Program

WORLD LEARNING SUMMIT 2021

AFTER CORONA:
TRANSFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION

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DUE TO A GENERAL SENSE OF PANDEMIC ZOOM FATIGUE, WORLD LEARNING SUMMIT EXPLORES A NEW PACE IN 2021: THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM FOR SEPTEMBER 8TH AND 9TH HAS BEEN SCALED DOWN. THE CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE FALL IN THE FORM OF A CONTINUED SERIES OF TALKS, WORKSHOPS AND MASTERCLASSES.

2 - 4 PM CEST BOTH DAYS

PROGRAM LAUNCH, WLS 2021

SEPTEMBER 8TH

SEPTEMBER 9TH

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Two workshops are offered, at parallel times

THEME WORKSHOP 1

WILL THE FREEDOM OF LEARNING MEAN STUDENTS CHOOSE TO BE DIGITAL BYSTANDERS?

Indonesia has committed to expanding its ‘freedom of learning policies’ in an attempt to move away from teacher centred teaching. The goal is to more actively draw school-aged students into engaging with their own learning and its (self-)assessment. In this paper we explore the successes and challenges of this policy to date, including how Covid has both hindered and supported its roll-out in a time of anxieties about significant learning loss. We make the argument that a new form of pedagogy is required and begun to evolve, namely the pedagogy of connectivism. Additionally, in drawing upon such insights it is necessary to build skills and experience in the design and use of digital learning environments. While Indonesia is the case in point, we open to a workshop on this with participants and their experiences form around the world.

WORKSHOP HOST: Stephen Dobson. stephen.dobson@vuw.ac.nz

WORKSHOP PRESENTERS:

Professor Mohamad Abdalla, Director of the centre of Islamic Thought and Educaiton, University of South Australia Mohamad.Abdalla@unisa.edu.au

Dr. Muhammad Zuhdi UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia
zuhdi@uinjkt.ac.id

Dr. Yuli Rahmawati, UNJ: Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia
yulirahmawatiunj@gmail.com

 

THEME WORKSHOP 2

EXPLORING AND PROMOTING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION – COLLABORATING ACROSS DISCIPLINES

Education´s digital future depends not the least on our ability to keep a dialog open between and across scholarly disciplines. As universities go, this is not a discipline that we excel at. What elements in exploring digital transformations in higher education point themselves out for planned collaboration? In this workshop we will explore three such dimensions: Within mathematics, within HR/leadership and within the social sciences/humanities. How might we develop an agenda for insight co-creation?

The workshop is based on the BOOST EDU Erasmus+ project.

Please find the project website here

WORKSHOP HOSTs: Josef Rebenda

Assistant Professor in mathematics, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
rebenda@vutbr.cz

Professor Yuriy Rovgochencko, UiA
yuriy.rogovchenko@uia

WORKSHOP PRESENTERS:

Assistant professor Jon Freyr, Bifrost U college, Iceland
jonfreyr@bifrost.is

Irina Severin, Associate Professor, University Politechnica, Bucharest, Romania
irina_severin2003@yahoo.com

Zdenka Konecna, Associate Professor, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
konecna@fbm.vutbr.cz

Oddgeir Tveiten, professor of media studies at University of Agder
Professor of journalism studies, NLA University college, Norway
oddgeir.tveiten@uia.no

 

CONTINUING WLS EVENTS

SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER 2021

KEEP CHECKING BACK, AS THE CONTINUING PROGRAM DEVELOPS

Agenda will be co-commenced at the September 9th Roundtable. Open for all to co-define.