2024 Knowledge Building Summer Institute (KBSI)*

Knowledge Building Summer Institute (KBSI)*

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The annual Knowledge Building Summer Institute (KBSI), formerly known as the Summer Institute on Knowledge Building, the Knowledge Forum® Summer Institute and Knowledge Forum® Workshop, aims to extend the community of knowledge builders, to set a course for future developments. Newcomer and veteran knowledge builders view and discuss the work of innovative practitioners, researchers, and engineers from around the world. Participants work spans elementary to tertiary education, health care, professional communities and businesses.

KBSI is organized by the Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology (IKIT) and Knowledge Building International (KBI), formerly the Knowledge Society Network (KSN), located at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT)

Conference History:

KBSI 2025, June 2025, Finland

Conference Theme: Knowledge Building: Creating Coherent Knowledge to Advance Socially Significant Goals
(Host: TBD)

Program TBD

KBSI 2024, June 9, 2024, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA / Virtual venue & October 2024, Singapore

Conference Theme: Knowledge Building: Creating Coherent Knowledge to Advance Socially Significant Goals
(Host: Learning Sciences Initiative, Buffalo Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo; TBD)

Presentations:
The application of AI to Knowledge Building
Collaborating with Gen-AI in a Social Epistemological World

Lightning talks:
Developing AI- empowered analytics for Knowledge Building
Collabot: Can AI help students to improve their ideas?
Exploring the role of AI in Knowledge Building from Elementary to Higher Education, with focus on depth of understanding and work in design mode
Investigating students’ reliance on AI in Knowledge Building
Integrating Generative AI with Knowledge Building: Teachers’ and Principals’ Perspectives
Report Cards reimagined for Knowledge Building
Fostering self-organization for knowledge advancement
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Working groups’ sessions:
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Panel Discussion

“Knowledge Building” papers @ ISLS Annual Meeting:
Emergent Design for Developing Undergraduates’ Understanding of Research in a Knowledge Building Community
A Meta-Space for “Super Notes”: How Two Teachers Supported Cross-Classroom Collaboration for Knowledge Building
Detecting Patterns of Idea Novelty and Complexity in Student Knowledge Building Discourses
Evaluating Metaspace as an Infrastructure for Teacher Cross-Community Collaboration in Knowledge Building
Build Resilience in Knowledge Building Communities: Teacher’s Growth Mindset Oriented Feedback to Support Grade 5 Students’ Yearlong Science Inquiry

Singapore Events:
(TBC) Knowledge Building Design Studio, Oct 28-30

KBSI 2023, June 11-15, 2023, Dawson College, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Conference Theme: Education in Design Mode: The Knowledge Building Challenge (was: The Knowledge Building Collaboratory: Education in Design Mode)
(Host: FSÉ Département d’études sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage, Université Laval; Department of Pedagogical Research, Dawson College)

Note: KBSI is taking place in conjunction with the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) Annual Meeting, combining the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) and the Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) conference. Jun 10-15; Theme: Building knowledge and sustaining our community; Venues: Concordia University, Dawson College and McGill University

Plenary Sessions:
Education in Design Mode: A Knowledge Building Challenge
Key takeways, challenges and next steps in…
– …Designing Tools, Frameworks and Implementation Tools for Knowledge Building in the Wild
– …Designing Knowledge Building Communities with Analytics and AI in Mind
– …Infrastructure for Knowledge Building: Contrasting Issues and Approaches to Define the Future of Knowledge Building
KB LUNCH TALK: Partnering with AI to Address KB Challenges

Parallel Sessions:
Designs for Knowledge Building in the Field
Designing Knowledge Building Tools and Technologies
Designs and Frameworks for Knowledge Building Implementation
New Designs for Knowledge Building Communities
Desigining Analytics to Sustain and Advance Knowledge Building
Challenges and Opportunities of AI and Knowlege Building
Design Challenge Sessions

Paper presentation sessions:
SYMPOSIUM: Emergent Designs and Collective Capacity for Innovating Higher Education Knowledge Building Environments
Designs and Challenges of Scaling Knowledge Building Communities in K-12 Environments

Sessions @ ISLS:
CSCL AI Special Session
Infrastructures for Knowledge Building Symposium @ ISLS

KBRI Design Challenge
KBI Annual General Meeting

Co-located Conferences:
International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) Annual Meeting, Jun 10-15
Conference Theme: Building knowledge and sustaining our community
– International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS)
– Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)

KBSI 2022, August 22-26, 2022, Aeres University of Applied Science, Wageningen, The Netherlands / Virtual venue

Conference Theme: Knowledge building for the public good: Education for a world in transition
(Host: Aeres University of Applied Science, Faculty of Education and Teacher Education)

Face-2-Face & Virtual Sessions, Aug 22-24; Face-2-Face Sessions only, August 25-26

Keynotes:
Knowledge Building Collaboratory: Sustained Principles-Based Work in Design Mode

Triple- Symposium:
Preparing triple-symposia session
KB and sustainability
KB co-creating in and connecting between systems (whole system approach)
KB infrastructure
Plenary: “Bringing our knowledge together” Integration of the triple symposia

Knowledge Building Collaboratory Sprint
Tracks: Designer track; Consultant track

Paper Sessions:
Adventures in the KBIN: Collaboratories, Studios, Metaspaces & Beyond
Exploring new analytic terrain for KB
Knowledge Building in Higher Education and the Professions
Use of existing analytics to support KB
KB: Crossing boundaries, communities and institution

Poster Sessions:
KB Practices & New Strategies

PHD-around the world CAFÉ meeting each other

KBI 2021, November 19-20, 2021, Aeres University of Applied Science, Wageningen, The Netherlands Virtual venue

Conference Theme: Building Knowledge for Public Good: Meeting New People and New Ideas in Knowledge Building’s Metaspace (was: Knowledge Building, Responsive Education, and Knowledge for Public Good)
(Host: Aeres University of Applied Science, Faculty of Education and Teacher Education)

Note: The conference was originally scheduled for Summer, 2021

Presentation Sessions:
Knowledge Building for Public Good (plenary)
Students’ engagement
Making Accessible Knowledge Building through Knowledge Facilitation (KF)
Knowledge Building Analytics
Knowledge Building Frameworks
Classroom Implementation

Working Sessions:
Student-Led Design
Global Communities
Student-Led Design

Group Discussions:
Deepening and Broadening Knowledge Building
Bringing the Sessions Together – Next Steps

Knowledge Building International (KBI) Updates

KBI 2020, November 20-21, 2020, Aeres University of Applied Science, Wageningen, The Netherlands Virtual venue

Conference Theme: ~~Knowledge Building, Responsive Education, and Knowledge for Public Good~~ A Global Knowledge Building Design Experiment: Saving the Planet, Saving Lives
(Host: Aeres University of Applied Science, Faculty of Education and Teacher Education)

Note: The Summer Institute was scheduled for August 23-26, 2020

Plenary Sessions:
Visions for the Design Experiment (2x visioning/design session with panel discussion)

Parallel Sessions:
Knowledge Building Innovation Network
Knowledge Building Analytics: Exploring Distinctions Between Learning Analytics and Knowledge Building Analytics
A rising Knowledge Building tide lifts all boats: New Knowledge Building research and coherent approach to modern pedagogies and assessments

Knowledge Building International (KBI) – Annual General Meeting (AGM)

KBSI 2019 workshops

Theme: Knowledge Building Practices and Technology for Global Hubs of Innovation

KBSI Wageningen 2019, November 26-30, 2019, Aeres University of Applied Science, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Conference Theme: Knowledge Building Advanced Learning Analytics and Knowledge Forum (User-interface design week!)
(Host: Aeres University of Applied Science, Faculty of Teacher Education)
KBSI Lyon 2019, June 17, 2019, École normale supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France
(In conjunction with the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), JUn 17-21)
KBSI Toronto 2019, April 7-9, 2019, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Conference Theme: Plan to establish the Knowledge Building Research Institute (KBRI)
(In conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Apr 5-9; Host: University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education)
KBSI Hiroshima 2019, March 17-20, 2019, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Conference Theme: Knowledge Forum: Online Platform for Collaborative Idea Improvement
(Host: Hiroshima University, )
KBSI Beijing 2019, March 15-16, 2019, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
(Host: Beijing Normal University, Advanced Innovation Center for Future Education)
KBSI Singapore 2019, March 12-13, 2019, Singapore
Conference Theme: Knowledge Building Practices and Technology for Global Hubs of Innovation
(In conjunction with Knowledge Building Network Learning 2019 – Organized by the Knowledge Building Community (Singapore); Host: Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education; St. Hilda’s Primary School)

22nd KBSI 2018, August 14-17, 2018, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Conference Theme: Knowledge Building: A Place for Everyone in a Knowledge Society
(Host: KBI & IKIT)

Workshops:
Collaboratory Workshop (Part 1: Demo, Part 2: Design Hack)
Idea Thread Mapper Workshop – Teacher & Engineer Design Hack

Design Experiment:
Site Visits & Knowledge Building Circle (Reflections); Knowledge Building/Knowledge Forum Work; Research Design Team Interventions; Updates, Feedback, and Final Presentation on Knowledge Forum Work and Promising Ideas

Parallel Sessions:
Building Innovative Capacity: Knowledge Building in Professional Learning Contexts
Knowledge Building and Diverse Learners: Collective Responsibility for All
The Leading Student Achievement Project: Lessons for Long-Term Success
Scalability and Sustainability of Knowledge Building
Promoting Productive Discourse
Cultivating a Design Mindset
Spreading Knowledge Building: From Schools to Districts
Discourse Analysis
Improvable Ideas, Co-invention, and Classroom Perspectives
Knowledge Building Analytics: From Analysis to Actionable Insights
Crossing Boundaries: Knowledge Building Across and Beyond the Curriculum
Crossing Boundaries and Bringing Communities Together
Global Innovation Network: The Leadership Factor
STEM, Robotics, and Networked Schools
Analyse-Reflect-with-Technology: Knowledge Building & Learning Analytics in Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment of 21st Century Competencies
Designs to Foster KB Discourse and Metadiscourse
Schoolwide Cultures for Idea Improvement
Knowledge Building, Anytime, Anywhere
Knowledge Building and Professional Learning
Building Epistemic Agency through Risk-Taking with Ideas
Towards Inclusive Classrooms
Designing Curricula and Ubiquitous Learning Resources

Pizza Lunch and Poster Session
Journal of Learning Sciences Webinar

Plenary Sessions:
Design Experiments to Advance Knowledge Building Frontiers
Knowledge Building Research Institute (KBRI): Introduction
New Opportunities for the Advancement of Knowledge Building

Knowledge Building International (KBI) Annual Meeting & Team Reports

21st KBSI 2017, June 18-22, 2017, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Conference Theme: Making a Difference: Knowledge Building Communities
(In conjunction with the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), Jun 18-22)

CSCL Symposia:
Making a Difference: Analytics for Quality Knowledge-Building Conversations
Scripted and Unscripted Aspects of Creative Work with Knowledge
Toward a Multi-Level Knowledge Building Network

CSCL Sessions:
Broadening participation within and across communities
Examining knowledge building practices and communities

20th KBSI 2016, June 22-23, 2016, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Conference Theme: Multi-Level Knowledge Innovation Networks
(In conjunction with the International Conference of the Society of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Jun 20-24)

ICLS tracks:
Knowledge Building Practitioners’ Track

ICLS short paper sessions:
Knowledge Building

19th KBSI 2015 events

Theme: Share the Excitement: Knowledge Building Innovations Around the World

Building Cultural Capacity for Innovation (Mesa Redonda), December 7, 2015, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
(In conjunction with the 6º Simpósio Hipertexto e Tecnologias na Educação e 2º Colóquio Internacional de Educação com Tecnologias, Dec 7-8; Host: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Núcleo de Estudos de Hipertexto e Tecnologia na Educação)
Knowledge Building Summer Institute (KBSI) Day, September 9, 2015, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
(In conjunction with the 10th anniversary National Congress of the Collaborative Knowledge Building Group (CKBG), Sep 9-12; Host: Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici; Organizer: Collaborative Knowledge Building Group)
Hubs of Innovation, July 17, 2015, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Conference Theme: Hubs of Innovation
(In conjunction with the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT) Conference, Jul 13-17; Host: University of Auckland, Faculty of Education and Social Work)
Knowledge Building Symposium 2015, July 9-10, 2015, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Conference Theme: Teachers as Knowledge Creators: Future-Oriented Professional Learning and Development
(Co-organizer: University of Otago, College of Education, Centre for Distance Education and Learning Technologies; Knowledge Building New Zealand)
School-University-Government Partnerships to Foster Innovation, June 12, 2015, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
(Host: University of Prince Edward Island, Faculty of Education)

18th KBSI 2014, August 12-15, 2014, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada

Conference Theme: Building Knowledge in an Open Informational World
(Co-organizers: Technology for Advanced Collaboration Among Teachers (TACT) and Remote Networked Schools (RNS))

17th KBSI 2013, August 6-9, 2013, Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla, Mexico

Conference Theme: Crossing the Educational Chasm: From the Basics to Creative Work with Ideas
(Co-organizers: Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology (IKIT) Mexico)

16th KBSI 2012, August 7-10, 2012, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Conference Theme: Building Cultural Capacity for Innovation

Workshops:
Embedded Phenomena for Knowledge Communities: Supporting complex inquiry practices and interactions in the elementary science classroom
IDEAS/IDEES – Idea Development, Engagement, Educational Achievement, and Systemic Change
Visit to the iDAPT Research Centre of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
SENSEER: Le modele de l’ecole eloignee en reseau et les communautes francophones du Canada / The Quebec Remote Networked School model and Francophone communities across provinces
Automation of Qualitative Content Analysis: Using Natural Language Processing to Assess Argumentative Knowledge Construction
Outils d’analyse de vocabulaire francais. Francophone Vocabulary Analyzing Tools
Faculty Adaptations of Open Educational Resource as a Collaborative Knowledge Building Space
Understanding and Using Knowledge Forum’s Analytic Tools
How do we build a common foundation of understanding in order to tackle the complex, interrelated challenges of the 21st century in a coherent and effective way?

15th KBSI 2011, July 6-12, 2011, Hong Kong & Guangzhou, China

Knowledge Building Stream, July 6-8, 2011, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
(in conjucntion with the International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), Jul 4-8)
KBSI 2011, July 9-12, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
Conference Theme: Learning Sciences & Educational Innovation: Policy, Practice & Performance
(Host: South China Normal University, School of Information Technology in Education, Guangdong Centre for Educational Technology)

14th KBSI 2010, August 3-6, 2010, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Conference Theme: New Assessments and Environments for Knowledge Building

Design Challenge Workshops (Breakout Groups):
Identify the Main Functions for Our International Association
Establishing and Sustaining Knowledge Building Communities
Plan ways to promote metadiscourse and use it to raise the level of knowledge-buildin
Plan ways to bring “big ideas” to the front in knowledge building discourse

Design Sessions:
Open Learning Initiative and Knowledge Forum: Toward making any web object an object of Knowledge Building
Planting the Seeds for Growth in Knowledge Building and Teacher Transformation for Math and Science in Ontario Public Schools

Paper Sessions:
Valuable Ideas, Networked Worlds, and Mobile Learning
Teacher Professional Development and Belief Change
Promoting Creativity and Idea Generation
Theory to Practice: Challenges and Advances in Large Size Classrooms, Scientific Inquiry, and Theory Development
Three Journeys into the World of Knowledge Building
Confronting the Challenges
Towards New Assessments for Knowledge Building
Understanding Knowledge Building Discourse

Plenary Session:
Sustaining Knowledge Building: A Longitudinal Look at an Elementary School Experience
Educational Improvement: Student, Policy, and International Perspective
Levels of Intellectual Development in Canadian Schools, Impact of Student Involvement, and Future Directions for Continuous Feedback for Students and Teachers
Trends, Tensions and Transitions for Educational Systems in the Mediterranean Area

Keynotes:
New Assessments and Environments for Knowledge Building: Design Challenges
How to Make Good Knowledge-Building Discourse Better

13th KBSI 2009, August 29 – September 2, 2009, University of the Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Conference Theme: Global Cooperation in Teacher Education: Focus on Knowledge Building
(In conjunction with the Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) Conference; Host: Universitat de les Illes Balears, Institut de Ciències de l’Educació)

Panel Discussions (ATEE):
Technology for Social inclusion and Knowledge Creation: a key issue in Elementary and Secondary Teacher Education

Track Sessions: Global Cooperation in Teacher Education: Focus on Knowledge Building
Teacher courses in Knowledge Creation
Case Studies of Knowledge Creation
Technology, Teacher Guidance, and Roles
Knowledge Building Theme: Discourse and Literacy
Knowledge Creation in Health Care
Knowledge building as a pedagogy in use
Epistemological Beliefs and Motivation
Poster presentations

Research and Development Center Meetings:
Knowledge Building: Organizational matters (Track: “Global Cooperation in Teacher Education: Focus on Knowledge Building”)

Keynotes:
Knowledge Building Creation in Teacher Education
Teacher Education for Knowledge Creation: The Knowledge Building International Project (KBIP)

Co-located Events:
Tomorrow’s Innovators (TI) Workshop, Aug 28-31

Laboratory Experience. Knowledge Building Creation in international context. Nature of the challenge. Tomorrow’s Innovators: workshop to experience knowledge creativity

12th KBSI 2008, August 5-8, 2008, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Conference Theme: Keeping Idea Improvement Alive in a Worldwide Knowledge-Building Community

Paper Sessions:
Social Structure and Interactions for Knowledge Building
Ideas at the Centre
Measuring Knowledge Advances
Professional Development
Epistemic Agency
Confluence of Theory and Practice
Scientific Literacy
Democratizing Knowledge
Poster session & “Create your own” sessions

Symposia:
Principle-Based Teacher Professional Development: Advances and Issues

Plenary Session:
Keeping Idea Improvement Alive in a Worldwide Knowledge Building Community (panel)
Knowledge Building at the Summer Institute: Overview of the Program
Tomorrow’s Innovators
Open Learning: Increasing Participation in the Authentic Discourse of Domain (panel)
Knowledge Building in International Contexts (panel)
Advances in Knowledge Building throughout the Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology
Collaborative Knowledge Building and Powerful Instructional Environments (panel)
Scaffolding for Knowledge Creation (panel)
Next Steps: International Perspectives

Business Meeting:
Progress Toward an International Association

Co-located Events:
Tomorrow’s Innovators (TI) Workshop (w. Students and teachers from Quebec and Hong Kong)

Tomorrow’s Innovators: Reflections and How to Begin (workshop)
Tomorrow’s Innovators & Analysis, Reflection & Tours (ART) Sessions
Design Sessions:
– Learning One’s Way around in a Knowledge Domain: Individual and Collective Knowledge Advances
– Are the challenges of educational change the same with Knowledge Building as with most other reforms or are there special problems or advantages?
Knowledge Building in International Contexts (panel)
Tomorrow’s Innovators Presentation and Researchers’ Reflection

11th KBSI 2007, August 7-10, 2007, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Conference Theme: Building Knowledge for Deep Understanding

Paper Sessions:
International Multi-lingual Knowledge Building Cooperation Project
Contexts for Professional Development
Knowledge Building, Gender and Social Position
Knowledge Building in International Contexts
Analysis of Knowledge Building Networks
Teacher’s understandings of principle-based innovations
Promoting Deep Understanding
Design Research and Knowledge Building
Knowledge Building Theory
Poster Sessions & “Create your own” sessions

Plenary Session:
What is Knowledge Building? Part 1
Knowledge Building at the Summer Institute: An Overview
The Knowledge Creating Civilization: A Proposal

Co-located Events:
Tomorrow’s Innovators (TI) Workshop (with Students and teachers from Quebec and Hong Kong)

Tomorrow’s Innovators Observation & Analysis, Reflection & Tours (ART) Sessions
Design-Mode Meetings, Refinement (Design for Tomorrow) & Presentations
– Deep, cross-discipline understanding of climate change
– Sustainable and scalable knowledge building communities
– Knowledge building dynamics and assessment
Tomorrow’s Innovators and Design Team Presentations

Launch of the Knowledge Building International Project (KBIP)

10th Summer Institute on Knowledge Building 2006, August 8-11, 2006, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Conference Theme: Democratizing Society’s Innovative Capacity

Interactive Sessions:
Deeper understanding of multilingual communication problems for better knowledge building support
Assessing Cognitive Development
Knowledge Building and Algebra
Initiating, Scaling up and Sustaining the Knowledge Building Approach

Interactive “Design-mode” Sessions
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Activity Theory for Assessing Progress
Engineering Challenges to Advancing Knowledge Building

Paper Sessions:
Knowledge Building in Science, History and Social Science
Language and Literacy Issues related to Knowledge Building
Embedding Assessment to Move Knowledge Building Forward
Participation Patterns in Knowledge Building Communities
Professional Development to Support Innovative Practice
Software, Technology & New Environments
Innovations in Researching Knowledge Forum Databases
New Ways of Framing Knowledge Building Theory and Practice
Understanding Learner Issues in Knowledge Building Communities
Collaboration in On-line Higher Education & Pre-service Environments
Posters & Demonstrations Session & “Create your own” sessions

Keynotes:
Tools and Strategies for Democratizing Society’s Innovative Capacity
Dynamics of Knowledge Building at the Summer Institute
Decision Makers Forum: Extending the Limits of the Possible in Education (panel)
Knowledge Building History and Where is Knowledge Building Heading?

Co-located Events:
Tomorrow’s Innovators (TI) Workshop

Tomorrow’s Innovators & Analysis, Reflection & Tours (ART) Sessions
Principals’ Perspectives on the Tomorrow’s Innovators Design Experiment
Tomorrow’s Innovators Keynote Panel

9th Summer Institute on Knowledge Building 2005, August 9-12, 2005, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Conference Theme: Creating Knowledge to Drive Knowledge Creation

Paper Sessions:
Assessing the Dynamics of Knowledge Growth
History and Social Studies
Integrating Institutional and Educational Practices
Bridging Worlds: Knowledge Forum and Third-Party Applications
Teacher Development in the Knowledge Age: Pathways to Expertise
Discourse
Science and Mathematics
Knowledge Building Communities For Teacher Professional Development: The Case Of Francophone Classrooms/ Développement professionnel et communautés de coélaboration de connaissances: Le cas de classes francophones
Poster & Demonstration Session & “Create your own” sessions

Presentations: (?)
Getting Knowledge Building Happening in a District
Getting Started – The Catalunyan Perspective

Keynotes & Panels:
The New Creativity
Theoretical Models of Knowledge Creation (panel)
Students from Rose Avenue Junior Public School Present Knowledge Building
Principals’ Perspectives on Knowledge Building (panel)
Education Reform: Opportunities and Challenges (panel)
Where Knowledge Building is Heading: Epistemic Agency Rising to a New Level
Merging our agendas: Students, teachers, principals, parents and a Ministry of Education official discuss Knowledge Building as an educational reform (Town Hall Meeting)

Tomorrow’s Innovators
Part I-II: Students from the Institute of Child Study Lab School and North Agincourt Junior Public School – Knowledge
Building

8th Summer Institute on Knowledge Building 2004, August 10-13, 2004, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Conference Theme: Knowledge Building Discoveries & Innovations

Workshops:
International Design Experiment (KSN Design Studio)
– Teacher & student interviews
– Posters: Teacher Development; Book for Teacher Professional Development
Identifying and measuring conceptual change
Knowledge Building and skills development in business
Reading and contributing to the Summer Institute database
Robotics & knowledge building – video analysis & design discussion
Teacher professional development – Analyzing on-line discourse
Re-designing “Intelligence On-line” – Apple/Galileo/IKIT collaboration (KSN Design Studio)
Pervasive Knowledge Building: The promise of handheld technologies
Knowledge Building Environments: Getting started
Research instruments: Analytic Toolkit & Excel
Health & Environment: The Knowledge Building Challenges
Social Network Analysis
Designing Knowledge Environments to Improve Business/Organization Performance
Robotics & knowledge building – video analysis & design discussion
Telementoring for Knowledge Building: Defining new models
Microgenetic analysis & Skill theory
Design Research Methodology (Poster)
Design your own workshop

Plenary Sessions:
Voices from Knowledge Building Communities I-III
Initiative on the New Economy: Cluster #1 – Building on intuitive understandings / A developmental pathway model of individual and group innovativeness / Comprehending difficult text as a task for collaborative problem-solving; Cluster #2 – A shared resource for cross-sector research and innovation / Controlling the time demands of on-line teaching and knowledge building / Exploring the potential of semantic analysis to aid knowledge building / Overview of new developments in assessment techniques; Cluster #3 – Shared problem spaces as a basis for cross-age, Cross-sector learning and knowledge creation/ Focus on idea improvement/ Theoretical development
Moving Beyond Best Practice – Reporting Summaries and Plans

Presentations:
Design research in knowledge building communities
Microgenetic Analysis of Knowledge Building
The International Design Experiment and Knowledge Building Environments
Preliminary report from the International Design Experiment
Knowledge Society Network Design Studio: Preparing ‘Moving Beyond Best Practice’ presentations

Online Courses (5 hours):
An Introduction to Knowledge Building/Knowledge Forum
Understanding Knowledge Building Pedagogy
Applying theory to Practice

7th Summer Institute on Knowledge Building 2003, August 12-15, 2003, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Conference Theme: Beyond Best Practice

Poster Sessions:
Knowledge building for a Knowledge Society (Foundational Issues and the Big Picture; Knowledge Building: A Trajectory; Organizational Structure, Strictures, and Knowledge Building)
Innovations aimed at higher learning outcomes (Literacy; Science and Mathematics; Assessment)
Crossing interprofessional, intercultural, and interpersonal boundaries in knowledge building (Shared Resources: Telementoring and Distributed Expertise; Shared Resources: Collaboration and New Technologies)

Presentations:
The Knowledge Society Network: Assembling and using our collective resources

6th Summer Institute on Knowledge Building 2002, August 7-9, 2002, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Conference Theme: Breaking barriers

Tutorials:
Client version of Knowledge Forum
Browser version of Knowledge Forum
Virtual Suite of Possibilities
Analytic Tools

Conversations: (suggestions)
In-depth discussions with presenters
Design and development: The future of Knowledge Forum®
Databases for review and study (see Summer Institute database view “Databases to Visit”)
Informal meetings of participants to plan joint projects, address shared problems
…

Plenary sessions: (w. focused discussion)
Bringing ideas to the center, elementary to tertiary education
A knowledge building design experiment & Wrap-up
Bringing ideas to the center of teaching and professional development
Bringing ideas to the center–students as constructivists
Embedded and transformative assessment
Knowledge building as a system
The Knowledge Society Network
Innovations in online learning: Controlling time and increasing quality
Deep constructivism–taking next steps with learning communities, lesson study, and projects

5th Knowledge Forum® Summer Institute 2001, August 21-24, 2001, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Presentations, Panels & Posters

4th Knowledge Forum® Summer Institute 2000, August 9-12, 2000, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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3rd Knowledge Forum® Summer Institute 1999, August 11-14, 1999, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Theme: Creating a Knowledge Society Network

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2nd Knowledge Forum® Summer Institute 1998, August 12-15, 1998, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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1st Knowledge Forum® Workshop 1997, July 23-26, 1997, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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