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OECD/CERI International Conference
Research, Innovation and Policy:
Learning in the 21st Century
15-16 May 2008, Paris, France
Programme
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DAY 1:
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Thursday 15 May
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09:30 - 10:45
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PLENARY SESSION
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1. Welcome, Conference Aims, & the Critical Policy Focus on Learning
This session will set the broader OECD context and introduce the aims of the conference, giving a substantial introduction to why learning has moved to the heart of policy concerns in education.
This will include presentations from the Directorate for Education, PISA, and CERI.
Frances Kelly, Barbara Ischinger, Andreas Schleicher, David Istance
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10:45 -11:15
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Coffee break
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11:15-13:00
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PARALLEL SESSIONS
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2. Learners and Learning: International Evidence
The conference will break into three ‘mini-conferences’ with the focus on different aspects of new international knowledge on learning and learners. Substantial results, including recent publications, will provide the background to these mini-conferences.
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SESSION 1
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21st Century Learners—New Demands and Contexts
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Chair: Gabor Halasz
Presentation and discussion: CERI New Millennium Learners - Oystein Johannessen, Yngve Wallin, Doug Brown, Georges-Louis Baron, Francesc Pedró
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SESSION 2
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Learning Science – New Insights
Chair: Sylvia Schmelkes
Presentation and discussion: CERI Innovative Learning Environments - Anna Sliwka, Francisco Benavides, Reijo Laukkanen
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SESSION 3
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Learning through the focus on Neuroscience and Brain Research
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Chair: Jarl Bengtsson
Presentation and discussion: CERI Brain Research and Learning - Hideaki Koizumi, Bruno Della-Chiesa, Koji Miyamoto
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13:00-14:30
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Lunch
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14:00-16:00
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PARALLEL SESSIONS
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3. Creating Conditions for Optimising Learning
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The conference will again break into three mini-conferences shifting from knowledge about learning and learners to learning environments. It will bring to the fore substantial results, including recent publications. With these six mini conferences a substantial basis of analysis will be presented with which to guide subsequent workshops and panels.
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SESSION 4
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Learning Organisation and Environments
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Chair: Tony Mackay
Presentation and discussion - John Cresswell, Claire Shewbridge, Hannah von Ahlefeld
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SESSION 5
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The Potential and Practice of Digitally-rich Learning Environments
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Chair: Oon Ying Chin
Presentation and discussion: CERI analyses on Digital/Open Learning Resources, and E-Learning in Higher Education - Jan Hylén, Shéphan Vincent-Lancrin, Yves Punie, Francesc Pedró
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SESSION 6
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Assessment for Learning
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Chair: Frances Kelly
Presentation and discussion: CERI Analyses on Formative Assessment and Related Teaching Strategies - Dylan Wiliam, Anne Sliwka, David Istance
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16:00-16:30
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Coffee Break
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16:30-18:00
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WORKSHOP SESSIONS
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4. The Learning Agenda - Findings and Issues
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The aim of these workshops will be to consolidate the knowledge and issues arising from the different ‘mini-conference’ sessions under the main headings: the Learning Sciences, Digital Approaches and Resources, and Learning Environments. They will allow the inter-connections to be drawn between these different themes.
Chairs: Petter Skarheim, Michael Lanners, Anneke Boot
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Learning Sciences - Chair: Petter Skarheim, Discussant: Reijo Laukkanen
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Digital Approaches and Resources - Chair: Michel Lanners, Discussant: Frances Pedro
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Learning Environments - Chair: Anneke Boot, Discussants: Tony Mackay, Valérie Hannon
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18:00-19:30
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Cocktail
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DAY 2:
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Friday 16 May
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09:00-09:45
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PLENARY SESSION
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5. The Learning Agenda and Education
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This session will report back on key points from the preceding workshops on a) Learning Sciences b) Digital Approaches and Resources and c) Learning Environments in order to get into the challenges for education for Day 2. It will begin to sharpen the focus on the overall conference themes of research, innovation and policy. Chair: Frances Kelly, Animator: Tony MacKay, Presentations: Petter Skarheim, Michel Lanners, Anneke Boot, Michael Stevenson
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09:45-11:00
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WORKSHOP SESSIONS
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6. Challenges Arising for Education: Research, Innovation and Policy Perspectives
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The workshops will develop the challenges for education of creating 21st century learning systems, examining:
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11:30-13:00
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PLENARY SESSION
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7. Panel: Education for Learning in the 21st Century
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The panel will interrogate the main workshop issues and conclusions, and will broaden the discussion with different stakeholders.
Chair: Frances Kelly
- Gabor Halasz, Klaus Luther, Sylvia Schmelkes, reporting on Research, Innovation and Policy Workshop
- Valeri Hannon, on Research, Innovation, and Policy Inter-linkages
- Charles Fadel on 21st Century Skills and Partnerships
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8. OECD Keynote: Drivers for Reform Strategies - Learning and Innovation
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Presentation by Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of OECD
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13:00-14:30
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Lunch
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14:30-16:40
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PLENARY SESSION
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9. The Learning Reform Agenda
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This session will seek to draw together the main themes and conclusions regarding the agenda for educational reform, including the issue of how far current reforms are consistent with the directions identified in the debates. It will ask what might be done in OECD countries to ensure that the reform agenda is strongly defined by the promotion of successful learning and innovation.
Chair: Frances Kelly
Animator: Tony MacKay
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10. Conference Conclusions and Closing Remarks
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This session will draw the conference to a close both through reiteration of the key lessons learnt and through looking to longer-term themes for CERI work in the future.
Concluding remarks: Aart de Geus, and Bernard Hugonnier
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