Programme

Venue: University of Lapland, lecture hall LS2

Monday 27 November

09:00 – 10:00 Registration and Welcome coffee
10:00 – 10:15 Conference Opening
Welcoming Address by Dr. Heli Ruokamo, University of Lapland, Professor, Faculty of Education, Director, Centre for Media Pedagogy
Greetings from CICERO by Jari Multisilta, previous CICERO chair

10:15 – 11:15 Keynote 1: Mobile and Intelligent Assistants in Education
Professor Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK

11:15 – 12:15 Lunch
12:15 – 13:30 Session A: Media Literacies
13:30 – 14:00 Coffee/tea
14:00 – 16:30 Session B: Media and ICT in Teaching and Learning
16:30 – 18:30 Welcome Reception, Restaurant Petronella

 

MEC 2017 programme with all presentations (PDF) 

 

Tuesday 28 November

09:00 – 09:15 Opening of the day
Greetings from the National Audiovisual Institute’s Department for Media Education and Audiovisual Media (MEKU) by Dr. Leo Pekkala, Head of Department/Deputy Director
Greetings from the Finnish Society on Media Education by Associate Professor Päivi Rasi, Chairperson

09:15 – 10:15 Keynote 2: Breaking the Symbol Barrier – a New Approach to Learning Mathematics
Executive Director, Dr Keith Devlin, Stanford University, H-STAR Institute, USA

10:15 – 10:45 Coffee/tea
10:45 – 12:15 Session C: Pedagogical Models in Educational Use of ICT’s and Media 
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 14:00 Session D: Playful and Game-Based Learning
14:00 – 14:30 Coffee/tea
14:30 – 15:45 Session E: 3D, Augmented Reality, Virtual and Simulation-Based Learning
19:00 - Conference dinner, Sky Hotel (bus transfer)

Welcome Reception
Monday 27 November at 19-21
The Welcome Reception will start right after the first conference day and it will start with a welcoming drink and poster viewing. The reception will be arranged at Restaurant Petronella, at the conference venue, Faculty of Art and Design. The reception includes a light snacks with drinks. The event is included in the registration fee for all registered participants. Advance registration is required.

Conference Dinner
Tuesday 28 November at 19
The closing dinner will be arranged at Lapland Hotel Sky Ounasvaara. It is a served dinner with drinks. The dinner is included in the registration fee for all registered participants. Advance registration is required.