Release Date: 2019-08-31

Sino-Finnish Joint Learning Innovation Institute (JoLII) was established by the University of Helsinki and Beijing Normal University as an elementary part of the Learning Garden co-operation scheme between Finland and China. The institute is a network of nine Finnish universities and several Chinese universities who want to work in cooperation for future schools and high quality education.

The important mission of JoLII is to get Chinese and Finnish stakeholders to work together for high quality learning and education to all people.This summer JoLIIorganised researchers, teachers and companies to participate the conference in Rovaniemi. The conference focuses on global challenges of education and how China and Finland can work together for finding solutions for burning issues in education in both countries and also globally. The conference proceeding has keynote speeches, a panel discussion and parallel research collaborative sessions, all discussed the conference is Equity and Quality of Learning in a Global Digital World.

Keynote Speakers

HanneleNiemi, Ph.D., Professor of Education, University of Helsinki, Finland

Presentation title:Global learning crises – can digitalization and artificial intelligence provide new tools to solve the problem?

Jia Liu, Ph.D., Professor of psychology and cognitive neuroscience, Beijing Normal University, China

Presentation title:Big data and AI in Chinese Assessment on Progressive Education

TuijaTurunen, Dean, UNESCO Professor, Professor of Education, University of Lapland, Finland

Presentation title:Teacher Education in the Arctic: Challenges and opportunities

Baocun Liu, Professor and Director, Institute of International and Comparative Education at Beijing Normal University, China

Presentation title:Towards a More Equitable Quality Education: Educational Modernization in China 2035

Xiangen Hu, Ph.D. , Professor and Dean, School of Psychology at Central China Normal University (CCNU), China

Presentation title:Case Studies relevant to Equity and Quality of Learning in a Global Digital World