TEL Blog - Technology Enhanced Learning

John Cook has been invited to give a lecture and run a workshop on
mobile learning at Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced
Learning (TEL) 2009. The lecture is on ‘Phases of mobile learning’.*
*Carl Smith will provide supporting expertise derived through the
CONTSENS and MATURE projects for the workshop, which is called ‘Context
sensitive, location aware mobile learning’. This week long event is run
by EC Framework (FP7) projects and networks: “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.” To be held Terchova, Slovakia, May 30 -
June 6, 2009. More details: http://www.jTELSummerSchool.eu

The final report on the FEASST project (June 2008 - January 2009) carried out by colleagues at the WLE Centre for Excellence and the London Knowledge Lab, is now available online together with other project deliverables. For a copy of the report and other project. Material, see the project wiki: (http://projects.lkl.ac.uk/feasst-workspace) and the project blog: (http://feasst.wordpress.com). A dissemination event will take place at the WLE Centre
(www.wlecentre.ac.uk) 28 April, 2009. The event is free, please contact Sarah Gelcich: s.gelcich@ioe.ac.uk

Posted John Cook, taken from ALT Digest

At http://www.becta.org.uk/emergingtechnologies you will find articles from the Emerging Technologies for Learning series (with a new article published each month):

·         TechNews – with  new content  each week

·         key technology trends

·         technology research from Becta and elsewhere

·         discussion forums

·         information on events related to emerging technologies.

Posted by John Cook

Last night John Cook, Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning gave his inaugural lecture, called
“The digitally literate learner and the appropriation of new technologies and media for education”

The slides and text are all available from here:
http://www.slideshare.net/johnnigelcook
(Note it is 31MB, the Note Page view gives the text of the lecture)

It has already been blogged:

http://fm.schmoller.net/2009/02/the-digitally-literate-learner-and-the-appropriation-of-new-technologies-and-media-for-education.html

Posted John Cook