WORLD LEARNING SUMMIT 2019
PHD and writers´ COLLOQUIUM
JUNE 3-7 2019
UNIVERSITY OF AGDER
colloquium theme 2019:
the digital transformation of education and society
Digital technologies are impacting on education and society, representing challenges of transformational power on learning both formally and informally. Education as a social institution is affected, as are learning practices, pedagogy and our very thinking about what it means to be a learner and to be a learning society in the first place. Seldom have the calls for an interdisciplinary approach to research been more forcefully placed in front of us. This is why we call specifically for an interdisciplinary framework for the colloquium discussions in 2019.
The World Learning Summit is an arena for researchers, educators, education institution managers, policy-makers and entrepreneurs to enact a common agenda. Hosted by the Future Learning Lab – a Research Center at the University of Agder – WLS is known for its annual gathering of high-level international speakers and thought leaders. At the core of the colloquium is our World Learning Summit Official Proceedings, which is an accredited publication channel, indexed and searchable, with Open Access url identifiers, answering to Level 1 in the Norwegian official accreditation system.
The WLS 2019 PhD and Writes´Colloquium begins one day prior to the main program of WLS 2019. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and be advised by truly inspiring international thought leaders in various fields of scholarly writing. All colloquium PhD and project advisers will be present throughout the World Learning Summit, offering many more opportunities to connect.
Each colloquium participant will have ample time to present either a paper or an ongoing project. Presentations will be subject to peer review, upon which each participant will be invited to publish her or his paper/project in the WLS 2019 Official Summit Proceedings. There is no commitment to publishing with WLS. Upon submission of a paper completed with commentary from the colloquium and participation in the full WLS event June 5-7, PhD students will receive a badge/diploma and a recommendation that their published/publishable paper be granted the equivalent of 5 ECTs by the institution hosting their PhD project and employment. This is in recognition of the participation in the colloquium and the full WLS event.
COLLOQUIUM HOSTS
MEET AND DISCUSS WITH GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADERS
CATHY CASSERLY
Cathy holds a PhD in eduction from Stanford University, is a former CERO of Creative Commons and a member of the Future Learning Lab Advisory Board.
DONNA KIDWELL
Donna is the Chief Technology Officer at Arizona State University (PhD in Economics) and the Vice Chair of Future Learning Lab, as well as a WLS host.
KEITH DEVLIN
Known as "the math guy" at US National Public Radio with about 30 000 listeners, Keith is a "jack of all trades": Director Emeritus of Stanford University H Star Institute.
ODDGEIR TVEITEN
Founder of World Learning Summit, Oddgeir is professor of Media studies at the University of Agder and professor Journalism at NLA University College.
PHIL KOMARNY
Phil once founded the company Robots and Pencils. He is now Vice President at the global company Salesforce, where he specializes in innovation strategies.
JANET WALKOW
Janet is professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Texas, Austin, where she also specializes in e-learning and is a MOOC pioneer.
A building, a place, a learning space • give us the location and the short story of the one who designed it – we will give you the PhD colloquium for free…
Questions? Get In touch
Email oddgeir.tveiten@uia.no
(0047) 38141122
Oddgeir Tveiten, World Learning Summit Chair and PhD coordinator at Future Learning Lab