ASEM LLL HUB Research Network Conference ‘Workplace Learning in the Digital Era’

The ASEM LLL HUB Research Network on Workplace Learning (RN2) is holding a network conference ‘Workplace Learning in the Digital Era’ in the University of Innsbruck between 4th and 6th November 2019. The Network aims to develop frameworks for understanding how opportunities for lifelong learning, including professional and personal development at work, are distributed, structured, experienced and used. Through exchange of information, workshop discussions and joint studies of how workplace learning is provided, practised and understood in Asian and European countries, RN2 is building up a shared body of knowledge that is empirically based, contextualised and theoretically informed.  The aim of the November 2019 network conference is to review progress and to advance specific lines of inquiry, in advance of the relaunch of the ASEM LLL Hub later this year. It builds on the Bernd Rode Award (2019), which has recognised the Network for project excellence. The network conference will focus on the three themes:

  •  1. Employer engagement in vocational skills development and lifelong learning for young people;
  •  2. Global learning spaces: understanding learning in global work;
  •  3. Professional identity of young adults who learn in the workplace as part of their vocational education. The aim is to develop the agenda for the network’s activities over the next 2 years.

The conference is open for a limited amount of ASEM Partners and Stakeholders (maximum 10), on a first come first serve basis and on own expenses. Please send an e-mail to Karen Evans to express your interest in participation: karen.evans@ucl.ac.uk

The Research Network on Workplace Learning was established in 2005 as part of ASEM Lifelong Learning Hub. Its members currently come from 15 countries. The Network’s activities, membership and reports are available for download at http://www.dpu.dk/asem/researchnetworks/workplacelearning/

 

Date 04/11/2019 - 06/11/2019
Time 00:00
Location Innsbruck, Austria

Program

Conference Day 1 (Monday, Nov. 4th)

14.00 – 16.00   Introduction to the conference theme and the aims of the meeting (Karen Evans)

The ASEM network: current situation and future steps (Séamus O’Tuama)

16.00 – 17.00     Working sessions for research groups: Idea Workshop for developing the work of RN2 (for non RG 1-3 members)

19.00                  Dinner, l’Osteria (old town)

Conference Day 2 (Tuesday, Nov. 5th)

9.00 – 12.00       Presentations on current work and open questions

  • RG 1: Employer engagement in vocational skills development and lifelong learning for young people
  • RG 2: Global learning spaces: understanding learning in cross-national/cross-cultural workplaces
  • RG 3: Professional identity of young adults who learn in the workplace as part of their vocational education

12.00 – 13.00  Lunch

13.30 – 15.00  Idea workshop for further research cooperation

15.00 – 15.30  Coffee break

15.30 – 16.45  Idea workshop for further research cooperation

17.30 – 19.00   BritInn Guest lecture Natasha Kersh:

“Fostering inclusion and participation through workplace and vocational learning: enhancing the life chances of young adults through economic and social integration.”

Conference Day 3 (Wednesday, Nov. 6th)

9.00 –13.00   RN2 Research: Organizing sustainable cooperation

Discussion forum and further steps