CHI 2012 - It's the Experience!May 5-10, 2012 - Austin, Texashttp://chi2012.acm.org/The ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference on human-computer interaction. The experience of CHI 2012 is centered in vibrant Austin, Texas, the Live Music Capital of the World.STUDENT GAME COMPETITIONDeadline: 9 January 2012http://chi2012.acm.org/cfp-studentgame.shtmlThe student game competition is new within CHI. The competition is aimed at meeting the... Read full post

Extended Deadline August 10, 2011 - 1st International Workshop on Enhancing Learning with Ambient Displays and Visualization Techniques (ADVTEL'2011)http://sites.google.com/site/advtel2011/Held at the 6th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL11) in Palermo, Italy, September 20 - September 23, 2011***********RATIONALEVisualization techniques have been researched as a way to help people deal with the abundance of information. It makes use of the principles in Gestalt Theory... Read full post

Context and Technology Enhanced Learning (ConTEL):
Theory, methodology and design
 
Second Call for Workshop Papers for EC-TEL 2011, 20-23 September, Palermo, Italy
 
Organisers and Co-Chairs:
 
Prof. Andrew Ravenscroft
CASS School of Education, University of East London, UK.
Prof. Mike Sharples
Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Nottingham, UK.
 
Abstract. This workshop will adopt a critical, comprehensive and yet pragmatic approach to... Read full post

Monday 13 June, 5.00-7.30pm, Room 4.10:  LEARNING TO LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES – WHAT ARE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR?
Professor Keri Facer (Manchester Metropolitan University) talks about her new book which questions taken-for-granted assumptions about the future of education. Arguing that we have been working with too narrow a vision of the future, Keri Facer makes a case for recognising the challenges that the next two decades may bring, including: The emergence of new... Read full post

After busy work, a comprehensive wiki about Social Web in education has been created. Have a look at http://sowebedu.wikispaces.com and explore the various content. You are welcome to join the community! 

According to Nik Peachey, it's educational technology...
See http://www.deltapublishing.co.uk/development/the-worst-thing-about-educational-technology-is-educational-technology

We finalized the schedule for the dataTEL workshop at ARV2011. In this posting you can find further information about the workshop that is organized by the dataTEL Theme Team.First of all, we are glad to annouce that we will have two keynote speakers related to the dataTEL topics: Shlomo Berkovsky (AU) and John Stamper (USA).
Shlomo Berkovsky is a Senior Research Scientist and Research Team Leader at the TLI project (CSIRO – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation,... Read full post

Lucia Pannese (Imaginary, Italy) talks about Serious games
Direct link: http://www.espaciotv.es/playId.swf?videoId1=1778, Language: EN (SP)
Available at:
- UNIR. MSc in e-learning and social networks: http://blog.unir.net/e-learning/complemento
- TELeurope: http://www.teleurope.eu/pg/blog/owner/dburgos
- TELspain: http://www.telspain.es/blogs/dburgos
- EC-TEL 2011: http://www.ec-tel.eu
- eMadrid: http://www.emadridnet.org
Cheers,
Daniel
 

Ruth Drysdale (JISC, United Kingdom) talks about Students’ perspective on Technology
Direct link: http://www.espaciotv.es/playId.swf?videoId1=1776, Language: EN (SP)
Available at:
- UNIR. MSc in e-learning and social networks: http://blog.unir.net/e-learning/complemento
- TELeurope: http://www.teleurope.eu/pg/blog/owner/dburgos
- TELspain: http://www.telspain.es/blogs/dburgos
- EC-TEL 2011: http://www.ec-tel.eu
- eMadrid: http://www.emadridnet.org
Cheers,

Daniel

Dragan Gasevic (Simon Fraser Univ., Athabasca Univ., Canada) talks about Integration of Learning with daily life activities
Direct link: http://www.espaciotv.es/playId.swf?videoId1=1769, Language: EN (SP)
Available at:
- UNIR. MSc in e-learning and social networks: http://blog.unir.net/e-learning/complemento
- TELeurope: http://www.teleurope.eu/pg/blog/owner/dburgos
- TELspain: http://www.telspain.es/blogs/dburgos
- EC-TEL 2011: http://www.ec-tel.eu
- eMadrid:... Read full post