Presentation Panel
Can We, The Educators, (Re)Create a Band of Learners or an Esprit de Corps That Supersedes the Boundaries of Age, Gender, Abilities and Preferences?
Date Thursday, Nov 24 Time – Room: Koepenick III
Learning is a multi-faceted action, often based on trust. We know that creating a band of learners often results in more in-depth, contextual, and textured learning. However, this community feeling seems to be less evident today, as society is interwoven by many echo chambers tearing us apart as humans. Educators are experienced at building bridges, so can we reinstate trust in a more diversity-aware society?
Annasofie Lund Wædeled will zoom in to 'what affects learning communities in a digital era and how we can approach that as educators’, while Inge de Waard will highlight 'innovative learning approaches that place educators in a mentoring position creating learning communities'.
Warning! This will be an interactive talk, using the boardroom lead experiences as a starting block to create an ad hoc community of practitioners, where we share our own experiences and views. Let's get together, and share some real-world experiences in our quest to bring learners and educators together to ignite a community spirit that benefits all learners.
Annasofie Lund Wædeled
Administrative Officer, The Royal Danish Defence College, Denmark
Annasofie is a teaching and learning consultant at The Royal Danish Defence College. She has an MA in pedagogy and didactics and has and has extensive experience as both teacher and counselor. Her main areas of work include training of teachers in different sectors, development of teaching courses and pedagogical/didactic consultancy. Her key skills and interests include E-learning, learning culture, "civic literacy", storytelling in education, PBL and reflective practise learning.
Inge de Waard
Learning Strategist and Connector, EIT InnoEnergy, Belgium
Inge de Waard is the learning strategist at EIT InnoEnergy, she is a longtime researcher, activist, award-winning learning innovator and (e)Learning coordinator. She developed multiple online & hybrid courses, co-designed AI tools, and embedded learning innovations. Inge coaches and co-creates international, blended curricula with engineers and teachers, and explores innovative learning formats. Her expertise is recognized by peers, resulting in additional co-authored papers, invited talks and keynotes in both academic and professional conferences, workshops and seminars. She recently founded the Power Elders initiative to spotlight role models who changed their lives at any age beyond 50. Most of all, she likes to connect with people and share stories.