FERA Conference on Education | University of Lapland

FERA Conference on Education 30 November - 1 December 2017

Welcome to FERA Conference on Education 30 November – 1 December 2017!
Conference theme: Take part to play a part: Towards professional development

The sweeping changes we see today in how we live, work and learn give professional competence fresh importance and professional development renewed priority; and the pace of change is intensifying. Only by engaging can we develop the professional competence, education and research required and make the contribution to society expected of us.

What opportunities does digitalization offer in developing competence, education and research? What is the shape of things to come in the environments where we teaching, learn and do research? What kind of future do we have in store?

The event is part of the Finland 100 programme.

Keynote speakers
Hilda Borko: The use of video as a tool for professional development and research on teacher learning
Professor, School of Education, Stanford University, USA

Pierre Dillenbourg: Modeling classroom orchestration
Professor, Center for Digital Education, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland

Important dates
1 Sept Registration opens
9 Oct NEW deadline for abstracts
16 Oct Notification of acceptance of abstracts
23 Oct Deadline for early-bird registration
29 Nov FERA Conference pre-seminar
30 Nov – 1 Dec FERA Conference on Education

Further information
Rovaniemi-Lapland Congresses
congress@ulapland.fi
+358 40 484 4462 and +358 40 721 8260

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