STELLAR sponsorships granted through a competitive application process are available for the organizers of TEL doctoral events. PhD candidates can apply for scholarships to participate in sponsored events.

The purpose of Doctoral Academy events sponsored by STELLAR are to induct TEL doctoral candidates into the STELLAR research community and also to provide them with research training opportunities, particularly within the early and mid stages of their doctoral research. The workshops and lectures organised during the doctoral academy events should focus on theoretical, methodological and technological issues of relevance to TEL research, emphasising topics highlighted by the Grand Challenges.

For more details and the application process: http://www.stellarnet.eu/instruments/doctoral_school/sponsorships/

Authors: Fridolin Wild
Abstract:

In Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), the use of web2.0 technologies is now actively being researched, under banners such as "Personal Learning Environments" or "Open Learning Environments" and the like. In this workshop, we discussed how we can leverage the same opportunities for our research on TEL.
Indeed, as researchers in Technology Enhanced Learning we already know how to include things like blogs, wikis, and forums into the heart of our work to enhance collaborative working, but a full "Science 2.0" framework might provide us with a much more powerful framework to make our research more effective.
The workshop took place in the context of the 4th European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning and brought together those who want to turn a vision of the e-scholar and e-scientist of the 21st Century into reality in our own domain of TEL.

Link: http://www.stellarnet.eu/index.php/repository/podcast_player/?pID=17
Publish Date:

Authors: Lena Hofmann
Abstract:

Kris Lund (CNRS), the local organiser of the STELLAR Alpine Rendez-Vous 2011 and Julia Eberle (LMU) discuss ways of conducting Social Network Analysis at the event. Julia has collected network data during the STELLAR Alpine Rendez-Vous 2009 and shares some experiences while Kris introduces a new method. Lena Hofmann (LMU) has been part of the organising team of the Alpine Rendez-Vous 2009 and moderates the discussion.

Link: http://www.stellarnet.eu/index.php/repository/podcast_player/?pID=25
Publish Date:

Authors: Erik Duval
Abstract:

An interview with Peter on adaptive systems and how they can be applied in learning.

Link: http://www.stellarnet.eu/index.php/repository/podcast_player/?pID=24
Publish Date:

Authors: Fridolin Wild
Abstract:

A random selection of participant voices from the summer school 2009 provide a bit of an insight into the spirit of the event. Early career researchers have met in this doctoral school to catch a grip on new developments and intensively collaborate along this much too short week.

Link: http://www.stellarnet.eu/index.php/repository/podcast_player/?pID=22
Publish Date:

Authors: Fridolin Wild
Abstract:

The STELLAR TEL stars interview series aims to provide insights from Technology Enhanced Learning visionaries, learning executives, policy makers, and specialists in eLearning and related disciplines. The STELLAR Network of Excellence in Technology Enhanced Learning is seeking to open a strategic conversation about the Grand Challenge for TEL.

Link: http://www.stellarnet.eu/index.php/repository/podcast_player/?pID=19
Publish Date:

The LaProf Web Portal (http://www.language-learning-portal.eu) was publicly launched at the beginning of the month. The Portal focuses on the language learning needs of agricultural professionals, providing access to digital content on topics such as food management, horticulture, animal science, biotechnology, management but also ICT topics such as internet security, social networking, basic and creative software and many others. The learning scenarios aim at supporting the agricultural and ICT professionals throughout their learning, working and mobility processes.

 

The LaProf Web portal may be used to find:

* Interactive multilingual language learning units, exercises and terminology customized for the
agricultural and ICT sectors
* Multilingual WebQuests with focus on linguistic and cultural issues to support immigration processes
* Greek and Finnish language learning resources for beginners
* Lists of relevant language learning institutions in Greece and Finland and other useful information

 

The multilingual LaProf Portal is currently available in seven languages (English, Greek, Romanian,
Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian and Polish) and next steps envisage its development in Russian and French language. It has been developed in the context of the LaProf project (www.laprof.eu), a multilateral project that is funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission.

We cordially invite you to visit the LaProf Web Portal and find resources of interest/relevance to your work at: www.language-learning-portal.eu

 

We also kindly ask you to take 5 minutes of your time to let us know how it looked at:
http://survey.agroknow.gr/index.php?sid=67922&lang=en

See: http://www.language-learning-portal.eu

Contact: Jan PAWLOWSKI, Marjo HALMIALA
E-mail: jan.pawlowski(at)titu.jyu.fi, marjo.halmiala(at)jyu.fi

Call for Papers (apologies for cross-posting)

Doctoral Consortium at ECTEL 2010,

29 September, 2010

Barcelona, Spain

http://www.ectel2010.org/

 

OBJECTIVES:

The 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.

 

FEES, SCHOLARSHIPS for the Doctoral Consortium:

 

For a limited number of accepted contributions we secure funding

either from ECTEL 2010 (http://www.ectel2010.org) or STELLAR

(http://www.stellarnet.eu) so that registration fees are waived for

participants.

 

ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION PROCESS:

 

In contrast to regular conference papers, submissions should address

specifically doctoral work!

Therefore, the following elements have to be addressed in the papers:

 

   * A clear formulation of the research question,

   * An identification of the significant problems in the field of research,

   * An outline of the current knowledge of the problem domain, as

well as the state of existing solutions,

   * A presentation of any preliminary ideas, the proposed approach

and the results achieved so far,

   * A sketch of the applied research methodology,

   * A description of the Ph.D. project's contribution to the problem solution,

   * A discussion of how the suggested solution is different, new, or

better as compared to existing approaches to the problem.

 

Papers will be reviewed by at least two members of the doctoral

consortium committee who will be selected from the EC-TEL 2010

programme committee. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop

proceedings at http://CEUR-WS.org. Accepted students will be asked to

peer-review two accepted papers prior to the Doctoral Consortium.

 

Only electronic submissions are accepted. Please use

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dcectel2010 for uploading.

Papers describing doctoral work should be submitted in PDF format

before July 18, 2010. Authors should use the Springer LNCS format. For

camera-ready format instructions, please see For Authors instructions

athttp://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. The paper length

should not exceed 6 pages. A supporting letter by the supervisor of

the PhD works should be also uploaded.

 

Accepted students should prepare:

 

1. A firehouse introduction of themselves and their PhD project for

the introductory session.

  Duration: 60 sec max. No slides.

2. A poster of their PhD project to be used for introducing their

project (15-20 minutes) and

  its main issues during the small group sessions.

 

 

All papers will be reviewed after acceptance by at least two senior

researchers and one of the accepted doctoral candidates. A discussant,

a member of the doctoral consortium committee, will be appointed to

each paper. Discussant comments will be followed by a plenary

discussion of the paper. At the end of the consortium there will be a

general discussion, including a brainstorming session about current

and future research topics in the area.

 

Research topics for the Doctoral Consortium at ECTEL 2010:

 

Technological underpinning

   * Large scale sharing and interoperability

   * Technologies for personalisation and adaptation

   * Context-aware systems

   * Social computing and web 2.0

   * Semantic web and web 3.0

   * Mobile technologies

   * Intelligent games

   * Network infrastructures and architectures for TEL

   * Sensors and sensor networks

   * Roomware and ubiquitous computing

   * Data mining and information retrieval

   * Natural language processing and latent semantic analysis

   * eLearning specifications and standards

 

Pedagogical underpinning

   * Problem- and project-based learning / Inquiry based learning

   * Computer supported collaborative learning

   * Collaborative knowledge building

   * Game-based and simulation-based learning

   * Story-telling and reflection-based learning

   * Instructional design and Design approaches

   * Communities of learners & Communities of practice

   * Teaching techniques and strategies for online learning

   * Learner motivation and engagement

   * Evaluation methods for TEL

 

Individual, social & organisational learning processes

   * Cognitive mechanisms in knowledge acquisition and construction

   * Self-regulated and Self-directed learning

   * Social processes in teams and communities

   * Social awareness

   * Knowledge management and organisational learning

   * Sustainability & TEL business models and cases

   * Business-learning models

 

Learning contexts and domains

   * Applications of TEL in various domains

   * Formal education: initial (K-12, higher education), post-initial

(continuing education)

   * Workplace learning in small, medium and large companies

   * Aggregated learning at the workplace Distance and online learning

   * Lifelong learning (cradle to grave)

   * Vocational training

   * Informal learning

   * Non-formal learning

   * Ubiquitous learning

 

TEL in developing countries

   * ICT Inclusion for learning

   * Digital divide and learning

   * Generation divide and learning

   * Education policies

   * Rural learning

 

TEL, functional diversity and users with special needs

   * Accessible learning for all

   * Visual, hearing and physical impairments

   * Psycho-pedagogic support for users

   * Educational guidance for tutors

   * Adapted learning flow, content and monitoring process

   * Standards about accessibility and learning

 

CALENDAR:

 

July 18, 2010: Deadline for submitting applications to the ECTEL

Doctoral Consortium ******Now extended to 23rd July *********

July 30, 2010:  Notification of acceptance, Assignment of Peer Reviews

August 27, 2010: Peer reviews and discussant reviews sent to students

September 17, 2010: Final version of Doctoral Consortium Submission

sent for publishing

September 29, 2010: Doctoral Consortium at ECTEL

 

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

 

Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Tomaz Klobucar, Institut Jozef Stefan, Slovenia

Katherine Maillet, Institut Telecom, France

 

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (to be announced)

Authors: Stefaan Ternier
Abstract:

Link: http://portal.ou.nl/web/topic-mobile-learning/blog/-/blogs/report-on-augmented-reality-on-smartphone
Publish Date: 12 April 2010, 11:04 am

Authors: Marco Kalz
Abstract:

Link: http://portal.ou.nl/web/topic-mobile-learning/blog/-/blogs/contextualized-learning-and-the-fireplace
Publish Date: 28 April 2010, 3:56 pm