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FRIENDS OF THE
CONFERENCE
J. Ola Lindberg
Member of the Scientific Committee, former member of
the Publications and Promotions Committee, presenter, moderator
Ola earned his teachers certificate at Luleε
University of Technology in 1992, and worked until 1997 as a
teacher in mathematics and natural science. From 1996 he has
been engaged in teacher education, and in 2005 he earned
his PhD in Education at Umeε University. He is now a senior
lecturer at the Department of Education, Mid Sweden University.
His special interests lie in ICT and teaching,
the development of a digital competence for teachers, distance
and online education and online learning communities, with a
main research interest in teacher professional development
supported by ICT. His research departs from a philosophical
hermeneutical approach with an overall aim at understanding
social and ethical processes of teaching and fostering. Together
with his colleague and friend Dr. Anders D Olofsson, he has
edited the forthcoming book
Online Learning Communities and Teacher Professional Development:
Methods for Improved Education Delivery.
Ola
has within his research area contributed
internationally with book chapters, journal articles and
conference papers. He is the project leader for the
international project Technology Enhanced Teacher
Professional Development in Sweden and China, concerned with
a three-year collaborative study between Mid Sweden University
and South China Normal University supported by SIDA and the
Swedish Research Council. He is also the leader for the research
group Digital Competence in Teacher Education for the
Faculty of Educational Sciences at Mid Sweden University.
Marcie
Boucouvalas
Henk
Eijkman
Ġorġ Mallia
Peter Mayall
Katherine McGuire
Anders D. Olofsson
Barry O'Grady
Pericles 'Asher'
Rospigliosi
Jiorgos
Sarrigeorgiou
Simon
Shurville
Mary Snow
Richard Snow
Anthony Whitefield
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