OUR 2018 WEBSITE is now out. This year, our WLS is split in two events. The first is a Roundtable in Oslo, on June 13th. The venue for it is Litteraturhuset, a pleasant location close to downtown, Parliament and the royal castle. Here is more information on that event. Our second event is the main World Learning Summit, happening in Kristiansand on September 19th-21, 2018. You will find more info here. … [Read more...]
Use #wlslinq for tweets about WLS 2017
All participants of the World Learning Summit 2017 are kindly invited to share the experiences and tweet about the conference! Please use the hashtag #wlslinq for all your Twitter tweets that they are easy to discover and follow. The World Learning Summit 2017 is the merger of the annual WLS series and the international "Learning Innovations and Quality" (LINQ) Conference, thus the hashtag reads #wlslinq. We are looking forward to your tweets and social media comments! … [Read more...]
WLS 2017 starts with reception at MakerSpace
The World Learning Summit 2017 starts with a reception at the MakerSpace in Kristiansand today! All Conference participants are kindly invited to join: The MakerSpace is located within the city center and walking distance to the various hotels, this is an opportunity to just meet and get acquainted. This is a first great occasion to get together, network and potentially discuss issues concerning the summit, the workshops, and so on. The programming is very light, with some light snacks and other refreshments. There will be a brief introduction to the MakerSpace venue, by the founder. There will also be a short introduction to the World Learning Summit vision and ideas. WLS 2017 is the merger of the annual events of the World Learning Summits and LINQ Conferences. You do not have to sign up, just com to the MakerSpace in … [Read more...]
About the featured keynote by Cathy Casserly
We are sorry to hear that professor Ola Erstad has had to pull out of the program, due to unforeseen commitments as department head at the University of Oslo - we know he has tried to combine. We are also extremely pleased to note that Anjum Malik is taking on the role as commentator and Q&A host for Cathy Casserly´s keynote -- the role planned for professor Erstad. Anjum Malik has an impressive international project history and will contextualize the Q&A within that global framework. She will bring in several international observers via Skype, to take part in the Q&A. Based on last year´s experience, you are all in for a treat. … [Read more...]
Update on conference program status
Dear summit participants: As the summit now is approaching, we ask you to keep coming back often in order to check the program. All the slots are now filled. The plenary program is set. The academic track is set. We will be adding names to the two other workshop track panels up until the day before we start. We can promise you a very intriguing mix of themes and people in all the workshop tracks. Details on workshop locations will be coming out on the website and this will also be included in the final program version. Details on the various papers and presentations will be added, as well. The plenary program for June 7th will not change much, but we have moved around several of the roundtables lately to accommodate for travel arrangements and other requests by plenary panel speakers. The keynotes will be part of the Summit proceedings, as will the main body of accepted … [Read more...]
Join us for World Learning Summit 2017
Join us for World Learning Summit, June 2017? Our list of attendees is growing – by now we are more countries represented than last year. Great speakers, great workshops. But we have room for more. WHAT DE DO NOT HAVE IS MANY MORE HOTEL ROOMS SO PLEASE BOOKS YOURS -- RIGHT NOW. WE CANNOT GUARANTEE HOTEL SPACE VERY MUCH LONGER. … [Read more...]
Creativity, communication and closing keynote
Just when you thought we were done adding exciting names and people to our already high-level program for World Learning Summit 2017, here´s the thing: We´re not. We are, on the contrary, very honored to announce the presence of Dr. Brian Magerko at our summit in June. Take a look at his website and projects; you will see why. We are extremely fortunate to have him visit. Dr. Magerko will give several talks during the conference. Here are some words about his research interest and portfolio: "Dr. Brian Magerko is an Associate Professor of Digital Media and computational media scholar who studies creativity as a formal sociocognitive phenomenon and how it can influence and be expressed through computational media. The philosophy behind Magerko’s work is that an authentic combination of technical and artistic / creative research can yield results that are greater than the sum of … [Read more...]
Announcing keynote by Joseph Press
We are very happy to be able to announce the presence of Mr. Joseph Press for two of our conference days. Josep Press will give a keynote address on June 8th, centering on challenges for leaders and leadership in an age of intensified globalization. What learning challenges emerge? Posing questions such as there, World Learning Summit also signals a focus on learning and education outside and after school and college. Increasingly, learning is a life-long process with continued adaptation challenges also at work. Building and connecting collaborative visions is key to global leadership, co-creating stories and identities another. Joseph Press is a global innovator and strategic advisor to the CEO at the Center for Creative Leadership, Zürich, Switzerland. He holds an MA and a Phd degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has formerly taught for three years there and is … [Read more...]
ICDE joins up with WLS for 2017
We are extremely honored to announce our new partnership for the 2017 summit with ICDE: International Council for Open and Distance Education. This has been on the discussion docket for some time. We will soon present ICDE more thoroughly for those who do not know the organization. And we will get back to how they will feature in our program for WLSA 2017. Meanwhile – some pointers here: The International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) is the leading global membership organization for open, distance, flexible and online education, including e-learning, and draws its membership from institutions, educational authorities, commercial actors, and individuals. Enables change to technology enhanced quality education across the globe. Advocates for access, equity and quality learning through online, open and flexible learning. A dynamic platform for cooperation on … [Read more...]
Get your hotel room yet?
Our package deal with the local hotels is now closing down. If you have not yet signed up and booked your room, now is the time. After the closing of this package we can no longer guarantee space or the same rates. Please book now. See details on the website top menu. Best regards, WLS staff. … [Read more...]
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Jane-Frances Obiageli Agbu to WLS 2017
We are extremely happy to report that Professor Jane-Frances Obiageli Agbu has accepted our invitation to keynote at the 2017 World Learning Summit. Among many other things, Jane-Frances was until recently the Head of the Open Educational Resources – Massive Open Online Courses (OER-MOOC) Unit at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). She works closely with UNESCO and with the Openup Ed initiative. Given our main summit theme "Smart Universities" a likely question to raise is how that idea relates to Massive Open Online Courses, to African countries like Nigeria and to education as an aspect of urban and regional development. Please keep coming back to this blog to see how this theme develops as we approach the time of the summit. Courtesy of the European Union and UNESCO, we might quote from a recent story: “Initially I did not really know much about OER, so I was … [Read more...]
Summit speaker, 2017: Ola Erstad
We´re happy to announce that Professor Ola Erstad from the University of Oslo will be joining us again for the 2017 World Learning Summit. You can read more about Ola on this link. The various globalising aspects of education in a digital age has always been a key element of his research. This year, we hope to hear Ola elaborate on this part of his research. A professor at the Department of Education at the University of Oslo, professor Erstad has been a driving force in several large research projects. He was a member of the Norwegian MOOC commission a few years back. He was also a key member of the Intermedia research center at the University of Oslo. He is now the Department Chair. … [Read more...]
World Learning Summit 2017
Program and speaker details on World Learning Summit is now coming into place. Please reserve the dates June 6th - June 10th. Pre-summit event on the evening of June 6th. Main event June 7th through June 9th. Post summit workshops on June 10th, for those interested. As announced on the close of WLS 2016, Cathy Casserly will be joining us again for June 2017. … [Read more...]
Conference program to download
The WLS 2016 conference program is now up on the website for download. It will be printed for everyone and made available at registration. At registration you will also find information on the location of all sessions, as well as the social events. Go to this link for downloadable program. … [Read more...]