Thanks to Ola Lindberg and colleagues at Umeå University for organizing a great symposium on current challenges at the heart of the digitalization of the Nordic K-12 schools.
The symposium was a fantastic venue to network with Nordic researchers interested in the materiality of learning and teaching, the analysis of current discourses and policies vis-à-vis the digitalisation of schools, the conceptualization of digitalisation and the emergence of digitalisation practices.
Take a look at the great program that Ola and colleagues put together!:
RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM – “Recent trends in the digitalization of Nordic K-12 schools” 11-13 October 2017, Umeå University
THEME 1 – ON MATERIAL CONDITIONS FOR DIGITALIZATION
Eva Mårell-Olsson: Principals’ Intentions and Management of Digitization of Swedish Schools
Teresa Cerratto Pargman, Jalal Nouri, Ola Knutsson, Robert Ramberg: Reflections on the Digitization of Schools in Sweden
Jimmy Jaldemark, Sofia Eriksson Bergström, Peter Mozelius: Applying mobile devices and game-based learning in formal educational settings: Playing Pokémon Go as a tool for learning in a Swedish elementary school
THEME 2– EXPECTATIONS ON DIGITALIZATION IN CURRICULA AND POLICY
Geir Haugsbakk: 30 years of ICT and learning in education – the actors, discussions and discourses
Jeppe Bundsgaard: Information Literacy – What is it? What is difficult for students? Are Nordic students Information Literate?
J Ola Lindberg, Göran Fransson, Anders D Olofsson: What ́s in a word? On the issue of ‘adequate’ digital competence’ in a policy for ICT in education
Fazilat Siddiq: A Comparison Between Digital Competence in Two Nordic Countries’ National Curricula and International Frameworks: Inspecting their Readiness for 21st Century Education
THEME 3 – TIME AND SPACE AS ASPECTS OF DIGITALIZATION
Annika Wiklund-Engblom: Considering social relations in distance learning: Teachers’ reflections on their own teaching experiences
Fanny Pettersson: Digitally competent school organizations- developing supportive institutional infrastructures in remote teaching context
THEME 4 – EXPRESSIONS OF DIGITALIZATION IN SCHOOLS PRACTICES
Karin Levinsen: Practice oriented and co-creative competence building – the digitale dimension and externalized learning
Linda Mannila: Digital competence and programming at K-9 level – teacher expectations and concerns
Peter Bergström: Power and control in the one-to-one computing classroom: students’ perspective on teachers’ didactical design