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World Learning Summit 2019

June 5 - 7

Kristiansand, South Norway

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About WLS 2019

World Learning Summit 2019 is our ninth annual conference on learning, education and the impact of digital media on society. Not a pedagogy conference, nor a technology conference, WLS adresses the wider framework of knowledge production, flows, spaces and knowledge consumption in a world defined by online presence 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Join us in charting the future of learning, together with world class speakers and  a community of returning speakers and attendees. 

SUMMIT THEME

E-QUALITY

Equal access to Quality learning and education:

An online, Digital & globalized world

Technology in education is as old as education itself; what has changed over time is not the basics of education as much as the technologies being used. Learning is a key aspect of being human, but what sets our age apart from any other is the extension of media and communications technologies — now enabling “education at scale” as well as learning in a media-rich and self-defined eco system of available insight. An unprecedented wave of innovations has given us the internet, interactive media, a wealth of content, and also new media monopolies that give cause to familiar concerns with equality, as much as with quality of communications flows.

Across the world, education as a social institution is being challenged to re-shape the ways and contexts within which learners learn. Yet, education research paradigms and education institutions are surprisingly slow in meeting the challenges of the brave new world of education technologies – the ideals, ideologies, possibilities and pitfalls represent an open invitation to cross borders between scholarly disciplines, as well as the “the wall” between theory and practice. Join World Learning Summit to help tear down that wall, reshaping our understanding of quality and equality in an age of global learning possibilities – where what we do meets how and why we do it.

Who´s speaking at WLS 2019?

Phil Komarny

VP of Innovatons, Salesforce • Co-founder of Robots and Pencils

Cathy Casserly

Previously CEO of Creative Commons, now independent consultant

Anjum Malik

Co-founder and CEO at Alhambra Chamber of Commerce, Austin, Texas

June Breivik

Deputy Director Ministry of Culture - Kulturtanken

Peter Fagerström

CEO Educraftor

Janet Walkow

Professor, University of Texas, Austin

Per Olav Nyborg

CEO VR Education, Kommuneforlaget

Yngvar Ugland

Head of NewTechLab at DnB

Märt Äro

Founder and CEO at DreamApply, Estonia

World Learning Summit 2019 Team

Oddgeir Tveiten
WLS Chair

Professor of media studies at UiA. Professor of journalism studies at NLA University College. Founder, WLS and Future Learning Lab. 

Donna K. Kidwell
WLS Vice Chair

CTO at Arizona State University. Vice Chair of Future Learning Lab. Early MOOC pioneer, in her former job at University of Texas. 

Vidar Mortensen
WLS Co-Host

CEO of Sunsense, co-founder of World Learning Summit. Entrepreneur and long-time employee at UiA. 

Keith Devlin
WLS Co-Host

Former Executive Director of HStar Institute at Stanford University. Now in charge of the their Nordic and Baltic relations. 

Signe S. Noesgaard
WLS Co-Host

PhD from the University of Aarhus, CEO and founder of the learning company Adapto. 

Truls Berg
WLS 2019 Program Commitee

CEO and Founder of Open Innovation Lab of Norway, a partner with WLS. 

Cathy Casserly
WLS 2019 Program Committee

Former CEO of Creative Commons, pioneered Open Courseware at MIT. 

Alexandra Lazareva
WLS 2019 Program Commitee

Associate professor of pedagogy at UiA, with specialization in computer assisted collaboration. 

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Open Summit June 5th

€ 200
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  • Plenary program, all workshops and events included.
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Past WLS speakers

Rosan Bosch

Owner, designer @ Bosch Studios

Brian Magerko

Associate Professor, Georgia State University

Peter Norvig

Research Director, Google

Jarmo Viteli

Professor, University of Tampere, Finland

Kristin Ingolfsdóttir

Professor, former President University of Iceland

Joseph Press

Vice CEO Center for Creative Leadership, Switzerland

Karl Mehta

CEO EdCast

Peter Jenner

Consultant, former Pink Floyd manager

Marques Anderson

CEO WE Foundation

Jane Frances Agbu

Professor, MOOC pioneer, Nigeria

Donna Kidwell

CTO, Arizona State University

Anjum Malik

Founder Al Hambra Chamber of Commerce

Sir John Daniel

Commonwealth of Learning

Janet Walkow

Professor, University of Texas, Austin

Stamenka Uvalic

CEO EdCast

Michael Shanks

Professor, Stanford University

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WLS 2019 Updates

Alexandre Le Voci Sayad

November 11, 2022 No Comments

Please join us for our 4th webinar this fall. November 15th at 3 – 4 PM, Oslo/Paris/Berlin time Critical media literacy concerns our ability to navigate increasingly complex information flows.

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Alexandre Le Voci Sayad

November 11, 2022 No Comments

last updates: Facebook Twitter Alexandre Le Voci Sayad Media literacy: Navigating global information flows Please join us for our 4th webinar this fall. November 15th at 3 – 4 PM,

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Video from webinar 3#

November 9, 2022 No Comments

Take a look at our video from webinar #3 this semester, featuring Phil Komarny, Phil Long and David Conover.

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Ready for webinar #3? Beyond Silicon Valley

November 1, 2022 No Comments

Third webinar: Beyond Silicon Valley Education Technology Re-imagined Sign up for webinar #3 here On November 4th, please join us for our third webinar this fall, featuring three speakers well

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Video from our webinar #2; inclusion & exclusion in higher education

November 1, 2022 No Comments

Previous Next Watch the video from our last webinar #2 On Inclusive education Friday October 28th Professor Muhammed Zuhdi held a wonderful presentation in the 2022 World Learning Summit fall

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Video from our October 21st webinar

October 26, 2022 No Comments

last UpdateS Previous Next Donna Kidwell: Sustainable Educaiton On October 21st, Donna Kidwell talked us through key aspects of Arizona State University´s approach to blending online and offline learning, from

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What WLS attendees are saying

I keep coming back to these events. May there be many more
Keith Devlin
Stanford University
I especially liked the friendly and inclusive atmosphere -- getting to know people
Anjum Malik
CEO, Alhambra CoC
I am deeply impressed with what the organizers have done with this event
Phil Komarny
VP, Salesforce

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