The 4th MIND (Mälardalen INteraction and Didactics Research Group) mini-symposium will take place at Mälardalen University, Västerås, on the 20th of November, 2025. The theme of our symposium this year is “Beyond the binary of progressive vs. formal: interactional research on learning and teaching on the way to hybrid intelligence”. Teppo Jakonen (University of Turku) will be joining us in person – the title of his talk is “Learning by doing? The interplay of progressive and formal education in scripted VR-based medical simulation training”. In addition to our MIND researchers at Mälardalen University, we will welcome researchers like Nigel Musk, Silvia Kunitz, and Amanda Hoskins from Linköping University.
We will have research presentations, discussions, and events to facilitate collaborations. We will revisit the progressive vs. formal debate in education with a focus on interactional research. More updates will be sent out in late October.
Mälardalen INteraction & Didactics (MIND) Research Group 