ZSI Vision and Strategy Workshop February 17, 2010
Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Events, Ongoing Work , comments closedOur whole institute engaged recently in a 2 days strategy workshop in an idyllic place just outside of Vienna. With the heavy snow and the rural surrounding it felt really far away from the city and a good place to reshape our vision for 2020 and work on a strategy for 2015.
One of the jobs that some members of the T&W team signed up to is the design of creative spaces in our institute. Will be tough to meet the different expectations of the whole group. But hey, this is a great chance for participation.
We had two very intensive days, but it was also a lot of fun and generally a great atmosphere amongst the whole team.
It seems like a rather big crowd, but still there we lots of people missing due to project meetings, vacation, illness.
E-Learning 2010 conference in Freiburg, Germany - July 26-31, 2010 February 15, 2010
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Calls for contribution , add a commentThe IADIS e-Learning 2010 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within e-Learning. This
conference covers both technical as well as the non-technical aspects of e-Learning… [E-Learning 2010 conference Website]
Short and full papers can be submitted until March 15. Details can be found in the call for papers.
JTEL Summer school 7 – 11 June, 2010
Posted by Margit Hofer in : Ongoing Work, Presentations and publications , comments closedAlso this year, ZSI is active in organizing the next Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning 2010
(www.JTELSummerSchool.eu)
Ohrid, Macedonia, 7th – 11th June, 2010
First Announcement and Call for Participation
Deadline for applications: March 26, 2010
We are pleased to announce the 6th Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning, to take place from Monday, 7th June 2010 to Friday 11th June 2010. Pre-summer school activities are organized all day on Sunday, June 6th.
The summer school aims to encourage participants to adopt a critical stance in thinking about the role of technologies in providing opportunities for learners and the potential of these opportunities in terms of learning. Work will centre on three research ‘Grand Challenges’:
· Connecting learners
· Orchestrating learning
· Contextualising learning environments
The summer school provides a learning environment where participants get opportunities to: develop their research skills; increase their knowledge base; collaborate with others in their own and complementary research areas; engage in debate; have access to experts in the field; and discuss their own work. Participants will record ideas and develop thinking by contributing to a Grand Challenges wiki (http://www.stellarnet.eu/d/1/1/Home) where they will also find contributions from experts in the field.
The programme will include lectures from experts in the Grand Challenge areas and presentations exploring the Grand Challenges from both summer school participants and experts. Research projects within TEL are encouraged to represent their work as it relates to the Grand Challenges. The programme will also include practical and methodological workshops and opportunities for doctoral candidates to develop their own work. All participants will be expected to read and contribute to the Grand Challenges wiki. Students will have opportunities to present and discuss their doctoral work.
Applications should be submitted online before Friday 26th March. The online application form will be available from Friday 19th February at www.JTELSummerSchool.eu.
Applicants will be required to submit:
· a CV outlining their educational background and work experience (maximum one page);
· a letter of motivation, explaining why they want to participate in the Summer School (maximum one page);
· a statement explaining how they think they might contribute to the Summer School and in particular how they can contribute to developing the Grand Challenges (maximum one page);
· a letter of support from their PhD advisor, which should include a statement of the level of support the institution is able to supply.
Applicants requiring financial support for participation or travel should explicitly mention it in their motivation letter, briefly explaining their circumstances. It is expected that applicants working on research projects which are able to fund them will not apply for financial support. To ensure a high ratio between tutors and students the school will be limited to 60 PhD students.
In order to increase social contacts among the summer school participants, the programme includes several social events. A variety of sport activities will also be offered to the summer school participants.
Cultural excursions are organised on the Sunday preceding the summer school and the Saturday which closes the summer school.
Support
This year the JTEL Summer School will benefit from special funding from the STELLAR Network of Excellence in Technology Enhanced Learning, the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office, and the European Association of Technology Enhanced Learning.
Venue Description
Magnificent and exciting, mysterious and surprising, Ohrid is one of the most ancient towns in Europe, flavoured with a taste of centuries gone by, full of Hellenistic, Roman, Slavic, Byzantine, and Turkish memories. During the classical and medieval periods Orhid was the artistic, cultural and spiritual centre of the Balkans and has been called “a notable bridge of Europeanart”. The town is proud of its rich cultural heritage and unique lake which both belong to UNESCO’s World Cultural and Natural Heritage (http://www.ohrid.com.mk/).
Accommodation and social events
Accommodation and summer school facilities will be made available at Hotel Granit (http://www.hotelgranit.com.mk/). Granit Hotel is located on the coast of Lake Ohrid in St. Stefan, 5 km from the centre of Ohrid. It is 12 km from the Ohrid airport. The Hotel has two harbours which enable access to the hotel and the beach from the lake. The wonderful woods which surround St. Stefan Monastery are located 1 km from the Granit Hotel.
PhD students are asked to share a double room with other PhD students.
Cost of Summer School
The cost for PhD students is Euro 550 (including accommodation - 7 nights in double room, meals, excursions, local transportation to and from the airport). JTEL has secured funding to provide funding for about 40 PhD student grants to cover summer school accommodation, catering, and events. Please indicate if you are applying for a scholarship in your application. Some selected students with grants may be able to benefit from funding to cover travel expenses to Ohrid as well.
Calendar
March 26, 2010: Deadline for submitting applications to the Summer School
April 16, 2010: Notification of acceptance
May 15, 2010: Pre-Summer School videoconferences begin
June 6, 2010: Summer School start
Anyware February 7, 2010
Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Ongoing Work , comments closedScott Wilson, who also participated at the JTEL Winterschool documented the results of their group during our workshop.
With the “Anyware” service the group won the competition. Here is more about:
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JTEL Winterschool 2010 in Innsbruck February 5, 2010
Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Events, Ongoing Work, Presentations and publications, Resources , comments closedBarbara Kieslinger and Teresa Holocher are just back now from the JTEL Winterschool, Innsbruck. Here some impressions:
Great people, good atmosphere!
Our session was on participatory design and evaluation methods and it was nice to see that most of the participants find participation very important for the design of learning environments.
Apart from the commitment of the students there was also great commitment from may of the presenters to stay there for a few days, some even the whole week, in order to be around for the PhD students. Unfortunately we failed on this one as we had to go back the same day. Next time we will do better on the time planning!
One of the things that could be improved is the preparatory phase. For the preparation of our session it would have been great to know a bit more about the attendees and about the other sessions.
And we could have done well with a bit more time. 1,5 hour sessions are just really short if you want to do interactive sessions.
Anyway, we really enjoyed it. It is a pitty that we could not stay longer, not even for the skiing. Next time we need to arrange our agendas better.
by the way, people were twittering a lot. Here you can read more about it: #ltelws2010
Participatory research methods workshop February 4, 2010
Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Events, Ongoing Work , comments closedThe ZSI recently held another exciting participatory reserach methods workshop coordinated by ilse Marschalek and Teresa Holocher with the support from Claudia Fabian and the rest of the team.
Following the tradition of the previous internal methodology workshops it was a very interactive day with a lot of exchange of experiences, hands-on sessions and case reports.
One of aim of the workshop was to get a more consolidated repertoire of methods/tools amongst our group that can be applied then according to the different contexts. Although we need to adapt our methods to the specific context, we want to stress the importance that participation has on our scientific work. So our common understanding is that:
Participation means working together with persons who are seen as partners, who are experts of their Lebenswelt.
Call for Papers I-KNOW 2010 January 27, 2010
Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Announcements, Calls for contribution, Events , comments closedThe Call for Papers for the 10th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Technologies has just opened:
http://www.i-know.at
1 - 3 September 2010, messecongress|graz, Austria
I-KNOW reflects the increasing importance and convergence of knowledge management and knowledge technologies and aims at bridging the gaps between the various communities and their technology fields.
Now in its tenth year, I-KNOW has a tradition of bringing together Europe´s leading researchers and practitioners involved in knowledge management. Attracting more than 500 international attendees, I-KNOW is the premier conference on knowledge management and knowledge technologies in Europe.
I-KNOW provides a perfect opportunity to stay abreast of the latest developments in these fields. The novelty and quality of the accepted contributions are ensured by a high-level program committee featuring international experts on a broad range of knowledge management topics.I-KNOW 2010 will be held concurrently with the I-SEMANTICS 2010 - International Conference on Semantic Systems.
Paper Submission Deadline: 8 March 2010
Social Innovations Weblog December 21, 2009
Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Announcements, Ongoing Work, Presentations and publications , comments closedafter a very successful event called “The most needed social innovations of the 21st century” the ZSI now launched a weblog to continue the discussion on this topic. Just click on the link below and add your comments:
Invitation for remote GLOBAL event: December 1, 2009
Posted by Margit Hofer in : Ongoing Work , comments closedThe ZSI is pleased to invite you to join remotely the GLOBAL event of the 5th BELIEF Symposium in conjunction with the CHPC national meeting 2009, which will be made available online for your participation from Monday 07 December to Tuesday 08 December 2009.
The event will be an excellent opportunity to get insight into developments of cyberinfrastructure through a selection of successful research projects from different local (South Africa) and international reputable institutions.
In addition, GLOBAL will organize a remote training on innovative communication tools (GLOBAL Plaza and ISABEL virtual conferencing tool) to foster international communication and collaboration.
For both events, which can easily be joint, you will find the event description, program and registry under:
http://isabel.dit.upm.es/mediawiki/index.php/BELIEF_II_South_Africa_Symposium
Looking forward to meet you at the “BELIEF II South Africa Symposium“ and the training!
Call for Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010 extended
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Announcements, Calls for contribution , comments closedWe are happy to announce that nearly 350 proposals have already been received from all over the world for the premiere year of the Global Learn Conference to be held this coming May 17-20, 2010 in Penang, Malaysia. Still, we realize that this is a hectic time of the year for many of you. To give you and your colleagues additional time to submit a proposal, the Executive Committee of the Global Learn conference has decided to extend the Call for Papers to December 20.
Come join us at the Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort in Penang-a quite wondrous venue with gorgeous views for one of the most unique conferences packed with stellar speakers and designed for highly engaging conversations. Please let others know who may be interested or who could not meet the previous deadline.
If you are among the hundreds of people who submitted by the earlier deadline, you still will be notified of the review results by December 22.
[via email]
More details on the conference and the call can be found at the Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010 website.
International Symposium on Collaborative Learning and Argumentation (ICLA 2010) November 27, 2009
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Calls for contribution , add a commentThe symposium seeks to gather together people involved in recent research and theoretical issues of the research on collaborative learning and argumentation-based learning. In the symposium presentations these two major research areas may be approached from several perspectives including, but not limited to, the following aspects:
- Collaborative argumentation
- Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
- Collaboration in various educational settings and contexts
- Multiple methodological approaches, including both qualitative and quantitative methodologies for studying collaboration
- Different pedagogical designs (e.g. scripts, structured interaction, tasks sequences)
The program of the symposium consists of keynote lectures, paper presentations and panel discussions. The symposium is co-organized by the Finnish Institute for Educational Research and the Department of Educational Sciences, at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
The ICLA 2010 symposium takes place from March 25 to 26, 2010 at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Abstracts can be submitted until January 18, 2010.
JTEL Winter School 2010 in Innsbruck, Austria November 17, 2009
Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Announcements, Calls for contribution, Events , comments closedThe fourth time in a row, CELSTEC organizes the JTEL Winter School in Innsbruck. The JTEL Winter School is part of the “Doctoral School” activities within the “Building next generation research capacity” theme of the Stellar Network of Excellence.
The JTEL Winter School brings interdisciplinary doctoral researchers together in order to provide intense research training and to foster cross-domain collaboration. The event will engage participants in
high-level courses and workshops with leading scientists. These workshops and lectures focus on theoretical, methodological, educational, and technological issues of relevance to TEL research,
providing space for interaction, group work, and informal discussions. Doctoral students will also be expected to present their own research for constructive feedback from other participants of the Winter School.
The purpose of the STELLAR Doctoral School is both to induct TEL doctoral students into the STELLAR research community and provide research training for doctoral students, particularly within the early
and mid stages of their doctoral research. The STELLAR Doctoral School will engage doctoral students in high-level courses, workshops with leading scientists and as an integrated part of the research teams from all the participating research units, they will be exposed to a very rich learning environment. The workshops and lectures organized during the doctoral school will focus on theoretical, methodological and
technological issues of relevance to TEL research (for example activity theory, embodied cognition, individual, social & organisational learning processes, and the work of TEN Competence).
Doctoral students will also be expected to present their own research for constructive feedback from other participants in the Doctoral School. Workshops will also be offered on: writing research papers; communicating TEL research to policy makers, industry and practitioners.
Another important goal of the Doctoral School is to recruit participants from beyond STELLAR core partners as a means of offering doctoral training to the worldwide TEL community. This would establish the Doctoral School as a cornerstone for sustaining the STELLAR initiative.
Interested doctoral students are invited to submit their application until 14 December 2009.
More information on the JTEL Winter School can be found at
http://www.teleurope.eu/pg/groups/43
Some impressions from last year are available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrYcL2nTwUo
The most needed social innovations of the 21st century November 16, 2009
Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Events, Ongoing Work , comments closedThe ZSI is organising a pannel discussion on “The most needed social innovations of the 21st century” together with the faculty of social sciences at the Vienna University on Monday, 30th of Novermber, 2009, 18:00 - 20:00.
High representatives of organisations dealing with social innovations from various continents will discuss the development, support and diffusion of social innovations.
The event is part of the European year of creativity and innovation. For more information on the event click here.
LearnTrends 2009 online conference November 14, 2009
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Announcements , comments closedLearnTrends: Reminder, next week, Jay Cross, Tony Karrer, and I (with support from many others!) are running LearnTrends 2009. An outstanding list of presenters and provocative topics. Free to join.
[Via George Siemens - elearnspace.]
This free online conference runs from November 17 to 19 and focuses on “Convergence in Workplace Learning”.
The changing dynamics of scientific collaborations
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Calls for contribution , add a commentThe confluence of two major trends in scientific research is leading to an upheaval in standard scientific practice and collaborative technologies. A new generation of scientists, working in large-scale collaborations, is repurposing social software for use in collaborative science. Existing social tools such as chat, IM, and FriendFind are being adopted and modified for use as group problem-solving facilities. At the same time, exponentially greater and more complex datasets are being generated at a rate that is challenging the limits of current hardware, software, and human cognitive capability. A concerted effort to create software that will support new scientific practices and handle this data tsunami is redefining the collaboratory and represents a new frontier for computer supported cooperative work.
This follow-on event to a similarly themed workshop at CHI 2009 is intended to foster community among researchers and practitioners from multiple disciplines interested in the changing dynamics of scientific collaborations.
This workshop is part of the CSCW 2010 conference that will take place on February 6-10, 2010, in Savannah, Georgia, USA.
Position papers of 2-4 pages need to be submitted until November 20, 2009.