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PROLEARN Academy Newsletter 24-09-2007
Dear reader,
this is the release of the weekly PROLEARN Academy Newsletter. With this approach we wish to inform you respecting the news in PROLEARN Academy about which are the new added elements, which are the events organized for the next week and some information about the projects registered in PROLEARN Academy.
this is the release of the weekly PROLEARN Academy Newsletter. With this approach we wish to inform you respecting the news in PROLEARN Academy about which are the new added elements, which are the events organized for the next week and some information about the projects registered in PROLEARN Academy.
*** Events in the next 7 days
Free and Open Education: FLOSSCom Virtual & On-Campus Summer University
Place: Virtual & On-Campus (see website),
Date: 2007-07-03 - 2007-09-30
The European Union funded FLOSSCom research project is investigating Free / Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) communities as learning environments. The project aims to identify principles of FLOSS communities that could be transferred to educational settings, e.g. how the community model could help to improve education. The project will run a ‘Virtual and On-Campus Summer University’ starting at the 3rd of July. The Summer University is a 12 week open access session with the objective of developing a toolkit on ‘Learning the Open Source Way’ The summer university will be conducted as a joint event bringing in as a “special guest” the Ubuntu community – The world’s famous Linux distribution with a community of 320.000 enthusiasts! We especially encourage students to take the chance and engage with experts throughout the globe. We ask everyone to feel free to bring in their knowledge, thoughts and energy, without any fees or enrolment criteria. The invitation is open to learners who have no, little or a great deal of experience with FLOSS communities.
The European Union funded FLOSSCom research project is investigating Free / Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) communities as learning environments. The project aims to identify principles of FLOSS communities that could be transferred to educational settings, e.g. how the community model could help to improve education. The project will run a ‘Virtual and On-Campus Summer University’ starting at the 3rd of July. The Summer University is a 12 week open access session with the objective of developing a toolkit on ‘Learning the Open Source Way’ The summer university will be conducted as a joint event bringing in as a “special guest” the Ubuntu community – The world’s famous Linux distribution with a community of 320.000 enthusiasts! We especially encourage students to take the chance and engage with experts throughout the globe. We ask everyone to feel free to bring in their knowledge, thoughts and energy, without any fees or enrolment criteria. The invitation is open to learners who have no, little or a great deal of experience with FLOSS communities.
ICL2007
Place: Villach,
Date: 2007-09-26 - 2007-09-28
The 2007 edition of the Interactive Computer Aided Learning Conference is already planned ICL2007 will be held in Villach, Austria, September 26-28, 2007
There is additional information in http://www.prolearn-academy.org/Events
The 2007 edition of the Interactive Computer Aided Learning Conference is already planned ICL2007 will be held in Villach, Austria, September 26-28, 2007
*** New Call For Papers
ICLS Conference - 1st Call for proposals
Call-Art:
Conference,
Paper submission deadline: 2007-11-19
8th ICLS Conference - International Perspectives in the Learning Sciences
8th ICLS Conference - International Perspectives in the Learning Sciences
Special issue on Design Patterns for Augmenting E-Learning Experiences
Call-Art:
Publication,
Paper submission deadline: 2007-10-05
Computers in Human Behavior [http://ees.elsevier.com/chb] is a scholarly journal dedicated to examining the use of computers from a psychological perspective. The journal addresses human interactions with computers, not computers per se. The computer is discussed only as a medium through which human behaviors are shaped and expressed.
There is additional information in http://www.prolearn-academy.org/cfps
Computers in Human Behavior [http://ees.elsevier.com/chb] is a scholarly journal dedicated to examining the use of computers from a psychological perspective. The journal addresses human interactions with computers, not computers per se. The computer is discussed only as a medium through which human behaviors are shaped and expressed.
*** New job offers
PhD fellow positions at CS Department, Aalborg University, Denmark
Department of Computer Science at Aalborg University in Denmark offers several PhD Fellow vacancies for 3 years expected to start on March 1 2008 with a deadline for applications on January 1 2008. In the context of interdisciplinary EU project KIWI: Knowledge in the Wiki under FP7 program for intelligent content and semantics.
There is additional information in http://www.prolearn-academy.org/jobs
Department of Computer Science at Aalborg University in Denmark offers several PhD Fellow vacancies for 3 years expected to start on March 1 2008 with a deadline for applications on January 1 2008. In the context of interdisciplinary EU project KIWI: Knowledge in the Wiki under FP7 program for intelligent content and semantics.
*** PROLEARN Academy - Measure
Our auto observation tool for scientific communities contains at present 906 projects,
of which 218 are newsfeeds, 91 newsletters, 333 web sites, 69 mailinglists and 195 blogs.
The number of catched entries totals 29560 for the feeds, of which 0 were retrieved last week. For the newsletters totals 2337 entries, of which 28 were retrieved last week, for the mailinglists there are 60378 entries, of which 510 last week and for the blogs there are 3586 entries, of which 0 last week.
The feed project with the highest activity level last week was Feedwatcher mechanism corrupt or not working, with 0 entries, 0 Feedwatcher mechanism corrupt or not working. The top mailinglist project last week was LM_NET: Library media specialist information exchange, with 338 entries, 43 more than the top-project of the week before - LM_NET: Library media specialist information exchange. The top blog project last week was Blogwatcher mechanism corrupt or not working, with 0 entries, 0 Blogwatcher mechanism corrupt or not working.
There is additional information about the projects in http://www.prolearn-academy.org/mediabase
We are continuously enlarging our project database.
*** Last week were added 6 new projects. These are the following:
6 Web Pages
- Learning with games 2007
- The aim of â??Learning with Gamesâ? is to promote excellence in the research, production and deployment of Serious Games to support the learning of individuals within the academic, industrial and business environments. The conference covers a wide range of topics, categorized into game development, game design, content creation, mobile games, production, business, user studies, and deployment. The conference will create a multi-disciplinary forum where researchers, developers, artists, producers and industrial and academic users come together to share ideas, knowledge and experience.
Moreover Learning with Games 2007 will be to showcase the new approach to the learning that can be achieved using games, making education and training fun and enjoyable.
The conference invites leaders from industry, government, funding agencies and academia to join together to exchange ideas/views on the new learning and training tools. Moreover attendees will also able to concretely see the results of these new approaches and evaluate their impact.
Category: N.A.;
in English
- IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2007)
- Due to its potential to make learning easier, more convenient, and more effective, education is one of the preeminent areas of applications for multimedia.
Category: N.A.;
in English
- Third International Conference on Pedagogies and Learning 2007
- The Third International Conference on Pedagogies and Learning will be held at The University of Southern Queensland Springfield Campus.
Category: N.A.;
in English
- EC-TEL 2007
- Second European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning - â??Creating new learning experiences on a global scaleâ?
Category: N.A.;
in English
- PerU 2007
- Mit dem rasanten Entwicklungsfortschritt hochmobiler Netzwerktechnologien und Geräte eröffnen sich neuartige Perspektiven für verschiedenste Anwendungsgebiete. Zukünftige Interaktionsformen werden neben klassischen Arbeitsplatzrechnern und Notebooks auch andere Infrastrukturen umfassen. In Verbindung mit dem durch proaktive, kontextorientierte Dienste erzielbaren Mehrwert tritt die Technik in den Hintergrund zurück und unterstützt zugleich den Nutzer auf vielfältige Weise durch mehr Komfort und Transparenz in seinen täglichen Handlungen. Pervasive Computing ist eine wichtige Schlüsseltechnologie, die Aus- und Weiterbildungseinrichtungen nicht nur im akademischen Umfeld optimieren und modernisieren wird. Eine Pervasive University stellt somit die konsequente Weiterentwicklung des Konzepts der Notebook University dar.
Category: N.A.;
in German
- IFIP Working Group 3.4
- Professional and Vocational Education in Information and Communications Technologies
WG3.4. is focused on the area of professional and vocational education rather than on specific computing curricula in primary, secondary or tertiary educational institutions. The membership of WG3.4 comprises academics and IT practitioners whose interests are reflected in the conference activities organised by the Working Group over recent years. These include the use of computer-mediated education, the on-going professional education of both IT and non-IT professionals, the activities of national IT professional bodies, the delivery of effective IT vocational education to post-secondary students and the integration of IT into other tertiary curricula.
Category: N.A.;
in German
2nd Annual Forum on e-Learning Excellence in the Middle East 2009: Inspire, Innovate, Initiate & Impact
ViWo 2009: Deadline Extension
