The 2nd MIND Symposium

At the crossroads of collaboration, interaction and development: A MIND map for research on teaching and learning

On the 14th of December, MIND (Mälardalen INteraction and Didactics) research group organised the 2nd MIND mini-symposium: “At the crossroads of collaboration, interaction and development – A MIND map for research on teaching and learning”. With MIND researchers from Mälardalen University Turun yliopisto – University of Turku Masaryk University and our guests from Stockholm University & Linköping University, we started the day with 7 presentations on #AI-assisted #teacher #education, #classroom interaction with #telepresence #robots, human-#robot interaction, oral #proficiency exams, #online teaching in #university classrooms #EMI, aided-communication in special education, and #drama-based teaching. MIND research day showcased the diversity of interests around which similar minded researchers and educators can come together and discuss, cooperate, and collaborate. After the presentations, we had three newly-tested collaborative activities: (1) Collaborative MIND-mapping / (Re)imagining MIND (ReMINDing), (2) Research Speed Dating – Pairing and teaming for future research, and (3) Imagining and visualising future research proposals. We are building MIND together, co-imagining our future with INTERACTION at the centre for research that matters and education for all.

We do not just believe, but also repeatedly demonstrate through our research that without a focus on the complex details of interaction one cannot truly understand the underlying dynamics of teaching, learning, and education.

Stay tuned for our data sessions, forthcoming publications, projects, and events for researchers and teachers. I would like to thank the members of this dedicated group (Annaliina Gynne Maria Larsson, Marwa Amri, Merve BOZBIYIK, David Ryška, Teppo Jakonen, Helena Tegler), including the friends of MIND (Christa Roux Sparreskog, Nina Klang, Silvia Kunitz, Klara Skogmyr Marian).

Special thanks to Christa Roux Sparreskog Merve BOZBIYIK & Marwa Amri for the organisation of the event.

See below the list of presentations:

9:00 Introduction

9:15 David Ryška, Masaryk University

Transitioning between task prompts during EFL oral proficiency exams

9:35 Merve Bozbiyik, Mälardalen University

Displays of Co-Constructed Content Knowledge using Translanguaging in Breakout and Main Sessions of online EMI classrooms

9:55 Silvia Kunitz, Linköping University

Experiences with materials design in education research: from L2 oral task design to the design of HRI experiments in educational robotics

10:15 Teppo Jakonen, University of Turku

Situation awareness in telepresence robot -mediated interaction

10:35 Fika Break

10:55 Olcay Sert, Mälardalen University

AI-Assisted reflective practice in teacher education: preliminary observations from a pilot study

11:15 Helena Tegler and Nina Klang, Mälardalen University

Teacher scaffolding in aided communication in a special school for students with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

11:35 Klara Skogmyr Marian, Stockholm University 

Drama-based L2 teaching from an interactional and multimodal perspective

12:00 Lunch

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13:15 – 14:15        Collaborative MIND-mapping / (Re)imagining MIND

14:30 – 15:15        Research Speed Dating  – Pairing and teaming for future

research

15:15 – 16:00        Imagining and visualising future research proposals