Beyond Storytelling
2018: Re-Authoring Futures
When: 8 – 9
June 2018
Where: Hamburg,
Germany
Cost to
attend: 1000 EUR.
Early bird:
790 EUR (28 February)
Information:
http://www.beyondstorytelling.com/introduction/
Registration:
http://www.beyondstorytelling.com/bst18tickets/
Program: http://www.beyondstorytelling.com/program/
(Keynotes from: Joe Lambert (Chief listener and convener), Chené Swart
(Consultant and trainer), Sohail Inayatullah (UNESCO)
Description
(from organisation)
Futures are unknown and cannot be known. Yet,
individually and collectively, we need an image and an idea how the future will
look like to inform and guide our decisions and actions in the here and now.
At the same time, we are tempted, as
individuals, organizations and communities to project what we know into the
future. All too often, these imagined futures are constrained by what we think
is possible or impossible to do.
True change and innovation rests on our
ability to re-imagine and re-author the futures we want to live into – to open
new perspectives and new ways of thinking and doing.
At BEYOND STORYTELLING 2018 we want to
explore the potential of narrative approaches and working with stories to
support organizations, individuals and communities in exploring their futures
anew.
UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2018
When: 26 – 30 March 2018
Where: UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France.
Cost: registration mandatory. No cost to
attend, but travel and stay at your own expense.
Information: https://en.unesco.org/mlw/2018
Description:
Mobile Learning Week is UNESCO’s flagship
ICT in education conference. Mobile Learning Week 2018 is being organized in
partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United
Nations specialized agency for ICT.
The 2018 event will be organized under the
theme “Skills for a connected world”. Participants will exchange knowledge
about the ways governments and other stakeholders can define and achieve the
skills-related targets specified by Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4).
The conference, consisting of four related
sub-events, will facilitate actions to:
Defining and mainstreaming digital skills;
Innovating skills provision for jobs in the
digital economy;
Closing inequalities and gender divides;
and
Mapping and anticipating changing skill
needs
The sub-themes and sub-events of the
conference are explained in detail in the concept
note. Overall, Mobile Learning Week 2018 will provide a platform to share
exemplary practices in mobile learning, with a specific focus on blending
‘non-digital’ education approaches and mobile learning applications in order to
reduce inequality, spur innovative approaches to teaching and learning, and
bridge formal and non-formal systems.
Programme
Workshops - Monday 26 March
The Workshops will facilitate
demonstrations of innovative policies, research, projects, and mobile learning
solutions. Workshop presenters will be selected from wide range of
international organizations, NGOs, governmental agencies, and academic
institutions that are implementing digital skills development programmes.
Sixteen workshops will be conducted.
Symposium – Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28
March
The Symposium forms the core of Mobile
Learning Week and will feature opening and closing remarks from UNESCO, ITU and
other partner organizations, keynote speeches, high‐level plenary addresses, and over 60 breakout sessions.
Policy Forum – Thursday 29 March
(invitation only)
The Policy Forum will offer a platform to
discuss the different pathways that governments are using to support the
development of the digital skills required in the digital economy.
► Download the Policy
Forum agenda.
Strategy Labs - Friday 30 March
Strategy Labs will be hosted by UNESCO and
ITU partner organizations to help guide the conceptualization and refinement of
projects for defining frameworks, assessing digital skills across groups and
across time, and anticipating the changing needs for digital skills.
Seminar: Citizenship in the American and
Global Polity: An Interdisciplinary Seminar for College and University Faculty
When: 15 – 20 July 2018
Where: Aspen Wye River campus in
Queenstown, Maryland, USA
Registration: 1 March 2018 at the latest
Cost:
Full participant = $2,975
Cost:
Full participant = $2,975
Accompanying spouse/guest = $2,100 (shared
room, all meals)
All costs include lodging, meals, group
events, and materials. Airfare and transportation to and from the closest
airport is not included; early flight booking is strongly recommended.
Description:
Part of the Wey Academic Programs. The Wye Faculty Seminar is one of the premier faculty development programs. The seminar seeks to address what we believe is a central need of faculty members—to exchange ideas with colleagues from other disciplines and other institutions committed to liberal education, and to probe ideas and values that are foundational to liberal learning in a free society.
Part of the Wey Academic Programs. The Wye Faculty Seminar is one of the premier faculty development programs. The seminar seeks to address what we believe is a central need of faculty members—to exchange ideas with colleagues from other disciplines and other institutions committed to liberal education, and to probe ideas and values that are foundational to liberal learning in a free society.
Modeled in the tradition of the Aspen
Institute Executive Seminars, the Wye Faculty Seminar combines three essential
goals:
to gather a diverse group of thoughtful
individuals in intellectually rigorous discussions;
to explore great literature stretching from
ancient to contemporary time; and
to translate ideas into action suitable to
the challenges of our age.
Outcomes and Impact
Past participants have emphasized the
following outcomes and impact of their participation in the Wye Faculty
Seminar:
Personal and professional refreshment;
Deeper and broader knowledge of
interdisciplinary approaches to classroom discussions;
Exposure to diverse academic and personal
perspectives.
An example of past curriculum can be found here.
The Wye Faculty Seminar is offered to
selected faculty members who have the honor of being nominated by their
presidents and deans for their distinctive contributions to the quality of
liberal education.
The Wye Faculty Seminar combines vigorous
intellectual exchange with time to read, reflect, exercise, and socialize on
the beautiful Aspen Wye River campus in Queenstown, Maryland. The seminar is
supported jointly by AAC&U and the Aspen Institute.
