The LT Office has been invited to “Learning Without Frontiers (LWF)”; an international event which is known to be the ‘Davos’ of the global education industry. The LWF brings together international thought leaders, policy makers and innovators from the education, technology and entertainment sectors to connect and engage in a new dialogue about the future of learning.
Recognising how affordable and disruptive technologies challenge traditional approaches to industrial scale education, the LWF community has taken a globally respected position of leadership in the use of mobile, gaming, social media, open source and other digital platforms to support learning.
The discussion, however, is not about technology but how society is changing in the digital age and how our approach and platforms for learning reflect, embrace and respond to those changes.
The event will take place on January 25th and 26th in London and the UOC will share the scenario with thought leaders/opinion leaders such as Noam Chomsky or Sir Ken Robinson.
The Learning Technologies office will play a twofold role there. Firstly, we will participate in the LWF Festival where education industry leaders showcase their latest innovations. We will present the iUOC project: enhancing mobile learning at the UOC. The iUOC allows the developing of native applications to connect with our virtual campus. The very first outcome of the project is the Campus for iPAd app, which has been developed collaboratively with Orange. Secondly, we will be part of a panel discussion with education industry experts on how mobiles can support education in schools, colleges and universities.
Stay tuned for our feedback whilst in the Learning Without Frontiers event.
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