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Phil Komarny returns to WLS

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WLS is extremely fortunate to have a wide international network of former keynotes/speakers returning to our conferences in new capacities. Phil Komarny contributed to World Learning Summit in 2018 with a pristine presentation of Blockchain and the potentials of this technology on education and learning. Founder of several companies, Phil is now VP of Innovations at Salesforce, in San Francisco. Salesforce bears no need for further presentation. A company at the forefront of digital transformation, we at WLS believe their perspectives to be at the forefront of future interactions between the public and private spheres of education and learning.

Phil will be returning to WLS in 2019 with an open presentation on June 5th and an sign-on workshop June 6th, intended for business leaders across the Nordic region – key word: Digital Transformation in Business — Entrepreneurial and Innovation Challenges.

Phil is an engaging speaker. He now joins the strategy group at WLS to help foster a Nordic Network in EdTech and Human-centered Learning.  His work at Salesforce entails key collaboration with educational institutions like Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Arizona State University and many others.

A VIP workshop will be announced in collaboration with Educraftor and Open Innovation Lab of Norway. A precursor to the workshop happens in Silicon Valley, January 2019, courtesy of Open Innovation Lab of Norway and Future Learning Lab — University of Agder.

More updates on this to follow. This will be a cutting edge workshop, so do not miss it.

Keynote by Phil Komarny

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Phil Komarny, Vice President of Innovations at Salesforce

Blockchain and education – the future of work and education relations. Exploring trends and challenges

We have all heard of either ‘blockchain’ or ‘the coming of network society’, ‘bitcoin’ and/or ‘digital currency’. 2017 might have been the year when the Blockchain discussion really hit the international agenda. But few may have the kind of insight in what these emergent de-centralized and decentralizing technologies might come to mean for society and for education.

What’s up for education and how we relate to work-life?

Is Blockchain more than a fad? How should we think about this phenomenon and technology? What are some of its key uses? And how can we expect and predict implications for education? Phil Komarny is a long-time expert in the area. For the past year he has also been VP{ of Innovations at Salesforce, easily one of the largest global drivers behind technology entrepreneurship. Phil is also dedicated to working for and with non-profits and educational institutions. A great speaker, we are inviting you to join this session and also the following break-out session where themes from the keynote will be explored in conversation.

About Blockchain, here is a background link.

If you want more, here is another one.

A couple of quotes from the above links

“The blockchain is an undeniably ingenious invention – the brainchild of a person or group of people known by the pseudonym,  Satoshi Nakamoto. But since then, it has evolved into something greater, and the main question every single person is asking is: What is Blockchain?

By allowing digital information to be distributed but not copied, blockchain technology created the backbone of a new type of internet. Originally devised for the digital currency, Bitcoin,  (Buy Bitcoin) the tech community is now finding other potential uses for the technology.”

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“Information held on a blockchain exists as a shared — and continually reconciled — database. This is a way of using the network that has obvious benefits. The blockchain database isn’t stored in any single location, meaning the records it keeps are truly public and easily verifiable. No centralized version of this information exists for a hacker to corrupt. Hosted by millions of computers simultaneously, its data is accessible to anyone on the internet.”

Would a system of distributed, networked ledgers represent a new way of thinking about trust and accountability, also in education? Might Blockchain affect that eco system in which higher education co-exist with work-life, and not always with the same sense of time or relevance?

In short, a lot of different questions come on the table. Come and listen to Phil Komarny outlining future entrepreneurship in education and work-life, from those points of view. 

 

ICDE joins up with WLS for 2017

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icdelogo322x130We 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 innovation and development, featuring key regional actors and leading experts.
  • Access to thousands of higher education institutions, networks and systems.
  • A key partner for UNESCO.
  • Part-funded by the Government of Norway.

Call for scientific papers

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broadbookCourtesy of our new collaboration with the Linq conference (their last one was in 2015), we are as of 2017 extending a full call for scientific papers. Please review the information on this link.

World Learning Summit is committed to providing new features and opportunities every year. This year we have placed a particular emphasis on providing a means for researchers to receive credit and citations from their work. Our call has gone out worldwide and we will work hard to make this a worthwhile research presentation arena.

Our standard for Scientific papers will be high. An international panel of highly accomplished peer reviewers are in place. Each selected paper will receive ample time for presentation and a featured spot in our newly established WLS Proceedings. We are indexed where it matters.

The general call for research papers has been divided into three categories, all of which will be part of the Summit Academic Track:

  1. Scientific papers will be reviewed as complete papers, accepted for publication. Presenters are eligible for discounts.
  2. PhD papers will be reviewed as papers in progress, and does not require publication of full papers in our own publications. Rather, the intention is to provide PhD students from around the world to benefit from our review panel, planned opposition and the publication in our Summit Proceedings of PhD papers as extended abstracts. More information on this link. Presenters are eligible for discounts.
  3. Projects presentations will be organized as sessions centered on “papers in progress” and projects on their way. For this slot, please see our template on this link.

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to make inquiry, by using this email address: admin@futurelearninglab.org