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Int’l GUIDE Conference - Abstract Submission Deadline: June 28

GUIDE Association — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:38 +0000

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Calls & Announcements

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MOOCs

eLearning2.0.

higher education

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June 28 is the deadline for abstract submission for the upcoming International GUIDE Conference (Athens, Greece - October 3-4, 2013), whose title is "The Global Economic Crisis and its consequences on the national educational systems: Can online education contribute to overcome the crisis?"

The impact of the global economic crisis on higher education, the effect of MOOCs on traditional and online learning and the role of social networks and multimedia contents for the next generation of students are the main topics of the 6th International GUIDE Conference.

Over 100 participants from more than 40 different countries, including China, USA, Germany, UK, Russia, Nigeria, Brazil, Italy, Japan and Egypt, have already confirmed their attendance (click here to see a working list).

We are delighted to confirm that the session "MOOCs: A Revolution in the Making" will be introduced via video conference by Andrew Ng, co-founder of the leading MOOC provider Coursera and director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab.

Send your proposals through the call for papers form now!

You can get updated information about the conference, its programme and speakers at the official website of the conference.

Open Discovery Space - Opening day conference

Nicholas Standage — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:07:15 +0000

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Opinion

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Looking forward to the upcoming Open Discovery Space - opening day conference which will be taking place in Athens, Greece on the 20th of June 2013.

The event will see teachers, educational professionals, policy makers and repository contributors examining the impact of Open Digital Resources in Education and Innovation

Open Discovery Space (ODS) addresses various challenges that face the eLearning environment in the European context. The interface is being designed with students, teachers, parents and policy-makers in mind. The conference will demonstrate the major achievements of the ODS project and a session will be dedicated to the presentation of the ODS Portal.

More information about the programme, the keynote speakers and the exact location of the event is available here

eLearning Africa - Latest Updates

Grégory Vespasien — Thu, 30 May 2013 12:37:33 +0000

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Opinion

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Education

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Dr Eric Hamilton, Professor of Education with Joint Appointment in Mathematics at Pepperdine University,was interviewed by Alasdair MacKinnon on his work, his observations on eLearning, and the Socratic tradition. Read on

eLearning Africa 2013 will be hosting a series of video-themed sessions in Windhoek. Adam Salkeld, a television executive and Head of Programmes at Tinopolis, tells about video in education and what delegates can expect to learn about video at the conference. Read on

For other news related to eLearning Africa, please, visit us at http://www.elearning-africa.com

END 2013 - PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM

END Conference — Mon, 27 May 2013 09:49:02 +0000

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University

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The PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM is now available in our conference website: http://www.end-educationconference.org/ See you in Lisbon!

Web2LLP online training session recordings now available!

Nicholas Standage — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:01:35 +0000

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Opinion

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Social Media

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Web2LLP has launched its 10-hour pilot series of the online social media course for managers of Life Long Learning projects.

I would like to invite you to take a look at the online recordings of these sessions and find out more about:

How to set up a web strategy and communication action plan

How to select and choose the social media tools for your project needs

How to manage and measure your social media presence

How to share online content and comply with copyright laws

The official training sessions will commence on the 4ht of September 2013.

To watch the recordings of the first 2 sessions click here for session 1, and here for session 2. Recording for the rest of the sessions will be available soon.

For more information about the Web2LLP training sessions please take a look at the projects official site

Int'l GUIDE Conference - Call for papers deadline: May 31!

GUIDE Association — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:57:16 +0000

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Calls & Announcements

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eLearning2.0.

higher education

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open & distance learning

Learning Design

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May 31 is the deadline for abstract submission for the upcoming International GUIDE Conference (Athens, Greece - October 3-4, 2013), whose title is "The Global Economic Crisis and its consequences on the national educational systems: Can online education contribute to overcome the crisis?"

Send your proposals through the call for papers form now!

Join the comunity of learning technology experts coming from across the world to discuss new trends and developments in technology-enhanced learning, to share ideas and to network with colleagues.

Many speakers have already confirmed their attendance. Check them out here!

Don't miss the 6th International GUIDE Conference! Looking forward to meet you in Athens!

3rd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning

Thomas Ullmann — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:58:05 +0000

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Calls & Announcements

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Call for papers and demos 3rd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning (ARTEL13) to be held in conjunction with EC-TEL 2013, Paphos (Cyprus). September 17, 2013.

Submission deadline: 30.06.2013

Workshop webpage: http://teleurope.eu/artel13

Twitter hashtag: #artel13

Awareness and Reflection are important aspects of Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) and have to be adequately supported to enable learners to tap the potential of learning tools. The concepts awareness and reflection are viewed differently across the disciplines informing TEL (CSCW, CSCL, psychology, educational sciences, computer science, ...). ARTEL13 aims to push forward the discussion and research on these concepts in TEL. This year's theme for ARTEL 2013 is:

"How can awareness and reflection support learning in different settings (work, education, continuing professional development, lifelong learning, etc.). What are the roles that technology can play to support awareness and reflection in these contexts?"

This workshop is a direct follow-up of last year's EC-TEL workshop ARTEL12, and the previous workshops ARNETS11 (Awareness and Reflection in Learning Networks) and ALECR11 (Augmenting the Learning Experience with Collaborative Reflection).

Supporting projects

ARTEL13 pulls together research on awareness and reflection in technology-enhanced learning across disciplines (psychology, educational science, computer science) and across European TEL projects:

MIRROR (Reflective Learning at Work): http://www.mirror-project.eu/
ImREAL (Immersive Reflective Experience-based Adaptive Learning): http://www.imreal-project.eu/
Learning Layers (Scaling up Technologies for Informal Learning in SME Cluster): http://learning-layers.eu/

Find out more at the workshop webpage: http://teleurope.eu/artel13

SPeL 2013 – extended deadlines

Elvira Popescu — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:23:27 +0000

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The deadlines for the 6th International Workshop on Social and Personal Computing for Web-Supported Learning Communities have been extended as follows:

June 7, 2013 Abstract submission

June 14, 2013 Full paper submission

July 15, 2013 Acceptance notification

July 31, 2013 Registration and camera-ready papers

Please check the website for more details: http://software.ucv.ro/~epopescu/spel2013

Looking forward to your papers and to meeting you in the wonderful mountain resort of Sinaia, Romania, this October!

The Joy of Learning - EDEN 2013 Annual Conference Programme Published

Eva Suba — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:07:42 +0000

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The detailed conference programme with the schedule of plenary and parallel sessions is now available at the EDEN 2013 Annual Conference's website.

Near 100 papers, 50 posters, 17 workshops and 9 demonstrations will highlight the state of art in ICT supported learning in Europe and beyond. A world-class list of keynote speakers will contribute to throught-provoking discussions on the future of learning:

Sir Ken Robinson,

Sugata Mitra,

Anna Kirah,

Patrick Blessinger and

Bernard Luskin

are just some of the names to mention. Read the Pre-Conference Interviews with the keynotes and learn about their particular approaches and stimulating themes at the NAP blog.

Register online here for the conference

Recognising Excellence

The tradition of awarding the EDEN Conference Best Research Paper will be continued, in collaboration with the Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Open and Distance Learning. Awards will be presented at the Conference Dinner on 14 June.

Highlights from the parallel sessions

ICDE-EDEN Joint Workshop on Open and Distance Learning Futures: The Increasing Societal Impact of Online Education
Open Education for All and ICTs by the VISIR - "Vision, Scenarios, Insights and Recommendations" on ICT and Learning Network
The Norwegian Association for Distance and Flexible Education will have their strand about best practice of distance and e-learning during the NADE Day "Disruptive Education", 14 June.

Elearningeuropa.info will be tweeting live from LINQ 2013

Eulalia Canals — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:15:28 +0000

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Calls & Announcements

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innovation

OER

ICT in education

quality

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The international conference LINQ 2013 “Learning Innovations and Quality: “The Future of Digital Resources" is taking place this Thursday and Friday May 16th and 17th.

The conference will facilitate the exchange of ideas between individuals and organizations involved in learning innovations and quality in many diverse ways: LINQ 2013 will bring together an international audience of various academic and professional backgrounds, providing the foundation for a rewarding exchange of knowledge and experience.

Please stay tuned and follow the latest updates and conclusions live-tweeted from @elearningeuropa via the official hashtag of the event: #LINQ2013!!!