Workshop overview 2026
Welcome to participate in the Spring 2026 Worshops Series and the KECIBN Conference, May 2026. These events offer a unique opportunity to engage with leading researchers, exchange knowledge, and explore innovative practices in outdoor Education and Inclusive/Special Education, and could have synergies for other topics you currently are working with.
Workshop Series
The workshops are designed to inspire and empower educators through collaboration and street-data driven discussions. Each workshop is based on knowledge exchanges as shared and attuned:
- Start-Up Workshop: Engage with a researcher who will introduce a themes in either Outdoor Education or Inclusive/Special Education.
- Follow-Up Workshop: Share your collected "street data" from your school environment with the researcher and fellow participants, fostering knowledge exchange and collaborative discussions.
Your active participation will culminate in an opportunity to present your insights and engagement at the KECIBN Conference May 20 - 21, 2026.
Workshop Schedule, spring 2026
- Facilitator: Garth Nichols
- Update KECIBN Conference: Anne Cath. H. Asplin
(Tentative dates, changes may occure...)
| Theme | Date | Time | Special Guest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor Education, Start-Up | January 22 | 14:15 - 15:45 | Guest: Leif Inge Magnussen |
| Outdoor Education, Start-Up |
February 4 (10.02?) |
14:15 - 15:45 | Guest: Ann-Christin Ferrari Holme |
| Inclusive/Special Education, Start-Up |
March 12 |
14:15 - 14:45 | Guest: Kenneth Larsen |
| Outdoor Education, Follow-Up "Street Data" Sharing | March 25 | 14:15 - 15:45 | Facilitator "Share Street Data": Leif Inge Magnussen |
|
Inclusive/Special Education, Follow-Up "Street Data" Sharing |
TBD (Date to be set) 09.04 |
14:15 - 15:45 |
Facilitator "Share street data": Kenneth Larsen |
| Outdoor Education, Follow-Up "Street Data" Sharing | April 21 | 14:15 - 15:45 | Facilitator "Share Street Data": Ann-Christin Ferrari Holme |
3rd KECIBN Conference - May 20-21, 2026
Theme: Shared Attuned and Knowledge Exchange
The KECIBN Conference offers a dynamic program filled with excursions, field trips, and opportunities for meaningful knowledge exchange and creation. It will be the perfect platform to showcase your learnings and contributions from the Spring 2026 Workshop Series or sharing ongoing development work at your school, more info about KECIBN Conferences.
We would be delighted to welcome you both to the Workshops Series and to the KECIBN Conference. Your participation will enrich the discussions and help shape the future of education.
For further information or to confirm your participation, please feel free to contact us at anne.asplin@usn.no
Warm regards,
Previous workshops
Workshops 2025
Read the welcome letter here 2025 (.pdf)
| Workshop theme | Date | Time | Special guest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop 1 OUTDOOR | 22th January | 14:15-15.45 | |
| Workshop 2 OUTDOOR | 4th February | 14:15-15.45 | |
| Workshop 3 INCLUSIVE/SPECIAL | 10th February | 14:15-15.45 | |
| Workshop 4 OUTDOOR | 12th March | 14:15-15.45 | |
| Workshop 5 OUTDOOR | 25th March | 14:15-15.45 | |
| Workshop 6 INCLUSIVE/SPECIAL | 9th April | 14:15-15.45 | |
| Workshop 7 | 21th July | 14:15-15.45 (or this session to be decided best suitable time) |