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 … [Read more...]
Dag Morten Dalen to World Learning Summit
Vice rector for education affairs at BI Norwegian Business School is confirmed for our panel discussions, June 14th and June 15th: Dag Morten Dalen has been at BI since 1998. He has a background from working at the Frisch Center, and also the Parliament – Stortinget. He will add and important … [Read more...]
A teacher, a learner; do you have a story to tell?
Here is a blogpost from Future Learning Lab´s home website: The collaboration below will be presented at the World Learning Summit, in Kristiansand June 14th-16th. Future Learning Lab in partnership with EdCast to launch Global Educator Teach‐A‐Thon Competition to award grand prize of … [Read more...]
Two views on education
The following is an excerpt from the New York Times (August 16th, 2014) that we think deserves attention in the build-up to World Learning Summit 216. Read the rest on this link. TODAY’S education reformers believe that schools are broken and that business can supply the remedy. Some place … [Read more...]
Notes on the challenge of future learning
As we are nearing the World Learning Summit June 14th - 16th; a few thoughts on how technology impacts on education and learning. We are all familiar with the debate on Massive Open Online Courses, and the history of MOOCs ascending, subsequent worries, commercialisation issues and more. We are … [Read more...]