Pre-Conference Workshops
Join Our Pre-Conference Workshops for Extended Educational Leaders!
Are you an educational practitioner looking to enhance your skills and network with like-minded professionals? Our upcoming pre-conference workshops offers a unique opportunity to connect with fellow practitioners and share professional experiences.
- Gain Practical Insights: Learn innovative learning strategies on how to use nature and out-door education to create impactful experiential learning opportunities for children and young people.
- Enhance Your Skills: Participate in a workshop designed to improve your skills to design effective learning opportunities within extended education programs outside of the classroom.
All participants will receive a formal confirmation of completion at the end of the workshop, adding value to your professional portfolio.
Don’t miss out on this chance to grow and excel in your educational career.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
Two pre-conference workshops will be held on June 11 from 12:00 – 16:00 and participants can chose one of them.
REGISTRATION:
Participants will need to register and pay for the workshop on the registration page.
PRICE:
100 EUR (On-site)
50 EUR (Online)
WHEN: June 11th from 12:00-16:00
Detailed information about each workshop is below.
Designing effective learning opportunities outside regular classes
Ludwig Stecher (University of Giessen, Germany) & Sabine Maschke (University of Marburg, Germany)
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Workshop (hybrid) – registration is mandatory.
Where: Saga – Hagatorg, 107 Reykjavík
When: 11 June 2025 12:00 – 16:00
The workshop is dealing with the question of how effective learning environments should be designed in out-of-school settings. One aspect that has to be taken into account in this respect is how the learning atmosphere should be constructed to foster learning processes in general. In this workshop we will discuss three general pedagocial/psychological theories of effective learning which are useful to create a positive learning atmosphere: the theory of effective teaching (based on the work of Ekhard Klieme), the theory of acknowledgement (based on the work of Hans Rudi Leu), and the motivation theory (base on the work of Deci & Ryan). In the first (theoretical) part of the workshop the three theories will be presented, in the second (practical) part we will discuss and develop ideas how these three theories can be applied to designing effective learning contexts. The participants will learn – for example – how to start a workshop effectively, how to close it, or which tools they can use to create a positive working and learning atmosphere.
The workshop will be held in hybrid format.
Consumption Craze and Outdoor Education
Stína Bang, an outdoor educator at Centre for Outdoor Education at the Reykjavík City & Dr. Jakob Frímann Þorsteinsson, teacher from the University of Iceland.
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On-site workshop – registration is mandatory.
Where: Gufunes.
When: 11 June 2025 12:00 – 16:00
This Pre-Conference Workshop is two-part. On one hand, we will discuss the focus of outdoor education in Iceland and the value of collaboration between universities and institutions working in the field of outdoor education. On the other hand, we invite participants to take part in a multi-sensory journey as they engage in an outdoor smart game and are introduced to a diverse and powerful form of learning through play.
The Consumption Craze (ice. Neysluveislan) is a prominent example of how we can create impactful experiential learning opportunities for children and youth in the outdoors. This environmental scavenger hunt was designed to engage youth’s senses using multi-sensory hands-on tasks and the outdoors as its main tool.
Through experiential learning, participants engage in activities related to the consumer society of today, aiming to increase their awareness of the interplay between their own consumption and environmental issues.By combining technology, teamwork, fresh air, play, and various hands-on activities that involve looking, touching, feeling, and hearing, we aim to promote a profound understanding and engaged mindset.
At the end of the session, we will facilitate a discussion about the role of outdoor education in contemporary education and ways to connect technology and outdoor education.
This workshop is a collaboration between the School of Education and the Centre for Outdoor Education at the Reykjavík City of Outdoor Education.
Designing effective learning opportunities outside regular classes
Ludwig Stecher (University of Giessen, Germany) & Sabine Maschke (University of Marburg, Germany)
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Workshop (hybrid) – registration is mandatory.
Where: Saga – Hagatorg, 107 Reykjavík
When: 11 June 2025 12:00 – 16:00
The workshop is dealing with the question of how effective learning environments should be designed in out-of-school settings. One aspect that has to be taken into account in this respect is how the learning atmosphere should be constructed to foster learning processes in general. In this workshop we will discuss three general pedagocial/psychological theories of effective learning which are useful to create a positive learning atmosphere: the theory of effective teaching (based on the work of Ekhard Klieme), the theory of acknowledgement (based on the work of Hans Rudi Leu), and the motivation theory (base on the work of Deci & Ryan). In the first (theoretical) part of the workshop the three theories will be presented, in the second (practical) part we will discuss and develop ideas how these three theories can be applied to designing effective learning contexts. The participants will learn – for example – how to start a workshop effectively, how to close it, or which tools they can use to create a positive working and learning atmosphere.
The workshop will be held in hybrid format.
