EDST Research Day showcases the rich educational research, practice, and theory developed by the department’s students and faculty. We welcome work in diverse subjects, and in all phases of development, including projects that come out of coursework, research conducted as Research Assistants or Principal Investigators, thesis sections, or papers in progress. Presenters are encouraged to try out ideas to be developed for a forthcoming conference.
Theme: Education and the Machine
Many think the field of education is changing rapidly. From the introduction of ‘generative AI’ tools, to online learning, to changes in the structures of educational institutions themselves, all aspects of the field seem to be shifting. For researchers of education, this not only means an uncertain future, but also a huge potential for exploration. This year’s theme ‘Education and the machine’ calls on researchers to think about how education may develop over the coming years in relation to these new change pressures? What are the educational implications for different sectors of society, or for society in general, from these changes? How might educational aims, contexts, and the study of education inform and be informed by rapid technological change, especially as it shapes elements of what it is to be human? The planning is finally done and we are ready to bring you Research Day 2025 to be held on the 4th of April. Registration will begin at 9:00am. The full schedule with details of the presentation sessions and the abstracts from each presenter can be downloaded here.
Keynote Address
‘Education in the Algorithmic Condition‘.
The algorithmic condition has generated a number of existential and speculative discourses concerned with education and its practices. One one hand, the algorithmic condition endangers current educational practices while simultaneously interpolating education into forms of speculative thought concerned with its future. Current forms of human cognition, knowledge, learning, identity and subjectivity, ecology, governance, and socio-political equity appear to all be placed under erasure – while these very objects and practices are also interjected into anticipatory networks of techno-colonial capture. It would seem, then, that only a fool or marketer would enter into such a desiring-space. Rather than prognosticate about education in the algorithmic condition, I will discuss how conceptions of education have brought itself to its existential and speculative moment, and I will sketch a few ways that I have been thinking about to help others pivot, respond, or escape education through, with or alongside the algorithmic condition.
Schedule
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0900 – 0930 | Registration & Refreshment | Ponderosa Ballroom |
| 0930 – 1015 | Land Acknowledgements & Awards Presentation | Ponderosa Ballroom |
| 1015 – 1145 | Keynote Presentation | Ponderosa Ballroom |
| 1145 – 1245 | Lunch | Ponderosa Ballroom |
| 1300 – 1415 | Session 1 – Storytelling | Room PCN 1001 |
| Session 2 – Antiedudisestablishmentarianism | Room PCN 1002 | |
| 1430 – 1545 | Session 3 – Anti-/De-colonialism | Room PCN 1001 |
| Session 2 – Reanthropocentrism | Room PCN 1002 | |
| 1600 – 1715 | Session 3 – Education Beyond Canada – China | Room PCN 1001 |
| Session 2 – Education Beyond Canada – South Asia | Room PCN 1002 | |
| 1730 – | Research Day Social Mingle | GSS Loft, 4th Floor, AMS Nest Building, 6133 University Blvd |
Location
6445 University Boulevard
https://www.maps.ubc.ca/?code=PCN
Registration
If you haven’t already, there is still time to register. You can do so by clicking on the link:
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This event is open to all, so please feel free to share the registration link and QR code with anybody who may be interested.
For more information, please contact the EDST Graduate Academic Assistant team at edst.gaa@ucb.ca