Detailed Programme

Integrating eLearning in Higher Education: Peer Review Experience

The MASSIVE consortium is happy to share the MASSIVE methodology to develop a model of services for traditional universities to successfully implement eLearning services. This seminar will present the practical findings of the first pilot peer-reviews, and will discuss the relevant issues in the service areas that was developed in the project:

This third seminar will particularly focus on:

NEMED – Network of Multigrade Education

In this workshop, issues and problems of multigrade schools will be discussed. The situation of multigrade schools in various countries is examined and pedagogical methodologies suitable for multigrade schools are referred to and are combined in an integrated training program. The issue of information technologies is of great importance to multigrade schools and is included in every teacher training scheme. The European report on Multigrade schools is referred to.

Presenters and themes:

Anita Pincas, University of London, Institute of Education, UK - Multigrade Teaching - A UK Perspective
Alina Borcos, Laurentiu Teodorescu, Gabriel Dima, Technical University of Bucharest, Romania - Virtual Collaboration Tools for Innovative Multigrade Education Scenarios
Andrea Karpati, Kornel Varga, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary - Movelex: A Flexible Learning Tool for a Multigrade School

Costas Tsolakidis, University of Aegean, Greece - E-Training as a Parameter for Development for the Remote Areas

Sofoklis Sotiriou, Pavlos Koulouris, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece - Turning the Rural School Teacher into an Agent of Change, Innovation and Local Development
Sara Silvestre Angles, Mario Barajas Frutos, University of Barcelona, Spain - Rural Virtual School: Fostering the Collaboration Culture
Isabella Bernardini, University of Lecce, Italy - Italian Policies towards Multigrade Schools

The Challenge of Defining a European Approach to E-Tutor Training

The number of teachers and trainers who work at least partly online in vocational and education training (VET) and other educational sectors is increasing dramatically and both new and serving teachers will increasingly find that they have to gain new competences to adapt to their new and changing roles for promoting effective learning online. Within this pre-conference event we will discuss the challenges faced when adopting a European approach to eTutor training, consider example courses from various European countries, and explore what a European approach could mean in contrast and complementary to existing national initiatives, promoting greater awareness and understanding of the inter-cultural barriers posed and suggesting strategies for combining a common core with national variation.

Social Software in Professional Learning Environments: A Joined Workshop of the Prolearn Network of Excellence and iCamp

This workshop is a joint initiative of the PROLEARN Network of Excellence and the research project iCamp. Both projects are currently co-financed by the European Union under the IST (Information Society Technology) programme of FP6. The workshop explores exemplary applications of social software for professional learning in the context of large organisations, micro-businesses and higher educational and research institutions. The aim is twofold. On the one hand it is planned to discuss with current practitioners some of their experiences as early adopters of social software in professional learning contexts, identify the benefits and problems encountered so far; on the other hand, to derive some of the key research challenges that are related to the use of social software in professional learning.

Presenters and themes:

Sebastian Fiedler, Zentrum für Soziale Innovation, Austria - The Emerging Concept "Social Software"
Karsten Ehms, Siemens AG - Corporate Technology - Information & Communication - Knowledge Management & Business Transformation -  Implementation of an Intranet Weblog-Service at Siemens Company (Challenges, First Experiences, Strategic Objectives, Vision)
Ton Zijlstra, Proven Partners, The Netherlands - Pioneering Social Software Applications in a Small Consulting Firm (Benefits, Challenges, Experiences)

Thomas Burg, Permalink, Austria - How Can Social Software Support Learning Needs in the Context of Micro-Businesses?

Barbara Kieslinger, Zentrum für Soziale Innovation, Austria - Social Software in a Distributed European Research Environment (EU Funded iCamp Research Project)
Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University - Research and Development Perspectives

Attendance at the above workshops is free for registered EDEN Conference delegates.