Venue: University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland (Mauri Hall, Faculty of Art and Design, F-wing)
Wednesday 21 August 2019
08:00 – 10:00 Visit to the Teacher Training School (optional, advance registration). Meet your guides Jenny Niu and Liping Sun at 7:30 in front of Santa's Hotel Santa Claus (Korkalonkatu 29). By foot to the Teacher Training School and back.
16:00 – 18:00 JoLII Committee meeting (by invitation only). Venue: University of Lapland, meeting room 113, Faculty of Education (main building, 2nd floor)
19:00 – 20:00 Rovaniemi City Reception, Alaruokasen talo (Valtakatu 8)
Thursday 22 August 2019
07:00 - 09:00 Registration, Lobby, Faculty of Art and Design (F-wing)
08:30 – 09:30 Conference opening
- Welcoming Address by Dr. Heli Ruokamo, Professor, Vice Dean, Faculty of Education, Director, Media Education Hub, University of Lapland
- Welcoming Address by Jia Liu, Ph.D., Professor of psychology and cognitive neuroscience, Beijing Normal University
- Welcoming Address by Hannele Niemi, Finnish Chair of the JoLII, University of Helsinki
09:30 – 10:15 Keynote 1: Global learning crises – can digitalization and artificial intelligence provide new tools to solve the problem? Hannele Niemi, UNESCO Chair on Educational Ecosystems for Equity and Quality of Learning 2018-2021, Ph.D., Professor of Education, University of Helsinki
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee/tea
10:45 – 11:30 Keynote 2: Big data and AI in Chinese Assessment on Progressive Education, Jia Liu, Ph.D., Professor of psychology and cognitive neuroscience, Beijing Normal University, China
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch (Restaurants Petronella and Felli) and group photo
12:30 – 13:15 Keynote 3:Case Studies relevant to Equity and Quality of Learning in a Global Digital World, Xiangen Hu, Ph.D. , Professor and Dean, School of Psychology at Central China Normal University (CCNU), China:
13:15 – 15:00 Session 1: Teaching and learning in digital world. Chairs: Heli Ruokamo and Marjaana Kangas
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee/tea
15:30 – 16:30 Session 2: Comparative research between Finland and China. Chair: Jenny Niu
19:00 – 21:00 Conference dinner,
Restaurant Felli, University of Lapland (main building)
Greetings from Dr. Stefan Kirchner, Associate Professor, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: Arctic sustainable development