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Distributed Learning in the 21st Century Title

Mayfield Inn and Suites
16615 - 109th Avenue, Edmonton Alberta
1-800-661-9804

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What makes this conference different?

  1. The Shaping the Future of Learning conference is a ground-breaking endeavour, gathering delegates from across the 3 ‘silos’ of education -  K – 12, post-secondary and the workplace. 
  2. This conference will be an intersection point (‘Medici Effect’) for different disciplines along the educational continuum and will therefore be a catalyst for innovation and the creation of new ideas
  3. The conference is designed to be highly engaging and participatory in nature, inviting delegates, vendors and sponsors to debate, discuss and learn together about the forces acting to shape a new educational landscape in the 21st century and the promise that information and communication technologies offer in response.

 

Accessibility Festival

An Accessibility Festival will launch the conference and will celebrate ingenuity in learning. Learners from across the learning continuum will demonstrate how tools for 21st century learning are addressing diverse learning needs.

 

conference themes

  • The 21st Century - Living, Learning, and Collaborating in a Changing World -Can education lead the way to shape the future of learning in a changing world? How can we build capacity and resiliency for all learners?
  • Changing practice for changing times and changing tools.   What are the tools? What are effective pedagogies and instructional strategies?          
  • Informing Professional Practice Through Inquiry – The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - how do we know we are making a difference?
  • Understanding the Changing Characteristics of Learners – Who are the learners of the 21st century?  How do they live and learn?
  • Learning Spaces of the 21st Century – physical, virtual, mobile, interactive, collaborative

 

keynote speakers

Jutta Trevarious PhotoWednesday, 2pm

Jutta Treviranus:
”Living, Learning, Communicating in a Diverse World"

Nikos Theodosakis PhotoWednesday, 7pm

Nikos Theodosakis:
”Living, Learning, Communicating in a Connected World" | Listen

George Siemans Photo

Thursday, 10am

George Siemens:
"Living, Learning, Communicating in an Immediate World” | Listen

Michael Furdyk imageThursday, 2pm

Michael Furdyk:
"Living, Learning and Contributing as a Life Long Journey” | Listen

Thomas Homer-Dixon Photo

Friday, 11am

Thomas Homer-Dixon:
“Living, Learning and Communicating in a ‘Globalized’ World”