Research
INTED2013 - 7th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
INTED2013 will be an excellent opportunity to present your projects and discuss 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.
Improving Student Learning symposium 2012
Improving student learning through research and scholarship: 20 years of ISL
The major aim of the Symposium is to provide a forum which brings together those who are primarily researchers into learning in higher education and those who are primarily practitioners concerned more pragmatically with improving their practice, and encourages the sharing of scholarly work and collaborative discussion. But from whichever starting point, papers are only accepted if they take a sufficiently scholarly, research-based approach.
In 2012 we celebrate 20 years of the Improving Student Learning Symposium with a conference theme of ‘Improving student learning through research and scholarship: 20 years of ISL’ so this year we especially invite participants to submit proposals which reflect back on what we have learnt over the past two decades, or would want to claim we now understand about student learning, and the research evidence that supports it.
As interest in improving the student experience has grown, ISL remains the place to discuss the impact of research findings on our practice. The distinctive format of published papers combined with times set aside for themed discussions is annually welcomed by up to 200 participants from over 15 countries at each conference.
Impact of e-learning in the 21st century university
This chapter will examine how and why the “Academy” in the 21st century has both deployed e-learning and adapted to the deployment of e-learning by the “other” (including its own students).
The paper's aim is to explain why the radical solutions beloved of visionaries have happened rarely and then have mostly failed, and yet how more moderate solutions are emerging that are sustainable and manageable within recognisable paradigms of university governance. The chapter will draw out links from the e-learning phenomenon to wider issues of privatisation, internationalisation, culture, research and funding.
The material is based on studies of the author and his colleagues in this area since his first e-learning study tour (of three weeks) to US universities in 1995. It takes particular advantage of his recent work on the Re.ViCa and CAPITAL projects 1 but also from his long experience in many departments of the Open University (UK) and a network of smaller projects and contacts straddling countries as diverse as Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Rwanda, Spain, Sweden, Thailand and the United States – together with the four home nations of the UK.
De ouder wordende hersenen: neuroplasticiteit en levenslang leren
De rol van volwassenenonderwijs wordt steeds belangrijker in het kader van beleid dat levenslang leren bevordert. De deelname van volwassenen in leeractiviteiten is echter relatief laag, ondanks de stimulansen en initiatieven die erop gericht zijn om burgers op ieder moment in hun leven toegang tot onderwijs en scholing te geven.
De deelname daalt met het toenemen van de leeftijd: het grootste probleem dat ouderen met leren hebben is dat de verslechtering van de hersenfunctie een progressieve verslapping van de concentratie, geheugen en mentale flexibiliteit tot gevolg heeft. Recent geavanceerd onderzoek in de neurowetenschap laat zien dat het verouderen van de hersenen mogelijk omkeerbaar is: de hersenen zijn plastisch in alle fasen van het leven en de kaarten van de hersenen kunnen middels leerervaringen opnieuw worden opgebouwd.
TaPTA Workshop at EC-TEL 2012
High-performance classrooms are characterized by 1:1 computing, high cognitive density, and big data. However, in comparison with most other professionals from whom clients expect rapid decisions in a dynamically changing environment, presently teachers often do not get the information they need for decision making in a timely fashion and in a meaningful and actionable format. Building on the NEXT-TELL project, the TaPTA workshop explores methods and tools to support teachers’ professional vision in 21st century classrooms. This workshop’s ambitious objective is to jumpstart a new learning sciences research stream on teaching analytics by bringing together learning scientists in different sub-fields such as CSCL, ITS, EDM, researchers in Visual Analytics, and data scientists working with “Big Data” in public institutions and private enterprises. In addition to researchers, we are also targeting teachers at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of education to be involved as co-designers and discussants.
Topics
TaPTA 2012 workshop topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Historical and contemporary practices in notations, representations, and visualizations of classroom activities and student learning
- Theories and methods for designing and evaluating new notations, representations, and visualizations for teaching analytics
- Cognitive dimensions of notations for learning and teaching purposes
- Visual analytics for activity tracking
- Visual analytics for knowledge tracking
- Visual analytics for formative vs. summative evaluations
- Visual analytics for technology enhanced formative assessment
- Engendering teachers’ professional vision in high-performance classrooms
- Synthesis of visual analytics oriented theory and practice in the Learning Sciences, e-Learning, Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), Educational Data Mining, and Learning Analytics.
- Technical architectures and technological infrastructure for teaching analytics
- Linked Data for teaching analytics
- Instrumentation of classrooms and ecosystems for learning and teaching
- Critical perspectives on teaching analytics
Important Dates
- Submission deadline: 15 July 2012
- Notification of acceptance: 06 August 2012
- Camera-ready version of accepted papers: 26 August 2012
- Workshop date: Tuesday, 18 September, 2012
FInd out more about submission guidelines and formats here.
Internet Science Summer School 2012
The Network of Excellence Internet Science is currently inviting applications from early career researchers for the first Summer School to be held in Oxford from 12-18 August 2012. The theme of the summer school is "Internet Privacy and Identity, Trust and Reputation Mechanisms," with sub-themes addressing online identity and ACTA/SOPA/CISPA.
Academic Programme
The principal aim of the programme is to promote interdisciplinary discussion of issues related to Internet Science among early career researchers (advanced PhD students and those in the first four years of their research career) engaged in research related to Internet privacy and identity, trust and reputation mechanisms. Daily activities will be structured around morning lectures and afternoon discussions aimed at developing participants’ thinking on a range of issues central to the Internet. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their research with faculty and other early career researchers. A range of social events will provide informal opportunities for continued discussions and networking among participants.
The summer school will draw upon the strengths of the Network of Excellence in Internet Science (described below) and will involve participation of many of its members, in addition to colleagues from partner institutions.
Benefits of participation
Participants will meet and work with a diverse group of their peers, a considerable benefit for researchers who may not have large academic peer groups in their own departments. Additionally, participants will:
- Join an international collaboration experience
- Exchange institutional research projects, methods, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
- Contribute to ongoing discussions of research and issues related to Internet Science
- Attend lectures from renowned experts and participate in multi-disciplinary discussions
- Engage in academic and professional networking
Research areas
We welcome applications from early career researchers in any discipline whose work in the field of Internet research engages with the theme of the summer school and reflects the disciplinary base of the Network of Excellence in Internet Science, as described below.
About the Network of Excellence in Internet Science
The Network of Excellence in Internet Science aims to develop an integrated and interdisciplinary scientific understanding of Internet networks and their co-evolution with society. The network is composed of over thirty research institutions across Europe from a variety of disciplines including physics, sociology, game theory, economics, political sciences, network engineering, computation, complexity, networking, security, mathematics, humanities, and law, as well as other relevant social and life sciences. Its main objective is to enable an open and productive dialogue between all disciplines that study Internet systems from any technological or humanistic perspective, and which in turn are being transformed by continuous advances in Internet functionality.
Fees and activities
Delegate fees are £900 and this includes 7 nights’ en suite accommodation at Queen’s College, daily breakfast, lunch (including one BBQ) and refreshments, and two evening college dinners. Summer school participants will have an opportunity to take part in Oxford social activities.
Applications must be submitted by 5p.m. (GMT) on Friday, June 1st. We will notify successful applicants by Friday, June 15.
Please contact Tim Davies for further information.
ICERI2012
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.
Topics:
- Global Issues in Education and Research
- Education: New Trends and Experiences
- Research: New Trends and Experiences
- New Challenges in the Higher Education Area
- Teacher Training
- Curriculum Design
- Accreditation and Quality Assurance
- University-Industry Cooperation
- International Projects
- Technology in Teaching and Learning
- E-content Management and Development
Call for Papers:
Deadlines
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 19th, 2012 (included) (*)
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: September 3rd, 2012
Final Paper Submission Deadline: October 4th, 2012 (included) (*)
(*) By midnight - 23:59 Los Angeles Time Zone
Types of contributions:
You can present your projects in three modalities: in person (either oral or poster presentation) or virtually (not attending authors).
Read the omplete call for papers and submission guidelines.
For information about registration and the tentative programme click here.
"I am a sort of guinea pig for the principles that I have advocated" - Interview with David White
In EDEN's series of interviews with keynote speakers at the 2012 EDEN Annual Conference, David White - Honorary Director General at the European Commission - talked to Steve Wheeler about his life, his passions and what he believes about technology supported education.
Read the complete interview here.
"Education is relational!"
Find out what David White thinks about the impact technology has had on lifelong learning across Europe in the last two decades and what the future will hold for traditional ecuational institutions.
The interview was conducted by Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at Plymouth University and passionate blogger.