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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Digitization of our societies and economies has profound impacts on every European. In Berlin, the town of Wilhelm von Humboldt, this year’s ELIG conference co-organized with the German Stifterverband and the FernUniversität in Hagen is sparking a debate on how the classical education ideal of empowering the individual to lead a selfdetermined, active and responsible life in society translates into the modern society.
What skills are needed to become an active builder of opportunities in an increasingly interconnected world thus harnessing the potential of digital technologies rather than being passively impacted by its effects?
The ELIG conference will investigate how the development of digital competences and skills can be supported on a broader scale and more holistically than today in all levels of the European education systems. In this context we will also investigate trends and leading examples of corresponding learning innovations from the viewpoint of learning- and educational providers as well as institutions.
2 Days of discussions and workshops about learning, education and digital competence in Europe!
We expect excellent speeches and inspiring discussions in an exclusive group of more than 120 registered ELIG members and guests, like Verena Metze-Mangold, President of the German Commission for UNESCO.
Founder from iversity, Edkimo, Scolibri etc. will provide us an insight into the lively start-up scene in Berlin. Vincent Zimmer, Co-Founder of the Wings University will address their ground- breaking concept that might change the way of integration and higher education for refugees.
Jörg Dräger, Member Executive Board Bertelsmann Foundation will thrill us with his keynote - Inspired by Humboldt: Transforming Education in the Digital Age.
Join the conference and discuss with speakers and contributors such as:
• Markku Markkula, President European Committee of the Regions
• Gesche Joost, German Digital Champion towards the EU
• Franz Fehrenbach, President Supervisory Board Bosch AG
• Thomas Sattelberger, CEO German STEM Initiative (MINT Zukunft), former HR Board Member Deutsche Telekom AG
• Sangwoo Kim, President Corporate Affairs Samsung Europe
• Sean Corcorran, General Manager Steelcase Education
• Jörg Dräger, Board Member Bertelsmann Foundation, Former Minister of Science, Hamburg
• Ulrich Weinberg, Director School of Design Thinking Hasso Plattner Inst.
• Chris Dede, Professor Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Bror Saxberg, Chief Learning Officer Kaplan
• Kristiina Erkkilä, Director for Education and Culture, City of Espoo, Finland
• Johan Roos, Dean, CEO and Managing Director, Jönköping International Business School
• Vincent Zimmer, Co-Founder Wings University
• Helmut Hoyer, Rector Fernuniversität Hagen
• Marianne Voigt, Founder Bettermarks
• Jürgen Boos, CEO Frankfurt Bookfair
• Mike King, Global VP Education, IBM
• Axel Unger, Managing Director, IDEO Germany
• Alexa Joyce, Director of Policy, Teaching & Learning, Worldwide Education, Microsoft
• Sam Weber, Head of International Business Development Blackboard
The second day will be in a workshop format, and we intend to adopt the ACSI challenges approach. The workshops will be on 4 complementary themes:
1. Digital learning getting local: campus/city/new learning spaces - with Steelcase, IDEO, City of Espoo
2. Curriculum design for digital competences - with the German Forum Digitizing Higher Education and Stiftung neue Verantwortung (Berlin-based Policy Think Tank)
3. Digital platforms - with Samsung and iversity
4. Big Data in education - with Harvard Graduate School of Education and Kaplan
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
09/10/2015 - 09/11/2015
Event venue:
10.09.2015: Allianz Forum, Pariser Platz
11.09.2015: Regionalzentrum der FernUniversität Spree Palais am Dom, Anna Louisa-Karsch-Straße 2
Berlin
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
interdisciplinary
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference
Entry:
08/31/2015
Sender/author:
Susanne Bossemeyer
Department:
Dez. 7.2 – Kommunikation und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event51770
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