Education

Udalosti

International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2013)

14 Marec 2013

The IADIS CELDA 2013 conference aims to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a fast pace and affecting academia and professional practice in many ways. Paradigms such as just-in-time learning, constructivism, student-centered learning and collaborative approaches have emerged and are being supported by technological advancements such as simulations, virtual reality and multi-agents systems.

assessment, assessment, computer-based educational tools, design of educational facilities, educational environments, Education, open education university, web-based environment, cognitive approach
Novinky

END 2013 Conference - Last Call For Abstracts

11 Marec 2013

The International Conference on Education and New Developments—END 2013 has issued a 2nd Call for Abstracts. This will be the last call: participants will have until 29 March 2013 to turn in new submissions.

END 2013 - International Conference on Education and New Developments will be accepting abstract submissions until 29 March 2013, and authors will be notified starting on 26 April 2013. The conference will be held 1-3 June 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal, and registration is open until 17 May. 

Education, learner; teacher, pedagogy, University, literacy, collaborative learning, collaborative learning, change in higher education, Student, organizational learning, school organization, primary education, school curriculum development
Udalosti

1st International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education

11 Marec 2013

The 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (CISPEE) will take place in Porto on October 31st and November 1st, under the theme "Education in Engineering: Challenges for Innovation". Technically sponsored by the IEEE, IGIP, SEFI, ASCE, ABENGE, and the Portuguese Engineers Association, this event will be a key opportunity to gather - in Portugal - a number of national and international experts in the area of engineering education, under the topics of the present working groups of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education, namely Engineering Ethics; ICT in Engineering Education; Continuing Engineering Education; Tools to Develop Higher Order Thinking Skills; and Mathematics in Engineering Education.

computer-based educational tools, design of educational facilities, higher education resources, Education, higher education
Projekty

Working Environment with Social and Personal Open Tools for Inquiry-based learning

06 Marec 2013

weSPOT aims at promoting scientific inquiry in the classroom by relating scientific concepts to personal curiosity, experiences, and reasoning. 

 

weSPOT, a project supported by the European Commission, addresses several challenges to building personal knowledge, specifically in the area of science. It focuses on inquiry-based learning, in which the learner takes the role of a self-motivated explorer, and provides support for building these skills.

The main problem areas weSPOT tackles are the general lack of inquiry skills in students from ages 12 to 25, the dearth of technological support to bolster students’ curiosity, linking everyday world experiences to the classroom, streamlining e-learning with inquiry-based approaches, and measuring the impact of inquiry projects.

weSPOT’s main objectives are: (a) defining a reference model for inquiry-based learning skills, (b) creating a diagnostic instrument for measuring inquiry skills, and (c) implementing a working environment that allows the easy linking of inquiry activities with school curricula and legacy systems.

Education, inquiry approach
Udalosti

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

06 Marec 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
Udalosti

World Congress on Education (WCE-2013)

04 Marec 2013

The WCE is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education. The WCE promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from Education.

e-learning, Education, pedagogy
Blogy

END 2013 Conference - 2nd CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

04 Marec 2013
Education, learner; teacher, pedagogy, University, literacy, collaborative learning, collaborative learning, change in higher education, Student, organizational learning, school organization, primary education, school curriculum development
Blogy

END 2013 - Last Day of the 1st Call for Abstracts (extension)

28 Február 2013
Education, learner; teacher, pedagogy, University, literacy, collaborative learning, collaborative learning, change in higher education, Student, organizational learning, school organization, primary education, school curriculum development
Zoznam

New Assessments and Environments for Knowledge Building

28 Február 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
Blogy

END 2013 - 10 days left for submission of Abstracts

18 Február 2013
Education, learner; teacher, pedagogy, University, literacy, collaborative learning, collaborative learning, change in higher education, Student, organizational learning, school organization, primary education, school curriculum development