Welcome to the home town of it's learning. On 12-13 April this year, we will be hosting a conference in Bergen, Norway, for it's learning users from all over Europe. In addition to joining plenary and parallel sessions in English, our guests from abroad will have the opportunity to visit Norwegian schools and see how they are using our learning platform.

Join us in Bergen to find inspiration, connect with European colleagues and meet the creators of it's learning!

Conference Programme 

Monday 12 April

  • School visits for international participants 
    • Akademiet:  the largest network of privately run high schools in Norway. The Managing Director and Principal will receive the group and focus on their best practice of it’s learning, including their thinking while implementing the learning platform at the seven schools. 
  • Plenary session
    • It's to love learning, It's to live learning; it's learning
      (Gideon Sanders, see below)

    • What's Facebook got to do with it? Digital literacy and the classroom.
      The talk is about the changes in the ways we organize knowledge in a digital age, and the implications digital media has for reading, writing, teaching and learning.
      (Arne Olav Nygard, doctoral student at the University of Stavanger, with a thesis on digital text culture. Has worked as a teacher for 12+ years, and has also worked as a developer of digital learning resources. )

  •  Informal entertainment

Tuesday 13 April 

 
 09:00  

Product 2009/10 v/Helge Hannisdal, it's learning

“Product updates and a glimpse into the future direction of it’s learning v/Helge Hannisdal Co-Founder & director of products” 
 11:00

Let’s get together and be alright v/ Gideon Sanders, McKinley Technology High School, USA

Gideon Sanders will share how he has provided inner-city youth with a voice during troubling times. Mr. Sanders will then facilitate discussion about how to open up the students voices and empower them to speak against what is unjust, celebrate ideas of their peers through support, and challenge each other critical discussions all in a safe, collaborative, global environment.
 13:00

The teaching in universities is changing. How does it’s learning fit into this? By/ Anita Monty, University of Copenhagen

Monty talks about the development of e-learningcourses at Copenhagen University and what impact it has to evolve the teaching at universities in new ways.  The internet should be used more in the learning process! It is the combination of discussions and tests (it’s learning) that makes it possible to teach outside the classroom.  Lecturers is not the only and best way to learn, and it’s learning, among others, can contribute to make e-learning in Universities more entartaining and give better effect than lectures. Anita Monty is an e-learning consultant at ITLearning Center, Copenhagen University.
 14:00

Google+ it’s learning = match made in heaven? by/ Samantha Peter, Google Education and Helge Hannisdal, it's learning

This fall, it’s learning launches a solution with Gmail integrated in the learning platform. But the cooperation does not end there. We take a look at today and tomorrows cooperation. Samantha Peter is head of products at Google Education and Helge Hannisdal is the Director of Products at it’s learning.
 15:00

Learning English with it's learning by/ Elisa Bjersand, Tanks vgs

Elisa Bjersand, Using the LMS and digital resources to teach English at upper secondary level, some examples.
 16:00   . Exploring US Education and the Trends Toward Individualized Instruction: How does it’s learning help? by/Charlotte Dowd
 

 

   

Gideon Sanders

McKinley Technology HS
in Washington, DC (USA)

Keynote Address:

"It’s to love learning; It’s to live learning; It’s Learning”

Gideon Sanders will deliver the Keynote Address to attendees on the successes he has celebrated and the difficulties he has had to navigate in establishing an on-line learning platform at the inner-city High School.  He will share experiences, correct misconceptions and confirm doubts about the barriers, but also display how it’s learning has made this opportunity accessible, easy and enjoyable for the students.  They have transformed from receivers of information to conduits of change and tell about the role it’s learning has played in that evolution.

Breakout Session:
“Let’s get together and be alright”

Gideon Sanders will share how he has provided inner-city youth with a voice during troubling times.  Mr. Sanders will then facilitate discussion about how to open up the students voices and empower them to speak against what is unjust, celebrate ideas of their peers through support, and challenge each other through critical discussions all in a safe, collaborative, global environment.

Practical information

 Time:       12 - 13 April, 2010
(Arrival Sunday 11th evening and return Tuesday 13th evening)
 Place:  Scandic Hotel Bergen City, Håkonsgaten 2 -7, 5015 Bergen, Norway
 Price:  €500,-
(including all meals and accommodation. The transportation to/from the event is not included)

We will update with more information as soon as the agenda is finalized.