The CAL Conference 2011 - Learning Futures: Education, Technology & Sustainability - April 13-15 2011, Manchester, UK September 1, 2010
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Calls for contribution , comments closedCAL (Computer Assisted Learning) is one of the leading international conferences in the field of education and technology. It brings together researchers across all education sectors, from primary years, to informal learning, to higher education, and across a range of disciplines from psychology to computer science, media and cultural studies.
In 2011, the conference will lead a challenging international debate about the future of research and practice in educational technology. CAL 11 aims to:
- Explore the role of educational technology research in addressing questions of global and social justice, widening participation and digital democracy
- Assess what role educational technology might play in the context of low carbon, energy constrained futures
- Explore how emerging technologies from diverse fields (e.g. gaming, AI, biotech, ubiquitous computing) might offer new environments for learning
- Examine the informal learning practices emerging in children, youth and adults’ digital cultures and their implications for education
- Reflect on what lessons have been learned over the last thirty years of education technology research, and what these might mean for the future of research in the field.
[The CAL Conference 2011 Website]
Abstracts can be submitted until September 24, 2010. Details on submission formats can be found here.
CSCL 2010 conference - July 4 to 8, 2011 - Hong Kong, China August 25, 2010
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Calls for contribution , add a commentCSCL 2011 is the ninth international CSCL conference and will be held in Hong Kong on July 4-8, 2011. The conference is co-organised by the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) and Centre for Information Technology in Education of the University of Hong Kong.
CSCL conference is a major international event that gathers together people involved in all aspects of the field of technology-based collaborative learning, including research, education, training and technology. It focuses on issues related to formal and informal learning through collaboration, as the CSCL community is interested not only in tools, but also in identifying the actual educational and professional practices that are associated with their appropriate usages.
It includes a lively mix of keynotes, submitted paper sessions, submitted and invited symposia, workshops, panels, educational showcases, interactive events, posters sessions, demos and exhibitions, covering timely and important issues of interest to the community and reporting recent research findings.
CSCL 2011 invites participation from experienced as well as early career researchers, designers, educators, industrial trainers from various disciplines including education, cognitive, social and educational psychology, didactics, subject matter specialities, computer science, linguistics and semiotics, speech communication, anthropology, sociology, design, etc.
Deadline for sending in proposals is November 1. 2010. Details about possible submission formats can be found in the call for proposals.
Self-regulated learning in technology enhanced learning environments: problems and promises August 17, 2010
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Announcements , add a commentIn parallel to the last day of the EC-TEL 2010 conference the University of
Barcelona will be hosting an International Conference on Self-regulated learning in technology enhanced learning environments. The event is organised by TACONET and the STELLAR Network of Excellence
financed Theme Team project on Self-regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments (SRL in TELEs).
The conference attendance on October 1. is free of charge but registration is required through the TACONET Website.
Key note speakers in the morning will be…
Ana Margarida Simão (Lisbon University),
Heinz Mandl (Munich University),
Ton de Jong (University of Twente),
Yves Punie (EC - ITPS, Sevilla)
Sebastian Fiedler (Technology and Knowledge Unit at the Centre for Social Innovation, Austria) and Terje Väljataga (Centre for Educational Technology at Tallinn University, Estonia) will present their paper “Personal learning contracts as a modelling device for one’s activities and instrumentation” in one of the parallel sessions in the afternoon.
Global Learn Asia Pacific 2011 -March 28 to April 1 - Melbourne, Australia August 10, 2010
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Calls for contribution , comments closedThe mission of the Global Learn conference, organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), is to further the advancement and innovation in learning and technology. As the educational world becomes increasingly global, new ways to explore, learn, and share knowledge are needed.
An idea whose time has come–an international coalition of leaders and organizations coming together for a global exchange on learning and technology!
Global Learn serves as a means to connect and engage creative educators, researchers, consultants, training managers, policy makers, curriculum developers, entrepreneurs, and others in the topics and fields in which they are passionate. Many individuals are transforming learning environments in local as well as more global ways. Global Learn offers an opportunity to meet and discuss their ideas, findings, and next steps.
Deadline for contributions is October 25, 2010. Details can be found in the call for participation.
Dr. Christian Voigt joins the Technology and Knowledge Unit at the Centre for Social Innovation August 5, 2010
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Announcements , comments closedWe are happy to announce that in mid-August Dr. Christian Voigt joins our Technology and Knowledge Unit at the Centre for Social Innovation in Vienna.
In recent years Christian has worked in the Learning and Teaching Unit at the University of South Australia (UniSA), Adelaide. He holds a Master-level degree (Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatik) in Business Informatics from the Technical University Illmenau, Germany, and a PhD in Educational Technology from the University of South Australia.
Christian will join the running Network of Excellent project STELLAR and will support the upcoming project TELMAP in fall 2010.
We are all looking forward to welcome Christian in Vienna in a couple of days!
E-Learn 2010 - October 18 -22, 2010 - Orlando, Florida July 22, 2010
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Calls for contribution , comments closedE-Learn 2010 - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education is an international conference organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and co-sponsored by the International Journal on E-Learning.
This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to e-Learning in the Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education sectors.
We invite you to attend E-Learn 2010 and submit proposals for papers, panels, best practices, roundtables, tutorials, workshops, posters/demonstrations, and corporate showcases/demos. The Conference Review Policy requires that each proposal will be peer- reviewed by three reviewers for inclusion in the conference program, and Proceedings…
The submissions seadline for this final call for participation is August 27, 2010.
Cognition and exploratory learning in digital age (CELDA 2010) - 15.-17. October 2010 - Timisoara, Romania July 19, 2010
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Calls for contribution , comments closedThe IADIS CELDA 2010 conference aims to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a fast pace and affecting academia and professional practice in many ways. Paradigms such as just-in-time learning, constructivism, student-centered learning and collaborative approaches have emerged and are being supported by technological advancements such as simulations, virtual reality and multi-agents systems. These developments have created both opportunities and areas of serious concerns. This conference aims to cover both technological as well as pedagogical issues related to these developments. Main tracks have been identified (see below). However innovative contributions that do not easily fit into these areas will also be considered as long as they are directly related to the overall theme of the conference – cognition and exploratory learning in the digital age…
Submission deadline for contributions is July 26, 2010. Authors should get notified by September 6, 2010.
Deadline Extension July 23, 2010: Doctoral Consortium at EC-TEL 2010 July 18, 2010
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Calls for contribution , comments closedDoctoral Consortium at ECTEL 2010, 29 September, 2010, Barcelona, Spain, http://www.ectel2010.org/
Call for Papers
Doctoral Consortium at ECTEL 2010,
29 September, 2010
Barcelona, Spain
http://www.ectel2010.orgThe EC-TEL Doctoral Consortium brings together Ph.D. students working on topics related to Technology Enhanced Learning. The doctoral consortium will offer Ph.D. students the opportunity to present, discuss, and receive feedback on their research in an interdisciplinary and international atmosphere. The Doctoral Consortium will be accompanied by prominent professors and researchers in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning. These accompanying professors will participate actively and contribute to the discussions. The Doctoral Consortium is co-located with and will take place immediately before the EC-TEL 2010 conference. The Doctoral Consortium language is English.
The intention of this doctoral consortium is to support and inspire Ph.D. students during their ongoing research efforts. Therefore, it is necessary that authors will have neither achieved their Ph.D. degree nor officially submitted their thesis before the doctoral consortium (September 2010). To enforce this rule we require authors to disclose their expected graduation date and their advisor’s name when submitting…
[via email]
For more information have a look at the Porlearn-Academy Website.
CSEDU 2011 - Int’l Conf. on Computer Supported Education - 6.-9. May, 2011 - Noordwijkerhout, NL
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Calls for contribution , comments closedCSEDU 2011 (International Conference on Computer Supported Education) has an open call for papers, whose deadline is on September 30, 2010. We hope you can participate in this prestigious conference by submitting a paper reflecting your current research.
The conference is sponsored by INSTICC and held in cooperation with the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC). CSEDU will be held in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands next year, on May 6-9, 2011.
CSEDU aims at becoming a yearly meeting place for presenting and discussing new educational environments, best practices and case studies on innovative technology-based learning strategies, institutional policies on computer supported education including open and distance education, using computers. In particular, the Web is currently a preferred medium for distance learning and the learning practice in this context is usually referred to as e-learning. CSEDU 2011 is expected to give an overview of the state of the art as well as upcoming trends, and to promote discussion about the pedagogical potential of new learning and educational technologies in the academic and corporate world.
The conference program will include a number of Keynote Lectures delivered by distinguished world-class researchers. Their names will be announced soon at the conference website (http://www.csedu.org).
Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support. The proceedings will be indexed by several major international indexers, including INSPEC, DBLP and we are awaiting the confirmation of indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index and EI.
Best paper awards will be given during the conference closing session.
All published papers will be also available at the SciTePress’ Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/).Workshops and special sessions are also invited. If you wish to propose workshop or a special session, for example based on the results of a specific research project, please contact the secretariat. Workshop chairs and Special Session chairs will benefit from logistics support and other types of support, including secretariat and financial support, to facilitate the development of a valid idea.
Please check further details at the CSEDU conference website (http://www.csedu.org/). There you will find detailed information about the conference structure and its main topic areas. This conference is co-located with WEBIST 2011 (7th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - http://www.webist.org/).
[via email]
Regular paper submission is open until September 30., 2010. Author should be notified until January 06, 2011.
TEL-GLOBAL: Participating in Technology Enhanced Learning Globally July 8, 2010
Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Ongoing Work , comments closedOur team is preparing a stand for the ICT 2010 event, which will take place in Brussels 27.-29. Sept. 2010. The exciting thing about the stand is that we will provide a live connection to the EC-TEL 2010 conference, the fifth European conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, which is taking place from 28. Sept. to 1. Oct. 2010 in Barcelona.
So if you are in Brussels and do not want to miss what’s going on in European TEL research, drop by at our stand. There will also be live connections to other remote sites, we will offer talks with TEL researchers and there will be lots of information on what the Centre for Social Innovation contributes to TEL research.
International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI2010) - October 15.-17. - Timisoara, Romania June 29, 2010
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Calls for contribution , comments closedConference background and goals
The IADIS CELDA 2010 conference aims to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a fast pace and affecting academia and professional practice in many ways. Paradigms such as just-in-time learning, constructivism, student-centered learning and collaborative approaches have emerged and are being supported by technological advancements such as simulations, virtual reality and multi-agents systems. These developments have created both opportunities and areas of serious concerns. This conference aims to cover both technological as well as pedagogical issues related to these developments. Main tracks have been identified. However innovative contributions that do not easily fit into these areas will also be considered as long as they are directly related to the overall theme of the conference – cognition and exploratory learning in the digital age.
Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations for discussion-oriented papers. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM.
Authors of the best published papers in the CELDA 2010 proceedings will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in a special issue of the Journal of Educational Technology & Society - ISSN: 1436-4522 (online) / 1176-3647 (print)…[via email]
Submission deadline is July 26… and authors should be notified by September 6. Details can be found in the call for papers.
Job offer: International project management and research June 6, 2010
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Announcements , comments closedThe Technology and Knowlege Unit (http://technikundwissen.zsi.at) at the Centre for Social Innovation, (http://www.zsi.at), Vienna, is offering a full-time position (beginning July/August 2010).
Responsibilities:
- internal project management and conceptual work in an international network-project in the research area “Technology Enhanced Learning” (TEL)
- collaboration in a roadmapping project in the research area “Technology Enhanced Learning” (TEL)
We expect:
- appropriate higher-education degree (at least Master or equivalent) (in psychology, education, sociology, educational technology, etc.)
- personal history in the research area “Technology Enhanced Learning”
- several years of professional experience
- very good written and spoken English
- experience in the use of Internet-based communication and collaboration tools (Web 2.0 applications, Social Media, Video-conferencing, etc.)
- readiness to travel
Desirable experiences:
- collaboration within EU financed R&D projects
- international project management
We offer:
- a very good working atmosphere
- flexible worke schedules on the basis of 30 to 40 hours per week
- co-operation with numerous national and international partners of our centre
Please, send your expressions of interests and applications to Sebastian Fiedler not later than June 30., 2010.
Stellenausschreibung: internationales Projektmanagement und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit
Posted by Sebastian Fiedler in : Announcements , comments closedDer Bereich “Technik und Wissen” (http://technikundwissen.zsi.at) am Zentrum für Soziale Innovation (http://www.zsi.at), Wien, sucht eine Vollzeitkraft (Arbeitsbeginn Juli/August 2010).
Aufgaben:
- interne Projektleitung und inhaltliche Arbeiten (vornehmlich Evaluation und Monitoring) in einem internationalen Netzwerkprojekt im Forschungsfeld “Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)“.
- Mitarbeit an einem Roadmapping-Projekt ebenfalls im Forschungsfeld “Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)”.
Wir erwarten:
- einschlägigen Hochschulabschluss (Psychologie, Pädagogik, Soziologie, Sozialwissenschaften, etc.)
- inhaltliche Nähe zum Forschungsfeld “Technology Enhanced Learning”
- methodische Kenntnisse (Evaluation, Moderation, etc.)
- mehrjährige Berufserfahrung
- sehr gutes Englisch in Wort und Schrift
- Erfahrungen im Einsatz von Internet-basierten Kommunikations- und Kollaborationswerkzeugen (Web 2.0 Anwendungen, Social Media, Videokonferenzsysteme, etc.)
- Reisebereitschaft
Erwünscht:
- Erfahrung in EU finanzierten R&D Projekten
- Erfahrung in (internationalem) Projektmanagement
Wir bieten:
- ein sehr gutes Arbeitsklima
- flexible Arbeitszeitmodelle bei einer Anstellung von 30-40 Wochenstunden
- Kooperation mit zahlreichen nationalen und internationalen PartnerInnen des Instituts
Interessensbekundungen und Bewerbungen senden Sie bitte bis spätestens 30. Juni 2010 an Herrn Sebastian Fiedler.
Professional learning workshop at EC-TEL: CfP June 3, 2010
Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Announcements, Calls for contribution, Events, Ongoing Work , comments closedCall for Papers
Analysis of requirements for professional learning from multiple stakeholder perspectives
2nd Sig-ProTEL workshop to be held in conjunction with the 5th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL10), Barcelona, Spain, September 28th – October 1st 2010.
http://www.sig-protel.eu/index.php/Cfp_sigprotel_ectel2010
Scope
Professional learning is one of the key success factors for industry today, because by continuous learning, companies are able to acquire new market shares or open new markets and employees are empowered to fill new functions and professions. The SIG ProTEL aims to foster research in the area of professional technology enhanced learning. Specifically, we will be focussing on the use of technology to improve the education of employees at or near the workplace. For professional learning is still not perceived as one research domain in its own right, only little advancement is made that improves the state of the art despite the many individual efforts spent on the domain.
Starting with two SIG ProTEL kick-off events last year, where collaboratively a number of topics for the SIG ProTEL community were identified, we now want to leverage the activities concerning ProTEL.
The aim of this workshop is to focus on the analysis of requirements of professional learning from multiple stakeholder perspectives. With this workshop we want to establish a baseline for ProTEL which indentifies the differences and unique challenges which TEL for professionals face (in contrast to TEL for schools or higher education organizations). We are looking for use cases, scenarios, requirements, insights, etc. which will help us define the scope of ProTEL and shed light on the manifold research challenges to be tackled.
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
• Use cases of ProTEL
• Requirements specific to ProTEL
• Success stories of ProTEL
• Lessons learned of ProTEL applications/activities within companies
• Identification of differences between ProTEL and TEL at schools or higher education
• Frameworks for crystallizing/analyzing a magnitude of requirements for ProTEL
• Evaluations of ProTEL applications in companies
• Insights into ProTEL processes
Format
The workshop will be highly interactive: presentations will be clustered and presenters will not only discuss their own work, but also to explicitly comment on the work of the other presenters in their session. We will make all the papers available beforehand in order to facilitate this.
Accepted submissions will be published in the Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS) -http://www.jucs.org . In addition we will publish a summarizing journal paper within one of the TEL journals.
Organisations
The workshop will be a full-day workshop with the aim to bring people together in the area of professional technology enhanced learning.
The SIG-ProTEL workshop is organized by
• Stefanie Lindstaedt (Know-Center, Austria)
• Martin Wolpers (Fraunhofer FIT.ICON, Germany)
• Angela Fessl (Know-Center, Austria)
Submissions
Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research as papers (8 pages). Including demonstrations is explicitly encouraged. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the program committee for originality, significance, clarity, and quality.
All questions and submissions should be sent to: sigprotel@know-center.at
Important Dates
• Paper Submission: June 27, 2010
• Paper acceptance: July 11, 2010
• Workshop Date: September 28, 2010
Programm Committee
Burgos Daniel, Univ. Rioja, Spain
Duval Erik, KULeuven, Belgium
Gillet Denis, EPFL, Swiss
Glahn Christian, Open University NL, The Netherlands
Kalz Marco, Open University NL, The Netherlands
Kieslinger Barbara, ZSI, Austria
Kloos Carlos Delgado, Univ. Carlos3 Madrid, Spain
Makropoulos Konstantin, NCSR Demokritos, Greece
Manouselis Nikos, GRNET Greek Research & Technology Network, Greece
Naeve Ambjörn, Univ. Uppsala, Sweden
Pawlowski Jan, Univ. Jyväskylä, Finland
Schmidt Andreas, FZI Karlsruhe, Germany
Scott Peter, Open University UK, UK
Specht Marcus, Open University NL, The Netherlands
Woitsch Robert, BOC, Austria
Zimmermann Volker, imc, Germany
About EC-TEL10
ECTEL 2010 will bring together technological developments, learning models, and implementations of new and innovative approaches to training and education. The conference will explore how the synergy of multiple disciplines, ranging from Computer Science, Education, Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Social Science, can provide new, more effective and more especially more sustainable, technology-enhanced learning solutions to learning problems. The conference welcomes researchers and developers from European and Non-European countries and industries to present recent advancements from technologies, applications, and learning models in all areas of technology enhanced learning. See http://ectel2010.org/ for more details.
iCamp alive and kicking June 2, 2010
Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Events, Ongoing Work, Presentations and publications , comments closedMore than a year after the official iCamp project ended, partners are still very active in promoting and implementing the results.
Just recently our parnters published a Spanish and a Polish version of the iCamp handbook: “How to use social software in higher education”.
Another project that is transfering the results of iCamp to the VET sector is REVIVE. At this year’s EDEN conference people will have the possibilities to learn more about REVIVE at the specific workshop on the 10th of June: Seesion B5: Reviewing and Reviving Learning and Teaching Strategies with the New Learning Tools (REVIVE Project)