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i-know 2012 Conference CfP January 25, 2012

Posted by Barbara Kieslinger in : Announcements, Calls for contribution, Events , comments closed

i-know 2012 Conference recently opened its Call for papers:

http://i-know.tugraz.at/i-science/call-for-papers

The main topics are: Knowledge Management, Knowledge Technologies, Knowledge Context, Knowledge Evolution und Knowledge Discovery

This conference, which takes place once a year in the Austrian city of Graz is a great place to present and discuss latest scientific findings as well as to exchange more practical experience (e.g. in the industrial track).

Scientists Meet Teachers: A Participatory Design Workshop December 8, 2011

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Last weekend five teachers from across Europe met a group of scientists who want to open their labs for schools and offer new and exciting ways to experience science teaching at the ZSI premises in Vienna, Austria.

It is the vision of the GLOBAL excursion project that students and teachers explore science in the future in virtual excursions where they can interact with scientific infrastructure, material and data as well as the scientists themselves. To make these virtual excursions an exciting and realistic learning experience the developers need a lot of knowledge on educational practice in schools.

Thus, the first encounter of scientists and teachers was a great learning experience for all, where pedagogical requirements, technological boundaries and motivational barriers were elaborated in a very interactive way. At the end of the second day, the meeting room was full with posters, flip charts and post-its and participants were exhausted, but also very content with the results and the process of approximation.

The successfully established contact between scientists and teachers will continue during the next two years and will hopefully result in exciting and innovative science teaching.

EU Project on Emotional Literacy and teaching seeks for Research Tenders November 22, 2011

Posted by Margit Hofer in : Ongoing Work , comments closed

Researchers are invited to express their interest to undertake research on our EU funded project. Project ELIA involves partners from the UK, Switzerland, Portugal and Austria. It trains teachers in EL to better manage the classroom and support young people in Vocational Education & Training.

Researchers do not need to have a background in EL, but they need strong research and report writing skills and a background in education or social science.

The researcher will be involved in analysing, interpreting and writing up qualitative data.

The research work would be undertaken on a part-time basis. The maximum contract fee is €25,000 (to include expenses) over an 18 months period, starting in Jan/February 2012. An interview will be required. For further information : www.s-o-l.ch. Closing date 31.12.11

EDEN 2012 conference - June 6-9, 2012 - Porto, Portugal November 19, 2011

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The Annual Conference will approach the key questions of learning methodology and technology focusing on the “Open learning generations”, the contexts of socially significant target groups: junior and senior e-learners..We will explore their learning cultures, technology use patterns, and discuss new approaches in pedagogy and andragogy that respond to them.
The changing technology dimension: development of networking tools, new platforms and standards and interoperability questions will also be addressed from the perspective of different groups of users.
Pragmatic observers may state meanwhile that there is not that much novelty in new generations applying different tools and approaches with the changing social and technology conditions. Thus there is thus space for interpretation by the established distance learning professionals to consider the diverse practice and experience with young and adult learners in the open learning arena.

[via EDEN conference website]

The deadline for the submission of contributions is February 10, 2012.

GLOBAL excursion kick off meeting in Vienna November 15, 2011

Posted by Margit Hofer in : Announcements, Ongoing Work, Presentations and publications , comments closed

From the 15-16 of September 2011, the GLOBAL excursion project had its kick-off meeting in Vienna, Austria, hosted by the main coordinator ZSI.

The agenda covered not only the getting to know each other of all the partners, but also presentations of the Infrastructur provider as well as to create a common understanding and vision of the project, its objectives and aims. The connections between the six different workpackages and the management issues were the core element of this kick off meeting, especially for the first months in the project.

ELIA - Emotional Literacy in Action

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With 1st of October a new Project (under Technology and Knowledge) has started under the Life Long Learning Programme.
The objective of this project is to provide supported training to VET teachers in Emotional Literacy (EL) so that they can better manage their relationships with students, colleagues and other stakeholders, thereby improving classroom behaviour, motivation, academic performance, soft skills competence and long-term employability, and decreasing drop out and exclusion.

Following objectives are aimed for:
1) To train and support teachers in building constructive communication, interaction and relationship with their learners through an emotionally literate and culturally competent approach.
2) To increase young people’s engagement in learning, their motivation and to raise achievement. To help all young people be inspired and reach their potential
3) To contribute to the EU ’s aim of reducing early school leaving to below 10% by the end of the decade


An innovative toolkit, that has been successfully integrated already in other countries, goes beyond teaching methodologies to provide effective solutions that facilitate learning, improve behaviour and raise attainment by helping teachers to develop effective communication skills with students and encourages a reflective approach to their teaching.

ICL 2012 conference - 26 to 28 September, 2012 - Villach, Austria November 11, 2011

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This interdisciplinary conference aims to focus on the exchange of relevant trends and research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences gained while developing and testing elements of interactive collaborative learning. Therefore pilot projects, applications and products will also be welcome…

ICL conference Website

Deadline for submissions is April 23, 2012.

ECER 2012 conference - September 18 to 20, 2012 - Cadiz, Spain November 8, 2011

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EERA, European Educational Research Association and the University of Cadiz, Spain, invite Educational Researchers to participate in and to submit proposals for the European Conference on Educational Research 2012.
The conference theme “The Need for Educational Research to Champion Freedom, Education and Development for All” will provide a focus for the keynote addresses and for other invited events. It may also be taken as a reference within the conference sessions organised by the EERA networks. However, proposals for contributions are welcome from all fields of educational research.

Participants are invited to hand in up to two abstracts for papers, posters, workshops, round tables and symposia. All proposals must be handed in electronically via the online submission form. PhD students and emerging researchers are especially invited to participate in the Emerging Researchers’ Conference by submitting proposals to the Emerging Researchers’ Group…

[via email]

The deadline for submissions is 01 February 2012. Review results are expected by 01 April 2012.

INTED 2012 conference - 5-7 March, 2012 - Valencia, Spain November 7, 2011

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INTED2012 will be an International Forum for those who wish to present their projects and innovations, having also the opportunity to discuss the main aspects and the latest results in the field of Education and Research.

The general aim of the conference is to promote international collaboration in Education and Research in all educational fields and disciplines. The attendance of more than 700 delegates from 70 different countries is expected.

We invite you to submit your abstracts and to attend in order to share your achievements in the fields of education and collaboration. The deadline for submitting abstracts is November 24th, 2011.

There will be three presentation modalities: Oral and poster presentations (in-person) and virtual (for those who can not attend in person).

[INTED 2012 conference website]

Nanotechnology in everyday life: What do women/men think? October 27, 2011

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Project Nanochannels as a successful teaser for public debates

As a powerful new communication channel the Nanochannel project opens the so-called social media, to engage an interested public in the debate on nanotechnologies.
The Nanochannelproject is a publicly accessible experiment to initiate a democratic dialogue about the current and impending fundamental technological revolution, which implies radical changes in medicine, energy management, electronics, materials and safety.
Within the frame of Nanochannels nanotechnologies are discussed and debated in various popular print and online media across Europe.

On facebook now everyone can make his contribution to the topic, or follow discussions on socially relevant issues related to nanotechnologies: http://www.facebook.com/nanochannels.
Furthermore, on the Nanochannels website there are regularly updated online votes, which invite the public to express their opinion on everyday relevant issues concerning nanotechnologies.
TheNanochannels website is also a good resource for news and information about nanotechnology developments in a generally understandable format.
To the Nanochannel website: http://www.nanochannels.eu/

Results of the last monthly poll: The question was: *Would you use a product, for instance, a tennis racket, containing a nanomaterial?*

Poll Nanochannels

Link with the results: El Mundo

GLOBAL excursions new project on e-Infrastructures September 8, 2011

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Under T & W management, a new project starts on 1 September 2011, which will establish remote access for teenagers, their teachers and parents to the latest scientific facilities. The virtual excursion to the experimental laboratory is an experience, where one can come in contact with experts in nano- and biotechnology from all over Europe. Social networking components and the possibility to communicate across borders via video conference increase the attractiveness of the portal and should spark teenagers for pioneering technologies.

Beside our team from ZSI six other project partners from all over Europe are involved in the implementation. The initiative is sponsored by the European Commission. Further information can be found on the project website: http://www.globalexcursion-project.eu/

Mediacast Contest Award from the PLE2011 Conference in Southampton has finally reached its producers ! September 1, 2011

Posted by Gabriela in : Ongoing Work, Presentations and publications , comments closed

Mediacast Contest Award from the PLE2011 Conference in Southampton has finally arrived to the hands of its producers, Edgar Kadlec and Felix Mödritscher from the University of Economics in Vienna (WU Wien). (more…)

Report from the ZSI team at the ICT conference exhibition 2010 in Brussels October 4, 2010

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ZSI at ICT 2010 in Brussels IIZSI at ICT 2010 in Brussels

The presentation of the ZSI team at the ICT conference exhibition 2010 in Brussels was threefold:

ZSI connecting ICT and EC-Tel, presenting TEL September 20, 2010

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ZSI (department technology and knowledge), one of the exhibitors of this year ICT conference is presenting a LIVE CONFERENCE VIA the GLOBAL PLAZA conference tool of current knowledge and research in TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING with contributions of presenters working in this fields, project presentations and live broadcastings from the EC‑TEL in Barcelona.

TEL-GLOBAL offers a unique opportunity for all visitors interested in the latest technology-enhanced learning (TEL) topics to connect live to the main European conference EC-TEL2010. This event, entitled ‘Sustaining TEL: from innovation to learning and practice’, will be held in Barcelona (Spain), on 28 September-1 October.

Making use of the latest virtual-conferencing technologies, attendees will be able to participate actively in remote discussions with researchers from across the globe. Experts on the stand will also offer information on a broad range of TEL research projects with a specific focus on issues such as participatory design or the inclusive learning society.

For detailed programme please see: Program

Plymouth e-Learning Conference - Digital Futures: Learning in a Connected World - April 6-8, 2011 - Plymouth, UK September 11, 2010

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For the first time, this year’s conference will be held over three days. We start at 1pm on Day 1 and run through to 1pm on Day 3. As usual, the conference will be full of events, including paper presentations, workshops, demonstrations and plenty of time and space for networking.

We live in a world of increased mobility where proliferation of smart, mobile technologies is creating a host of new anytime, anywhere contexts. Pervasive computing and handheld devices are creating opportunities for learning to become ubiquitous – anytime, anywhere. Tech-savvy students are more demanding, and often less comfortable with traditional settings and homogenised provision where ‘one size fits all’. There is a migration of students toward tools and services that are beyond the control of the institution. The emerging social media of Web 2.0 are more flexible, sociable and more visually attractive. The surge in popularity of user generated content (including the likes of Wikipedia) is challenging the long held beliefs that experts are the main arbiters of knowledge. The informality of massively multiplayer online games is pushing informal learning to the fore. In short, we live and learn in a connected world.

Schools, colleges and universities are attempting to change to adapt to these new needs and expectations, but such transformation can be slow and problematic. The 6th Plymouth e-Learning Conference will highlight the need for innovative solutions in education and training, and will provide opportunities for delegates to discuss the tensions that exist between institutional provision and personalised learning. We will explore a number of issues surrounding the use of technologies in learning, providing a platform for informed debate across all sectors of education and training. The conference will showcase key examples of e-learning research, innovative use of new and established learning technologies, practical solutions, debates and speculative pieces on the future of education in a connected world.

[Plymouth e-Learning Conference 2011 Website]

Deadline for the submission of abstracts is January 14, 2011. Authors will be informed of the panel’s decision by February 11, 2011.