CICERO GLOBAL CAMPUS LECTURE SERIES 2008-2009

First CICERO Global Campus lecture

DATE: Wednesday 8 October 2008
TIME: 16.00 - 18.30
VENUE: Luentosali 1, Siltavuorenpenger 20D, University of Helsinki

CICERO Global Campus Lectures are free of charge and everyone is welcome to attend! We also broadcast the lectures on our website in real time.

Theme of the lecture:
NEW TECHNOLOGIES TRANSFORMING LEARNING PRACTICES - THE SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL LEARNING AGENTS

The changes in society and in theories of learning create new educational demands on learning environments. This session focuses on computer mediated learning environments; how digital technologies and media transform learning activities and how the process of learning can be viewed both from social and individual perspectives. The event will consist of three lectures and a panel discussion.

Technology and the performative nature of learning and knowing by

PROFESSOR ROGER SÄLJÖ
Director of the Linnaeus Centre for Research on Learning, Interaction and Mediated Communication in Contemporary Society (LinCS) at University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Pedagogical challenge of the information society - Future School Research by

DR KARI KUMPULAINEN
Deputy Head, Department of Educational Sciences and Teacher Education, University of Oulu

MS OUTI ROURU-KUIVALA
Project Manager, SmartTouch Project, City of Oulu

Click here for recommended reading for the first lecture