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The 4th MIND Mini-Symposium (20 November, 2025)

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)Continue reading “The 4th MIND Mini-Symposium (20 November, 2025)”

MIND Data Sessions, Autumn 2025/26

We are happy to announce our data sessions for the current academic semester. The sessions are in hybrid mode and can be attended online or in person. Our programme includes researchers based in Japan, Finland, the UK, Sweden and Türkiye. The topics and contexts include second language classrooms for young learners in Japan, an immersiveContinue reading “MIND Data Sessions, Autumn 2025/26”

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 researchersContinue reading “The 2nd MIND Symposium”

Helena Tegler’s research seminar

Helena Tegler’s higher seminar (Högre seminariet i didaktik) takes place on the 8th of November at Mälardalen University in Västerås.  The event can also be attended on Teams – so please get in touch with Helena or Olcay Sert if you want to receive the Teams link. ——————————————————————————   8 November:  Helena Tegler (MDU)  Teacher-fronted classroom interaction involvingContinue reading “Helena Tegler’s research seminar”

MIND Data sessions – Autumn 2023

Our data session programme for Autumn 2023 is now out! All sessions will take place in Västerås (Thursdays, 13:15, Central European Time), with a possibility to attend online. Let us know if you are interested in joining in, and also present in one of our data sessions in Spring.

Guest blog by Olcay Sert- “You need to be reminded about those small things that make differences”: Classroom interaction and language teaching

Our researcher Olcay Sert was invited to write a guest blog for Karlstad University, Centre for Language and Literature Education. Olcay wrote about the importance of classroom interaction in language teaching, arguing for a focus on classroom interaction in initial teacher education and continuous professional development. The full text is available at https://sola.kau.se/cslblog/2023/05/31/you-need-to-be-reminded-about-those-small-things-that-make-differences-classroom-interaction-and-language-teaching/ We wouldContinue reading “Guest blog by Olcay Sert- “You need to be reminded about those small things that make differences”: Classroom interaction and language teaching”

MIND Data session: Teppo Jakonen (Telepresence robots in language classrooms)

In our next data session, our visiting researcher Teppo Jakonen (University of Turku, Finland) will present a sequence from his database of interactions between telepresence robots and language learners in classrooms. The session will take place in Västerås (see below for details), but those who want to attend online can do that via Teams. Please getContinue reading “MIND Data session: Teppo Jakonen (Telepresence robots in language classrooms)”

Two data sessions at Mälardalen University, 24 January

MIND is organizing two data sessions on the 24th of January, Friday, with Søren Wind Eskildsen (University of Southern Denmark), Niina Lilja (Tampere University) and Silvia Kunitz (Stockholm University/Karlstad University). The sessions will take place at Mälardalen University (Västerås campus). Please see below for details on the venue and time. Best wishes, Olcay On behalfContinue reading “Two data sessions at Mälardalen University, 24 January”