More than 260 people from 35 different countries took part in the Kaleidoscope Symposium held in Berlin on the 26/27 November.

• Evaluate the impact of the latest innovative Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) research from unique teams spanning disciplines and countries in Europe
• Understand, appreciate, recognise and debate what is meant by excellence in TEL research
• Assess the value that Kaleidoscope has made to TEL since 2004
• Create and extend synergies for future projects, collaborations and initiatives

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Date: 26-27 November 2007
Location: Hotel InterContinental, Berlin, Germany

The Kaleidoscope 2007 Symposium was organised by Kaleidoscope with the Programme Committee comprising leading Technology Enhanced Learning researchers from across Europe.

For further information about the Kaleidoscope Symposium, contact us at symposium07@noe-kaleidoscope.org

Award Winners

Awards to Kaleidoscope members were made on 26th November during a special event organised in TU Berlin. These awards were made in three different categories and the results were as follows:

The winners for the European Starting Researcher in Technology Enhanced Learning were Gustav Lymer and Oskar Lindwall, both from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. University of Oslo. In second place was Anniken Furberg from the University of Oslo, Norway and Miguel Bote-Lorenzo, University of Valladolid, Spain, ended as third.

The winner for the European Award for Technology Transfer was Ton de Jong, University of Twente, The Netherlands, in second place was Birgit Gaiser, Knowledge media research centre Germany, for the e-teaching.org initiative and in third place was Margarida Romero from OUAK France for the Euro-CAT-CSCL project.

The winner for the Kaleidoscope Press and Communications Award was Guiliana Dettori, Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche, Italy.
Read more about the awards (published 27 Nov. 2007)

Kaleidoscope award winners at 2007 Symposium

Last night, over 240 delegates gathered at Berlin's Technische Universität (Technical University) for a an awards ceremony preceded by a keynote speech from Kaleidoscope's Scientific Manager, Sten Ludvigsen. The awards, each with a first prize of €1000, were presented to researchers that had demonstrated excellence and commitment in three different categories:

European Award for Technology Transfer

This award was open to researchers who had demonstrated how technological research results had been incorporated into teaching and learning contexts.

Ton de Jong was the winner, whose project Zap - Designing interactive tools for psychology learning, had been successfully commercialised and published as a book as well as a suite of programs. Zap is designed to engage first-year psychology students in experiencing psychological phenomena. Ton de Jong has been the activity leader for Kaleidoscope's Computer Supported Inquiry Learning special interest group.

European Starting Researcher in Technology Enhanced Learning

Open to doctoral students, or researchers with up to three years post-PhD experience, the criteria for the award was based on the candidates ability to present, design, develop and implement innovative technology to enhance learning. The award winners were Gustav Lymer and Oskar Lindwall, both from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Kaleidoscope Press and Communications Award

The challenges for researchers to take complex results and communicate them through events, case studies, news items, websites and other communication means was the stimulus behind this award. Guiliana Dettori was the winner, whose dedication to raising the profile the Kaleidoscope activity she had led, Narrative and Learning Environments, was exemplary.

The Symposium is a two day celebration, reflection and exploration of the major achievements of the Kaleidoscope project over four years.