Wallenberg Global Learning Network

A compilation of participants, schools and projects will be available after final confirmation from the participants.

March 31

Morning sessions

9 - 10:30	Registration and coffee
10:30	Opening of symposium	Göran Bexell
10:35	Wallenberg Global Learning Network Will ICT improve learning?	Johan Stålhand
10:45	Children's and adolescents' digital culture How do we catch up?	Tara McPherson
11:15	Short break
11:30	Approaches to Implementation in school. How to be successful	Deborah Stipek
12:00	Improving teaching and learning Interactive boards in the classroom	Ann-Charlotte Markman
12:30- 2:30	Lunch and demo sessions

Afternoon sessions

2:30	Improving teaching and learning: Solutions in a US Classroom	Don Rizzi
3:00	Learning for understanding; the interplay between cognition and ICT	Peter Gärdenfors
3:30	Coffee break and opportunity for informal discussions
4:00 - 5:30	Rethinking Evaluation Useful activity for improvement or just another academic hurdle? Introduction speech and discussion forum	discussion forum moderator: Ulf Wickbom
6:00 - 6:45	Visit to Lund Botanical Gardens
8:00	Dinner at the Grand Hotel

April 1

Morning sessions

9:00	Opportunities to implement current WGLN findings	Craig Heller
9:30	Collaboration opportunities with the Humanities labs at Lund and Umeå	Sven Strömqvist, Patrik Svensson
10:00	Culture and ICT in a Swedish community Effect on learning environment	Lars Cuzner
10:30	Coffee break and opportunity for informal discussions
11:00	Workshop: Participants start sketching possible projects - SWOT	All
12:30	Lunch and Workshop presentations (in groups)

Afternoon sessions

1:30	Interactive visualization and simulation tools – do they make a difference?	Marcia Linn
2:00	Cooperation school-university: models for cooperation and how to achieve sustainability	Peter Becker
2:30	Coffee and demos
3:10	Discussion Forum What are the opportunities?	moderator: Ulf Wickbom
4:10-4:30	Concluding remarks	Ulf Wickbom, Craig Heller, Sven Strömqvist

Demos

Throughout the morning and afternoon sessions described above, there will be several demos in parallel of technologies for learning, smaller presentations of ongoing projects, and hands-on demos in computer classrooms.

Speakers

Peter Becker, Interactive Institute, Stockholm
Göran Bexell, Vice Chancellor, Lund University
Lars Cuzner, Artist, Umeå
Peter Gärdenfors, Professor, Lund University
Craig Heller, Professor, Stanford University, Chairman WGLN
Marcia Linn, Professor, Berkeley University
Ann-Charlotte Markman, Principal, Rösjöskolan, Sollentuna
Tara McPherson, Associate professor, University of Southern California
Deborah Stipek, Dean of School of Education, Stanford University
Sven Strömqvist, Professor, Lund University, Vice Chairman WGLN
Johan Stålhand, Executive director, Wallenberg Foundations
Patrik Svensson, Director of HUMlab, Umeå University
Ulf Wickbom, Free lance journalist and moderator

March 31 - April 1, 2008 at Lund University, Humanist laboratory

March 31 - April 1, 2008
at Lund University, Humanist laboratory