From marcelo.milrad at msi.vxu.se Wed Oct 4 12:22:38 2006 From: marcelo.milrad at msi.vxu.se (Marcelo Milrad) Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:22:38 +0200 Subject: Tenure Track Associate Professor Position in Media Technology at Vaxjo University in Sweden Message-ID: <4523370E.8080109@msi.vxu.se> Dear Colleagues, There is an Associate Professor position in Media Technology available at Vaxjo University, Sweden. Detailed information about this position can be found at: http://www.vxu.se/jobb/061116_associate_professor_mediatech.xml Could you please pass this information to potential applicants. Thanks a lot! Best regards Marcelo Milrad ***************************************** Dr. Marcelo Milrad, Co-Director Center for Learning and Knowledge Technologies (CeLeKT) School of Mathematics and Systems Engineering V?xj? University, 351 95 V?xj?, SWEDEN Tel: +46 (0) 73 396 95 74 E-mail: marcelo.milrad at msi.vxu.se http://w3.msi.vxu.se/~mmilrad/ http://www.celekt.org ****************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lslnie at yahoo.com.sg Thu Oct 5 17:15:41 2006 From: lslnie at yahoo.com.sg (Lee Jeffrey) Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:15:41 +0800 (CST) Subject: OPEN RANK FACULTY AND RESEARCHER POSITIONS AT LSL, NIE, SINGAPORE Message-ID: <20061005091541.25601.qmail@web58106.mail.re3.yahoo.com> The Singapore National Institute of Education (NIE) in Nanyang Technological University invites suitable candidates to join us in the Learning Sciences Lab (LSL). NEW MEDIA in EDUCATION I. FACULTY POSITIONS (OPEN RANK POSITIONS) We are looking for young and promising faculty members working in the field of New Media in Education with strong theoretical foundations in new media and/or with strong related design skills. We seek candidates with strength in one or more of these research areas: student learning with the use of computer and video games; online communities for learning; development of students? new media literacies and use of multimodal representations; critical _expression through art, aesthetics, and rhetoric in new media. Candidates should have current or prior experience in new media design and development, use of new media for supporting student learning, design and development of learning interactions and instructional materials, the ability to conduct and disseminate research and to write grants to support scholarly activities, and effective interpersonal communication skills. II. RESEARCH POSITIONS We are also looking for people with passion for games and new media to fill the following positions: Game Designer Programmer Artist Sound Engineer/Musician Interface/Software Designer Game Development Consultant/Designer-Researcher Art Development Consultant Script Programmer Interaction Designer Writer Candidates must be committed to work, innovative, creative, bold, possess good communication and interpersonal skills, and able to work effectively in a team. LEARNING SCIENCES III. FACULTY POSITIONS (OPEN RANK POSITIONS) We are looking for promising faculty members working in the field of the Learning Sciences with strong theoretical foundations or with strong design skills. We seek candidates with strength in one of these areas: technology-enabled mathematics or science learning; and knowledge building. Candidates should preferably have current or prior experience in technology and learning, and in the design and development of learning and/or instructional materials; ability to conduct and disseminate research; ability to write grants to support scholarly activities; and effective interpersonal communication skills; participate in research, publication, and other scholarly activities; and coordinate large cohorts of students. IV. RESEARCH POSITIONS We are looking for good honours or Masters degree graduates from reputable universities to join us as Research Assistants/Associates in research projects that involve assessment, mathematics and science learning, and knowledge building. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2006 and will continue until the positions are successfully filled. Interested applicants, please send your applications to: Learning Sciences Lab (c/o Ms Angie Choo) National Institute of Education 1 Nanyang Walk Singapore 637616 Website: http://lsl.nie.edu.sg Email: enloo.choo at nie.edu.sg Fax: (65) 6515 1992 --------------------------------- Real people. Real questions. Real answers. Share what you know. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeremy.roschelle at sri.com Tue Oct 10 06:16:23 2006 From: jeremy.roschelle at sri.com (Jeremy Roschelle) Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:16:23 -0700 Subject: [Fwd: Tablet PC Grant Opportunity from Microsoft Research] Message-ID: <452ACA37.7020207@sri.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jari.laru at oulu.fi Wed Oct 11 14:42:51 2006 From: jari.laru at oulu.fi (Jari Laru) Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:42:51 +0300 Subject: Fwd: [kaleidoscope ] 2nd Call: Beyond Mobile Learning Workshop References: <005a01c6e190$15258b00$2e3ee286@dellX1> Message-ID: <495C9244-0753-4EF5-AA1B-63DABF7DC5E7@oulu.fi> Dear colleagues, FYI: Workshop in mobile learning. The workshop is one of a series at the exciting and innovative 'Alpine Rendezvous ', to be held in Villars, Switzerland on January 21st - 23rd 2007 Regards Jari Laru. Tutkijakoulutettava, KM. (Doctoral student, M.Ed) --- Koulutusteknologian tutkimusyksikk? / Research Unit for Educational Technology Work: http://edtech.oulu.fi Personal: http://claimid.com/jarilaru Location: KTK235,Snellmania,Linnanmaa,Oulu,Finland,Europe,Globe, Milky Way.. --- BOINC: you can help scientific research projects by installing boinc, http:// boinc.berkeley.edu Edelleenl?hetetty viesti alkaa: > L?hett?j?: Inmaculada Arnedillo-S?nchez > P?iv?ys: 26. syyskuuta 2006 20.20.34 GMT+03:00 > Vastaanottaja: > Aihe: [kaleidoscope ] 2nd Call: Beyond Mobile Learning Workshop > Vastaus: kaleidoscope at noe-kaleidoscope.org, Inmaculada Arnedillo- > S?nchez > > 2nd Call for participation at Beyond Mobile Learning Workshop > > > > If you are a researcher or practitioner, with an interest in Mobile > Learning, this workshop will be of interest to you. > > The workshop is one of a series at the exciting and innovative > 'Alpine Rendezvous ', to be held in Villars, Switzerland on January > 21st - 23rd 2007 > > > > > > Beyond Mobile Learning: Innovating Rather Than Replicating Existing > Learning Scenarios > > > > Scope: The purpose of the workshop is to explore the future of > learning enabled by mobile technology. It address approaches to > mobile learning that go beyond merely leveraging off the mobility > of the devices to replicate or augment existing learning scenarios > and it will focus on scenarios that attempt to create learning > opportunities which would not be possible without mobile > technology. In particular, mobile learning approaches founded on > Collaborative, Constructionist and Contextual pedagogical > principles that bank on the data collection, location aware and > collaborative capabilities of mobile devices. > > > > Context: The ever increasing availability of wireless portable > devices, financial, logistical and technical reasons have provided > a rich environment for the proliferation of mobile learning > scenarios, applications and research. Mobile Learning experiences > and tools have been classified according to their educational > objectives (Gay et al 2002), upon activity (Roschelle 2003) and by > educational theory they support (Naismith et al. 2005). More > recently, Pattern et al. (2006) have proposed a more extensive > framework encompassing functionality and pedagogy. > > The Functional-pedagogical Framework (Pattern et al. 2006) > identifies seven categories: Administration; Referential; > Interactive; Micro-world; Data Collection; Location-Aware and > Collaborative. While the former replicate learning experiences > enabled by ?static technology?, the later leverage off the unique > attributes of handheld devices allowing for the creation of > learning opportunities which would not be possible without mobile > technology. Thus, it argues that the data collection, location > aware and collaborative categories are particularly suited to > mobile learning when they are informed by collaborative, contextual > and constructionist learning theories. > > > > Format: The workshop runs from Sunday 21st January to Tuesday 23rd > January 2007 and takes place within the context of the Kaleidoscope > CSCL Alpine Rendez-vous organized by the Kaleidoscope CSCL SIG. The > daily timetable includes a break from 12:30 till 16:30 for skiing > or sightseeing. > > The workshop is envisaged as a highly interactive event with three > sessions, two dedicated to practical experiences intended as a > journey from present to future innovative technology enhanced > mobile learning and one to the presentation of short papers that > will be published in a book of proceedings. The two hands-on- > experiences involve fun activities and serious reflection: > > > > The production of a ?film? entirely ?shot? on mobile phones: Upon > collaborative generation of a storyline (facilitated by a semi- > structured grounding tool), participants are divided into groups: > the image, the sound and the editing group. With the > ?script? (output of the grounding tool) in hand, to provide common > ground, the image and sound group go on location to ?shoot? while > the editing group stays in the editing station. As the media is > being capture this is transferred to the editors who can start > editing shortly after the crews have arrived on location. While > shooting and editing, other communication channels are available to > the participants to repair, augment and maintain the common ground > if needed. By the time crew and cast are back in the editing > station, the first version of the ?film? is ready for viewing. > Final editing and production take place as a whole group activity. > This hands-on activity will be followed by the decomposition and > analysis of the experience in relation to core learning principles > and how mobile technology can support these. The method has been > used over the past two years with over 100 participants ranging > from teenagers in an outreach programme, young children in the > Irish Museum of Modern Art, children and teenagers from the > shantytowns of Cape Town, postgraduate students, school teachers > and researchers among others. > > > > 2. A Future Technology Workshop (FTW): This is a > structured method to actively envision and design future > interactions between people and technology. The aim of this session > will be to envision and explore the relations between future > learning activities and mobile technologies. The method has been > developed through the MOBIlearn and Kodak Children as Photographers > projects, and has been used with both children and adults on themes > including 'the future of capturing and sharing images', and 'future > healthcare with mobile technology'. The sessions include > Imagineering, Modelling, Role-play, Retrofit, Everyday, Futurefit, > and Requirements. > > Participants: The workshop will involve about 20 participants, > including members of the Kaleidoscope Mobile Learning SIG and > others with an interest in mobile learning. > > > > Important dates: Expressions of interest, with either a short > abstract of your paper, if you intend to present one, or a short > description of relevant research interest should be submitted by > email to the workshop coordinator (Macu.Arnedillo at cs.tcd.ie) by > 30th October. Those whose work is accepted will be notified by 6th > November and they will be requested to submit a longer position > paper by 31st November. > > > > Costs: The cost per participant will be 500 CHF (approx. ?320; > including registration and 2 night accommodation on full-board > basis). It is hope that Kaleidoscope members will receive financial > support through the Mobile Learning SIG however funding > availability won?t be confirmed till later on in the year. > > > > Location: The workshop is located in Villars (http:// > www.villars.ch/), Switzerland, a ski resort located 90 km from > Geneva airport. It can easily be reached by train. The closest main > city, Lausanne, has excellent train connections with Paris, Lyon, > Torino or Germany. The Geneva airport (http://www.gva.ch/) has many > worldwide connections including several low-cost companies > operating over Europe. > > > > Additional information: Our workshop participants are in addition > welcome to join the Rendez-Vous day of the CSCL Alpine Rendez-Vous > (from Tuesday 23rd at 18:30 till Wednesday 24th at 19:00) with a > set of activities that gather participants from all workshops. The > costs will be about 300 CHF (approx. ?190 which includes one more > hotel night and the social event on Tuesday night). > > > > Organizers: Inmaculada Arnedillo-S?nchez (Trinity College Dublin), > Mike Sharples (University of Nottingham), Giasemi Vavoula (The Open > University), Brendan Tangney (Trinity College Dublin) > > > > Workshop coordinator: Inmaculada Arnedillo-S?nchez > (Macu.Arnedillo at cs.tcd.ie > > > > > > Inmaculada Arnedillo-S?nchez > > CRITE (Centre for Research in IT in Education) > > Dept. Computer Science and Education > > Trinity College Dublin > > Dublin 2 > > Ireland > > > > Tel: +353-1-608-3661 > Fax: +353-1-677-2204 > Email: Macu.Arnedillo at cs.tcd.ie > http://www.cs.tcd.ie/crite > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fllee at cuhk.edu.hk Sat Oct 14 16:36:08 2006 From: fllee at cuhk.edu.hk (Lee Fong-Lok) Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:36:08 +0800 Subject: Call-for-Participation: ICCE'06 Game Workshop-- Pedagogical Design of Educational Games Message-ID: *** Sorry for cross-posting *** Dear colleagues, I write to invite you to participate in an ICCE'06 Game Workshop named "Pedagogical Design of Educational Games" to be held in Beijing of China on Dec 1. For details, please visit the following site: http://caite.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/game06.html -- Fong-Lok Lee ??? Centre for the Advancement of IT in Education Faculty of Education The Chinese University of Hong Kong Phone: 852 26096977 Centre URL: http://caite.fed.cuhk.edu.hk Personal URL: http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/fllee From fllee at cuhk.edu.hk Sat Oct 14 17:00:57 2006 From: fllee at cuhk.edu.hk (Lee Fong-Lok) Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:00:57 +0800 Subject: Fwd: Advertizing the ICCE'06 game workshop ... In-Reply-To: <20061014082059.GF17322@cse.cuhk.edu.hk> References: <20061014082059.GF17322@cse.cuhk.edu.hk> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The ICCE'06 Workshop on Pedagogical Design of Educational Games will be held on Dec 1, 2006, in Beijing. Paper selection has been completed. You can find the list of accepted papers on the workshop website: http://caite.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/game06.html The workshop will run full day, comprising of paper presentations and a Panel Discussion on the theme of the workshop. If you would like to participate in the workshop, the early registration deadline is Oct 16, 2006. It is also the policy of ICCE'06 for all workshop participants to register also for the main conference. We look forward to seeing you in Beijing! Best regards, F.L. Lee & Jimmy Lee