Fireside chat: Mastery – Why Deeper Learning is Essential in an Age of Distraction

The OxfordXML (Cross-disciplinary Machine Learning) research cluster welcomes you to a fireside chat with Ulrik Juul Christensen M.D, co-author of Mastery: Why Deeper Learning is Essential in an Age of Distraction, and Jessica Kennedy White, Ph.D researcher University of Sussex, University of Oxford Alumni, Wolfson College.

How are teachers’ roles evolving? From sources of information – to sources of inspiration.

The outside world is changing digitally – humans need to change fast as well but stay human!

We’ll explore why deeper learning is more essential than ever, how AI is reshaping education, and what it means to reimagine learning in this digital age.

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Short bio:

Ulrik Juul Christensen M.D:
Executive Chairman and Founding Partner of Area9: area9lyceum.com

He is serving as the Executive Chairman for the Area9 Group that counts a high-end computer science company, Area9 Innovation, and Area9 Lyceum™ which was founded in 2018 to develop the next generation infrastructure for education targeting K-12, higher education, workforce development and corporate as well as government and defence.

He currently serve on the boards a number of companies as well as on the board of the Technical University of Denmark and Global Underwater Explorers and advisory boards of several educational organisations.

Jessica Kennedy White BA(Hons), M.Sc.
Oxford University, Wolfson College Alumni
Ph.D. interdisciplinary researcher in Education and Human Computer Interaction at University of Sussex

She is a Learning Sciences Researcher and advisor to digital learning companies on learning design and innovation.

She served as Senior Director of Learning Sciences at Area9 Lyceum™ where her doctoral research explored evidence-based applications of their Adaptive Learning Platform that enables a mastery-based approach to teaching and learning.