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Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning 2012
We are pleased to announce the 8th Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning, to take place from Monday, May 21st to Friday May 25th, 2012. Pre-summer school activities are organized all day on Sunday, May 20th.The summer school aims to encourage participants to adopt a critical stance in thinking about the role of technologies in providing opportunities for learners and the potential of these opportunities in terms of learning.
The summer school aims to encourage participants to adopt a critical stance in thinking about the role of technologies in providing opportunities for learners and the potential of these opportunities in terms of learning.
The summer school provides a learning environment where participants get opportunities to: develop their research skills; increase their knowledge base; collaborate with others in their own and complementary research areas; engage in debate; have access to experts in the field; and discuss their own work.
The programme will include lectures from a broad range of domains which contribute to advancing the field of Technology Enhanced Learning. TEL research projects are encouraged to provide students with a perspective of the state-of-the-art research under study in their working groups. The programme will also include practical and methodological workshops and opportunities for doctoral candidates to develop their personal research. Students will have opportunities to present and discuss their doctoral work.
Applications should be submitted online before Thursday, March 1st, 2012: Application Form.
Applicants will be required to submit:
- a CV outlining their educational background and work experience (maximum one page);
- a letter of motivation, explaining why they want to participate in the Summer School (maximum one page);
- a letter of support from their PhD advisor, which should include a statement of the level of support the institution is able to supply.
Applicants requiring financial support for participation should explicitly mention it in their motivation letter, briefly explaining their circumstances. It is expected that applicants working on research projects which are able to fund them will not apply for financial support. To ensure a high ratio between tutors and students the school will be limited to 60 PhD students.
In order to increase social contacts among the summer school participants, the programme includes several social events. A variety of sport activities will also be offered to the summer school participants. A cultural excursion is organised on the Sunday preceding the summer school.
Explania
Explania collects instructional / explanatory animated videos created by multimedia company Instruxion. Although the videos were made primarily for companies who want to explain their product or service to a target audience, many of these clips are still relevant and useful to both teachers and students.
Call for proposals from European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Different actions to participate: Societal aspects of ICT. This area is characterized by the use of ICT as enabling technology for the benefit of society, in fields like sustainable development, ambient assisted living, e-health, energy efficiency, e-learning, bioinformatics and many others. Media and Technology: E-learning; Audience studies; Media sociology; Cultures of communication, etc
The Importance of Technology - A Collaborative White Paper for Schools
This paper examines the current position of UK education in this fast moving landscape and examines the lessons from other countries. It makes recommendations that will help support current education policy and guide schools in providing opportunities for all our students.
PASSERELLE à l'Université de Bourgogne
La Passerelle, un service qui regroupe le Centre de Formation Ouverte et A Distance, le Centre Création de Ressources Multimédia et le Centre de LANGues. Le Centre de Création de Ressources Multimédia (CReM) est le résultat de la fusion des équipes techniques du Centre Audiovisuel (CAV) et du Centre de Téléenseignement (CTEU). Le CCRem a pour mission d'aider et d'accompagner les personnels de l'Université de Bourgogne dans leurs cheminements à l'intérieur des nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication.
EIT ICT Labs Master School: apply online!
The KIC launched the Master School's website where you can find all information about the various choices of our Master's programmes in ICT Innovation that are offered in different combinations at almost 20 universities in Europe.
In the fall of 2012 EIT ICT Labs Master School will be able to welcome its first students (approximately 200).
Visit the website to also find out more about how it combines a technical major and a minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, providing graduates with double degrees and a special EIT and EIT ICT Labs certificate.
Students who will take the chance and fullfill the programme will gain a fantastic network of exclusive contacts with leading research and business organisations and fellow students all over Europe.
Tuition fee waivers and scholarships
For the most highly ranked admitted students (as a minimum 30%), we will provide fee waivers. EIT ICT Labs has also reserved funding for scholarships covering personal expenses on the level of 9000 Euro per year and student, however a formal decision by the European Commission is pending in this matter.
The application period opens on January 1 and closes on February 15.
European Institute of Innovation and Technology to create more innovation hubs
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is to significantly step up its efforts to drive innovation and entrepreneurship in the EU with the creation of six new cross-border innovation hubs, known as Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), in 2014-2020.
The European Commission has allocated a budget of €2.8 billion in the next financial framework to enable the EIT to expand and consolidate the development of its existing KICs which focus on climate change, sustainable energy and ICT.
"The new package we are proposing for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology is great news for European business, research and academia. We are investing in creating the entrepreneurs of tomorrow and strengthening the innovation capacity of the EU so that we remain a match for the world's best," said Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth.
The Commission also adopted a proposal for the EIT 'Strategic Innovation Agenda', which defines the framework for the Institute's operations in the years to come. The Commission expects it to provide an impetus for creating up to 600 start-up companies and for training 25 000 students and 10 000 PhDs in new curricula combining excellent science with a strong entrepreneurship component.
EIT ICT Labs Eindhoven Startup weekend: Startup Fairy Tale wins 1 year of coaching
A Startup weekend is an intense 54 hour event that focuses on transforming high tech, design, web or mobile business idea into a prototype, market strategy or business case.The weekend brings together people with different skills – primarily developers, creatives and entrepreneurs – to create prototypes and develop commercial cases.
The Eindhoven Startup weekend gathered 60 partipants that formed 10 teams and pitched 32 ideas. At the end of the weekend five of the teams had working prototypes.
The jury, including EIT ICT Labs Eindhoven Node Director Patrick Strating, selected team Fairy Tale as the winner. Their application uses augmented reality to encourage children to play outdoors. According to the jury hhey have found a valuable niche by responding to the desire from parents to see their children actively playing outside.
The first prize is being coached intensively by EIT ICT Labs for a whole year! Also, the winning team will be able to attend the presentation of successful entrepreneur Ash Maurya who flew in especially from Sillicon Valley to share the latest in lean startup.
Niek Otten, one of the founders of the Fairy Tale application:
- We got the opportunity to pitch our idea on BNR Newsradio. As we received very enthusiastic feedback on our idea, we decided to pitch it during the event and it turned out to be worthwhile!
- We were also lucky that we were able to form a team of people with complementary skills - two industrial designers (TU/e), an i-phone developer and a marketing expert. This, together with the help of mentors and a positive and cooperative team spirit did the trick.
- Events like Startup Weekend make you realise that only having a good initiative or smart concept doesn't get you there. You need complementary skills, whether it is in marketing, research, IT support, you name it, to get to real implementation!"
Learn more and connect via LinkedIn or on Facebook. Pictures are available on Flickr or Picasa, #swEindhoven and #startupweekend tags. Updates on progress and planning for next edition (March 16-18, 2012) are found at #swEindhoven on Twitter.