Emerge
EMERGE - Centre for Student-Active Learning and Emerging Technologies
In a world characterized by rapid transformations of technology, society and culture, we want to establish a practice for continuous, systematic development of education, to keep up with the world. At the front are the students themselves as explorers of emerging technologies and ways of learning. The goal is to improve universities, and other learning institution’s ability to facilitate continuous development of learning methods. This involves technology, organization, rooms, methods of learning and assessment. A dialogical teacher-student-relation is central, motivated by shared matters-of-concern in the exploration of an emerging world. We achieve this through an experimental approach to teaching wherein the classroom is considered as a “laboratory”, where we not only learn together, but also discover how to learn. The annual cycles of experimentation is at the heart of EMERGE, gathering, engaging, developing and making available existing recourses of education.
EMERGE PARTNERS
Here is an overview of partners and resources, starting with the founding five departments at the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences at NTNU:
- NTNU, Dep. of Social Anthropology (SA) The host for EMERGE.
- NTNU, Dep. of Geography (IGE)
- NTNU, Dep. of Psychology (IPS)
- NTNU Dep. of Education and Lifelong Learning (IPL)
- NTNU, Dep. of Teacher Education (ILU)
Resources at NTNU:
- BLINK learning hub
- Dragvoll VR lab
- Section for Teaching and Learning (SLS)
- Fremtidens campus
- The future HUMSAM-studies
- IT strategy and governance section
National and international collaboration:
- The Convservatoire national des arts et métiers (le cnam - France)
- NTNU Social Research (NSR - Norway)
- The West University of Timisoara (WUT – Romania)
- Izmir University of Economics (IUE-Turkey)
- The University of Roma Tre (ROMA3 - Italy)
- Monash University (Victoria - Australia),
- University of Strathclyde (UK)
- BREACH (company - Norway)
- House of Literature in Trondheim (Litteraturhuset I Trondheim)
Team
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Alexander Berntsen PhD Candidate
+47-73592398 alexander.berntsen@ntnu.no Department of Social Anthropology -
Jakob Bonnevie Cyvin PhD Candidate
+47-73559075 +47-+4799598656 jakob.b.cyvin@ntnu.no Department of Geography -
Synne Svinsås Gjønnes Research Assistant
synne.s.gjonnes@ntnu.no Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture -
Mari-Ann Letnes Associate Professor
+47-41419295 mari.ann.letnes@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Tonje Victoria Lidahl Mørtsell Researcher
tonje.v.mortsell@ntnu.no Department of Social Anthropology -
Berit Therese Nilsen Associate professor/Senior researcher
+47-99534676 berit.t.nilsen@ntnu.no Department of Geography -
Marte Nubdal Senior Adviser
+47-40851058 marte.nubdal@ntnu.no HR - NTNU Section -
Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland Professor
+47-99440861 ekaterip@ntnu.no Department of Education and Lifelong Learning -
Jens Olgard Dalseth Røyrvik Associate Professor
jens.royrvik@ntnu.no Department of Social Anthropology -
Ingvild Saksvik-Lehouillier Professor
+47-73550864 ingvild.saksvik.lehouillier@ntnu.no Department of Psychology
Explore
EMERGE is a centre aiming at making educational institutions, starting with NTNU, able to incorporate exploration of emerging technologies and culture, and development in their ordinary teaching and learning practice, including their origination, culture, technical and physical facilities.
Evolve
The current EMERGE experiments include 9 courses at NTNU, an emerging learning lab and external projects. A course may be part of EMERGE for 2-5 years, being subject to exploration and transformation. After this period the course should be able to continue its development with a much looser connection to the center. This shows our on-going cycle of trial and evolution.