Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning 2009

The First Announcement and Call For Participation

http://www.prolearn-academy.org/Events/summer-school-2009 (JTELSummerSchool.eu)

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: March 16th, 2009

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VENUE:

Terchova, Slovakia

DATE: May 30 - June 6, 2009

Terchova is located in a mountainous region of Vratna Valley just 30 km far from the international airport Zilina. The tourist region Vratna Valley is famous not only for skiing possibilities but in summer the hills offer beautiful views and relaxing atmosphere.

OBJECTIVES

STELLAR (http://www.stellarnet.eu), the Network of Excellence in Technology Enhanced Learning (building on the achievements of the previous PROLEARN and KALEIDOSCOPE NoE) and the EU ICT TEL research projects APOSDLE, MATURE, PROLIX, ROLE, ICOPER, GRAPPLE, LTfLL and the B-IT Research School together with the EATEL Association (http://www.ea-tel.eu/) are pleased to announce their Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning. Our ambition is to foster cross-domain training and collaboration opportunities among researchers in Europe and beyond, working in the disparate fields of expertise which promote the advancement of TEL at the workplace. The programme includes lectures and working sessions from leading professors in the field, tutoring, mentoring, and joint research opportunities. Additionally the school will offer practical sessions in research methodology for Technology Enhanced Learning. Advanced PhD students will be identified to present their research at the Fourth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning in Cannes, France, September, 2009 (http://www.ectel09.org), and to participate in EATEL thematic workshops.

PROGRAMME TOPICS

• Creation of and Access to Knowledge & Learning Resources
• Practice Modelling, Management & Mining
• Personalisation & Adaptation in Learning Environments
• Story-Telling & Educational Gaming
• Web 2.0 and Social Software
• Open Responsive Learning Environments
• Learning communities & communities of practice
• Privacy & Security
• Disagreement Management
• Pedagogy, Life-Long Learning, and TEL
• Individual, Social & Organisational Learning Processes
• Interoperability: TEL Standards, Models, Processes, Tools
• Research Techniques
• The Future of TEL

In order to increase social contacts among the summer school participants, the programme will include several social events. A variety of sport activities will also be offered to the summer school participants. Cultural excursions are organised on the Sunday preceding the summer school and the Saturday which closes the summer school.

SUPPORT

This year the Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning will benefit from a pro-active support from a growing number of EU ICT and eContent funded R&D projects such as APOSDLE, MATURE, PROLIX, ROLE, ICOPER, GRAPPLE, LTfLL and the B-IT Research School.

ACCOMODATION AND SOCIAL EVENTS

Accommodation and summer school facilities will be made available at Hotel Boboty (http://www.hotelboboty.sk/m.php?t=1&m=1). Hotel Boboty is located in the middle of the Vratna Valley and offers beautiful views of the surrounding (http://leto.vratna.sk/index.php?lang=en). Participants have free entrance to the swimming pool and other sport facilities.

The summer school will include a full-day hiking trip to the Vratna Valley with astonishing view and a lunch on the top of the mountain, finished relaxing in the thermal Aquapark nearby. Aquapark offers its visitors warm water in 9 pools with different temperature and size whole year round. There is also sauna world in this part of Aquapark, which offers all types of sauna and two intense massage bubble pools with different water temperature.

Another afternoon trip will include historical rafting and visit of Strecno castle. We will have a gala dinner with a Slovak folk dancing event.

PhD students are asked to share a double room with other PhD students.

COST OF SUMMER SCHOOL

The cost for PhD students is Euro 500 (including accommodation - 7 nights in double room, meals, and excursions). The Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning 2009 will offer 50 scholarships to PhD students to cover summer school accommodation, catering, and events. Please indicate if you are applying for a scholarship in your application.

ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION PROCESS

The summer school is intended for PhD students investigating issues related to Technology Enhanced Learning and making progress on their dissertation research. PhD students are invited to submit applications to mailto:summerschool@i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de. The application should include a Curriculum Vitae and a summary (not to exceed 5 pages including references and any figures, tables, etc.) describing the student's dissertation. The deadline for submissions is March 16th, 2009. To ensure a high ratio between tutors and students the school will be limited to 60 PhD students. We look forward to seeing you at the summer school!

CALENDAR

March 16, 2009: Deadline for submitting applications to the Summer School

May 2, 2009: Notification of acceptance

May 15, 2009: Pre-Summer School videoconferences begin

May 30, 2009: Summer School begins

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Local Chair:

Zuzana Bizonova (University of Zilina, Slovakia), zuzana.bizonova@fri.uniza.sk

Local Organizers:

Katarina Pilatova (University of Zilina, Slovakia), katarina.pilatova@fri.uniza.sk

Martin Kardos (University of Zilina, Slovakia), martin.kardos@fri.uniza.sk

Alzbeta Kanalikova (University of Zilina, Slovakia), alzbeta.kanalikova@fri.uniza.sk

Programme Co-Chairs:

Ralf Klamma (RWTH Aachen University), klamma@dbis.rwth-aachen.de

Denis Gillet, (EPFL), denis.gillet@epfl.ch

Lecture Programme Co-Chairs:

Stefanie Lindstaedt, (Know-Center Graz), slind@know-center.at

Workshop Programme Co-Chairs:

Andreas Schmidt, (FZI Karlsruhe), Andreas.Schmidt@fzi.de

Breakfast Event Chair:

Paul de Bra (TU Eindhoven), debra@win.tue.nl

Summer School Website:

Zinayida Petrushyna (RWTH Aachen University), petrushyna@dbis.rwth-aachen.de

Summer School Promotion:

Margit Hofer (CSI), hofer@zsi.at

Collaborative Learning Support:

Ambj?rn Naeve (KTH), amb@nada.kth.se

Peter Scott (OU), peter.scott@open.ac.uk

Finances:

Fridolin Wild (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration), fridolin.wild@wu-wien.ac.at

Summer School Industrial Outreach:

Daniel Burgos (ATOS), daniel.burgos@atosresearch.eu

General Co-Chairs:

Katherine Maillet (INT), Katherine.Maillet@int-edu.eu

Ralf Klamma (RWTH Aachen University), klamma@dbis.rwth-aachen.de

Tomaz Klobucar (IJS), tomaz@e5.ijs.si

Rosamund Sutherland (Bristol University), Ros.Sutherland@bristol.ac.uk

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Andrej Afonin, Lithunia

Sally Barnes, United Kingdom

Olivier Bohl, Germany

Zuzana Bizonova, Slovakia

Daniel Burgos, Spain

Bernadette Charlier, Switzerland

Alexandra Christea, United Kingdom

Hannes Ebner, Sweden

Liliane Esnault, France

Denis Gillet, Switzerland

Ashley Healy, United Kingdom

Maurice Hendrix, The Netherlands

Margit Hofer, Austria

Patrick Johnscher, Germany

Barbara Kieslinger, Austria

Ralf Klamma, Germany

Styliani Kleanthous, Greece

Tomaz Klobucar, Slovenia

Milos Kravcik, The Netherlands

Tobias Ley, Austria

Katrina Leyking, Germany

Stefanie Lindstaedt, Austria

Matthias Lux, Austria

Katherine Maillet, France

Mark Melia, Ireland

Ambj?rn Naeve, Sweden

Wolfgang Nejdl, Germany

Klime Poposki, FYROM

Andreas Schmidt, Germany

Peter Scott, United Kingdom

Steinn E. Sigur?arson, Austria

Martin Sillaots, Estonia

Hans Spada, Germany

Marcus Specht, The Netherlands

Pierre Tchounikine, France

Armin Ulbrich, Austria

Fridolin Wild, Austria

Martin Wolpers, Germany

Volker Zimmermann, Germany