active learning

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

15 Maart 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
Projecten

The Knowledge Volunteers

13 Maart 2013

"The knowledge volunteers" (TKV) project joins older and younger people in a cross-generational initiative focused on promoting digital skills among the elderly.

“The knowledge volunteers” (TKV) project is currently running pilot programs in Italy, Spain, Greece, Czech Republic and Romania. It promotes didactic/organizational ICT learning methodology for elders, a model that has been defined and successfully applied at a local level by Italian partner Fondazione Mondo Digitale. It also encourages a peer-to-peer approach between experienced volunteers and new older students. The inter-generational approach is built on the active role of young students, who act as their elders’s teachers. A special didactic toolkit can be downloaded for free here.

active learning, ageing society, collaborative learning, collaborative learning
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Intergenerational Learning Circle for Community Service

12 Maart 2013

 

eScouts foments intergenerational learning exchange between elderly and youth volunteers—elders benefit by learning digital skills, while youngsters obtain guidance to help navigate life’s challenges. 

 

The "eScouts" project fits European guidelines with regards to Digital Divide reduction and LLP (Lifelong Learning Programme), and implements innovative ICT practices with a special focus on groups in risk of exclusion. The curriculum will be based on a blended learning environment inspired by Web 2.0 and teaching methods focused on end users.

 

The project includes three main phases:

 

-Training groups of young people to become teachers of ICT, and thereby reduce the default prohibitive nature of new technologies for the elderly.

-Training the elderly to become mentors for young people, providing them with support through life experiences and values, with a focus on employability.

-Training facilitators of intergenerational learning, to be key actors and mediators of the two groups.

active learning, collaborative learning, collaborative learning, ageing society, lifelong learning
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New Transgenerational Visual Literacy

12 Maart 2013

Project NTVIS brings together youth and seniors to cooperate and foster new intergenerational learning content.

The aim of the NTVIS project is to support exchange of knowledge and skills between the elderly and young people. Seniors will provide knowledge on a topic they feel comfortable with, and young people will prepare tasks/presentations on the same topic but using mobile applications and media communities.

 

This way, both parties will benefit: young people are taught something new and will benefit from the knowledge and experience of older people, while seniors will gain the necessary basics of mobile applications and social media. These experiences will be collected, described and analyzed in framework of the project. The NTVIS project aims to prevent the effects of digital and social exclusion.

active learning, collaborative learning, collaborative learning, mLearning
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The University of Tuscia (Italy) Joins the Agricultural Competences Project (AGRICOM)

07 Maart 2013

The University of Tuscia (UNITUS) based in Viterbo, Italy has just joined the AGRICOM consortium, providing expertise in Italian agriculture and food production, as well as forestry and energy efforts. 

The full first version of the AGRICOM Competence Model (ACM) was developed by the end of the first project year and is now undergoing extensive testing in AGRICOM partner countries. Now, the University of Tuscia (UNITUS) will coordinate the Italian portion of pilot-testing phase. Their efforts will complement the on-going pilot-testing in the other countries like Germany, Greece, and the Netherlands. Together, their results will demonstrate a variety of national implementations and applications.

 

For the lastest AGRICOM updates, please visit the project website, Facebook page, or Twitter account. 

Competence, active learning, lifelong education, Training, innovation, europe, vocational education
Blogs

EDEN 2013 Keynote Sugata Mitra Wins TEDPrize 2013

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

New Assessments and Environments for Knowledge Building

28 Februari 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
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Elearning in Use

21 Februari 2013

The main objective of this project is to enhance the skills of adult educators in the area of e-learning so that learners can benefit from the educational tools of this medium. We want to involve educators as much as possible through participating on the Internet online course, which will be created as part of the project. 

The theme of this course will be How to prepare and run an e-learning course using Moodle. Teachers will then create their own e-learning courses using the skills they have acquired. The online course will help teachers to acquire the basis of digital literacy necessary and sufficient to develop their own web based course for their individual learners and enhanced web training materials as well. These skills will enable educators to act with greater flexibly in their curriculum delivery and will serve to increase the level of interest amongst adult learners in the subject being covered by the course. In the modern world there is a need to use not only traditional methods of teaching, as in the partner countries there are many adult students that live in distant regions (or countries in cases where students emigrate), but also a need to develop and use more flexible teaching methods that reach out to the target groups.

active learning, ICT in education, eLearning2.0.
Directory

Knowledge Maturing in Europe

23 Februari 2013

This study presents a quantitative and qualitative analysis of data collected from a broad range of organisations within the knowledge-intensive service sector for the MATURE Integrating Project. The research delves into the concept of Knowledge Maturing (KM), which is goal-oriented learning on a collective level, within and across organisations. This study is based on a total of 139 interviews conducted throughout Europe, and focuses on different aspects of KM. 

e-resources, knowledge society, active learning, collaborative learning, collaborative learning
Blogs

Last few days to submit your contributions for EDEN 2013 annual conference

30 Januari 2013
conference, active learning, e-learning, online resources, Informal learning, Game-Based Learning (GBL)