Webinars

Preparatory webinars will facilitate an initial synthesis of topics critical to the thematic area. Key experts from the planning team are invited to share relevant insights and research findings. Each webinar will identify critical issues and suggestions that will guide discussions at the May workshop. Thematic areas and dates for the webinars are listed below:

Session 1 (Feb 13, 2019) Computational thinking and digital/media technology in learning

Session 2 (Mar 13, 2019) Personalized learning, shifting role of the teacher and the future of learning

Session 3 (Apr 17, 2019) Crossing regional, national, cultural, ethnic, economic boundaries in STEM project-based learning

Webinar 1: Computational thinking and digital/media technology in learning

This webinar kicks off a series of discussions leading to the May workshop. It explores the computational thinking, originally proposed by Jeannette Wing in 2006 as a crucial competence for school learning. Three experts share their perspectives on computational thinking and applied research that will shape the role of computational thinking as a unifying priority in curriculum and school-age learning.

Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Video recording available here: http://bit.ly/dsl-webinar-compthinking

Agenda: http://bit.ly/computational-thinking-webinar-feb-2019

Presentations by:

• Dr. Chee-Kit Looi, National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (Singapore) and Dr. Jari Multisilta, President, Managing Director, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (Finland).
• Dr. Shaundra Daily, Duke University (USA)
• Dr. Erik Huesca, Foundation for Knowledge and Digital Culture Foundation (FUNCO) (Mexico)

Suggested reading

• Looi, Chee-Kit, Multisilta, Jari, Wu, Lonkai, Tuomi, Pauliina (2018) Teacher’s Perceptions and Readiness to teach Coding Skills: A comparative study between China, Finland and Singapore. In Kong, S.-C., Andone, D., Biswas, G., Crick, T., Hoppe, H. U., Hsu, T.-C., . . . Vahrenhold, J. (Eds.). (2018). Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2018. Hong Kong: The Education University of Hong Kong. Available from https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/proceedings-of-international-conference-on-computational-thinking-2
• García-Peñalvo, Francisco José, and Antònio José Mendes. "Exploring the computational thinking effects in pre-university education." (2018): 407-411.
• Grover, Shuchi, and Roy Pea. "Computational thinking in K–12: A review of the state of the field." Educational Researcher42.1 (2013): 38-43.
• Hamilton, Eric, and Aileen M. Owens. "Computational thinking and participatory teaching as pathways to personalized learning." Digital Technologies and Instructional Design for Personalized Learning. IGI Global, 2018. 212-228.
• Wing, Jeannette M. "Computational thinking." Communications of the ACM 49, no. 3 (2006): 33-35. (Updated slide presentation)
• Yadav, Aman, et al. "Computational thinking in teacher education." Emerging Research, Practice, and Policy on Computational Thinking. Springer, Cham, 2017. 205-220

Webinar 2: Personalized learning, shifting role of the teacher, and the future of learning

What it means to be a school teacher in 2019 differs from what it meant in the not-so-distant past. What it means to be a teacher in 2030 will be even more different, in an era of change accelerants that include the rise of big data, artificial intelligence, Industry 4.0, and especially for educators, increasing attention to and tools for personalized learning. Schools of the future will more regularly feature personalized learning even while they incorporate local and distributed collaborative learning, social cognition and problem-solving. The coming changes are breathtaking. Will teachers be ready?

With perspectives from Mexico, the US, and Finland, this webinar focuses on the profoundly shifting roles that teachers will hold in classrooms of the future, specifically looking at personalized learning. The webinar is the second of a series of discussions that related to distributed collaboration in STEM-rich project-based learning.

Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Video recording available here: http://bit.ly/dsl-webinar-shiftingteacherrole

Agenda: http://bit.ly/webinar-mar-2019

Presentations by:

• Dr. Guadalupe Carmona, Executive Director of ConTex, an education consortium between the University of Texas and Conacyt, the Mexico science research agency;
• Ms Aileen Owens, widely acknowledged as one of the country’s most innovative thinkers and administrators and Director of Technology at South Fayette School District in Pennsylvania; and
• Prof Hannele Niemi, UNESCO Chair on Educational Ecosystems for Equity and Quality of Learning, Helsinki University, Finland

Note: Dr. Carmona’s presentation will be revisited at the April 17 webinar.

Webinar 3: Crossing regional, national, cultural, ethnic, economic boundaries in STEM project-based learning: Exploring and assessing future learning environments

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

12:00 PST // 14:00 CST // 21:00 CET // 22:00 EET // 3:00 +1 SGT

Video recording available here: http://bit.ly/dsl-webinar-distributedcollab

Agenda: http://bit.ly/april2019-crossingboundaries

Presentations by:

• Dr. Guadalupe Carmona, University of Texas at San Antonio (USA) & Executive Director of ConTex, an education consortium between the University of Texas and Conacyt, the Mexico science research agency
• Dr. David Williamson Shaffer, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), Obel Professor of Learning Analytics at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, and Data Philosopher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research
• Brendan Eagan, researcher at the Epistemic Analytics Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)

Questions/Contact: Danielle Espino (danielle.espino@pepperdine.edu), Seung B. Lee (seung.lee@pepperdine.edu)