peninsula College has been a leader in using OERs to improve the quality of adult basic education while reducing the cost to taxpayers and students.

His two co-presenters, subject experts from the United Kingdom and Spain, will explore the same theme from their own country’s perspective.