Informal learning

Begivenheder

June 28 - LS6 Webinar: Empowering future language learners: Formal and informal language learning through social media

25 Juni 2012

Invited speakers:

Pierre-Antoine Ullmo, P.A.U. Education, Barcelona, Spain

Stylianos Mystakidis, University of Patras, Greece

Pere Arcas, Catalan TV, Barcelona, Spain   

 

Moderators:               

Laia Canals, P.A.U. Education, Barcelona, Spain                                   

Nina Timmer, P.A.U.Education, Barcelona, Spain   

 

Join us for the special live debate (videostreaming webinar)

For free registration email now: barcelonawebinar.ls6@gmail.com 

Informal learning, language learning, formal learning, ICT in education
Katalog

The EUROCALL Review

17 May 2013

"The EUROCALL Review" is a biannual online magazine published by the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), a network of language teaching professionals.

Edited by EUROCALL's President, Ana Gimeno, member of the Department of Applied Linguistics, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), the publication includes regular section offering information about Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) issues, upcoming events, special interest groups (SIGs), on-going projects, recommended websites, reports and good practice examples in language learning, among other subjects.

 

EUROCALL aims to:

  • promote the use of foreign languages within Europe
  • provide a European focus for the promulgation of innovative research, development and practice relating to the use of technologies for language learning
  • enhance the quality, dissemination and efficiency of CALL materials
  • support Special Interest Groups
Informal learning, language learning
Begivenheder

Implementing Behavioural Change in Organisations

29 April 2013

This 'Learning Now' event will reveal how learning technologies can be used to help improve compliance training in organisations.

"Why won't they comply?", the first of three 'LearningNow' series of events, will help participants identify the problems often encountered when delivering compliance training and examine ways to inject new life into dry subject matter. Participants will get a chance to discuss the real issues behind developing compliance content, and consider new ways to put behavioural change into practice.

The event will feature the following speakers: Charles Jennings, Founder 70:20:10 Forum, Imogen Casebourne, Director of Learning at Epic, Simon Brown, Head of Learning Transformation at Lloyds Banking Group, and Mark Aberdour, Head of Learning Platforms at Epic.
e-learning, Informal learning
Artikler

TRAILER: Tagging, recognition and acknowledgment of informal learning experiences

24 April 2013

This paper appears in the post-proceedings of The International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE 2012) in IEEE Xplore.

The evolution of new technology and its increasing use, have for some years been making the existence of informal learning more and more transparent, especially among young and older adults in both Higher Education and workplace contexts.

 

However, the nature of formal and non-formal, course-based, approaches to learning has made it hard to accommodate these informal processes satisfactorily, and although technology bring us near to the solution, it has not yet achieved.

 

TRAILER project aims to address this problem by developing a tool for the management of competences and skills acquired through informal learning experiences, both from the perspective of the user and the institution or company. This paper describes the research and development main lines of this project.

Informal learning, tagging, recognition, Competence, Skills, Education, ICT, project
Blogs

CELDA 2013 - 7 days to deadline for proposals

22 April 2013
cognitive approach, Accessibility, computer-based educational tools, design of educational facilities, Informal learning, University, assessment, assessment, elearning resources

70:20:10 by Charles Jennings

09 April 2013
Informal learning, collaborative learning, collaborative learning, new learning environments
Nyheder

e-Learning 2013 - 1st call extension (18 days to deadline)

15 March 2013

We have issued an extension call for papers for the IADIS e-Learning 2013 conference with a submission deadline of April 1st 2013.

This conference will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, 23 - 26 July 2013 as part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2013) Prague, Czech Republic 22 – 26 July 2013.

 

* Keynote Speakers (confirmed):
Thomas C. Reeves, Professor Emeritus of Learning, Design, and Technology, College of Education, The University of Georgia, USA
Doc. Ing Jan Lojda, President of the Czech Association of Distance Teaching Universities, Czech Republic

 

* Conference background and goals
The IADIS e-Learning 2013 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within e-Learning. This conference covers both technical as well as the non-technical aspects of e-Learning.
The conference accepts submissions in the following seven main areas: Organisational Strategy and Management Issues; Technological Issues; e-Learning Curriculum Development Issues; Instructional Design Issues; e-Learning Delivery Issues; e-Learning Research Methods and Approaches; e-Skills and Information Literacy for Learning.

 

* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital Library (accessible on-line).
The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC, EI Compendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services.

 

* Best Papers
The best papers will be selected for publishing as extended versions in the IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet (ISSN: 1645-7641), in the Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE) journal (ISSN:1741-5659) and also to selected journals (i.e. IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems (IJCSIS - ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers.

 

* Types of submissions
Full papers, Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process.

 

* Topics related to e-Learning are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas:

 

  • Organisational Strategy and Management Issues
  • Technological Issues
  • e-Learning Curriculum Development Issues
  • Instructional Design Issues
  • e-Learning Delivery Issues
  • e-Learning Research Methods and Approaches
  • e-Skills and Information Literacy for Learning

To see more details and subtopics, please see the attached document or visit the conference website.

e-learning, Accessibility, Informal learning, collaborative learning, collaborative learning, active learning, adult, web-based learning, educational materials, achievement
Begivenheder

Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning EC-Cedefop Seminar

06 March 2013

 

The seminar ‘Validation of Non-Formal and Informal Learning’ will take place on the 9th and 10th of April, 2013 in Mechelen, Belgium, and is open to 120 participants.

The event is hosted by the European Commission and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), in association with the Irish Presidency of the European Union.

 

European countries are increasingly recognising the need to acknowledge the types of learning that take place outside formal training institutions. There are still obstacles, however, to implementing policy objectives and practical solutions for validating the learning that happens in the workplace, at home, or in leisure activities.

This ‘Validation of Non-Formal and Informal Learning’ seminar will convene 120 participants interested in and involved with the challenges and solutions this topic presents.

Registration is currently open. For more information, please contact koen.nomden@ec.europa.eu

VET, vocational education, vocational learning, formal learning, Informal learning, Education
Blogs

EDEN 2013 Keynote Sugata Mitra Wins TEDPrize 2013

04 March 2013
computer-based educational tools, active learning, equal access, Informal learning, ICT in education, personalised learning
Katalog

New Assessments and Environments for Knowledge Building

28 February 2013

This paper looks at innovative ways to improve the development of 21st-century skills in students both individually and in groups, considering both formal and informal learning opportunities.

In this paper we review literature on knowledge-creating organizations to identify sequences leading from entry-level 21st century skills to mature levels of the skills defined by the Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills project. We suggest a developmental scheme to allow students and teachers in any classroom to find a starting point and advance along dimensions identified. In a fully developed knowledge building environment, the ways people and ideas interact are critical to the integration of deep understanding, knowledge creation, and practical action. After proposing a framework for moving toward high-end knowledge environments we consider basic principles of learning and developmental trajectories relevant to them. We distinguish two approaches: “working backward from goals” and “emergence of new skills.” We discuss how modern technologies can help integrate and enhance these different approaches, how formative assessments can be used to increase the pace of innovation, and how a broader systems perspective might inform large-scale summative assessments.
 
An analytic framework, with developmental trajectories defined by 21st century skills, is provided for analyzing environments in light of the extent to which they support knowledge creation. Our goal is to provide a scheme comprehensive enough to identify starting points, as well as pathways to higher-order achievements for all, from elementary through to tertiary education, and applicable to out-of-school contexts, so as to support an inclusive model of 21st century knowledge building. We also aim to distinguish efforts that prepare students for work in knowledge-creating organizations after they leave school from those that aim to transform schools to operate as knowledge-creating organizations in their own right. We end with suggestions for new initiatives to help advance
education for a knowledge-building society.
 
eSkills, new skills, Skills, active learning, formal learning, Informal learning, Education