Past meetings: Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Canada and Denmark

May 11
The News / Distant Education / Miscellaneous Themes  

Policies and projects: What has happened since last meeting

• Finland, New steps towards an ICT society, Yrjö Hyötyniemi
• Sweden, ICT on the agenda in Sweden, Peter Karlberg
• Norway,  Recent Policy Developments in Norway,  Øystein Johannessen
• Netherlands, Jos de Groen
• Denmark,  Revised ICT strategy, Lilla Voss
• Iceland,   A new policy, Arnor Gudmundsson
• Canada, a presentation

Distant Education  

• Upper Secondary Distance Learning project, Kimmo Koskinen, National Board of Education, Finland   
• Upper Secondary Distance Learning on the local level, teachers Raimo Maunu and Seija Matinmikko, Rovaniemi, Finland   
• Super-structures to the Pedagogical ICT Licence: ICT Themes, Subject Themes and ICT Facilitator, Leo Højsholt Poulsen, Denmark  

Miscellaneous Themes   

• The Finnish Pisa-results, Jari Koivisto, Finland  
• Managing the IPR issue in connection with national repositories of learning resources, Keimpe de Heer, The Netherlands
• Curriculum markup - a way to make goals more transparent for teachers, students and parents, Peter Karlberg, Sweden
• Rovaniemi  

May 12
A guided tour in the countryside Lapland visiting schools in remote areas

• New visions and plans to develop and establish distributed learning in the school, Ella Kiesi, Finland
• A visit at Santa, to Kitisenranta school and at Sodankylä Vocational Institute 
• The Finnish Schools System, principal Aarno Lompolojärvi, Sodankylä, Finland

May 13
Teaching material contents, quality questions for web based material , ICT – based exams and pedagogical innovations 

• Educational use of ICT, professor Heli Ruokamo, University of Lapland,Finland 

Teaching material contents

• Digital cultural content for education, Arnor Gudmundsson, Iceland   
• Teaching material contents in Sweden, Peter Karlberg, Sweden
• Strategic Issues for Digital Learning Resources, Maren Hegna, Norway    
• Flexible learning for adults, Kate Sevón, Sweden

Quality questions for web based material

• A survey on digital material quality factors, Yrjö Hyötyniemi, Finland   
• A short presentation on digital material quality factors as a Work Shop, discussion   

ICT – based exams   

• ICT - based exams, Steen Lassen, Denmark    
• Provbanken - reposatory for testquestions, Anna Lena Larsson, Sweden

Pedagogical innovations   

• Standards in educational systems, Arnor Gudmundsson, Island   
• A presentation on pedagogical innovations, Canada   
• A presentation on pedagogical innovations, Jos de Groen, Netherlands
• P2P rewiew process and the future of ICT in the schools, Ella Kiesi, Finland 

The Delegates:
Canada: McCluskey, Kevin
Iceland: Arnor Gudmundsson
The Netherlands: Natasja Langerak (Kennisnet Foundation), Keimpe de Heer (Kennisnet Foundation), Jos de Groen (Ministry of Education)
Denmark: Steen Lassen (Ministry of Education), Lilla Voss (Ministry of education), Leo Højsholt Poulsen (UNI-C)
Sweden: Peter Karlberg (Myndigheten för Skolutveckling), Anna Lena Larsson (National Agency for Education), Kate Sevón (Centre for flexible learning)
Norway: Øystein Johannessen Deputy Director General (ICT Strategy) Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, Maren Hegna (Ministry of Education)
Finland: Ella Kiesi, Yrjö Hyötyniemi, Kimmo Koskinen, Jari Koivisto (National Board of Education), Marja Kylämä (Ministry of Education)