AI i arbetet – om vikten av mänsklig närvaro och samarbete med tekniken
Artificiell intelligens (AI) har på kort tid blivit en självklar del av vår vardag både som verktyg i arbetet och som samtalsämne i lunchrummet. Tekniken väcker fascination men också oro. Vad innebär det egentligen när digital teknik inte längre bara assisterar oss i vårt arbete utan också agerar som en slags ständigt närvarande digital kollega […]
The WIL art of prolific conference attendance: A conference is more than a post on your CV!
Conferences are highly valued for the opportunities they provide for broadening horizons, networking, research communication and positioning in the research field, but there are limited resources for travelling and participation at conferences. Thus, conference attendance should be well prepared for and seen as a strategic investment both for the individual researcher and for the organization […]
Building bridges between theory and practice at the NEON conference, part II
This year’s NEON conference was situated in Tromsö, Norway. We, a group of researchers from University West, arranged a track, Learning in work life, featuring contributions from researchers across various universities and disciplines. (See also PART I of this blog post). In the following we will present an analysis of the conference contributions in relation […]
Transforming Education – Transforming Lives: Reports from a special session on Current Issues in Work-Integrated Learning (CIWIL) in Europe
The international outreach of CIWIL (KAM AIL in English https://www.hv.se/en/research/research-environments/area-of-strength-work-integrated-learning/) was impressive at the ICERI 2024 conference. This world-wide conference attracted 780 attendees from 70 countries. CIWIL (KAM AIL) among others organized the special session Current Issues in Work-Integrated Learning (CIWIL) in Europe chaired by Ulrika Lundh Snis, Anna Karin Olsson and Kristina Areskoug Josefsson. […]
WIL Reflections…it’s alive!
Welcome to University West’s research blog about Work integrated Learning (WIL). Through the blog, we want to actively stimulate a theoretically grounded and critical discussion about how WIL can be understood as a multifaceted phenomenon, concept, or research area. We envision that such a discussion will illustrate and develop the core and the elasticity of […]
