Venue: Royal Reindeer, Rovaniemi, Finland
Tuesday 28 September 2021 – Arrival day
18:00 – 19:00 Registration, Royal Reindeer
19:00 – 21:00 Get-together, Royal Reindeer
Wednesday 29 September 2021
09:00 – 09:15 Conference opening - Welcome to MEC 2021 Conference!
Chair: Professor Heli Ruokamo
09:15 – 09:30 Greetings from the National Audiovisual Institute’s Department for Media Education and Audiovisual Media (MEKU)
Deputy Director Leo Pekkala & Senior Adviser Lauri Palsa
09:30 – 10:30 Keynote 1: Critical Thinking in the Data Age. New challenges, new Literacies.
Professor Pier Cesare Rivoltella, Milan Catholic University, Italy (ONLINE)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee/tea
11:00 – 12:15 Presentations
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 14:30 Presentations
14:30 – 14:45 Coffee/tea
14:45 – 16:00 Presentations
16:00 – Free time, outdoor activities
Thursday 30 September 2021
Free time, outdoor activities
11:00 – 11:05 Opening of the day
Associate Professor Päivi Rasi, University of Lapland
11:05 – 11:15 Greetings from the Finnish Society on Media Education
Executive Vice Director Christa Prusskij & Chairperson Marjo Kovanen
11:15 – 12:30 Presentations
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:45 Presentations
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee/tea
16:15 – 17:30 Presentations
17:30 – 18:00 Break
18:00 – 19:00 Keynote 2: The Problem-Solving Cycle and Teacher
Leadership Preparation Program: Developing and Researching Video-Based
Models for Professional Learning
Professor Hilda Borko, Stanford University, California, USA (ONLINE)
19:30 – Conference closing dinner, Sky Kitchen & View, Lapland Hotel Sky Ounasvaara