Venue: Salla Wilderness Park, Sallatunturi, Finland
Monday 25 September 2023
Flights from Helsinki to Kuusamo at 10:00–11:40
13:00–14:00 Registration and coffee, Sallatunturin Tuvat
14:00 Bus transfer from Sallatunturin Tuvat to Salla Wilderness Park
14:15–14:30 Conference opening - Welcome to MEC 2023 Conference!
Chair: Heli Ruokamo, Professor, University of Lapland
14:30–15:00 Greetings from Finnish Educational Research Association, FERA, Heli Ruokamo, President of FERA
Greetings from FinEd – The Finnish Multidisciplinary Doctoral Training Network on educational Sciences, Anna Rawlings, Coordinator of the FinEd Network (online)
15:00–16:30 Presentations
16:30–17:00 Coffee/tea
17:00–18.00 Keynote 1: Simulation-based Training in Healthcare: Overview and Evolving Virtual and Augmented Reality
David M. Gaba, Professor, Stanford University, USA (online)
Chair: Heli Ruokamo, Professor, University of Lapland
18:15 Bus transfer from Salla Wilderness Park to Sallatunturin Tuvat
19:00–21:00 Get-together, Sallatunturin tuvat
Tuesday 26 September 2023
08:45 Bus transfer from Sallatunturin Tuvat to Salla Wilderness Park
09:00–09:10 Opening of the day and chair Marjaana Kangas, University Lecturer, University of Lapland
09:10–09:30 Greetings from the National Audiovisual Institute’s Department for Media Education and Audiovisual Media (MEKU), Ella Airola, Project Manager
Greetings from Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Jari Multisilta, President and Managing Director (online)
09:30–10:30 Keynote 2: Can there be a (mathematically-grounded) “physics” of learning?
Keith Devlin, Mathematician, Emeritus, Stanford University, USA
10:30–11:00 Coffee/tea
11:00–12:30 Presentations
12:30–13:30 Lunch
13:30–14:30 Keynote 3: Planning for Personal Digital Inquiry: Connecting Learners in Ways That Matter
Julie Coiro, Professor, University of Rhode Island, USA
Chair: Carita Kiili, Academy Research Fellow, Tampere University
Chair: Outi Kallionpää, University Lecturer, University of Lapland
14:30–16:00 Presentations
16:00–16:30 Coffee/tea
16:30–18:00 Presentations
18:00–19:00 Free time outdoors
19:00–21:00 Lappish Hut Evening at the Salla Reindeer Park
21:15 Bus transfer from Salla Wilderness Park to Sallatunturin Tuvat