Universitetet i Agder

Webinar on digital learning before and after Covid-19

Centre for Digital Transformation invites scholars and students to attend the webinar "Digital learning in Nordic higher education - before and after Covid-19".

Publisert: 15. januar 2021

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What does digitalisation of teaching and learning look like in Nordic higher education in 2021? How are universities responding to the pandemic, and what Nordic characteristics can we trace in the ongoing digital transformation of practices?

In this 2-hour-webinar on January 25, scholars from Denmark, Norway and Sweden doing cutting-edge research on digitalisation of teaching and learning in Nordic higher education will debate current practices and future prospects, exploring the impact of Covid-19 and with an eye to the long-term implications of the rapid changes we have experienced in the past few months.

The event also marks the launch of the recently published special issue “Digital transformations with ‘Nordic characteristics’? Latest trends in the digitalisation of teaching and learning in Nordic higher education”, published by the Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy in December 2020. This is also the first interdisciplinary CeDiT publication, a collaboration between associate Professor Vito Laterza (Department of Global Development and Planning), professor Cathrine Edelhard Tømte (Department of Information Systems) and Professor Rómulo M. Pinheiro (Department of Political Science).

More about the publication in the article "Ulik tilnærming til nettbasert undervisning i Skandinavia" (in Norwegian).

Professor Cathrine Edelhard Tømte.

Førsteamanuensis Vito Laterza.

Professor Romulo Pinheiro.

PROGRAMME January 25 2021
10.00 – 10.05	Welcome Leif Skiftenes Flak, Director, Centre for Digital Transformation (CeDiT), University of Agder, Norway
10.05 – 10.10	Setting the stage: key themes Vito Laterza (University of Agder, Norway)
10.10 – 10.50	Panel discussion 1: Digital transformations with 'Nordic characteristics'? Latest trends in the digitalisation of Nordic higher education teaching & learning Moderator: Rómulo Pinheiro (University of Agder, Norway) Stine Brynildsen (Østfold University College, Norway) Lillian Buus (VIA University College, Denmark) Cormac McGrath (Stockholm University, Sweden) Cathrine Tømte (University of Agder, Norway)
10.50 – 11.00	BREAK
11.00 – 11.10	How Norwegian universities are responding to the pandemic: update on ongoing research Espen Solberg, Head of Research, NIFU, Norway
11.10 – 11.55	Panel Discussion 2: Digital learning in Nordic higher education and Covid-19: ongoing changes and future prospects Moderator: Rómulo Pinheiro (University of Agder, Norway) Panelists: Linda Barman (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) Espen Solberg (NIFU, Norway) Duncan Thomas (Aarhus University, Denmark) Cathrine Tømte (University of Agder, Norway)
11.55 – 12.00	Concluding remarks Cathrine Tømte and Vito Laterza (University of Agder, Norway)

The event is public and it will be recorded for further dissemination. Register here, if you would like to attend the webinar.