Research School of Learning, Interaction and Knowledge in a Digitalized World (LIKED)
The LIKED Research School is based on the assumption that the digitalization of society results in challenges and opportunities for learning and education that require changes - from current to future practices.
From a lifelong perspective, one effect of digitalization is that we need to understand which tasks can and should be taken over or facilitated by technological artefacts and which should be performed by humans. This has implications for what should be taught in school, what tools students should be introduced to and supported to master.
The research school will address the following broadly formulated areas:
- How does the digitalization of society change the conditions for teaching and learning in general, and as activities that aim to provide competences for managing everyday life in a digitalized society?
- How can these competences be described, analyzed and understood in terms of learning, interaction and knowledge in a digitalized world?
- How can modern digital forms of interaction and automated learning systems, based on artificial intelligence and machine learning, be understood in terms of new learning opportunities to support students and teachers?
- What is the impact of social media on everyday life in schools as a whole, for individual children and young people in general?
- What does a changing practice and culture mean for the conditions for learning, interaction and knowledge in society and in schools?
In addition to Umeå University (host university) and the School of Education and Communication, the research school also includes the University of Gothenburg, Gävle University, Halmstad University, Jönköping University, University West, KTH and Mid Sweden University.
