ILSTE Virtual Symposium on Onlife learning in early childhood education

Nov 20, 2020 - Nov 20, 2020

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ILSTE Virtual Symposium on Onlife learning in early childhood education

Nov 20 2020

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Topics to be covered include:

It’s All About Play
Digital documentation platforms and early childhood educators working in Australia and New Zealand
Young children in digital society and the
Plenary lead by Professor Michael Henderson (guest from Monash University).

Hear about technology-enabled learning contexts relevant to early childhood. Speakers also include Professor Susan Edwards and Dr Karen McLean from ILSTE’s Early Childhood Futures research program and Professor Joce Nuttall from ILSTE’s Teacher Education research program.

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