ICT in Higher Education

What can ICT do for Higher Education?
1. December 2008 9:00-16:00 GMT
Sumposium at the University of Iceland: Askja building

- Aereal view of the university area
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Institutes of Higher Education in the Nordic countries have been using Information and Communication Technologies to support teaching and learning for some years. In Iceland f.ex. out of necessity - because of the physical distance between potential learners and the Universities. During this one day conference we want to consider what has been achieved, in which way our endeavours have changed teaching and learning in higher education.

Speakers represent five Nordic countries and different opinions about how the use of technology support affects adult learning in higher education. The symposium language is English.

Shaded Presentations are available Online.

9:00-9:20	Arrival, registration and coffee
9:20-9:30	Welcome
9:30-10:10	Distance Education – and how to break down borders in the World of Education Carl Holmberg ICDE (Norway)
10:10-10:50	Meeting with, and in new environments Timo Portimojärvi (Finland)
10:50-11:15	Coffee
11:15-12:00	The use of ICT in distance eduction in nursing, Umeå, Sweden Britt-Mari Oja (Sweden)
12:00-12:45	Lunch
12:45-13:30	What have we learnt and where are we heading? Guðrún Geirsdóttir og Rögnvaldur Ólafsson (Iceland)
13:35-14:40	Workshops 1. What technical support should the Institutes offer (Jyrki Kappi, Torhild Slåtto) 2. Pedagogical dilemmas in ICT supported learning (Hróbjartur Árnason, Britt-Mari Oja) 3. Social Cohesion: How important is building learning environments online? (Jörgen Grubbe, Timo Portimojärvi)
14:40-15:00	Coffee break
15:00-16:00	Panel discussion Carl Holmberg, Secretary General ICDE Jón Torfi Jónasson Dean - School of Education: University of Iceland Reynir Kristinsson Dean - Faculty of Business: University of Bifröst Þuríður Jóhannsdóttir Ass. Prof.- School of Education: University of Iceland

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How about a trip to Iceland??
Participate in interesting discussions about the use of ICT in Higher Education. We will discuss issues like what have we achieved, Has ICT support made student learning any better?, Is the teaching better, What about research: Has ICT support really made Universities and other institutes of higher education better? Where do we want to go from here? What impact have ideas such as Open Source and Open Content had any impact on universities, our ideas about science, learning studies or academia?

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