BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Alpha-Complex//Scheduler module//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:public events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:611-2007-10-30 16:10:56 CREATED:20071030T161056 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071219 SUMMARY:Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning: informat ion days for CFP DESCRIPTION: WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This event addresses researchers in terested in submitting project proposals to the third ICT call under FP7\ objective ICT -2007.4.3: Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning. The informati on days aim at helping participants to better understand the work programme and criteria for the evaluation of propos als\ to facilitate sharing of ideas and experiences\ an d to find partners for project consortia. PROGRAM ME The information days will offer two half-day plenary se ssions aiming at providing participants with information rel evant for preparing proposals to the third ICT call. Main is sues are the research challenges in the work programme and c riteria for the evaluation of proposals: Monday\ 17 December\ a.m.: digital libraries Tuesday\ 18 Decemb er\ a.m. : technology-enhanced learning The remaining time will allow for participants to present posters in order to find project partners\ or to discuss their proposal ide as in bilateral meetings with Commission staff. Regist ration will close on Monday\ 3 December. For more i nformation\ please visit the following website: http: //cordis.europa.eu/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-17_read-611 LOCATION:Kirchberg\ Luxembourg CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:610-2007-10-30 16:02:12 CREATED:20071030T160212 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071215 SUMMARY:Economics of E-learning (eLene) DESCRIPTION: What is the real economic performance of eLearning? What are the right tools to measure eLearning performance? The eLene consortium will organise a conference on t he economics of e-learning in December 2007 in Paris. Leadin g practitioners and researchers from Europe will present the results of studies and research on e-learning initiatives. The conference will allow you to:    ·  lear n about costs and benefits from investments in e-learning\    ·  discuss student performance and ICT\    ·  know about indicators of e-learning and    ·  find out about digital divides\ digital trajectories and e- learning. Like the first eLene conference in 2006 t his conference will be a meeting place for researchers\ pra ctitioners and decision makers. For more information \ please visit the following website: http://www.elen e-ee.net/7._Conference:_Economics_of_E-learning URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-12_read-610 LOCATION:Paris\ France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:609-2007-10-30 15:52:57 CREATED:20071030T155257 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071208 SUMMARY:Semantics And digital Media Technologies conference (SAMT) DESCRIPTION: The 2nd international conference on Semantics And digital Media Technologies (SAMT) will be held in Genova from the 5 th to the 7th December 2007\ at the Jolly Hotel Marina. In addition to SAMT\ the final workshop of the project AIM@SHAPE will take place on the 4th December\ at the Area Della Ricerca of the CNR of Genova. TARGET: The i nternational conference on Semantics And digital Media Techn ologies (SAMT) targets to narrow the large disparity between the low-level descriptors that can be computed automaticall y from multimedia content and the richness and subjectivity of semantics in user queries and human interpretations of au diovisual media - The Semantic Gap. Some of the KEYN OTES:    ·  A Knowledge Habitat for Multimedia - Steffen Staab\ University of Koblenz-Landau\ Germany     ·  Perception-based Algorithms for Multimedia Retri eval - Remco Veltkamp\ Utrecht University\ The Netherlands    ·  Integrating knowledge and content processing - Albert Gauthier (INFSO.E2 Knowledge and Content Technol ogies)    ·  Multimedia Search: a power broker in the Networked Media Age - Luis Rodriguez-Rosello (INFSO.D2 N etworked Media Systems) For more information\ pl ease visit the following website: http://samt2007.ge.ima ti.cnr.it/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-05_read-609 LOCATION:Genova\ Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:608-2007-10-23 16:08:36 CREATED:20071023T160836 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071207 SUMMARY:Open Source in ICT 2007 DESCRIPTION:The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation is hosting a three-day event in December devoted to Open Source. It is a must-attend event for ICT giants and start-ups alike . The first day of the conference is reserved for ministe rs and senior representatives from the public sector\ the s econd day will include speakers from the private and publ ic sector to analyse how open source is bridging the digi tal divide and the last day of the conference will be dev oted to open source in mobile. For more information\ p lease visit the following website: http://www.cipaco.org/ spip.php?article1441 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-04_read-608 LOCATION:London\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:607-2007-10-23 15:59:25 CREATED:20071023T155925 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071213 SUMMARY:International Joint Conferences on Computer\ Information\ and Systems Sciences\ and Engineering (CISSE 07) DESCRIPTION: CIS2E 07 provides a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of the-art research on computers\ information and systems sciences and engineering. The vir tual conference will be conducted through the Internet us ing web-conferencing tools\ made available by the confer ence. Conference participants - authors\ presenters and attendees - only need an internet connection and sou nd available on their computers in order to be able to co ntribute and participate in this international ground-breaki ng conference. The on-line structure of this high-quality event will allow academic professionals and industry par ticipants to contribute their work and attend world-class technical presentations based on rigorously refereed submis sions\ live\ without the need for investing significant travel funds or time out of the office. CIS2E 07 is composed of the following four conferences:       International Conference on Industrial Electronics\ Technology & Automation (IETA 07)    ·  International Conference on Telecommunications and Networking (TeNe 07 )    ·  International Conference on Systems\ Com puting Sciences and Software Engineering (SCS2 07)       International Conference on Engineering Education\ I nstructional Technology\ Assessment\ and E-learning (EI AE 07) DATE: 3-12 December 2007 LOCATION: virtual The conference language will be English. For more i nformation\ please visit the following website : http://www .cisse2007online.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-03_read-607 LOCATION:virtual CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:606-2007-10-23 15:49:59 CREATED:20071023T154959 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071205 SUMMARY:Equal Opportunities for All - the value of adult learning in promoting equality DESCRIPTION:Organised by EAEA and NVL AIM: The goal of the confe rence is to offer the following opportunities:    1. Co me and learn in an international environment\    2. Id entify and discuss the burning issues on Equal opportunities \    3. Disseminate achievements from projects\ worki ng groups and networks\ transfer ideas into new context. The conference will address the field of equal oppo rtunities in the lifelong learning perspective and allow the participants to be active and share their points of v iew during the open space conference. Leaders and decisio n makers will be able to discuss policy issues and shape the recommendations for further action. Some of the KEYNOTES:    ·  How high is the threshold to learnin g? - Fredrik Bjørkmann Johansen\ learner\ Norway    ·  Keynote by the Council of Europe\ Ms Olöf Olafs dottir\ Head of Department\ Directorate General IV Educati on\ Culture and Heritage\ Youth and Sport    ·  Keynote by UNESCO\ Ms Bettina Bochynek\ programme speci alist\ UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning The c onference language will be English. For more information\  please visit the following website : http://www.eaea.org/e vents.php?aid=13463&d=2007-12 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-03_read-606 LOCATION:Riga\ Latvia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:605-2007-10-23 15:43:03 CREATED:20071023T154303 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071205 SUMMARY:Conference on Nordic Innovation Research DESCRIPTION: The focus of the conference is different aspects on Ma nagement of Innovation. Specific areas of interest for th e conference are:    ·  Product innovation (process\ methods/tools)    ·  Innovation capability (organiza tional as well as individual\ creativity\ human aspects of innovation)    ·  Functional product development (product service systems)    ·  Innovative strateg ies (e.g. scenario planning\ early need-finding\ open i nnovation systems)    ·  Commercialization of technol ogy\ new venture creation    ·  Regional innovati on systems\ innovative networks KEYNOTES:     ·  High-growth entrepreneurship -- how does it matter\ how is it different\ and how to support it? - Professor Er kko Autio\       Imperial College\ London    ·  Entrepreneurship in an academic environment - Exp eriences from Sweden and the US - Professor Kris Berglund\ LTU and       Michigan State University in East Lans ing\ Michigan USA Closing address\ awards\ next c onference Professor Håkan Ylinenpää\ LTU\ Peter Parn es\ Site Engineering Manager\ Google and Professor Harr i Haapasalo\ University of Oulo For more inform ation\ please visit the following website : http://www.l tu.se/ies/d3879/Entreprenorskap/NIR URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-03_read-605 LOCATION:Luleå\ Sweden CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:604-2007-10-23 15:24:59 CREATED:20071023T152459 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071202 SUMMARY:The Gateway to Research into European Policy on Education DESCRIPTION: European Education Policy Network - The Gateway to Resear ch into European Policy on Education The European Ed ucation Policy Network is a forum for policymakers and polic y researchers across Europe to discuss and analyse Europe an policy affecting education. OBJECTIVE The obje ctive of European Education Policy Network is to reflect on\  and to further stimulate\ the debate on the European E ducation Agenda between policymakers and policy researche rs across Europe. The network encourages the exchange of ideas on the Europeanisation of education\ the European pol icy processes affecting education and the contribution of education to the European project. Some of the KEY NOTES:    ·  The External Dimension of European Educ ation Reforms and Relations with Third Countries - Angel ique Verli\ Head of Unit\ Global Higher Education Coope ration Programmes\ Directorate of Education and Training Policies\ European Commission    ·  Ivo Belet\ MEP (Belgium) and member of the European Parliament Committe e on Education and Culture    ·  Academic Research on European Educational Policymaking - Gert Biesta\ Instit ute of Education\ University of Stirling Registrati on will remain open until 15 November 2007. For m ore information\ please visit the following website: htt p://www.educationpolicy.eu/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-30_read-604 LOCATION:Brussels + Leuven\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:603-2007-10-23 14:46:07 CREATED:20071023T144607 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071201 SUMMARY:Turku Development Forum (TDF) DESCRIPTION: An international summit meeting in Turku. TDF challenges the representatives of public sector\ business life and research to discuss education systems\ vitality of urban regions and welfare. Society and economy change con stantly. What kind of challenges does it impose on the ed ucation systems? How can one arrange so that the needs of bu siness life are taken into consideration within the field of education? Familiarize yourself with the programme of the forum - the discussion which will be presented by to p-level experts within their fields. Turku Develo pment Forum 2007 will attract Finnish and international deci sion-makers and experts to discuss these current themes. The discussion will be presented by central actors within their fields\ among others\ Sari Sarkomaa\ Minister o f Education and Science\ Anssi Vanjoki\ General Manager of Multimedia\ Nokia and Robert A. Beauregard\ Professor\  Columbia University\ New York. For more informati on\ please visit the following website: http://www.turku .fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=13007 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-29_read-603 LOCATION:Turku\ Finland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:602-2007-10-23 14:39:33 CREATED:20071023T143933 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071202 SUMMARY:EUCEN Conference. The University as a Regional Actor: Partne rships for Professional Development in Europe DESCRIPTION:34th EUCEN Conference. The University as a Regional Actor: P artnerships for Professional Development in Europe. Frida y\ 30th December 2007\ the open day of the EUCEN confer ence\ will start with a keynote paper on the role of the university in its region. EUCEN has taken up objectiv es for the creation of a European area of higher educatio n in the field of university continuing education (UCE). KEYNOTE Producers of knowledge\ centres of l earning\ drivers of change – The role of universities of serving their region - Prof. (em) Hans G. Schuetze\ University of British Columbia\ Canada Keynote pape r European University Association (EUA) For more inf ormation\ please visit the following website: http://www .wa.uni-hannover.de/eucen URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-28_read-602 LOCATION:Hannover\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:601-2007-10-23 14:30:25 CREATED:20071023T143025 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071129 SUMMARY:Promoting Collaboration Through New Educational Technologies (SPUTNIC FORUM) DESCRIPTION: SPUTNIC is a one-year European Commission's Socrates-Acco mpanying Measures project which stands for "Seminars Prom oting the Use of Technologies for Networking and Internat ional Collaboration". The project aims at raising awarene ss about the beneficial impact of the (pedagogically sound) implementation of new educational technologies that enhan ce international networking and collaboration for an inst itution\ its staff and its students. A SPUTNIC Foru m will be organised in conjunction with Online Educa Berl in. The theme of this forum is 'Promoting Collaboration T hrough New Educational Technologies'. It will cover four top ics: Virtual Mobility\ Social Software applications\ St reaming Video and Video conferencing. The purpose o f the SPUTNIC forum is to draw together check-lists\ tip s and useful information which will be included in the inter active SPUTNIC website and publications made by the SPUTN IC project team\ supported under the European Commission 's Socrates Project\ organising this event. For mor e information\ please visit the following website: http: //www.online-educa.com/sputnic-forum URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-28_read-601 LOCATION:Berlin\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:600-2007-10-23 14:24:37 CREATED:20071023T142437 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071129 SUMMARY:E-Learning for Defence and Security DESCRIPTION: The Third International Forum on E-Learning for Defence a nd Security ‘The Third International Forum on E-Le arning for Defence and Security’ will be held at Online Educa Berlin on November 28 and hosted by The New Securi ty Foundation. The Forum\ which will once again bring toget her leading figures from government\ business\ security and academia\ will consist of a main plenary session an d a number of ‘breakout’ workshops focussing in detai l on key issues. Some of the FORUM THEMES:       Security review and the importance of training       Developments in technology    ·  Technology-assis ted learning in the security sector    ·  Legislat ion\ regulation\ licensing and standards    ·  Tech nology and in-service training DATE: 28 November 200 7 LOCATION: Berlin\ Germany Please note that the number of places are limited so early registration is rec ommended. For more information\ please visit the following website: http://www.online-educa.com/defence-forum URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-28_read-600 LOCATION:Berlin\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:599-2007-10-23 14:19:14 CREATED:20071023T141914 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071129 SUMMARY:Learning Technologies: Bridging the Gap between Technology a nd Pedagogy DESCRIPTION:This is a three-day event organized by British Council and t he IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG. This conference is an innovative attempt to bring together ideas\ propo sals\ reports\ research and materials from teachers\ deve lopers and practitioners\ from Italy and overseas\ who have been working with some of these new technologies\ a nd investigating how they can promote learning in the con text of ELT education. The conference is aimed at lo cal Italian teachers of English\ British Council teacher s of English\ ICT Coordinators both from the British Cou ncil as well as the local context\ members of the LTSIG and IATEFL in general\ as well as other interested particip ants. DATE: 26-28 November 2007 LOCATION: Milan\ Italy For more information\ please visit the following website: http://ltsig.org.uk/future-events/11-2007-milan -italy.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-26_read-599 LOCATION:Milan\ Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:598-2007-10-23 14:16:47 CREATED:20071023T141647 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071128 SUMMARY:Valuing Learning: European experiences in validating non-for mal and informal DESCRIPTION: The Conference consists of five Plenary Sessions\ aiming at the development of specific issues within the overarc hing theme of the Conference. These Sessions include keyn ote addresses and the presentation of cases from four Mem ber states enabling participants to engage in active exchang e of expertise and practices. SESSIONS:     ·  Lifelong and lifewide learning\ Rhetoric or reality ?    ·  Is validation of non-formal and informal lear ning possible? European and international experiences and solutions    ·  Is validation of non-formal and info rmal learning relevant and useful? The perspective of the users    ·  Valuing learning\ The importance of quality and trust    ·  Valuing learning\ What are o ur visions? Working Languages: Portuguese\ English\  French\ German and Spanish Documentation languages: Portuguese and English DATE: 26-27 November 2007 L OCATION: Lisbon\ Portugal For more information\ pl ease visit the following website : http://www.eu2007.min -edu.pt/np4/en/29.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-26_read-598 LOCATION:Lisbon\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:597-2007-10-23 13:44:19 CREATED:20071023T134419 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071123 SUMMARY:European Network and Information Security Conference DESCRIPTION: Cooperation to Enhance Security in Cyber Environment\ the Third European Network and Information Security Conference The overall objective of the conference is to bring toge ther actors in charge of different international collabor ation instruments in the area of cyber security. By means of synergy cooperation\ the conference aims at enhancin g cybersecurity and providing a forum for information sharin g and networking with stakeholders in the private and pub lic sectors as well as civil society. THEMES:    ·  Framework for cooperation on cybersecurity – best practice     ·  Cyber-crime and enforcement    ·  Management of security incidents Some o f the KEYNOTES:    ·  Global Cybersecurity Agenda - Mr. Alexander Ntoko\ ITU     ·  The reform of t he EU regulatory framework for eCommunications: network a nd information security issues - Ms Anna Buchta\ Europea n Commission    ·  The challenge of building global c yber-security partnerships - Mr. Constance Bommelaer\ IN TERNET SOCIETY (ISOC)\ Mr Franck Ackerman\ ECO DATE: 20-22 November 2007 LOCATION: Vilnius\ Lithuania On 22 November\ a post-conference workshop is schedu led. This post-conference workshop will target the ISP secto r as a critical spot in safeguarding against security inc idents and will attempt to deliver some organisational an d technological solutions for ensuring protection and eff icient management of incidents in the ISP networks. For more information\ please visit the following website : http://www.securityconference.rrt.lt URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-20_read-597 LOCATION:Vilnius\ Lithuania CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:596-2007-10-08 14:24:09 CREATED:20071008T142409 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071207 SUMMARY:10TH HUMAN-CENTRED TECHNOLOGY POSTGRADUATE WORKSHOP (HCT 200 7) DESCRIPTION:WORKING TOGETHER TO LEARN\ RESEARCH AND SUCCEED\ Universit y of Sussex\ Department of Informatics in collaboration with London Knowledge Lab This year’s workshop\ bas ed in Brighton\ will be a chance to not only get to know the other postgraduate researchers in the HCT field and present your work to the attendees through a digital poster session\ but also an opportunity to actively focus on cr ucial progress specific skills which may help you complet e your own research. The workshop will also provide the oppo rtunity to discuss and work through research problems wit h other postgraduate students as well as with more experi enced researchers DATE: 6 December 2007 LOCATION: Sussex\ United Kingdom For more information\ plea se visit the following website: http://www.informatics .sussex.ac.uk/events/hctw2007 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-06_read-596 LOCATION:Sussex\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:593-2007-10-08 11:46:34 CREATED:20071008T114634 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080306 SUMMARY:International Technology\ Education and Development Confere nce (INTED2008) DESCRIPTION: DATE: 3-5 March 2008 LOCATION: Valencia\ Spain AIM The general objective of INTED2008 is the promoti on of international collaboration in the field of technology \ engineering and science education. INTED2008 provides an International Forum for researchers\ engineers\ professors \ educational scientists and technologists in the areas of Education\ Science and Technology. It will be an excellent opportunity to present\ demonstrate and discuss research\ development\ applications\ and the latest innovations and results in the field of Higher Education and Research. Some of the TOPICS:    ·  Education and Globaliza tion    ·  Intellectual Property on Education    ·  Barriers to Learning (e.g.: age\ psychosocial factors \ ethnicity…)    ·  Student Support in Education For more information\ please visit the following web site : http://www.iated.org/inted2008 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -03-03_read-593 LOCATION:Valencia\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:591-2007-10-08 11:32:05 CREATED:20071008T113205 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080308 SUMMARY:International Conference on Availability\ Reliability and S ecurity (ARES 2008) DESCRIPTION:The International Dependability Conference To be held i n conjunction with International Conference on Complex\ Int elligent and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS-2008) http ://www.cisis-conference.eu DATE: 4-7 March 2008 LO CATION: Barcelona\ Spain The Third International Co nference on Availability\ Reliability and Security (“ARES 2008 – The International Dependability Conference”) wil l bring together researchers and practitioners in the area o f dependability. ARES 2008 will highlight the various aspect s of dependability - with special focus on the crucial linka ge between availability\ reliability and security. AIM: ARES aims at a full and detailed discussion of the re search issues of dependability as an integrative concept tha t covers amongst others availability\ safety\ confidential ity\ integrity\ maintainability and security in the differ ent fields of applications. ARES is devoted to the c ritical examination and research challenges of the various a spects of Dependable Computing and the definition of a futur e road map.   For more information\ please vi sit the following website: http://www.ares-conference.eu/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -03-04_read-591 LOCATION:Barcelona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:590-2007-10-08 11:27:00 CREATED:20071008T112700 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080308 SUMMARY:International Conference on Complex\ Intelligent and Softwa re Intensive Systems (CISIS-2008) DESCRIPTION:To be held in conjunction with: ARES International Conferenc e http://www.ares-conference.eu/ DATE: 4-7 March 2008 LOCATION: Barcelona\ Spain SUPPORTED and CO-ORGANI ZED by: The Kaleidoscope Learning Grid SIG (http://g rid.noe-kaleidoscope.org)\ the European FP6-IST-EU proje ct grid4all (http://grid4all.eu) and the MosaicLearning p roject (http://mosaic.gast.it.uc3m.es) AIM: The ai m of the conference is to deliver a platform of scientific i nteraction between the three interwoven challenging areas of research and development of future ICT-enabled applic ations:   •  Software Intensive Systems   •  C omplex systems   •  Intelligent Systems Some of the TOPICS OF INTEREST:   •  Monitoring and analy sis of group interactions   •  Collaborative learning applications and case studies   •  Nomadic and mobil e collaborative work For more information\ please visi t the following website: http://www.cisis-conference.eu/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -03-04_read-590 LOCATION:Barcelona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:588-2007-10-04 12:42:19 CREATED:20071004T124219 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071027 SUMMARY:EUROPEAN DAY OF THE ENTREPRENEUR\ EUROPEAN FUNDS AND REGION AL DEVELOPMENT DESCRIPTION: The European Day of the Entrepreneur /EDE/\ traditionall y organized by Sofia Municipality and Sofia University "St.K liment Ohridski" will be carried out for the fifth time on 2 5 - 26 of October 2007 at the Inter Expo Center\ Sofia. All the relevant Ministries and more than 20 important public\ non-governmental and private structures are co-organizers o f this significant forum. A lot of foreign institutions anno unce their interest towards the different events going to be held during the EDE. This year the European day of the Entr epreneur will be held under the motto "INNOVATION AND ENTREP RENEURSHIP". The European Idea The European Day o f the Entrepreneur is an initiative which has long tradition s in the EU. This event is organised in the frames of the PA XIS Network (The Pilot Action of Excellence on Innovative St art-ups)aimed at dissemination of best models for establishi ng new technology based companies. The concept of this forum is introduced by EUROCITIES (Network of the European Towns) and the European Commission DATE: 25-26 October 200 7 LOCATION: Sofia\ Bulgaria For more information\ p lease visit the following website: http://www-it.fmi. uni-sofia.bg/ede2007 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-25_read-588 LOCATION:Sofia\ Bulgaria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:587-2007-10-04 12:36:40 CREATED:20071004T123640 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071027 SUMMARY:TEL in Central and Eastern Europe -Challenges and Opportunit ies DESCRIPTION: The forth Technology-enhanced Learning Enlargement worksh op\ organized traditionally in the frame of NoE Kalei doscope\ will join the European Day of the Entrepreneur 200 7 - INNOVATION AND ENTREPREUNERSHIP (25-26 October 2007\ Sofia\ Bulgaria) MISSION The workshop' mission is to underline the scientific\ practical and cultural cont ributions that Central and Eastern Europe can make to Techno logy Enhanced Learning. To outline TEL challenges and opport unities and stimulate interaction\ collaboration and commun ication between:    ·   researchers    ·   po licy makers    ·   product & service providers    ·   users & practitioners. We invite you to shar e your experience\ describe state-of-the-art activities\ d efine specific existing problems\ present current practices and outline the future potential of the region for the deve lopment of advanced TEL strategies and solutions. Th e workshop addresses all public\ involved in education\ fr om pupils\ teachers and parents\ to academic researchers\ PhD students\ trainers\ educational institutions and busi ness. DATE: 25-26 October 2007 LOCATION: Sofia\ B ulgaria For more information\ please visit the foll owing website: http://www-it.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/ede2007 /tel07_en.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-25_read-587 LOCATION:Sofia Bulgaria CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:586-2007-10-04 12:27:18 CREATED:20071004T122718 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071118 SUMMARY:Try-out of the Portfolio "Competences For European Youth Lea ders" or Animator in Youth Work DESCRIPTION: Objective of our meeting: A ‘European Portfolio fo r youth leaders and youth workers’ has recently been devel oped. It was composed by the Council of Europe in agreement with the European Commission based on European demands for q uality. This portfolio has been putting together a functiona l analysis of the youth leader/worker\ trying to describe n ecessary competences\ trying to describe the ‘DNA of the youth worker/leader’. Together with participants from di fferent European countries and different European youth orga nizations we would like to evaluate these competences versus minimum requirements for a youth leader. Our evaluation\ r emarks and conclusions will be forwarded to the European Cou ncil for further development of the portfolio. At th e end of the meeting\ presentations and conclusions will be posted on this site. DATE: 16-17 November 2007 LO CATION: Brussels\ Belgium For more information\ plea se visit the following website: http://www.europeanev c.eu URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-16_read-586 LOCATION:Brussels\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:585-2007-10-04 12:18:44 CREATED:20071004T121844 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071117 SUMMARY:Partners and Competitors: Analysing the EU-US Higher Educati on Relationship DESCRIPTION: 15th in the series “The European Policy Seminars” of the Academic Cooperation Association We aim to explo re new forms of transatlantic cooperation and evaluate the i mpact the Bologna reforms have on mobility recognition\ and future collaboration. From university finance and governanc e\ to diploma structure and length\ to transatlantic unive rsity partnerships and programmes\ this ACA seminar will ta ckle a plethora of pertinent topics on US-EU higher educatio n relations. THEMES     · Redefining the curriculum in a globalised world: How does US and EU intern ationalisation reform differ?     · The fees debate? Funding higher education     · Education and the mar ket: Attracting the best and the brightest DATE: 16 November 2007 LOCATION: Brussels\ Belgium For more information\ please visit the following website : htt p://www.aca-secretariat.be/08events/Seminars/eu-us.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-16_read-585 LOCATION:Brussels\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:584-2007-10-04 12:13:00 CREATED:20071004T121300 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071117 SUMMARY:Swiss ICT Summit DESCRIPTION:European R&D and Innovation for Human-centric ICT Information and Communication Technologies are becoming perv asive in different forms\ influencing day-to-day life of al l citizens. ICT are oriented more towards the needs of the u sers\ and the ease of usage in accessing the information th rough different media (e.g. TV/radio\ digital libraries\ p ush technologies\ automatic robotic activities through lear ning etc…). WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE? Companies and r esearchers from all over Europe interested in the most recen t research and development results\ share new project ideas and technologies in · Human and Context Aware System s (Cognitive Systems\ Human-Machine interaction\ Robotic s ystems) and · Knowledge Interfacing Applications (Techno logy-enhanced learning\ Knowledge Management\ Content Crea tion\ Digital Libraries) DATE: 16 November 2007 LOCATION: Winterthur\ Switzerland For more informat ion\ please visit the following website : http://www. ictsummit.eu URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-16_read-584 LOCATION:Winterthur\ Switzerland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:583-2007-10-04 12:04:56 CREATED:20071004T120456 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071117 SUMMARY:Hands-on & Brains-on! DESCRIPTION:An international conference about Primary Education and the closing conference of the EU-project: Hands-on & Brains-on. This conference will take place at the 15th and 16th of Nove mber 2007 in science center NEMO in Amsterdam. The HoBo project: The Hands-on & Brains-on project: a network of eight institutions between science centres and museums is de veloping their educational programmes for primary schools in co-operation with school authorities\ teacher education in tsitutes\ and schools\ to create an European network linki ng formal and informal learning with all-European organisati ons Ecsite and EUN and ESHA. The main target group is primar y school teachers. The goal is to use modern\ interactive s cience exhibitions combining the best practices of informal learning and formal education. The objective is to identify key elements within the curricula in different countries in order to teach pupils about the scientific research process using learning to make observations in science centres and t eaching to make observations at school. PROGRAMME: · 15 November: Brains-on · 16 November: Hands-on DATE: 15-16 November 2007 LOCATION: Amsterdam\ th e Netherlands For more information\ please visit th e following website : http://www.e-nemo.nl/Handson-Bra inson-conference2007 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-15_read-583 LOCATION:Amsterdam\ the Netherlands CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:582-2007-10-04 11:57:53 CREATED:20071004T115753 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071116 SUMMARY:Realising the global university DESCRIPTION: Developing effective international strategies in a rapidl y changing world. This conference will drill through the rhetoric around globalisation and enable universities t o chart a course through the increasingly rapid change that the next ten years will bring. This conference addresses the challenge of restructuring higher education\ outlining nee ds for transformational change\ re-envisioning roles of uni versities in the 21st Century\ and determining what institu tional leaders need to do in order to compete effectively. KEY TOPICS: · What does a globalised university l ook like? · Do we understand what the extent of depth of change in being a globalised university? · What are the financial\ cultural and operational barriers to change? · How can universities respond to challenges and grasp opp ortunities? DATE: 15 November 2007 LOCATION: Lo ndon\ United Kingdom For more information\ please visit the following website : http://www.neilstewartas sociates.com/jb226/index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-15_read-582 LOCATION:London\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:581-2007-10-04 11:51:43 CREATED:20071004T115143 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071116 SUMMARY:World Of Learning Conference & Exhibition 2007 DESCRIPTION: An essential two-day conference for all senior learning & development professionals. The World of Learning Confere nce brings together senior learning & development profession als with leading experts and practitioners in the field to e xplore the hottest issues in learning solutions. DAT E: 14-15 November 2007 LOCATION: Birmingham\ United Ki ngdom Some of the speakers: · Hilary Chadwick\ Director National Employer Service\ Learning & Skills Counc il - "Investing in skills - improving business productivity through training" · Nick Shackleton-Jones\ Manager\ O nline & Informal Learning\ BBC & Margaret Simmonds\ Direct or\ The MRS Consultancy - "Train less\ learn more - the re alities of informal learning" For more information\  please visit the following website : http://www.lear nevents.com/conference/world-of-learning-conference-2007.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-14_read-581 LOCATION:Birmingham\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:580-2007-10-04 11:40:26 CREATED:20071004T114026 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071117 SUMMARY:International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE'07) DESCRIPTION:International Symposium on Computers in Education IN FO: SIIE is an international forum for the presentation an d debate of the latest advances in the field of Informatio n and Communication Technologies applied to Education. It is a local of collective reflection on challenges\ succes ses and problems of Education for the Knowledge Society. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: · Allison Druin\ University of Maryland · António Câmara\ Universidade Nova de Lis boa and Ydreams · Martin Llamas Nistal\ Universidad de Vigo DATE: 14-16 November 2007 LOCATION: Porto\ P ortugal. For more information\ please visit the follow ing website : http://siie2007.ese.ipp.pt/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-14_read-580 LOCATION:Porto\ Portugal. CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:579-2007-10-04 11:26:47 CREATED:20071004T112647 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071111 SUMMARY:Designing the School of Tomorrow DESCRIPTION:Designing the Classroom of Tomorrow: Advanced Technologies i n Education This event builds on the results of three p revious successful symposia on designing the school of tomor row (Athens\ 2004\ Kefalonia\ 2004\ Athens 2007)\ organ ized within the framework of European Science Week. The aim of the symposium is to bring together individuals and teams from a wide range of education and technology fields\ teach ers and students to look into the future of the school class room. In this symposium we assign to mobile learnin g and game-based learning a distinctive role in the classroo m of tomorrow. Mobile technologies are embedded\ ubiquitous and networked with enhanced capabilities for rich social in teractions\ context awareness and internet connectivity. Ga me-based learning is opening up new potential for learning i n formal and informal situations and in innovative ways by o ffering new opportunities to reach and motivate hard-to enga ge learner groups\ support differentiated and personalized learning\ and provide new tools for teaching basic and key skills. After the completion of the symposium the power point presentations of the talks will be found on-line. DATE: 9-10 November 2007 LOCATION: Athens\ Greece For more information\ please visit the following website : http://www.schooloftomorrow.gr/ and http://ww w.ea.gr/ep/dct2007/home.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-09_read-579 LOCATION:Athens\ Greece CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:578-2007-10-04 11:16:46 CREATED:20071004T111646 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071112 SUMMARY:Meeting the Growing Demand For Engineers and Their Educators 2010 - 2020 International Summit DESCRIPTION: The IEEE and VDE\ together with other professional organ izations\ are hosting an international conference on the gr owing demand for engineers and their educators\ and about a ctions required to meet that demand for engineers and their educators in the period 2010-2020. AIM: The objec tive is to steer the educational system at both pre-universi ty and university levels to be more cognizant and more respo nsive to the anticipated needs for qualified engineers and t heir educators. PROGRAMME: Keynote Adddresses on: · The status of the engineering workforce: an industry pe rspective · The status of the supply and demand of pre-un iversity science\ technology\ engineering and mathematics educators: a pre-university education perspective · The r ole of academia and professional societies in addressing the issues associated with developing future engineers and pre- university educators in science\ technology\ engineering a nd mathematics DATE: 9-11 November 2007 LOCATIO N: Munich\ Germany For more information\ please visit the following website : http://www.ieee.org/web/educa tion/preuniversity/globalsummit URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-09_read-578 LOCATION:Munich\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:577-2007-10-04 11:09:32 CREATED:20071004T110932 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071009 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071011 SUMMARY:EXPOLINGUA Praha 2007\ DESCRIPTION: EXPOLINGUA Praha 2007\ 17th International Fair for Langu ages\ Education and Cultures. Languages - Your Access to th e World DATE: 9-10 November 2007 LOCATION: Prah a\ Czech Republic The demand for language learning in the Czech Republic is growing as an increasing number of students choose to pursue their studies abroad. In the past four years alone\ the number of students participating in E uropean programmes has more than tripled. The increasing int erest in language learning is further fuelled by the demands of the Czech employment market: knowledge of at least one f oreign language is a must! More and more Czechs are also lea rning languages for pleasure and tourism. TOPICS: EXPOLINGUA Praha’s rich and varied programme of workshops and lectures includes more than 40 presentations by nationa l and international experts in the fields of languages and c ultures. Speakers will focus on new aspects of language lear ning and showcase the latest innovations and technologies. T he seminar programme is free of charge for exhibition visito rs. EXHIBITIONS: There will be over 70 exhibitors from 15+ countries at EXPOLINGUA Praha. Please click here fo r the EXPOLINGUA Praha 2007 exhibitors list. For mor e information\ please visit the following website : h ttp://www.expolingua.cz URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-09_read-577 LOCATION:Praha\ Czech Republic CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:575-2007-10-04 10:53:41 CREATED:20071004T105341 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080301 SUMMARY:The Nordic Conference of Serious Games (NSG-Conference 2008) DESCRIPTION: DATE: 28-29 February 2008 LOCATION: University of Jy väskylä\ Finland AIM The conference aims to cre ate a multi-disciplinary forum where actors from academia as well as industry and a multitude of end-user organizations come together to share experiences\ ideas and knowledge. In addition to the main conference we will organize a young sc ientist workshop for doctoral students. The young scientist workshop will consist of theme introductions of experts on t he conference topics as well as the presentations of young s cientists on their research. Call for Submissions : 30 November 2007 THEMES:    ·  The use of games and game-based environments in different fields and contexts\ including    ·  Issues and subjects relat ed to design and development of serious games    ·  B usiness and societal issues of serious games For mor e information\ please visit the following website : h ttp://ktl.jyu.fi/ktl/nsg-conference URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -02-28_read-575 LOCATION:University of Jyväskylä\ Finland. CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:573-2007-09-27 14:06:35 CREATED:20070927T140635 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071110 SUMMARY:ICT\ Transparency and social responsibility conference DESCRIPTION: The Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon and Carnegie Mellon University are very happy to announce the organizati on of the first conference on “Information and Communicati on Technologies\ Transparency and Corporate Responsibility: Social and Ethical Considerations in the Global Economy”. Some of the KEYNOTE SPEAKERS : · W. Micha el Hoffman\ Hieken Professor of Business and Professional E thics & Founding Director of the   Center of Business E thics at Bentley\ Bentley College · Pradeep Khosla\ De an of the Carnegie Institute of Technology\ Professor in th e College of Engineering   and School of Computer Scienc e and Founding co-Director of CyLab at Carnegie Mellon Unive rsity. · Deborah G. Johnson\ Professor of Applied Ethic s\ School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the   University of Virginia and President\ International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT). There will be three major results directly arising from this event: · Three days of dedicated conference sessio ns and meetings · At least one book consisting of the bes t papers (to be published in 2008). · A special issue in the Ethics and Information Technology journal. DAT E: 7-9 November 2007 LOCATION: Lisbon\ Portugal For more information\ please visit the following websit e : http://www.cmu.edu/transparency2007 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-07_read-573 LOCATION:Lisbon\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:572-2007-09-27 13:53:26 CREATED:20070927T135326 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071104 SUMMARY:Schools facing up to new challenges DESCRIPTION:A technical conference OBJECTIVES :    ·  Identify the core challenges schools face up to nowadays\ w ith regard to the objectives of the Lisbon       Str ategy and to the “Education & Training 2010” Work Progra mme\ in order to ensure quality      and equity in s chool education\ as full components of lifelong learning na tional strategies\    ·  examine the role that schoo l empowerment and organisational development processes\ as well as      accountability systems\ play in meeting those challenges\ on the basis of the analysis of policy a nd      practices in this field\    ·  Analys e the results of the Commission's public consultation on Sch ools and contribute to systematising      the main me ssages and recommendations to be included in the follow-up. Working languages: Portuguese\ English\ French and German Documentation languages: Portuguese and English DATE: 2-3 November 2007 LOCATION: Lisbon\ Port ugal For more information\ please visit the followi ng website : http://www.eu2007.min-edu.pt/np4/en/28.ht ml URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-02_read-572 LOCATION:Lisbon\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:571-2007-09-26 11:42:23 CREATED:20070926T114223 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071122 SUMMARY:Lifelong Learning and the Brain DESCRIPTION: A CICERO Learning conference on neuroscience\ lifelong l earning\ creativity and well-being. The keynote speakers and interactive workshops will discuss themes such as: How can neuroscience help us understand and support learning at work\ in schools and on our free time? How does learni ng influence the well-being of individuals of different ag es? How does stress affect learning? KEYNOTE SPEAKER S:    ·  Professor Helen Neville\ University of Ore gon (USA)    ·  Professor Kiti Müller\ Finnish Inst itute of Occupational Health (Finland)    ·  Dr Paul Howard-Jones\ Bristol University (UK)    ·  Dr Sue P ickering\ Bristol University (UK) DATE: 20-21 Nove mber 2007 LOCATION: Helsinki\ Finland Deadl ine for registrations: 15 October\ 2007. For more info rmation\ please visit the following website : www.cic ero.fi/events.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-20_read-571 LOCATION:Helsinki\ Finland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:570-2007-09-26 11:32:53 CREATED:20070926T113253 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071011 SUMMARY:Interactive Technology in Education Symposium 2007 (ITiE) DESCRIPTION:The ITiE Symposium 07 - Where Technology Meets Education The ITiE Symposium 07 uses British and international exper ience and research to present and discuss key issues and d evelopments in interactive technology for education. Inter active technology is built into the Symposium – you will be able to use the technology for education\ as well as see it and talk about it. There is also the opportunity to visit some schools where teachers show and share their ex perience of using it in their classroom. Interactive technology is built into the Symposium – you will be able to use the technology for education\ as well as see it a nd talk about it. There is also the opportunity to visit s ome schools where teachers show and share their experience of using it in their classroom. DATE: 8-10 October 2007 LOCATION: London\ United Kingdom Some o f the KEYNOTES:    ·  Transforming the Educational e xperience: what about the curriculum? - Mick Waters\ CEO\ Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.    ·  Class room of the Future: what will it look like? - Mike Gibbons\ CEO\ The Innovation Unit    ·  The American Digita l Schools Survey 2007 - Tom Greaves - Chairman of The Greave s Group    ·  Using IT in the classroom improves stud ents’ achievement: where’s the evidence? - Vanessa Pitta rd - Director of Evidence and Evaluation\ BECTA For more information\ please visit the following website : www.thesymposium07.com URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-08_read-570 LOCATION:London\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:569-2007-09-26 10:27:35 CREATED:20070926T102735 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071215 SUMMARY:Learning Technologies Africa (LTA) DESCRIPTION: Learning Technologies Africa (LTA) is a Pan-African Learn ing Technologies Conference and Exhibition\ which is an ini tiative geared towards building digital competences in the k nowledge society. The event will bring together stakeholders from the industry\ education\ government and the civil so ciety to take a look at the state of education delivery in A frica and then fashion out strategies that will bring about enhanced quality\ based on modern technologies in education . The main aims of the conference are to bring toget her research\ innovation and modern learning technologies i n a "knowledge triangle". DATE: 12-14 December 2007 LOCATION: Abuja\ Nigeria CORE ISSUES M odern Learning Technologies have become the mainstream in Global education and training systems. However\ connectivit y and equipment availability still remains a central issue i n Africa\ while the other problems are related to pedagogy\  content\ quality assurance and standards\ as well as the training of teachers\ continuous development\ organisatio nal change and the transformation of education and training processes For more information\ please visit the fo llowing website : http://www.learntechafrica.com URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-12_read-569 LOCATION:Abuja\ Nigeria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:568-2007-09-25 18:07:17 CREATED:20070925T180717 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071101 SUMMARY:International Conference on Digital Information Management ( ICDIM'07) DESCRIPTION: The ICDIM will address a large number of themes and issue s. The conference invites original research and industrial p apers on the theory\ design and implementation of digital i nformation systems\ as well as proposals for demonstrations \ tutorials\ workshops and industrial presentations. DATE: 28-31 October 2007 LOCATION: Lyon\ France The ICVL 2007 will be held in conjunction with The 5 th National Conference on Virtual Learning (CNIV 2007) KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:   · Professor Charles A. SHONIREG UN\ School of Computing & Technology\ University of East L ondon.   · Mr Antony SATYADAS\ Chief Competitive Marke ting Officer\ IBM Lotus Software Some of the wo rkshops   ·   · Web X.0 and Web Mining Workshop   · Agent Supported Cooperative Work   · Web Se rvices and Geographic Information Systems   · Methods and Design models for Health Information Systems For more information\ please visit the following website : http://icdim.insa-lyon.fr URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-28_read-568 LOCATION:Lyon\ France CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:567-2007-09-25 18:00:24 CREATED:20070925T180024 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071026 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071029 SUMMARY:International Conference on Virtual Learning (ICVL) DESCRIPTION:2010 - Towards a Learning and Knowledge Society - 2030 Registration deadline: 30 September 2007 The ICVL 2007 will be held in conjunction with The 5th National Co nference on Virtual Learning (CNIV 2007) KEYNOTE SPE AKERS:   ·Dr. Carmen Taran\ Research and Development\  AT&T\ USA - "Quality Assurance for   Web-based Tr aining"\ The ISPI Awards of Excellence program  | Th e International Society for Performance Improvement    ·Florin Ilia\ Radu Jugureanu\ Olimpius Istrate - "AE L e-Learning universal platform "\ Advanced e-Learning Objects-First place in the "IT World Championship"    Dr. Marin Vlada\ Prof. Radu Jugureanu - "E-Learning Tec hnologies - Achievement and   Perspectives"\ Universit y of Bucharest\ Siveco Romania - ICVL Project   ·D r. Ion Roceanu - "E-education versus e-training. Life Lon g Learning perspective"\   Director of the Advanced Di stributed Learning Department "Carol I" National Defence University\ Bucharest\ Romania | http://adl.unap.ro   ·Dr. Grigore Albeanu - "e-Learning metrics"\ Co-cha irholder UNESCO Chair in Information Technologies   at University of Oradea\ Romania   ·Dr. Angela Ionita - " Trends in Professional Learning in the framework of Knowl edge Society"\   Romanian Academy\ Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence\ Romania   ·Catalin G ulan\ Managing Partner - "Ubiq Window a Gate towards Vir tual Reality"\ Brief   Advertising and Marketing\ Exc lusively representing LM3LABS in Romania DATE: 26 -28 October 2007 LOCATION: Constanta\ Romania For more information\ please visit the following website : http://www.icvl.eu/2007 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-26_read-567 LOCATION:Constanta\ Romania CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:566-2007-09-25 17:43:08 CREATED:20070925T174308 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071027 SUMMARY:Bridges of Knowledge 2007 DESCRIPTION: SIU is organising its biennial Bridges of Knowledge confe rence for 2007 on 25th – 26th October 2007 at Solstrand Ho tel near Bergen\ Norway. Registration deadline: 30 September 2007 CONFERENCE THEME: Rethinking internat ionalisation of higher education: Evidence of quality and st rategic directions? KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:   · Mr. Per B. Maurseth\ State secretary\ Norwegian Ministry of Ed ucation and Research   · Mr. Ramon Ollè\ La Salle Uni versitat Ramon Lull\ Spain   · Professor Knut Hove\ R ector\ Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)   · Professor Balghis Badri\ Ahfad University for Women\ Suda n   · Eva Egron-Polak\ International Association of Un iversities (IAU)   · Dr. Jürgen Hirsch\ Hydro Aluminu m\ Germany   · Professor Dato Dzukifli Abdul Razak\ U niversity Sains Malaysia DATE: 25-26 October 2007 LOCATION: Bergen\ Norway For more information\ please visit the following website : http://www.siu.no /en/konferanser_og_publikasjoner URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-25_read-566 LOCATION:Bergen\ Norway CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:565-2007-09-25 17:37:38 CREATED:20070925T173738 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071027 SUMMARY:Games Based Learning DESCRIPTION: The European Conference on Games Based Learning. Over the last ten years\ the way in which education and training is delivered has changed considerably with the advent of new t echnologies. One such new technology that holds considerable promise for helping to engage learners is Games-Based Learn ing (GBL). KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:   · Bob Stone\ U niversity of Birmingham\ UK "Serious Games: A human centre d approach to delivering     meaningful tool for learn ing”   · Kurt Squire\ University of Wisconsin-Madiso n\ USA “The design of video game-based learning systems.   · Constance Steinkuehler\ University of Wisconsin -Madison\ USA “Virtual worlds\ learning and the new    cosmopolitan.” DATE: 25-26 October 2007 LOCATION: Scotland\ United Kingdom For more informati on\ please visit the following website : http://www.a cademic-conferences.org/ecgbl/ecgbl2007/ecgbl07-home.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-25_read-565 LOCATION:Scotland\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:564-2007-09-25 17:25:47 CREATED:20070925T172547 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071027 SUMMARY:eChallenges e-2007 DESCRIPTION: eChallenges e-2007 Conference & Exhibition Thi s is the seventeenth in a series of annual technology resear ch conferences supported by the European Commission\ which regularly attracts over 600 delegates from leading commercia l\ government and research organisations around the world t o share knowledge and experience\ lessons learnt and good p ractice in areas of applied Information Communication Techno logies (ICT). KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:   · H.E. Mr Fr ank Heemskerk\ Minister of Foreign Trade\ The Netherlands   · Wim Deetman\ Mayor of The Hague   · Frits Huf fnagel\ Deputy Mayor of The Hague   · Mr Frans de Bru ne\ Director of the European Commission   · Hans Dani els\ Vice President & Managing Director\ Hewlett-Packard N etherlands   · Ad Scheepbouwer\ Chairman\ KPN\ Nethe rlands   · Roberto Cencioni\ European Commission\ Lux embourg   · Dr. Ronald de Bruin\ ENISA\ Greece    · Rosalie Zobel\ Director of the European Commission DATE: 24 - 26 October 2007 LOCATION: The Hague\ Th e Netherlands For more information\ please visit the following website : http://www.echallenges.org/e2 007 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-24_read-564 LOCATION:The Hague\ The Netherlands CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:563-2007-09-25 17:13:28 CREATED:20070925T171328 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071019 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071020 SUMMARY:RECALL - Recognition of Quality in Lifelong Learning DESCRIPTION: Quality in Lifelong Learning: Development and transparenc y of quality assurance methods for learning providers The focus will be to disseminate specific approaches and t ools towards assessment of training providers and recognitio n of quality within non-formal education and training. Furth ermore the RECALL project will be disseminated during the co nference as a possible quality asurance tool for learning providers. TARGET GROUP & NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: Persons and institutions responsible for the development of vocational education and training and lifelong learning in t he Europe\ as well as training providers\ social partners and quality experts. The conference is limited to 120 partic ipants. Some of the KEYNOTES:   · Lifelong Lea rning: Education and Training policies\ Ms. Fernanda Olivei ra Reis\ European Commission\ DG Education and Culture  · Quality in Adult learning – general principles and N ordic experiences\ Mr. Kim Faurschou\ Director of FACO\ I nternational Science Park     in Odense Denmark    · RECALL as a quality assurance tool for lifelong learning providers\ Mr. Arnbjörn Olafsson\ Project Manager of RECA LL   · Recognition of non-formal and informal learning in OECD countries\ Dr. Patrick Werquin\ Senior Economist   · Quality Marks and Non-formal Adult Learning – Bene fits and Challenges\ Mr Sturla Bjerkaker\ Secretary Genera l\ NAAL      – The Norwegian Association for Adult Learning & Steering Board Member at ICAE – International Council for Adult Education DATE: 19 October 2007 LOCATION: Leiria\ Portugal For more inform ation\ please visit the following website : http://ww w.recall.eu.com URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-19_read-563 LOCATION:Leiria\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:562-2007-09-25 16:56:39 CREATED:20070925T165639 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071027 SUMMARY:K12 Online Conference - Playing with boundaries - B DESCRIPTION: The “K12 Online Conference” is for teachers\ adminis trators and educators around the world interested in the use of Web 2.0 tools in classrooms and professional practice! T he 2007 conference is scheduled to be held over two weeks\ October 15-19 and October 22-26 of 2007\ and will include a preconference keynote during the week of October 8. The con ference theme is “Playing with Boundaries.” DATE : 15-19 October 2007 and 22-26 October 2007 LOCATION: online K12 Online 2007 will feature both asynchr onous events and interaction possibilities as well as live/s ynchronous events. online teasers and presentations will b e archived online after the two event weeks. Some o f the KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:   · Derek Wenmoth\ Keynote - Strand: Professional Learning Networks\ “The Promise of I CT: How Can It Be Realized”   · Cheryl Oakes\ Bob Sp rankle\ Alice Barr\ Strand: Personal Learning Networks\ Flat Agents of Change”   · Sylvia Martinez\ Strand : Obstacles to Opportunities\ “Web 2.0 Share the Adventur e with Students”   · Anne Davis\ Strand: New Tools\ “Learn to Blog: Blog to Learn”   · Sylvia Martinez \ Obstacles to Opportunities\ “Challenging Assumptions a bout Technology Professional Development” For more information\ please visit the following website : ht tp://k12onlineconference.org and wikispace http://k12 online07.wikispaces.com URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-22_read-562 LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:561-2007-09-25 16:48:29 CREATED:20070925T164829 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071020 SUMMARY:K12 Online Conference - Playing with boundaries - A DESCRIPTION: The “K12 Online Conference” is for teachers\ adminis trators and educators around the world interested in the use of Web 2.0 tools in classrooms and professional practice! T he 2007 conference is scheduled to be held over two weeks\ October 15-19 and October 22-26 of 2007\ and will include a preconference keynote during the week of October 8. The con ference theme is “Playing with Boundaries.” DATE : 15-19 October 2007 and 22-26 October 2007 LOCATION: online K12 Online 2007 will feature both asynchr onous events and interaction possibilities as well as live/s ynchronous events. online teasers and presentations will b e archived online after the two event weeks. Some o f the KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:   · Derek Wenmoth\ Keynote - Strand: Professional Learning Networks\ “The Promise of I CT: How Can It Be Realized”   · Cheryl Oakes\ Bob Sp rankle\ Alice Barr\ Strand: Personal Learning Networks\ Flat Agents of Change”   · Sylvia Martinez\ Strand : Obstacles to Opportunities\ “Web 2.0 Share the Adventur e with Students”   · Anne Davis\ Strand: New Tools\ “Learn to Blog: Blog to Learn”   · Sylvia Martinez \ Obstacles to Opportunities\ “Challenging Assumptions a bout Technology Professional Development” For more information\ please visit the following website : ht tp://k12onlineconference.org and wikispace http://k12 online07.wikispaces.com URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-15_read-561 LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:560-2007-09-25 16:23:24 CREATED:20070925T162324 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071017 SUMMARY:Models of European citizenship in schools DESCRIPTION: Conference of the European Network "Europe as a learni ng environment in schools - ELOS" Registration opene d until September 30 CONFERENCE THEMES:   · T heme 1 - Digital and Social Cohesion   · Theme 2 - Re-s killing for Knowledge Society   · Theme 3 - E-learning Value Some of the KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:   · Marc J . Rosenberg\ author of E-Learning: Strategies for Deliverin g Knowledge in the Digital Age (McGraw-Hill) and Beyond E-Le arning: Approaches and Technologies to Enhance Organizationa l Knowledge\ Learning and Performance (Pfeiffer)\ USA  · Albert Sangrá - Educational Innovation and Methodolog y Director of UOC (Universidade Oberta de Catalunya) and Dir ector of Edu Lab - Spain   · Anabela Pedroso - Presiden t of the Agency for Administrative Modernisation - Portugal   · André Richier - European Commission\ Directorate Enterprise and Industry   · Anne Bucher - Head of Unit C1 — Lisbon Strategy and i2010 of the Information Society and Media DG of the European Commission   · António Se rrano - Chairman of the Board of Administration of Hospital Espírito Santo in Évora - Portugal DATE: 15-16 Oct ober 2007 LOCATION: Lisboa\ Portugal For more information\ please visit the following website: http ://www.elearninglisboa.com/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-15_read-560 LOCATION:Lisboa\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:559-2007-09-25 16:09:18 CREATED:20070925T160918 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071017 SUMMARY:Models of European citizenship in schools DESCRIPTION: Conference of the European Network "Europe as a learning environment in schools - ELOS" OBJECTIVES: The go al of the conference is to show how the European debate on K ey Competences\ in the framework of the Lisbon Strategy\ i s reflected in school practice. Guided by the ‘Europe comp etence' indicators\ schools in the European Network ELOS co nsciously prepare pupils (aged 12-19) towards their future a s European citizens. The conference will provide these schoo ls with a platform allowing them to share good practice with other teachers and experts in the field. The outcomes of th e conference may serve as an input for European actions in t he field of active citizenship in Europe\ namely in the fra mework of the new LifeLong Learning Programme. Worki ng Languages and documentation languages: English DA TE: 14-16 October 2007 LOCATION: Lisbon\ Portugal For more information\ please visit the following websit e: http://www.eu2007.min-edu.pt/np4/en/32.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-14_read-559 LOCATION:Lisbon\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:558-2007-09-25 15:59:03 CREATED:20070925T155903 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071012 SUMMARY:e-learning - making it work DESCRIPTION: "e-learning - making it work" - a one day national confer ence on 11/10/2007 for practitioners and managers in FE\ ACL\ and work-based learning. From the preserve of enthus iasts to organisation-wide implementation. This is a conference with a difference - run by practitioners and lea ders for practitioners and leaders. It will give you an oppo rtunity to explore and discuss how to embed e-learning succe ssfully – with those that have done it. How can e- learning be made to work for you? What are the most effectiv e and efficient ways to embed e-learning successfully? Hear more about barriers to embedding e-learning successfully - a nd how to overcome them\ business rationale for successful projects – and the business benefits and establishing crit eria for success based on real measures of impact. D ATE: 11 October 2007 LOCATION: Nottingham\ United King dom For more information\ please visit the followin g website: https://www.alt.ac.uk URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-11_read-558 LOCATION:Nottingham\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:557-2007-09-25 15:43:43 CREATED:20070925T154343 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071015 SUMMARY:Dissemination\ Marketing and Networking Conference (DissMar k II) DESCRIPTION:Dissemination\ marketing and networking - keys to maximisin g the impact of European cooperation in the field of educati on.  Dissemination\ Marketing and Networking Conference & Project Fair OBJECTIVES: Dissmark II Conference & Fai r is a follow-up to Dissmark I Conference & Fair held in Oct ober 2006 in Romania\ and aims to complement and build on t he results of the first Conference thus ensuring continuity of the ideas of the first project. One of the outputs of the first DissMark project is a freeware Dissemination\ Market ing and Networking Survival Kit presenting theoretical infor mation and best practices to guide project coordinators and partners towards the successful implementation of their educ ational aims\ the Kit can be viewed at http://www.eeuroincl usion.org WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The DissMark II Disse mination\ Marketing and Networking Conference & Project Fai r is meant for project coordinators and partners from differ ent Socrates Actions (Lingua\ Comenius\ Grundtvig\ etc) i nvolved in educational projects with a linguistic component. DATE: 11-14 October 2007 LOCATION: Tallinn\ Esto nia For more information\ please visit the followin g website: http://www.ihtallinn.ee/index.php?id=10994 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-11_read-557 LOCATION:Tallinn\ Estonia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:556-2007-09-25 15:00:01 CREATED:20070925T150001 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071116 SUMMARY:Networked Learning (e-learning 2.0) DESCRIPTION:Kaleidocope Virtual Doctoral School and Human Centered Infor matics (HCI)\ Aalborg University invite to a Ph.D-course on November 13 - 15\ 2007 at Klitgaarden\ Skagen\ in Denmar k (http://www.klitgaarden.dk/uk/ukklitgaardenindex.htm) . The title is "Networked Learning (e-learning 2.0). L ecturers: Professor Etienne Wenger\ North San Juan\ Cali fornia\ USA and Aalborg University Associate Professor Ca roline Haythornthwaite \Graduate School of Library and Info rmation Science\ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . Reader Chris Jones\ open University Professor Lone Di rckink-Holmfeld\ Aalborg University Full programme may be downloaded from http://www.hci.hum.aau.dk/activities/ind ex.html Application: September 25\ 2007. (Note: The numb er of participants are limited) Organisers: Lone Dirckinck -Holmfeld & Chris Jones/ The ERT on Conditions for Productiv e Learning in Networked Learning Environments\ Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope Virtual Doctoral School encourage broad i nternational participation. There are some travel grants ava ilable for KAL-scholars. Please\ contact Lone Dirckinck-Hol mfeld (lone@hum.aau.dk ) or Hanne P. Clausen (hannepc@hum.aa u.dk ) URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-13_read-556 LOCATION:Skagen\ Denmark CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:554-2007-09-21 11:26:35 CREATED:20070921T112635 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080425 SUMMARY:African Regional Conference on Engineering Education (ARCEE 2008) DESCRIPTION: The theme for this year's conference is "Capacity Buildin g in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development". The Conference will critically examine curricula for facilitati on and capacity building in engineering education for sustai nable development within the region. SUBTHEMES: Issues in Engineering and Technology Education • Regio nal and International Collaboration in Engineering and Techn ology Education • Academia-Industry Collaboration in Eng ineering Education KEYNOTE SPEAKERS : • Check th e website for updates on speakers and accepted papers DATE: 22nd - 24th April\ 2008 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM\ TANZANIA For more information\ please visit the fo llowing website: http://www.coet.udsm.ac.tz/arcee2008/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -04-22_read-554 LOCATION:Dar Es Salaam\ Tanzania CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:553-2007-09-20 17:27:29 CREATED:20070920T172729 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080510 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080515 SUMMARY:IST-Africa 2008 Conference and Exhibition DESCRIPTION: DATE: 14 - 16 May 2008 LOCATION: Windhoek\ Namibia The goals of the IST-Africa Conference Series are Commu nity Building to facilitate EU-African research cooperatio n and successful exploitation of research results\ to sti mulate take-up of RTD results by industry\ Small and Medi um Sized Businesses and the public sector\ to promote kno wledge sharing between commercial organizations\ government agencies and the research community\ to exchange experie nces about the current state of eAdoption at a sectoral\ national or regional level\ and to support International Cooperation and open up the European Research Area (ERA) t o Africa. CALL FOR PAPERS - Important Deadlines: onl ine submission deadline for full paper or workshop proposal: 09 November 2007 THEMES: • eHealth - Health Inf ormation Systems • Technology Enhanced Learning & ICT Sk ills • Digital Libraries and Content • Open Source S oftware Applications • ICT for eInclusion and eAccessibi lity • eInfrastructures • ICT for Environmental Sust ainability • Networked Enterprise • eGovernment - Se cure Services to Citizens & Business For more informat ion\ please visit the following website: www.ist-africa .org/Conference2008 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -05-10_read-553 LOCATION:Windhoek\ Namibia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:549-2007-09-18 12:26:08 CREATED:20070918T122608 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071017 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071020 SUMMARY:WEB 2.0 AND EDUCATION DESCRIPTION:UOC UNESCO CHAIR IN eLEARNING FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR DATE: 17-19 October 2007 LOCATION: Barcelona\ Spa in AIM: The aim of the Universitat Oberta de Cata lunya (UOC) UNESCO Chair in Elearning is to foster an integr ated research\ learning\ information and documentation sys tem on the positive effects that the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) represents for universitie s. UOC UNESCO Chair in eLearning promotes an opened universi ty model\ capable to generate dynamics of improvement withi n universities and within UOC itself\ acting as a space for reflection and interdisciplinary analysis about the transfo rmations suffered by higher education institutions as a resu lt of the introduction and use of eLearning. TOPICS   • Opening Session. Web 2.0 and education   • Web 2.0 and education: an overall look   • Web 2.0: instit utional challenges   • Case Study 1. Second Life as an educational space   • Web 2.0\ Personal Learning Envir onments and the future of schooling   • The Human Seman tic Web - Increasing the Global Organizational Performance o f Humanity Inc.   • Table. Web 2.0 and the role of the public sector For more information\ please visit th e following web site: http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/inte rnationalseminar07 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-17_read-549 LOCATION:Barcelona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:547-2007-09-13 17:25:24 CREATED:20070913T172524 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071020 SUMMARY:The First Human Capital and Social Innovation Technology Sum mit (HCSIT Summit 2007) DESCRIPTION: ABOUT The Human Capital and Social Innovation Technolog y Summit is a unique event in Europe connecting ideas\ peop le and organisations in the field of digital technologies an d human capital. It brings together policy-makers\ research ers\ educators\ trainers\ human resource managers and tec hnologists interested in exploring the human factor in the d evelopment and implementation of digital technologies. Keywords of sessions • identity\ user centric\ fede ration of identity • Liberty Alliance\ SAML\ Identity\  SSO\ federation • authorisation\ profesional communi ty • privacy\ k-anonymity\ association rule hiding delegation\ IDM\ ID-WSF • security\ privacy\ micr odata\ information utility\ association rules • trust\  digital identity • IMS ePortfolio\ IMS LIP\ Packagi ng\ XML • comptency\ europass\ hr-xml\ assessment\ ieee\ rdc\ lms\ epms • occupations\ database\ europ e\ HRM tools\ migration DATE: 16-19 October 2007 LOCATION: Maastricht\ The Netherlands For more inf ormation\ please visit the following web site: http:/ /events.eife-l.org/HCSIT2007/overview URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-16_read-547 LOCATION:Maastricht\ The Netherlands CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:545-2007-09-13 16:37:49 CREATED:20070913T163749 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071015 SUMMARY:Lifelong Learning - E-portfolios and Open Content DESCRIPTION:KEYNOTES:    • "Social Software and ePortfolios suppor ting self organized learning processes" - Christian DORNINGE R\        Federal Ministry for Education\ the Arts and Culture (AT)    • "Digital Portfolios as a Window into the Learners`Mind: Multiple Intelligences\ Multi-Media & Multiple        Assessments"\ Evangeline H. STEFA NAKIS\ Boston University (USA)    • "Winning the Inte rnational Collegiate Programming Contest 2007 World Champion ship"\ Krysztof DIKS\       Warsaw University (PL)    • "Educational Aspects of Open Content"\ Peter BAUM GARTNER\ Danube University Krems (AT)    • "OpenLearn : giving away 5\400 hours of Open University UK content"\ Nial SCLATER\ Open University       Virtual Learning Environment Programme (UK) Conference language is En glish (Simultaneous interpreting into Polish and German lang uage will be provided). The Comenius Contact seminar entit led Educational Technologies for Lifelong Learning will take place 9th October - 12th October 2007 in Dabrowa Gorniza. ( Poland). DATE: 12-14 October\ 2007 LOCATION: Kato wice\ Poland For more information\ please visit th e following web site: http://www.ecomedia-europe.net/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-12_read-545 LOCATION:Katowice\ Poland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:543-2007-09-12 13:11:42 CREATED:20070912T131142 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080624 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080629 SUMMARY:International Conference for the Learning Sciences (ICLS2008 ) DESCRIPTION: ICLS2008 in the Netherlands: International Perspectives i n the Learning Sciences - Cre8ing a learning world IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Call for Papers: deadline: 19 No vember\ 2007 Utrecht University is busy preparing f or the 2008 International Conference for the Learning Scienc es. The theme for the conference is International Perspectiv es in the Learning Sciences. This conference will attempt to broaden the geographical\ cultural\ and intellectual scop e of the learning sciences community\ while maintaining its focus on the innovative consideration of learning as it occ urs in authentic contexts. KEYNOTES:    • Beyond design experiments: interventions for expansive lear ning” - Yrjö Engeström\ University of Helsinki\ Finlan d    • “The Game of the Future” - Mark H. Overmars \ Utrecht University\ The Netherlands\    • “Pop cosmopolitanism\ cognition\ and learning on the virtual fr ontier” - Constance Steinkuehler\ University of Wisconsin -Madison\ USA    • “Conceptualizing systemic contex tual differences for design research: Insights from Interna tional comparative studies of pedagogical        pr actices and technology use” - Nancy Law\ University of Ho ng Kong    • “Pedagogical benchmarks: Does the homo zappiens need anything more than just good teaching?” - Th eo Wubbels\ Utrecht University\ The        Nether lands    • “The Folksemantic Web: Tools for a Human -Centered Approach to the Semantic Web” - Shelley Johnson\  Utah State University\ USA    • “Internal and ext ernal scripts: Studies on the interplay of discourse\ cogni tion\ and instruction in computer-supported collaborative l earning"        - Frank Fischer\ Department of Psy chology\ University of Munich    • “Is Educational Investment in the Poor a Good Public Investment?” - Hank L evin\ Columbia University\ USA    • “Key elements for a framework to understand and conceptualise the social o utcomes of learning” - Richard Desjardins\ Danish Univers ity       of Education\ Denmark DATE: 24-2 8 June 2008 LOCATION: Utrecht\ The Netherlands For more information\ please visit the following web site: http://www.isls.org/icls2008/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -06-24_read-543 LOCATION:Utrecht\ The Netherlands CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:542-2007-09-11 14:09:14 CREATED:20070911T140914 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071108 SUMMARY:International conference LORNET Network (I2LOR 2007) DESCRIPTION:The LORNET Network is hosting its 4th annual International c onference - I2LOR 2007 - on November 4 to 7\ 2007 in Montre al\ on the UQÀM science campus site. This year conferenc e is focusing on learning technologies from the point of vie w of users. The Theme's conference is User Centered Knowledg e Environments: from theory to practice. Program highli ghts: • Keynote invited speakers will open each day of the Conference. • Panels with invited speakers will debate on important aspects confronting the research in tech nology of education (if not all kind of researches) • L ORNET research and results will be presented and discussed w ith participants • Scientific and experience papers sel ected by a peer-review Committee will drive conference sessi ons DATE: 4-7 November 2007 LOCATION: Montreal\  Canada For more information\ please visit the fol lowing web site: http://www.lornet.org/Home/tabid/394/ Default.aspx URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-04_read-542 LOCATION:Montreal\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:541-2007-09-11 14:00:48 CREATED:20070911T140048 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071006 SUMMARY:Self-regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Envi ronments DESCRIPTION: Self-regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning E nvironments: Individual Learning and Communities of Learners \ a KALEIDOSCOPE - TACONET conference DATE: 5 Octo ber 2007 LOCATION: Amsterdam\ The Netherlands T he conference is being organised by the KALEIDOSCOPE Initiat ive “Self-regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learni ng Environments” (see http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org) and by the Targeted Cooperative Network (TACONET) on Self-regul ated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments ( see http://www.lmi.ub.es/taconet/). KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Key note speakers will be: • The View from Academ ia - Sanna Järvelä\ University of Oulu\ Finland • T he View from Policy - Marijk van der Wende\ Vrije Universit eit Amsterdam • The View from Business - Paul Lefrere\ Open University\ U.K. • The View from Communities of practice - Etienne Wenger\ North San Juan\ CA\ USA For more information\ please visit the following web site : http://www.lmi.ub.es/taconet/amsterdam/index.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-05_read-541 LOCATION:Amsterdam\ The Netherlands CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:540-2007-09-11 12:51:24 CREATED:20070911T125124 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071012 SUMMARY:OPEN DAYS 2007 - European Week of Regions and Cities DESCRIPTION:The 5th OPEN DAYS-European Week of Regions and Cities will b e held between 8 and 11 October 2007 in Brussels for about 5 \000 expected regional policy experts and practitioners. Organised by the Committee of the Regions\ the European Com mission's Regional Policy Directorate General and expected 100 regions\ cities and other institutions and private p artners from all over Europe\ this year's headline is: "M aking it happen: regions deliver growth and jobs". About 1 50 workshops and sessions will focus on the new generation of cohesion policy programmes\ which will be implemented i n the course of 2007 in all European regions. Between 2007 and 2013\ the public and private funding made available through these programmes amounts to about EUR 500 billion. The OPEN DAYS 2007 programme will be built around five sub-headlines: (1) Attracting investors: Regions a nd cities show how it works\ (2) Proximity matters: Clus ters and regional development\ (3) Spending it wisely: P ublic-private partnerships and financial engineering\ (4 ) Crossing borders: Networking and best practice supporting growth and jobs\ (5) Checking delivery: How the new prog rammes are implemented About 600 speakers will be in vited for the 150 seminars and sessions during the OPEN DAYS 2007. DATE: 8-11 October 2007 LOCATION: Brussels\  Belgium For more information\ please visit the fo llowing web site: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/ conferences/od2007/about.cfm?nmenu=2 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-08_read-540 LOCATION:Brussels\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:539-2007-09-11 12:39:20 CREATED:20070911T123920 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070929 SUMMARY:UNICA SEMINAR: Equality & Diversity in H.E. - ‘Getting in\ getting on and getting through’ DESCRIPTION: The European Higher Education Equality and Diversity Netw ork cordially invites you to their first seminar : "GETTING IN\ GETTING ON AND GETTING THROUGH - recruitment\ retentio n and progression of under represented groups". DATE : 27-28 September 2007 LOCATION: Vrije Universiteit Brusse l\ Belgium What factors interact with ethnicity to affect participation at university ? Why in some disciplines are minority ethnic students less likely to achieve a high class of degree ? Why do they often do worse in the transiti on to the labour markets ? Why are women still under represe nted in Science\ Engineering and Technology ? How accessibl e are universities to disabled students ? What should univer sities be doing to address these and other equality issues ? Chair: Jeroen Doomernik (Universiteit van Amsterdam) KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:    •  Introduction on Equa lity & Diversity in H.E. & discussion - Tariq Modood\ MBE\ AcSS\ Professor of Sociology\ Politics and Public Policy\  Director\       University Research Centre for th e Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship (University of Bristol)    •  European Culture acquirements Mikael Luc iak\ University of Vienna For more information\ please visit the following web site: http://www.ulb.a c.be/unica/sem-equal.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-27_read-539 LOCATION:Brussels\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:538-2007-09-11 12:32:44 CREATED:20070911T123244 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071013 SUMMARY:Enhancing student mobility in a digital world - Sumit Semina r DESCRIPTION:Enhancing student mobility in a digital world: Sharing exper iences in an enlarged Europe Focusing on an enlarged Europ e - Sumit Seminar DATE: 11-12 October 2007 LOCATION: University of Warsaw\ Poland This seminar aims at s upporting the objective of 3.000.000 Erasmus students by 201 1 through discussions and exchange of best experiences on vi rtual aspects related to mobility during three stages: befor e\ during and after (mobility). The objective is to show un iversities in the targeted countries (new EU members) how IC T can be used to enhance the quality of the student and the university experience of exchange\ which\ eventually\ wil l help to increase numbers (influx and outflux) of Erasmus s tudents. CHAIRS:    •  Professor Wojciech T ygielski\ Vice Rector for Research & International Relation s\ University of Warsaw\ Poland    •  Professor Je ff Haywood\ Vice-Principal for Knowledge Management\ Chief Information Officer and Librarian at the University of Edin burgh (UK) For more information\ please visit the f ollowing web site: http://www.bwz.uw.edu.pl/eng_versio n/sumit-invitation.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-11_read-538 LOCATION:University of Warsaw\ Poland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:537-2007-09-11 12:10:07 CREATED:20070911T121007 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071013 SUMMARY:Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (07) DESCRIPTION: KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:    •  USING SEMANTICS TO ENHAN CE B2B INTEGRATION - Jorge Cardoso\ Departamento de Matemá tica e Engenharias\ University of Madeira\       P ortugal    •  ULE-BASED REASONING FOR THE SEMANTIC W EB - Grigoris Antoniou\ Computer Science Department \ Univ ersity of Crete and             Information Sy stems Laboratory\ Greece DATE: 11-12 October 2007 LOCATION: Corfu\ Greece For more information\ please visit the following web site: http://www.mtsr.i onio.gr/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-11_read-537 LOCATION:Corfu\ Greece CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:536-2007-09-11 11:57:08 CREATED:20070911T115708 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071006 SUMMARY:European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL 2007) DESCRIPTION:6th European Conference on e-Learning KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Pernille Rattleff and Lars Birch Andreasen\ Danish Univers ity of Technology\ Copenhagen\ Denmark - "Challenges in Im plementing e-Learning at Universities" DATE: 4-5 O ctober 2007 LOCATION: Copenhagen\ Denmark For m ore information\ please visit the following web site: http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecel/ecel2007/ecel07-ho me.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-04_read-536 LOCATION:Copenhagen\ Denmark CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:535-2007-09-11 11:45:03 CREATED:20070911T114503 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071006 SUMMARY:Learning in Later Life (LiLL) - “web4seniors” DESCRIPTION:Carried out by the Centre for General Scientific Continuing Education (ZAWiW) at the University of Ulm The goal of the conference "web4seniors" is to present new technical dev elopments with interactive applications - web 2.0"- and to i nform about their benefits for strengthening communication\ cooperation and participation of senior citizens. It shall show the uses of the new technical possibilities and also th e challenges that they bring. Furthermore\ it should demons trate\ how older people could be encouraged to communicate and to cooperate over the web\ to play an active role in so ciety and to form the web itself. The program is in development. The preliminary subjects of working groups are:    • Good practice of opening the new media for s eniors    • New technological developments and their uses in seniors' education    • Virtual learning cou rses and projects - virtual networking    • Accessibi lity of ICT-based education programs    • Train-the-t rainer for ICT-aided work with seniors KEYNOTE SPEAK ERS:    • ICT’s contribution to a Europe of life long learning for all - Brian Holmes\ Head of Unit\ Lifelo ng Learning Programme\ European Commission's       Executive Agency for Education\ Audiovisual and Culture\ B russels    • Digital Literacy for the Third Age: Sust aining Identity in an Uncertain World - Allan Martin\ Direc tor of the IT Education Unit\ University of       G lasgow\ Scotland\ UK    • Development of the Intern et to web 2.0 - Karl-Ulrich Templ\ Deputy director\ direct or of the department „New Media“\ Centre for political      education of the federal state of Baden-Württ emberg\ Germany DATE: 4-5 October 2007 LOCATION : Ulm\ Germany With simultaneous translation (English | German | Italian) for some topics. For more information \ please visit the following web site: http://www. uni-ulm.de URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-04_read-535 LOCATION:Ulm\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:534-2007-09-11 11:35:58 CREATED:20070911T113558 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071006 SUMMARY:ILIAS Conference - Ways of successful learning DESCRIPTION:6th International ILIAS Conference - Ways of successful lear ning TOPICS     • Web 2.0 and e-learning – perspectivs and impact     • Creating effective lear ning arrangements     • Live-collaboration in educat ion     • SCORM 2004 and its application     Quality assurance of e-learning activities DATE: 4-5 October 2007 LOCATION: Bolzano\ Italy With simultaneous translation (English | German | Italian) for s ome topics. For more information\ please visit the follow ing web site: http://www.ilias-conference.org/2007/156 .html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-04_read-534 LOCATION: Bolzano\ Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:533-2007-09-11 11:23:49 CREATED:20070911T112349 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071115 SUMMARY:Virtual Mobility (online seminar) DESCRIPTION:‘Virtual Mobility in international virtual work and learni ng environments’ SPUTNIC seminars SPUTNIC organizes a ‘online seminar on Virtual Mobility in international virt ual work and learning environments on the 14th of November 2007. One of the main aims of SPUTNIC is to raise aware ness about the beneficial impact of and spread know-how in educational technologies that enhance international colla boration. SPUTNIC therefore wishes to make existing result s of passed and current Socrates and other projects on edu cational technologies more visible to the European educati onal community. The SPUTNIC seminars are highly practic al. They are a blend of face-to-face teaching at the own ins titution and interactive videoconferencing between the parti cipating sites. All training materials (such as background information and practical details) will be made available o n the SPUTNIC website. Virtual Mobility     •  what is it?     •  how to use it?       good examples DATE: 14 November 2007 LOCAT ION: online For more information\ please visit the following web site: http://sputnic.europace.org In case your institution is interested in broadcasting one o f the seminars live through videoconference\ you can contac t the sputnic committee at sputnic(@)europace.be. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-14_read-533 LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:532-2007-09-11 10:56:07 CREATED:20070911T105607 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071025 SUMMARY:SPUTNIC online seminar on the use video conferencing in educ ation DESCRIPTION:SPUTNIC seminars SPUTNIC organizes a ‘video conferencing s eminar’ on the use video conferencing in inter-university cooperation programmes in a pedagogical sound way. One of the main aims of SPUTNIC is to raise awareness about the beneficial impact of and spread know-how in educational tech nologies that enhance international collaboration. SPUTNIC t herefore wishes to make existing results of passed and curre nt Socrates and other projects on educational technologies m ore visible to the European educational community. T he SPUTNIC seminars are highly practical. They are a blend o f face-to-face teaching at the own institution and interacti ve video conferencing between the participating sites. All training materials (such as background information and prac tical details) will be made available on the SPUTNIC website . Video conferencing ‘How to use video conferenc ing in inter-university cooperation programmes in a pedagogi cal sound way?’ Video conferencing     •  what is it?     •  how to use it?     •  good examples DATE: 24 October 2007 LOCATION: online For more information\ please visit the follo wing web site: http://sputnic.europace.org In cas e your institution is interested in broadcasting one of the seminars live through video conference\ you can contact the sputnic committee at sputnic(@)europace.be. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-24_read-532 LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:531-2007-09-11 10:43:33 CREATED:20070911T104333 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071005 SUMMARY:SPUTNIC videoconferencing seminar on the use of Streaming Vi deo DESCRIPTION:SPUTNIC seminars SPUTNIC organizes a ‘videoconferencing se minar’ on the use of Streaming Video in a pedagogical cont ext on the 4th of October 2007. One of the main aims of SPUTNIC is to raise awareness about the beneficial impact of and spread know-how in educational technologies that e nhance international collaboration. SPUTNIC therefore wish es to make existing results of passed and current Socrates and other projects on educational technologies more visib le to the European educational community. The SPUTNIC s eminars are highly practical. They are a blend of face-to-fa ce teaching at the own institution and interactive videoconf erencing between the participating sites. All training mat erials (such as background information and practical details ) will be made available on the SPUTNIC website. Str eaming Video ‘How to create and use digital and streamin g video in inter-university programmes?’ Streaming video     •  what is it?     •  how to use it?     •  good examples DATE: 4 Octo ber 2007 LOCATION: online For more information\ please visit the following web site: http://sputnic.e uropace.org In case your institution is interested in b roadcasting one of the seminars live through videoconference \ you can contact the sputnic committee at sputnic(@)europa ce.be. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-04_read-531 LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:530-2007-09-11 09:44:00 CREATED:20070911T094400 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071004 SUMMARY:International Conference Cycle about e-learning in different Education Levels and different Cultural environment (OLC 20 07) DESCRIPTION:Conclusions about the cycle of conferences – debate in Eng lish Through Video Webcasting DATE: 3 October 2007 LOCATION: online OLC 2007 - A cycle of conferences in a Web video casting format that has taken place two times a month starting from February 2007. The cycle ran in Engli sh\ Portuguese and Spanish languages. It is a multidiscipli nary conference that aims at providing professional trainers \ teachers\ managers and researchers with a forum to repor t on and to discuss the latest developments\ applications\ and impact of Information and Communication Technologies (I CT) on all aspects of presence and distance knowledge transf er process. DISCUSSION PARTICIPANTS: • Maria D. Garcia Fernandes - Espanha • Florentino Belasquez - Espanha • José Mata Justo - Portugal • Cristian S osa - Argentina • Vasco Heredia - Mexico For m ore information\ please visit the following web site: http://conteudo.thegraal.net/OLC07/index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-03_read-530 LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:529-2007-09-10 17:41:24 CREATED:20070910T174124 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071003 SUMMARY:European Social Networking Conference DESCRIPTION: DATE: 1-2 October 2007 LOCATION: Barcelona\ Spain It will cover both the Mobile and Online Social Netwo rking business within Europe. Social Networking Conference ( 2007 - Barcelona) is for social networking management execut ives that have an interest in penetrating the EU market. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: • Business Networking for Euro pe - Lars Hinrichs (CEO & Founder)\ XING • European Co nsumer Generated Content in Social Networking Sites - Chris Seth (Managing Director UK) • Mobile Social Networking in Europe - Sabine Irrgang (COO and Co-Founder)\ ItsMy.com • European Media Syndication Tools and Technologies fo r Social Networking - Chase Norlin (CEO & Co-Founder)\ Pixs y • Mobile Domain Names for European Social Networks - Suzanne Flood (Sales & Business Development Manager)\ Mobi For more information\ please visit the following we b site: http://www.socialnetworkingconference.com URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-01_read-529 LOCATION:Barcelona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:528-2007-09-06 16:49:42 CREATED:20070906T164942 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071014 SUMMARY:Isle of Wight Conference 2007 DESCRIPTION:DATE: 13 October 2007 LOCATION: Newport\ Isle of Wight\  UK Organised by the Specialist Schools and Academ ies Trust Lead Practitioner Programme\ this event aims to:    • provide teachers from the local area and further afield with appropriate practical training by outstanding p ractitioners    • strengthen local networks    raise awareness of the potential of ICT for enhancing lan guage learning. Lead practitioner: Joe Dale Topics will include blogging\ podcasting\ e-twinnin g\ assessment for learning and video-conferencing. There is also a free Show and Tell session the night before : joedale.wikispaces.com/MFL+Show+and+Tell For more information\ please visit the following web site: www .schoolsnetwork.org.uk/Article.aspa?NodeId=0&PageId=238323 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-13_read-528 LOCATION:Newport\ Isle of Wight\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:527-2007-09-06 16:38:36 CREATED:20070906T163836 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071010 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071013 SUMMARY:Handheld Learning 2007 DESCRIPTION:DATE: 10-12 October 2007 LOCATION: London\ UK Handheld Learning 2007 Conference: October 10-12th 2007 - No w in its third year the Handheld Learning Conference and E xhibition has established itself as the signature event fo r those interested in opportunities presented by “always -on” learning. You can expect to catch up on devel opments in national and international classroom use of handh eld computers at this annual event covering handheld compute rs and learning. This year\ supported by Becta\ it moves t o a larger venue\ Central Hall\ Westminster. Keywords : handheld\ learning\ 2007\ conference\ mobile\ educati onal\ education\ EDA\ palm\ pocket\ PC\ smartphone\ h and\ held\ device\ RedHalo\ Red\ Halo\ software\ comm unity\ accessories\ mobiles\ phones\ online\ offline\ distance\ WAN\ wireless\ remote\ internet\ schools\ co lleges\ university\ universities\ schooling\ tuition\ s ymposium\ talks\ presentations\ elearning\ mlearning\ t eachers\ students\ children\ primary\ secondary\ higher \ senior\ junior KEYNOTES: Jim Knight\ U K Minister for Schools and Learners\ will be opening the co nference and Stephen Crowne\ Chief Executive for Becta\ wi ll be presenting the opening keynote followed by a further k eynote from visionary writer Marc Prensky. For more information\ please visit the following web site: www .handheldlearning2007.com URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-10_read-527 LOCATION:London\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:526-2007-09-06 16:32:11 CREATED:20070906T163211 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070929 SUMMARY:The 10th European Conference on Computer-Supported Co-operat ive Work 2007. DESCRIPTION:Innovative techniques and technologies\ design space and th e conceptual foundations for computer-supported co-operative work are the areas being addressed here. DATE: 24- 28 September 2007 LOCATION: Limerick\ Ireland KE YNOTES: •  "Conviviality: a system requirement" - Pro f. Stephen Ackroyd\ Professor of Organisational Analysis at Lancaster University Management School\ UK •  Prof. Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin\ Professor of Music at the Uni versity of Limerick\ and Director of the Irish World Academ y of Music and Dance For more information\ please v isit the following web site: http://www.ecscw07.org URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-24_read-526 LOCATION:Limerick\ Ireland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:525-2007-09-06 14:57:07 CREATED:20070906T145707 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071004 SUMMARY:ONLINE EDUCA MOSCOW 2007 DESCRIPTION:DATE: 30 September - 3 October 2007 LOCATION: Moscow\ R ussia THEMES: •  Innovative Learning Experiences: The Evolution of E-Learning •  E-Learning in The Publ ic Sector •  Learning Technologies •  Learning Co ntent •  Learning Systems in Companies •  Innova tive Solutions to Transform Traditional Education •  S tandards\ Quality Evaluation and Accreditation •  Emer ging Tools and Community-Based Services Pre-Conf erence Workshop: This is an optional event taking place on S unday\ September 30 For more information\ please visi t the following web site: http://www.online-educa-mosc ow.com URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-30_read-525 LOCATION:Moscow\ Russia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:524-2007-09-06 14:47:32 CREATED:20070906T144732 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071210 SUMMARY:Cognitive and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age - Conferen ce 2007 (IADIS CELDA 2007) DESCRIPTION: DATE: 7-9 December 2007 LOCATION: Algarve\ Portugal KEYNOTES: •  “Education Myth Busting: Education is Not a Question of Belief\ I Believe!" - Professor dr. P aul A. Kirschner\ Professor of Educational Psychology and I CT / Chair of the Research Centre Learning in Interaction\ Universiteit Utrecht\ The Netherlands •  “Computer b ased Interaction Analysis supporting Self-regulation: achiev ements and prospects of an emerging research field" - Profes sor Angelique Dimitracopoulou\ Professor\ LTEE Laboratory\  University of the Aegean\ Greece TOPICS: •  Assessing progress of learning in complex domains •  Collaborative learning •  Just-in-time and Learning-on -Demand •  Learning Communities & Web Service Technolo gies •  Life-long Learning For more informatio n\ please visit the following web site: http://www.ce lda-conf.org URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-07_read-524 LOCATION:Algarve\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:523-2007-09-06 14:26:31 CREATED:20070906T142631 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080624 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080629 SUMMARY:International Perspectives in the Learning Sciences (ICLS200 8) DESCRIPTION: DATE: 24-28 June 2008 LOCATION: Utrecht \ The Nethe rlands KEYNOTES: • “Beyond design experiments: i nterventions for expansive learning” - Yrjö Engeström\ University of Helsinki\ Finland • “The Game of the Fu ture” - Mark H. Overmars\ Utrecht University\ The Nether lands\ • “Pop cosmopolitanism\ cognition\ and learn ing on the virtual frontier” - Constance Steinkuehler\ Un iversity of Wisconsin-Madison\ USA • “Conceptualizing systemic contextual differences for design research: Insig hts from International comparative studies of pedagogical pr actices and technology use” - Nancy Law\ University of Ho ng Kong • “Pedagogical benchmarks: Does the homo zappi ens need anything more than just good teaching?” - Theo Wu bbels\ Utrecht University\ The Netherlands • “The Fo lksemantic Web: Tools for a Human-Centered Approach to the Semantic Web” - Shelley Johnson\ Utah State University\ USA • “Internal and external scripts: Studies on the i nterplay of discourse\ cognition\ and instruction in compu ter-supported collaborative learning" - Frank Fischer\ Depa rtment of Psychology\ University of Munich • “Is Educ ational Investment in the Poor a Good Public Investment?” - Hank Levin\ Columbia University\ USA • “Key elemen ts for a framework to understand and conceptualise the socia l outcomes of learning” - Richard Desjardins\ Danish Univ ersity of Education\ Denmark For more information\ please visit the following web site: http://www.isls. org/icls2008/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -06-24_read-523 LOCATION:Utrecht \ The Netherlands CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:522-2007-09-06 12:10:09 CREATED:20070906T121009 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071025 SUMMARY:Web & Grid based Virtual Laboratories\ DESCRIPTION:1st International Workshop on Web & Grid based Virtual L aboratories\ Experimenting and Simulation (WG-LES20 07)  WHEN? 22 - 24 October 2007 WHERE? Rio de Janeiro\ Brazil SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES The rapid g rowth of Internet-based technologies and the development o f new computing paradigms such as Web and Grid Computing have opened new interesting possibilities for application s in new areas of computing and engineering. Among these a reas\ remote virtual laboratories\ remote system control \ experimenting and simulation based on Web and Grid comp uting are emerging as new application areas of such comput ing paradigms.  The aim is to develop application s that offer to researchers\ practitioners and students remote services for working and controlling computing dev ices or engineering instruments. Further\ Web & Grid appl ications can alleviate experimenting with benchmarks of pr oblems\ facilitate configuration\ flexibility and repeti tion of experimenting in an efficient and user-friendly manner. Finally\ many simulation processes can be conduct ed online providing thus ways to monitor such processes and extract useful and  significant data for posterior anal ysis.  The objective of the workshop is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of new approach es on the efficient use of Web and Grid computing for re mote virtual laboratories\ remote system control\ experi menting and simulation. TOPICS OF INTEREST:  The workshop has essentially one major topic: Web & Grid Bas ed applications for Virtual laboratories Control ling and monitoring instruments and devices Benchma rks\ data sets and experimenting  Simulations and data analysis More information on the website: http:// www.isda07.eng.uerj.br/workshops/?w=3 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-22_read-522 LOCATION:Rio de Janeiro\ Brazil CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:521-2007-09-06 11:28:13 CREATED:20070906T112813 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080316 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080321 SUMMARY:UbiComp Track @ ACM SAC 08 DESCRIPTION: ACM Symposium on Applied Computing 2008 - Special Track on Ubiquitous Computing: Ubiquitous and Pervasive eCommer ce and eBusiness March 16-20\ 2008\ Fortaleza \ Bra zil For the past twenty two years\ the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing has been a primary gathering forum fo r applied computer scientists\ computer engineers\ softw are engineers\ and application developers from around the world. SAC 2008 is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing\ and is hosted byThe University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR) and the Federal University of Ceara (UFC). More details at: http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~gr/s ac08/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -03-16_read-521 LOCATION:Fortaleza \ Brazil CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:520-2007-09-06 11:02:46 CREATED:20070906T110246 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070929 SUMMARY:Build or Buy? DESCRIPTION: DATE: 28 September 2007 LOCATION: London\ United Ki ngdom Why is this an important day for people with a n interest in eLearning? This event will address all these vital considerations. Case studies from companies who have either commissioned elearning content externally or built i t themselves will be presented and you will have plenty of o pportunity to ask questions and contribute to the build or b uy debate. What you will take away This event wil l raise your awareness of the key considerations\ the pros and cons of all the possible approaches enabling you to make informed decisions in the future. For more informat ion\ please download the following PDF: http://www.el earningnetwork.org/docs/sept_2007%20programme.pdf URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-28_read-520 LOCATION:London\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:519-2007-09-06 10:54:25 CREATED:20070906T105425 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070929 SUMMARY:Educational Multimedia and Multimedia Education (EMME 2007) DESCRIPTION:First ACM Workshop on Educational Multimedia and Multimedia Education (EMME 2007) DATE: 28 September 2007 LOCAT ION: Augsburg\ Germany TOPICS: • "Effective Use of Multimedia for Computer-Assisted Musical Instrument Tutoring" - Graham Percival (University of Victoria\ CA)\ Ye Wang\ National (National University of Singapore\ SG)\ George Tzanetakis\ (University of Victoria\ CA) • "C ategorization of Educational Presentation Systems" - Georg T urban (Darmstadt University of Technology\ DE) • "Adap ting Handwriting Recognition for Applications in Algebra Lea rning" - Lisa Anthony\ Jie Yang\ Kenneth Koedinger (Carneg ie Mellon University\ US) • "Introducing Wireless Net working Technologies as a Teaching Tool for Foreign Language s: a Multimedia Laboratory Experiment" - Frank Favier (Unive rsite d'Auvergne\ FR)\ John Fynn (Universite Blaise Pascal \ FR) Michel Misson (Equipe REPLIC\ IUT Clermont-Fd\ FR) • "Authoring Educational Multimedia Content Using Learn ing Styles and Story Telling Principles" - Nalin Sharda (Vic toria University\ AU) Panel • Susanne Boll\ P rofessor for Media Informatics and Multimedia Systems\ Depa rtment of Computing Science\ University of Oldenburg\ Germ any and member of the Oldenburg Research and Development Ins titute for Information Technology Tools and Systems (OFFIS) • Ramesh Jain\ Professor of Computer Science and Engin eering\ University of Michigan\ Ann Arbor and University o f California\ San Diego. Also the founding Editor-in-Chief of IEEE MultiMedia magazine and Machine Vision and Applicati ons journal • Max Mühlhäuser\ Professor of Computer Science at Darmstadt University of Technology\ Germany. • Timothy K. Shih\ professor of the Department of Comput er Science and Information Engineering at Tamkang University \ Taiwan and an adjunct professor at National Tsing Hua Uni versity\ Taiwan. For more information\ please visi t the following web site: http://emme2007.informatik.u ni-freiburg.de URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-28_read-519 LOCATION:Augsburg\ Germany CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:518-2007-09-06 09:37:26 CREATED:20070906T093726 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070916 SUMMARY:Coimbra Group@Mostar Seminar - “Universities as Agents of C hange” DESCRIPTION: The Task Force on Eastern Neighbouring Countries (ENC Ta sk Force) and the Research Network on South East Europe have organised a seminar to take place in Mostar (Bosnia and Her zegovina) on the role of universities in transition societie s. The event is open to the public and it is free of charge. DATE: 14-15 September 2007 LOCATION: Mostar\ Bo snia & Herzegovina KEYNOTE: "The role of universiti es in society" - Prof. dr. Joseph Marko (Karl-Franzens-Unive rsität Graz) For more information\ please visit th e following web site: http://www.coimbra-group.eu/01b_ news.php and the announcement (PDF): http://www.coimbra -group.eu/DOCUMENTS/Mostar3_Conference%20Announcement%20Upda ted.pdf URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-14_read-518 LOCATION:Mostar\ Bosnia &\ Herzegovina CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:517-2007-09-05 16:15:39 CREATED:20070905T161539 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070930 SUMMARY:Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP - 2007 ) - International Conference DESCRIPTION: DATE: 27-29 September 2007 LOCATION: Borovets\ Bulg aria KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: • Lauri Karttunen (Pal o Alto Research Center and Stanford University) - "Wasting a chance is not like wasting a dollar" • Bernardo Magnin i (TTC\ ITC-irst\ Trento) • Ellen Riloff (University of Utah) • Karin Verspoor (Los Alamos National Laborat ory) - "Semantics\ Text and a Cure for Cancer" • Yoric k Wilks (University of Sheffield) - "Pragmatics\ dialogue phenomena and the COMPANIONS project" IMPORTANT I NFORMATION: The conference follows the RANLP-07 tutorials\ workshops and conference: 23-30 Sep 2007 For more in formation\ please visit the following web site: http: //lml.bas.bg/ranlp2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-27_read-517 LOCATION:Borovets\ Bulgaria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:516-2007-09-05 16:01:21 CREATED:20070905T160121 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070927 SUMMARY:Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Repres entation for eLearning environments DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with RANLP '2007 DATE: 26 September 200 7 LOCATION: Borovets\ Bulgaria GOALS: • the use of language and knowledge resources and tools in eL earning • requirements on natural language resources\ standards\ and applications originating in eLearning activ ities and environments • the expected added value of n atural language resources and technology to learning environ ments and the learning process • strategies and method s for the task based evaluation of Natural Language Processi ng applications. TOPICS: • ontology modellin g in the eLearning domain • Natural Language Processi ng techniques for supplying metadata for learning objects on a (semi)-automatic basis\ e.g. for the automatic extractio n of key terms and their definitions • techniques for summarization of discussion threads and support of discours e coherence in eLearning • improvements on (semantic\  cross-lingual) search methods to in learning environments • techniques of matching the semantic representation of learning objects with the user's knowledge in order to su pport personalized and adaptive learning • adaptive i nformation filtering and retrieval (content-based filtering and retrieval\ collaborative filtering) • intelligen t tutoring (curriculum sequencing\ intelligent solution ana lysis\ problem solving support) • intelligent collab orative learning (adaptive group formation and peer help\ a daptive collaboration) For more information\ please visit the following web site: http://www.lt4el.eu/nlp _knowrep200709.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-26_read-516 LOCATION:Borovets\ Bulgaria CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:515-2007-09-05 15:53:44 CREATED:20070905T155344 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070930 SUMMARY:iTET Joint Working Conference DESCRIPTION:Information Technologies for Education and Training (iTET200 7) Joint Working Conference. DATE: 26-29 September 200 7 LOCATION: Prague’s Charles University\ Czech Republ ic IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Language: English (Czech transl ations will not be provided) The mission of the iTET Joint Working Conference is to bring knowledge and experien ce\ advanced technology R&D work relating to technology bas ed/assisted learnings and training\ and contemporary and pr ospective theories and trends together in a balanced forum. TOPICS: • The Emerging World of Social Learni ng - Gareth Greenwood\ Portal on Z and e-learning sales lea der and evangelist Workplace\ Portal & Collaboration Softwa re\ EMEA NE IOT • Learning Resources in a Digital Env ironment - Michel de la Cheneliere For more informat ion\ please visit the following web site: http://itet 2007.eu/conference URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-26_read-515 LOCATION:Czech Republic CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:514-2007-09-05 15:45:03 CREATED:20070905T154503 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070926 SUMMARY:European Self-evaluation tool for eLearning: An Ongoing Focu s on Quality and Customers' Needs DESCRIPTION: DATE: 25 September 2007 LOCATION: Brussels\ Belgium E-learning\ blended learning\ game-based learning \ open and distance learning… New ways of learning beco me part of the lives of all European citizens. But how to measure the impact of these new ways of learning? And abov e all\ how to measure and improve the quality of these cour ses? For more information\ please visit the followi ng web site: http://www.be-odl.org/si.aspx?id=281〈=3 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-25_read-514 LOCATION:Brussels\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:513-2007-09-05 15:10:58 CREATED:20070905T151058 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070921 SUMMARY:2nd Annual E-Learning In Medical Education Conference For Th e NHS DESCRIPTION:2nd Annual E-Learning In Medical Education Conference For Th e NHS - Modernising healthcare learning and training. D ATE: 22 September 2007 LOCATION: Manchester\ United King dom Medical education in the NHS is continuously evo lving. With healthcare delivery focusing on a more community based setting\ in addition to advances in medicine\ less time being spent on medical training. This has contributed t o the growth of e-learning becoming an integral component of medical training. E-learning can increase the efficiency an d effectively of medical education across the NHS. T OPICS: • What are the latest e-learning developments in the NHS? • What are the best strategies for developing a common approach to e-learning? • How to train the educa tors on effectively utilising e-learning as a training tool? • How e-learning can improve curriculum development and delivery issues? • How to reduce cost on e-learning wit hout comprising the quality of medical education? • What are the strategies for developing coherent e-learning progr ammes? • What are the new technologies for improving e-l earning? • How e-learning can modernise healthcare learn ing and training? • What are the best blended solution s trategies? • What insights can you gain from best pract ice case studies? For more information\ please visi t the following PDF: http://www.123doc.com/downloads/e -learning-brochure.pdf URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-20_read-513 LOCATION:Manchester\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:512-2007-09-05 15:00:04 CREATED:20070905T150004 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070922 SUMMARY:Gender\ EThnicity – INtegration through international scho ol projects (Get-in) DESCRIPTION:LEIRIA CONFERENCE (Portugal) - “Get-in! to International E ducation” DATE: 20-21 September 2007 LOCATION: Le iria\ Portugal INFO: The official language of t he conference will be English. THEMES: - Inter-cul tural education / Citizenship - EU Language Portfolio - ICT-training - Partner-finding - Diversity management an d School Management Aims of the Conference: • To increase participation rates of minority ethnic students in European projects. • To raise the profile of issues rel ating to cultural diversity and equality in such projects. • To support European cooperation which includes having o r finding partner schools with a comparable student popula tion. • To share good practice on the issues of internat ional projects\ the European Language Portfolio\ motherton gue language skills\ European-Global citizenship and inte r-cultural education. • To develop the use of ICT-based methods for interaction between students\ teachers\ manage rs and specialists. For more information\ please visit the following website: http://www.get-in.info/an nouncement.php?id=18 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-20_read-512 LOCATION:Leiria\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:511-2007-09-05 14:47:52 CREATED:20070905T144752 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070922 SUMMARY:European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP) Conference DESCRIPTION: DATE: 20-21 September 2007 LOCATION: CIRCLE/Lund Unive rsity – Sweden IMPORTANT INFORMATION:Registration for the conference will be closed by 12 September\ 2007. P lease finalize your registration and conference fee payment by 12 September\ 2007. The European Policy for Inte llectual Property (EPIP) association will hold its 2nd Annua l Conference. Scholars and practitioners interested in the f ield of intellectual property are encouraged to attend the c onference with or without paper presentation. With T HEMES such as: - Theme: Legal and Economic Aspects of Pate nts in Europe - Theme: National & International Legal Aspe cts of Patents - Theme: Patents\ TRIPS and Development - Theme: Governance\ Patents & Innovation Systems - Theme : Subject Matter & Industrial Dynamics - Theme: Inventive Output-Modeling For more information\ please visit the following website: http://www.epip.eu/conferences/ epip02 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-20_read-511 LOCATION:Sweden CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:510-2007-09-05 14:24:55 CREATED:20070905T142455 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071003 SUMMARY:Narrative Learning Environments Conference DESCRIPTION: DATE: September 27 - October 2\ 2007 LOCATION: Online (asynchronous) In Narrative Learning Environments ( NLEs) students engage in technology-mediated activities wher e stories and narrations play a central role to support lear ning. This conference will focus on all aspects of NLEs\ i. e.\ on using narrative in technology-enhanced learning envi ronments and exploiting its educational potential. Who is organizing this conference? This conference is organiz ed by the Special Interest Groups “Narrative and Learnin g Environments” (SIG NLE) of the European network of exc ellence Kaleidoscope. This SIG is active in the field of N LEs since 2004 (see http://nle.noe-kaleidoscope.org ). Can this way of discussing be useful? An online event can be a good source of learning for all participants\ and a good way to get to know other people who work on the same topic\ so as to establish possible collaborations. The qua lifier “working” in the title aims to underline that the success of such initiative strongly depends on participants ’ involvement. What topics will be considered? The con ference is open to all aspects of NLE. For more inf ormation\ please visit the following website: http:// nle.noe-kaleidoscope.org/owc07 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-27_read-510 LOCATION:Online (asynchronous) CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:509-2007-09-05 14:18:39 CREATED:20070905T141839 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080619 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080622 SUMMARY:This Learning Life 2 (TTL2 2008) DESCRIPTION:The Second Bristol International Conference on Education for Real-Life Learning DATE: 19-21 June 2008 LOCATION : University of Bristol\ United Kingdom 'This Lear ning Life 2’ is for everyone who wishes education to provi de all young people with a more powerful preparation for lif e in the 21st century. It follows on from the very success ful ‘This Learning Life’ conference hosted in April 2006 by the Graduate School of Education and the Institute for A dvance Study (IAS). The presumption is that current 'schoo ling' often develops a rather arcane and anachronistic set o f learning skills and attitudes\ and if education is in par t a preparation for lifelong learning\ richer models of lea rning might prove fruitful. In the first This Learni ng Life (TLL) conference in 2006\ we heard from top scie ntists\ sportspeople and politicians\ as well as academics Shirley Brice Heath (Stanford) and David Perkins (Harvar d). In TLL 2\ we will have Professors John Bransford (Wa shington) and Barbara Rogoff (U California\ tbc)\ as we ll as people like a celebrity chef\ an international hor se-riding instructor\ a media scientist\ a young musician\  a top business executive - and a clown. All will be ask ing: what can we learn from people's learning lives\ and how can we use this knowledge to make schools and colleg es more powerful preparations for a learning life? There w ill be presentations\ demonstrations\ conversations\ work shops\ submitted papers - and plenty of discussion. For more information\ please visit the following websit e: https://ocs.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/index.php/thislearningl ife/2008 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -06-19_read-509 LOCATION:Bristol\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:508-2007-09-05 13:02:03 CREATED:20070905T130203 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070922 SUMMARY:ICT for Language Learning DESCRIPTION:DATE: 20-21September 2007 LOCATION: Florence\ Italy T HEMES: - Innovative Methodologies for Language Teaching a nd Learning - Languages for Business and Vocational Purpos es - Language Learning Approaches TOPICS: - Inte grating elearning in classroom based language learning - E -tutoring for language - ICT language learning methodologi es - Collaborative language learning - Language educatio n software - E-Authoring For more information\ pl ease visit the following website: http://www.leonardo- lets.net/ict URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-20_read-508 LOCATION:Florence\ Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:507-2007-09-05 10:26:14 CREATED:20070905T102614 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070923 SUMMARY:ECER2007 - Contested Qualities of Educational Research DESCRIPTION:DATE: 17-18 September 2007 : Pre-conference AND 19-22 Septe mber 2007: Main Conference LOCATION: Ghent\ Belgium KEYNOTES: - Effects of international comparative research on educational quality on the quality of educational resear ch - Prof. Dr. Jan-Eric Gustafsson\ Department of Education \ Göteborg University - Governing Knowledge: Research S teering and Research Quality - Prof. Dr. Jenny Ozga\ Centre for Educational Sociology (CES)\ The University of Edinbur gh - Evidence-Based Reform in Education: What Will it Take ? - Prof. Dr. Robert Slavin\ Johns Hopkins University - O n Excellence through Competition - Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ludwig Wi nnacker\ Secretary General\ ERC\ Brussels - Doctoral Sc hools at Ghent University - Karen Vandevelde\ Department of Research Affairs\ Ghent University - Educational Resear ch: On description and interpretation - Paul Smeyers\ Centr e for Philosophy of Education\ K.U.Leuven - The Story of Academia. Academic stories. - Ronald Soetaert and Kris Rutte n\ Department of Educational Studies\ Ghent University - The Nature of Doctorateness: Theory and Practice - Vernon T rafford and Shosh Leshem\ Anglia Ruskin University and Oran im Academic College of Education PLUS: - European Educational Research Journal - ECER Ghent Roundtable 07 - Information about EERA\'s \"EERQI-Project\" - Development of European Educational Research Quality Indicators For more information\ please visit the following website: http://www.ecer2007.ugent.be/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-17_read-507 LOCATION:Ghent\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:506-2007-09-04 17:41:56 CREATED:20070904T174156 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070921 SUMMARY:Berlin 5 Open Access DESCRIPTION:"Berlin 5 Open Access: From Practice to Impact : Consequence s of Knowledge Dissemination" DATE: 19-21September 200 7 LOCATION: University of Padova\ Italy KEYN OTES: Open access: where is it going and when? - Sijbolt J . Noorda\ President\ Vereniging van Universiteiten (VNSU)\  NL The general subjects of the conference will focus on:: a) state-of-the-art of the sharing of the Berlin D eclaration vision b) the Open Access scene in the developi ng countries and emerging economies c) Open Access and the e-science d) e-publishing e) ICT developments and colla borations that support e-publishing and Open Access. For more information\ please visit the following website: http://www.aepic.it/conf/index.php?cf=10 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-19_read-506 LOCATION:University of Padova\ Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:505-2007-09-04 16:04:12 CREATED:20070904T160412 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070921 SUMMARY:The Scottish Learning Festival DESCRIPTION: DATE: 19-20 September 2007 LOCATION: Glasgow\ United K ingdom The Scottish Learning Festival caters for a d iverse audience profile including education leaders and poli cy makers\ headteachers\ quality improvement officers\ te achers and support staff at all levels and stages from early years through formal school to adult learning. KEYN OTES: Turnaround Schools\ Turnaround Systems - Michael Fullan\ former Dean of the Ontario Institute for S tudies in Education of the University of Toronto. Twenty- first Century Learning: New Ambition\ New Pedagogy\ New Bu ildings\ New Opportunities - Professor Stephen Heppell\ f ormer director of ULTRALAB. Head of policy and learning cons ultancy heppell.net Making Learning Irrestible: The Chall enge in England - Mick Waters\ former Chief Education Offic er for the City of Manchester Common Futures\ Different Pasts – Global Solutions to Curriculum Challenge - Pasi Sa hlberg\ Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank in Wa shington\ DC. Received his PhD in 1996 from the University of Jyväskylä\ Finland. Former staff member of the Nationa l Board of Education (Ministry of Education) in Finland and the Director of the Centre for School Development at the Uni versity of Helsinki. CONFERENCE THEMES: * Tow ards the Curriculum for Excellence * Excellence and Ambiti on * Support for Teachers and Learners o Early Years o Primary o Secondary o Colleges o Additional Support N eeds * Leadership * Skills for Work and Life * Interna tional Perspectives For more information\ please vi sit the following web site: http://www.ltscotland.org. uk/sett URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-19_read-505 LOCATION:Glasgow\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:504-2007-09-04 11:45:24 CREATED:20070904T114524 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070922 SUMMARY:European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL 2007) DESCRIPTION: DATE: 16-21 September 2007 LOCATION: Budapest\ Hungary The Computer and Automation Research Institute of t he Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI) cordially invi tes you to participate in the 11th ECDL conference to be hel d in Budapest\ Hungary on 16-21 September 2007. ECD L 2007 will be devoted to discussions about hot issues and a pplications and will primarily provide a forum to reinforce the collaboration of researchers towards the Ubiquitous Digi tal Libraries. KEYNOTES: - Digital Preservation\  Archival Science and Methodological Foundations for Digita l Libraries - Seamus Ross\ HATII at the University of Glasg ow - Wi-Fi Trondheim – an experiment in providing Broad band Everywhere for All - Arne Sølvberg\ NTNU - The Norweg ian University of Science and Technology Trondheim\ Norway TOPICS such as: - Digital curation - Theoret ical models for digital information management - Persona l and personalized digital libraries - Concepts of Digit al Libraries and digital content - Collection building\ management and integration - System architectures\ int egration and interoperability For more information\  please visit the following web site: http://www.ecdl 2007.org URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-16_read-504 LOCATION:Budapest\ Hungary CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:503-2007-09-04 11:37:21 CREATED:20070904T113721 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071004 SUMMARY:3rd Trayss Prime Workshop - How to write a successful FP7 pr oposal? DESCRIPTION: Satellite workshop to ScanBalt Forum 2007\ Göteborg\ S weden. The workshop is a satellite event to ScanBalt Forum 2007 and is targeted to PhD-students\ postdocs and j unior group leaders in the life science sector that to date have little or no experience with EU research funding. It wi ll provide insights into all aspects important for the optim al use of the funding opportunities provided by the 7th Fram ework Programme\ starting with the identification of suitab le calls and programmes\ the search for project partners an d the building of research consortia and is finally going in to details of the proposal and evaluation procedure. DATE: 3 October 2007 LOCATION: Göteborg\ Sweden TOPICS: - What do we need FP7 for? - What is an EU wor k program and call text? - Writing the scientific part of the project - How to use the Electronic Proposal Submissio n System (EPSS) - How to build a successful consortium? - Besides the scientific topics\ what should be implement ed to the proposal? - Evaluation criteria: Examples from successful and remarks to rejected proposals. The number of participants is limited to 20. In case of over-bo oking\ the organizers will select the participants under th e aspect of a regional and thematic balance. For mor e information\ please visit the following web site: h ttp://www.scanbalt.org/sw13484.asp URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-03_read-503 LOCATION:Göteborg\ Sweden CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:500-2007-09-04 10:59:06 CREATED:20070904T105906 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070915 SUMMARY:Infoday on Culture funding opportunities 2008 DESCRIPTION: DATE: 14 September 2007 LOCATION: Brussels\ Belgium WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Cultural operators\ stakeholders\ o rganisations and institutions active in the field of Culture at European level. The new Culture Programme runs for the period 2007-2013.The participants in the Info Days will have the occasion to know more about the European cultural A genda\ about the programme's contents\ and about administr ative and financial aspects. Key issues and practical recomm endations related to the preparation and submission of appli cations\ as well as to the management of grants\ will be a ddressed by various speakers during the day. News and change s since the previous calls for proposals will be also highli ghted. The programme mainly promotes trans nation al mobility of cultural players\trans national circulation of artistic and cultural works and products\ intercul tural dialogue and exchanges. Calls for Proposals - Earliest deadline: 31/10/2007   - Support for cultu ral actions (Strand 1)   - Support for European Cultural Bodies (Strand 2)   - Support for analyses and disseminat ion activities (Strand 3)   - Calls for Tenders)   For more information\ please visit the following we b site: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/culture/index_en.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-14_read-500 LOCATION:Brussels\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:499-2007-09-04 10:39:48 CREATED:20070904T103948 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070923 SUMMARY:MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER SCHOOL OF TELEMEDICINE DESCRIPTION: DATE: 17-22 September 2007 LOCATION:Sciacca\ Sicily ( Italy) IMPORTANT INFORMATION: deadline for regist ration is September 7\ 2007. TOPICS: - E lectronic patient record and Medical Data bases - Multime dia databases in health care (data\ signals\ images\ etc. ) - Standards in medical informatics (HL7\ DICOM\ XML\ ...) - Health telematics and networking infrastructures for communication (ground\ wireless and satellite connecti ons) - Telemedicine: definitions and applications - TeleHomeCare and Telesourveillance of medical parameters (data\ signals\ etc.) - Health and biomedical devices - RIS/PACS and medical imaging - Biological and g enomic data banks and bioinformatics aspects For mor e information\ please visit the following web site: http ://www.aitim.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22 &Itemid=1 (Italian Association of Telemedicine and Medica l Informatics) URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-17_read-499 LOCATION:Sciacca\ Sicily (Italy) CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:498-2007-09-04 10:13:31 CREATED:20070904T101331 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070913 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070915 SUMMARY:Visual and Multimedia Digital Libraries (VMDL07 ) DESCRIPTION: VMDL07 workshop on Visual and Multimedia Digital Librarie s Digital technology promises to create new media li ke digital sound and three-dimensional digital objects tha t will add massively to digital images and video soon. All of this stimulates new research to provide solutions for effective content representation\ efficient storage and r eliable transmission\ satisfactory retrieval and realistic and exciting visualization. The emergence of new terminals like wearable screens\ tabletops\ 3D displays\ PDA dev ices… also requires new answers for content adaptation a nd manipulation to improve the end user’s satisfaction. We have asked some of the most active researchers in the field of digital libraries worldwide to discuss and p resent their viewpoints and current research. SESS IONS     •  Emerging Media Digital Libraries      •  Image Digital Libraries     •  Vi deo Digital Libraries     •  Digital Libraries Architectures     •  Open session: Present and Future of Audio-visual Digital Libraries Applications - Orga nized by Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale Some of t he SPEAKERS     •  Bringing Mobile Map-Based Ac cess to Digital Audio to the End User - Andreas Rauber\ Tec hnical University Wien\ A     •  A Semiotic Fr amework for the Semantics of Digital Multimedia Learning Obj ects - Michael May\ Technical University of Denmark\ DK     •  Semantic Video Search - A.W.M. Smeulders \ J.C. van Gemert\ B. Huurnink\ D.C. Koelma\ O. de Roo ij\ K.E.A. van de Sande\ C.G.M. Snoek\        C. J. Veenman\ M. Worring\ University of Amsterdam\ NL    •  Hybrid Ontology and Visual-based Retrieva l for Cultural Heritage Multimedia Libraries - Stefanos Vr ochidis\ Charalambos Doulaverakis\         Lambr os Makris\ Anastasios Gounaris & Evangelia Nidelkou\ Ioa nnis Kompatsiaris and Michael G. Strintzis\ Informatics a nd Telematics Institute         Thessaloniki\ GR DATE: 13-14 September 2007 LOCATION: Modena\ Ita ly For more information\ please visit the following website: http://www.micc.unifi.it/vmdl07 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-13_read-498 LOCATION:Modena\ Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:497-2007-09-04 10:02:55 CREATED:20070904T100255 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070913 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070915 SUMMARY:EFMD 37th Entrepreneurship\ Innovation and Small Business ( EISB) Conference DESCRIPTION: DATE: 13-14 September 2007 LOCATION: Ljubljana\ Slove nia THEME: Contributing to an Entrepreneurial Societ y. PLENARY SESSIONS Entrepreneurship from c ompetiteveness and growth perspective - Tea Petrin\ Ambassa dor of Slovenia in The Netherlands Entrepreneurship in Gl obal Perspective - Robert Hisrich\ Professor of Global Entr epreneurship and Director of the Global Entrepreneurship Cen ter at Thunderbird\ US Entrepreneurship in Theory and Pr actice - Simon Parker\ Head of Department of Economics and Finance\ and Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Du rham Business School Durham University\ UK Building link ages between academia & business: Breeding gazelles by: Bert Twaalfhoven\ President EFER\ NL and >Karen Wilson \ Advisor EFER\ CH Sandi Češko\ Co-founder and CEO of Studio Moderna\ SL Round table moderated by:Karen Wi lson\ Advisor EFER\ CH Can Entrepreneurship Edu cation at University: From the wrong Building to the Right P hilosophy - Kevin Hindle\ Professor of Entrepreneurship\ A ustralian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship\ Swinburne Un iversity of Technology\ AUS   WORKSHOP TOP ICS Technology\ inovation and academia Pedagogy - entrepreneurship education Entrepreneurship at univers ities Support policy to entrepreneurial firms Global\ regional and national perspectives of entrepreneurship W omen entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial nations\ regions and industries Managing entrepreneurial firms Entrepreneur ship in minority groups Competitive advantages\ strategi es and performance Entrepreneurial Individuals Challen ges of entrepreneurship in organizations and industries C hallenges of Innovation   For more informat ion\ please visit the following website: http://www.e fmd.org/html/Conferences/conf_detail.asp?id=061018ecvg&aid=0 61018hfzk&tid=2&ref=ind URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-13_read-497 LOCATION:Ljubljana\ Slovenia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:496-2007-09-03 17:32:25 CREATED:20070903T173225 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070915 SUMMARY:Designs on E-Learning DESCRIPTION: Designs on E-Learning international conference in the use of technology for teaching and learning in art\ design and communication The conference aims to cast light on established practice in the field\ on innovations in teachi ng and learning with technology\ on the challenges and succ esses presented by the visual nature of our discipline\ and on the benefits of online and blended learning. It aims to build on the success of Designs on eLearning 2005 an d on the subsequent Online Conference and Symposium in disse minating and promoting good practice\ primarily but not exc lusively\ in art\ design and communication. Confer ence THEMES:     1. Technology in the studio.      2. Reflective practice     3. Virtual Learn ing Environments     4. Staff development in the vi sual arts     5. Innovative design in teaching and learning DATE: 12th - 14th September 2007 LOCAT ION: University of the Arts\ London\ United Kingdom For more information\ please visit the following website: http://www.designsonelearning.net/index.php?section=1& item=3 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-12_read-496 LOCATION:London\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:495-2007-09-03 17:21:58 CREATED:20070903T172158 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070915 SUMMARY:Congress 2007 _ Federal Institute for Vocational Education a nd Training (BIBB) DESCRIPTION: Vocational education and training under (reform) pressure . In which direction should - in which direction will - voca tional education and training in Germany develop? Meeting un der the banner Vocational Education and Training as the Path of the Future: Mobilise potential\ shape change\ the 5th BIBB Congress will provide answers to these diverse issues w hen it meets in Düsseldorf from 12 - 14 September 2007. The BIBB Congress is the largest vocational education and train ing congress in German-speaking Europe and will address both today's and tomorrow's challenges in the VET field DATE: 12-14 September 2007 LOCATION: Düsseldorf\ Germa ny The opening activities at the Congress will revo lve around the question: What must we do to ensure efficient and competitive vocational training in the future? Concep ts for VET reform will be presented by:: Andreas St orm\ MP\ Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Mini stry of Education and Research Alexandra Dinges-Dierig\ Senator for Education and Sport\ Hamburg\ and member of th e Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cult ural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germa ny Peter Clever\ member of the Executive Board of the Co nfederation of German Employers' Associations ("BDA") Fra nk Werneke\ deputy national chairman of the ver.di labour u nion Professor Dr Dieter Euler\ director of the Institut e of Business Education and Education Management of the Univ ersity of St. Gallen Following this\ eight forums a nd some 30 working groups will discuss the entire gamut of c urrent VET issues. Please note: Forums 1 - 7 and their worki ng groups will be conducted in German. Simultaneous interp reting services will however be provided for Forum 8. Forum 1: Strategies to secure training\ continuing train ing and occupational competence Forum 2: New structural c oncepts and innovative developments Forum 3: Quality in v ocational education and training Forum 4: Lifelong vocati onal education and training Forum 5: Qualification perspe ctives for small and medium-sized companies Forum 6: Sust ainable development in vocational education and training Forum 7: Changes in learning cultures Forum 8: Vocational education and training international: comparison\ co-opera tion\ marketing   For more information\ p lease visit the following website: http://www.bibb.de/e n/25537.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-12_read-495 LOCATION:Düsseldorf\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:492-2007-09-03 16:53:11 CREATED:20070903T165311 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070916 SUMMARY:European Association for International Education (EAIA) DESCRIPTION:The EAIE is a non-profit organisation whose main aim is the stimulation and facilitation of the internationalisation of higher education in Europe and around the world\ and to mee t the professional needs of individuals active in internatio nal education. The EAIE Conference Programme Committee has put together a conference that will give you the chance to debate\ discuss and explore the many and multifaceted is sues and challenges of international education. KEYN OTES: • Leadership in a multicultural setting - Profess or Geert Hofstede\ world-renowned expert in the field of co mparative intercultural research\ • Unveiling the beau ty of statistics' - Hans Rosling\co-founder of Médecins Sa ns Frontières in Sweden and Gapminder SEMINARS: Qualification Frameworks and cycle level descriptors: th eir impact on European higher education • Ninth Joint E AIE/ACA Seminar: Will European higher education go English? • Global ranking of universities DATE: 12-15 Se ptember 2007 LOCATION: Trondheim\ Norway For more information\ please visit the following website: http ://www.eaie.org/trondheim URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-12_read-492 LOCATION:Trondheim\ Norway CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:491-2007-09-03 16:14:35 CREATED:20070903T161435 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070912 SUMMARY:Formal and Informal Learning: What’s the Difference? DESCRIPTION: The 11th Machine Translation Summit\ organized by the EA MT\ will provide a forum for scientists\ developers and users of machine translation and other tools for multiling ual processing. KEYNOTES: The Corporate Viewpoint How can you create a programme of informal lear ning that learners will enjoy as well as doing it all on the ir own with no management\ monitoring or “nagging”? And since someone somewhere will want to know what the ROI is h ow do you measure the effectiveness of something that can’ t be measured? The Learner Viewpoint “I don’t mind learning\ I just don’t want to be taught” is what many people think especially about workplace learning. So just e xactly what is informal learning from the learner’s point of view? Do they only know that they have done it when they are told that they have done it? Is this some sort of learni ng osmosis and all smoke and mirrors? You need to know how t he process works before being able to use it. The Learner Viewpoint Learning from Nelly\ as informal learning is often known is what most learners find natural but this cann ot be forced on people. If it is\ it will become something else and will probably fail. Designing informal learning may sound like a contradiction in terms but this is an emerging process that should be understood. Design for Informat ion Learning This will be the opportunity for delegates to apply what they have seen during the morning session. They will be able to practice on some examples of learning proble ms by applying the informal and formal learning techniques t o solve them. Minimum entry requirements are the abilities t o think outside of the box and push the envelope. DATE: Tuesday 11 September 2007 LOCATION: Central London\ Uni ted Kingdom For more information\ please visit the following website: http://www.elearningage.co.uk URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-11_read-491 LOCATION:Central London\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:490-2007-09-03 16:05:25 CREATED:20070903T160525 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070912 SUMMARY:iPED Conference 2007: Researching Academic Futures DESCRIPTION:The 11th Machine Translation Summit\ organized by the EAMT\  will provide a forum for scientists\ developers and users of machine translation and other tools for multilingual pro cessing. KEYNOTES: • Can We Teach Higher Educat ion Management? - Professor Sir David Watson\ Professor of Higher Education Management at the Institute of Education\ University of London. • Disciplinary Differences and t he Teaching-Research Nexus - Professor Paul Trowler Professo r of Higher Education at Lancaster University • Interna tional Study & Academic Futures: Virtual Keynote presentatio n by Harold Holt\ Director UNESCO Global Virtual University and Discussion Panel led by Professor David Morris\ Direct or of e-Learning Coventry University with Tim Hunt & Andy Ni col of the CU International Office. Some of the SESS IONS have topics such as: • A Learning Community of Uni versity Teachers: Evaluation of an initiative to support the development of the scholarship of teaching and learning - J . Mackenzie\ L. Morrow & University Teachers' Learning Comm unity • Assessment as the Nexus of Contemporary Pedagog ic Practice: illuminating a complex higher education landsca pe - L. McDowell & C.Montgomery Some of the WORKSHOP S: • Continuing Professional Development: Academics as teachers\ learners\ members of learning communities - K. C rawford • Adapting to the Bologna Agreement: Combining strategies and pedagogies for campus-wide educational develo pment - Magnus Gustafsson DATE: 10-11 September\ 20 07 LOCATION: Coventry University Technocentre\ Coventry\  United Kingdom For more information\ please visit the following website: http://corporate.coventry.ac.uk /cms/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=3182&a=18618 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-10_read-490 LOCATION:Coventry\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:489-2007-09-03 15:46:06 CREATED:20070903T154606 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070915 SUMMARY:Machine Translation Summit XI DESCRIPTION: The 11th Machine Translation Summit\ organized by the EA MT\ will provide a forum for scientists\ developers and us ers of machine translation and other tools for multilingual processing. KEYNOTES:     •  Client cent ric multilingual information leveraging - Scale the skills - Doris Marty-Albisser\ CLS Communication\ Switzerlan     •  Microsoft MT: From Research to Real User - Ste phen Richardson\ Microsoft Research\ USA     •  EuroMatrix - Machine Translation for all European language s - Philipp Koehn\ University of Edinburgh\ UK       NEC Human Communication Technology: Speech Translati on for Hand-held Devices -Akitoshi Okumura\ NEC\ Tokyo\ J apan Examples of the SESSIONS:     •  Phras e-Based SMT     •  MT evaluation     •  MT on the Web     •  Estimating Phrase Pair Relevance for Translation Model Pruning     •  E nd-to-End Evaluation of a Speech-to-Speech Translation Syste m in TC-STAR  PANEL: "Machine Translation in Use ": Moderator: Steven Krauwer\ panellists: Hitoshi Isahara\ Pierre Isabelle\ Margaret King\ Laurie Gerber\ Hans-Udo Stadler. DATE: 10-14 September\ 2007 LOCATION: C openhagen\ Denmark For more information\ please vi sit the following website: http://mtsummitcph.ku.dk/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-10_read-489 LOCATION:Copenhagen\ Denmark CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:488-2007-09-03 15:33:11 CREATED:20070903T153311 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071006 SUMMARY:IDILL - Optimizing the role of language in Technology-Enhanc ed Learning DESCRIPTION:Expert workshop organized by the Integrated Digital Language Learning (IDILL) seed grant project. DATE: 4-5 Octob er\ 2007 LOCATION: University of Louvain\ Louvain-la-N euve\ Belgium Natural language is ubiquitous in Techno logy-Enhanced Learning (TEL). It is present in both the in put (texts\ instructions\ scripts) and the output (answe rs to exercises\ collaborative writing\ etc.) of the lea rning process and is the main channel of interactive communi cation between the tutor and the learner and between the l earners. It plays a major role in all TEL fields in both h ard and soft sciences. In Technology-Enhanced Language Lea rning (TELL)\ it is the learning objective besides being the vehicle for learning. The workshop aims to take stock of cutting-edge research in the field of automated a nalysis of language and its application to TEL\ with a pa rticular focus on TELL. It will target all types of learning environments with special emphasis on Learning Management Systems (LMS) and handheld mobile devices. It will bring together two strands of research which up to now have been largely separate: -  language specialists with exp ertise in NLP\ corpus linguistics\ lexicography\ lexica l computing\ technology-enhanced language learning who wi ll present their methods and tools and show the benefit that can be derived from integrating them into TEL(L) applicat ions\ -  TEL(L) researchers – both academic and industrial - who would like to explore new and more effec tive ways of dealing with language. One major outcome of the workshop will be a volume on “Language in Technol ogy-Enhanced Learning: Issues\ Challenges and Prospects . For more information\ please visit the following we bsite: http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/group/idill/Work shop URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-04_read-488 LOCATION:Louvain-la-Neuve\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:487-2007-09-03 15:18:28 CREATED:20070903T151828 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071101 SUMMARY:Why Don’t You…? Supporting innovative approaches in educat ion DESCRIPTION: DATE: 30-31 October 2007 LOCATION: INMARSAT\ London Who should attend? - Teachers\ ICT coordinators and education researchers - Education policy makers and opini on formers - Technology\ software and creative industries KEYNOTES: - Innovations³ - Dan Sutch\ Learning Researcher\ Futurelab - NEW theories and OLD practice - Donald Clark\ Board member of UfI\ Director of Strategy LI NE Communications\ Director of Caspian Learning - Why inv ent? - Trevor Baylis OBE\ Chairman\ Trevor Baylis Brands p lc - Inventive play: technology-enhanced learning and gami ng tools that enable community engagement and communication - Professor Lizbeth Goodman\ Founder and Director of SMARTl ab - Business and the net: supporting innovation in educa tion - Shaa Wasmund\ CEO\ Bright Station Ventures WORKSHOPS: - Radiowaves Voice It! Podcasting student voic e - Tim Riches\ Founding Director\ SynergyTV - Alternat ive futures – a practical guide to using visual scenario p lanning techniques in education - Mark Pearce\ Director\ t heWorkshop - Enquiring Minds: enquiring schools? - John M organ\ Senior Researcher\ Futurelab - Playful programmin g with Scratch - Eric Rosenbaum\ Graduate Student\ MIT Med ia Lab - Can students build a space station\ in 4\677 e asy steps? - Natalie Jeremijenko\ Director\ Environmental Health Clinic\ New York University - BLOG OFF: these Web 2.0 tools will never make it into the learner experience - Andy Black\ Becta More information and a booking form can be found on the website: www.futurelab.org.uk . E arly bird rates available until 21 September. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-30_read-487 LOCATION:INMARSAT\ London CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:486-2007-09-03 14:50:31 CREATED:20070903T145031 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070913 SUMMARY:Hypertext 2007 DESCRIPTION: Hypertext 2007 - Hypertext\ The Web\ and Beyond: Five A utonomous Programmes\ One Unified Conference. AUTON OMOUS PROGRAMMES: • Hypertext Models & Theory • Pr actical Hypertext • Hypertext & Society • Hypertex t & The Person • Hypertext\ Culture & Communication ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMES: • Hypertext Reading Room • osters & Demonstrations • Student Research Compet ition - The ACM Student Research Competition • Birds Of A Feather - community discussion forum Date: 10-12 September\ 2007 Location: Manchester\ United Kingdom For more information\ please visit the following webs ite: http://www.sigweb.org/ht07 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-10_read-486 LOCATION:Manchester\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:485-2007-09-03 14:42:59 CREATED:20070903T144259 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070912 SUMMARY:KMO Conference DESCRIPTION:As a part of KMO 2007\ the track "Industrial Application on Knowledge Management" (IAKM) will be a forum for high quali ty presentations on innovative applications and engineering solutions of Knowledge Management and Collaborative Environm ents in Organizations.   KEYNOTES: • Data and Know ledge Sharing in Organizations via Automatic Schema Matching - Avigdor Gal • Corporate search engine as Knowledge M anagement Tool: the PHAROS case study - Francesco Saverio Nu cci • From Knowledge Portals to Knowledge Infrastructur es - Ronald Maier PANEL: Perspective on "New trends in Kno wledge Management" - Chair: Prof. Lorna Uden PAPER S ESSIONS: • Knowledge Management Strategies • Knowl edge Management Technologies • Knowledge Management Cas es Study • Knowledge Networks • Knowledge Manageme nt Strategies • Knowledge Management Technologies For more information\ please visit the following website: http://kmo2007.dti.unimi.it URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-10_read-485 LOCATION:University of Lecce\ Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:484-2007-09-03 14:32:53 CREATED:20070903T143253 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070914 SUMMARY:UK e-Science 2007 All Hands Meeting DESCRIPTION:The UK e-Science All Hands Meeting (AHM) provides a forum fo r discussion and demonstration of a broad range of e-Science projects from all disciplines.   KEYNOTES:    • The Future of e-Science - Professor Malcolm Atkinson: UK e- Science Envoy    • Digital Earth: The New Digital Commons - Dr Timothy W. Foresman: University of Maryland\ U SA and key figure in the Digital Earth Project    • IXI(CO): Progressing a scientific GRID project to an end-t o-end solution - Dr Thomas Hartkens: Chief Technical Officer of IXICO    • The Grand Challenge of Population A geing: e-Science to the Rescue - Professor Thomas Kirkwood: University of Newcastle\ UK\ 2001 Reith     Lecturer o n Ageing    • A Design of the GEO Grid: Systems of Systems federating Geospatial Data and Services - Dr Satosh i Sekiguchi & Dr Isao Kojima: National Institute      of  Advanced Industrial Science and Technology\ Japan – a leader of Japanese e-Science activities    • Bui lding a UK e-Infrastructure - Professor John Wood: Chief Exe cutive Officer\ CCLRC\ and Chair of JISC Support of Resear ch committee\ UK    • Medical Visualization Beyon d 2D Images - Professor Anders Ynnerman: Linkoping Universit y\ Sweden – Medical Visualization. 10th - 13th Se ptember 2007 Nottingham\ United Kingdom  For more i nformation\ please visit the following website: http:/ /www.allhands.org.uk/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-10_read-484 LOCATION:Nottingham\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:483-2007-09-03 12:41:34 CREATED:20070903T124134 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070907 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070908 SUMMARY:Teaching Undergraduate Programming Using Learning Objects (T UPULO) DESCRIPTION:International Dissemination Conference of the European Proje ct "Tupulo" - Teaching Undergraduate Programming Using Learn ing Objects 225621-CP-1-2005-1-IE-MINERVA-M 7th Septemb er 2007 National Institute of Statistics -  Libertatii Bd . 16\ sector 5\ Bucharest\ Romania The TUPULO projec t aimed to address the challenges faced by novice programmer s and their teachers by developing an innovative e-learning tool\ based on reusable learning objects and an appropriate instructional design methodology.   REGISTERED PAP ERS: The advantages of e-learning: research projects f or students Designing Reusable Learning Objects - Definin g the Pedagogical and Technical Requirements The TUPULO P roject – An Overview About teaching method aspects in i nformatics The official language within the conf erence will be English.   For more information\ pleas e visit the following website: http://www.srep.ro/tupul o/english URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-07_read-483 LOCATION:Bucharest\ Romania CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:480-2007-09-03 12:06:12 CREATED:20070903T120612 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070909 SUMMARY:Bera Annual Conference 2007 DESCRIPTION:British Educational Research Association (BERA). KEYNOT E SPEECHES: Professor Herbert W. Marsh (University of Oxford) on ‘self-concept in educational research’ Pr ofessor Stephen Ball (IoE\ University of London) on ‘lear ning and schooling in the global market’ Professor Susa n Groundwater-Smith on ‘practitioner researchers’ (Unive rsities of Sydney and Liverpool Hope).   5th - 8t h September 2007. Institute of Education (IoE)\ Universit y of London For more information\ please visit the following website: http://www.beraconference.co.uk URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-05_read-480 LOCATION:London\ United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:479-2007-09-03 11:56:20 CREATED:20070903T115620 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070908 SUMMARY:I-KNOW’07 - 7th International Conference on Knowledge Manag ement DESCRIPTION: KEY NOTE SPEAKERS: Marc Smith (Microsoft\ USA) Peter Reiser (SUN Microsystems) Prof. Martin Eppler PROGRAM: Perceived Simultaneous Consumption o f Media Content Services among Media Aware University Studen ts - Ester Appelgren (Sweden) Using Taxonomies to Support the Macro Design Process for the Production of Web Based Tr ainings - Abdelhak Aqqal\ Christoph Rensing\ Ralf Steinmet z (Germany) Social Network Analysis for Innovation and Co ordination - Renato Balancieri (Brazil)\ Roberta Cuel (Ital y)\ Roberto Carlos dos Santos Pacheco (Brazil) Governing Knowledge Risks – Design and Results of an Empirical Stud y - Florian Bayer (Germany)\ Ronald Maier (Austria) Maki ng Learning Management Systems Work - Usability Engineering as Key Issue for System and Interface Design - The Need for Formalizing Media Semantics in the Games and Entertainment I ndustry - Tobias Bürger (Austria)  5-7 Septemb er 2007 Location: Graz - Austria For more info rmation\ please visit the following website: http://i-kn ow.know-center.tugraz.at URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-05_read-479 LOCATION:Graz - Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:478-2007-09-03 11:42:55 CREATED:20070903T114255 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070909 SUMMARY:EUROCALL 2007\ Mastering Multimedia: Teaching Languages Thr ough Technology DESCRIPTION:Conference Theme: Mastering Multimedia: Teaching Languages T hrough Technology PLENARY SPEAKERS: Professor Ber nd Rüschoff- Plenary Address - WEB 2.0: New Perspectives fo r Digital Media in Language Learning? Professor Gráinne Conole - Plenary Address - The student perspective: the ever -changing landscape of technology use Professor Uschi Fel ix - Plenary Address - The unreasonable effectiveness of CAL L: What have we learnt in two decades of research? S UBTHEMES: Managing Multimedia Environments E-learni ng\ Collaborative Learning and Blended Learning New Deve lopments in the Pedagogy of Online Learning Emerging Tech nologies The Normalisation of CALL Transitional Learni ng – from School to University Research Methodologies Corpora CONFERENCE FORMAT 3-day Conferen ce plus 1-day Pre-conference Workshops Plenary\ Panel\ Poster\ Parallel Sessions (Academic Papers + Show and Tell) AGM\ Regional Representative and SIG Meetings\ Introdu ction to EUROCALL Social Events: Reception\ Guided Tours \ Céilí\ Gala Dinner Date: 5 - 8 Septemb er 2007 Venue: University of Ulster - Coleraine Campus\ N orthern Ireland For more information\ please visit the following website: http://www.eurocall2007.com URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-05_read-478 LOCATION:University of Ulster\ Northern Ireland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:477-2007-09-03 11:34:21 CREATED:20070903T113421 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070908 SUMMARY:Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA 07) DESCRIPTION:The second in a series of biennial international conferences on Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA 07)\ will b e held in Wrexham\ North East Wales\ UK from Tuesday 4th t o Friday 7th September 2007. The conference will draw togeth er researchers and developers from academia and industry acr oss all fields of Internet computing and engineering. In a ddition to a full technical programme\ including keynote pr esentations\ papers and posters\ the social itinerary will include a visit to the historic English city of Chester and a mediaeval Welsh banquet at Ruthin Castle. KEYNOTE SP EAKERS: - Professor Don Gotterbarn\ East Tennessee State University - “10 Commandments of Ethical Internet develop ment: Don’t Soil the Commons” - Professor Simon J. She pherd\ Bradford Infection Group (BIG)\ Leeds-Bradford Medi cal School - "What are the Main Routes of Hospital Acquired Infection?" - Dr. Kevin Doughty\ Joseph Rowntree Foundati on\ University of York - “The Emerging Role of Internet T echnologies in Supporting the Independence of Vulnerable Peo ple” CONFERENCE STREAMS: - Technologies and Techniq ues - Applications and Concepts - Traffic Engineering - Geographic Systems - Workshop - Posters - Security - Semantics and Semantic Web - e-Business - The Social Internet - e-Learning - Distributed Applications - BCS SQM/INSPIRE - Measurement and Modelling 4th - 7th September 2007 Wrexham\ North East Wales\ UK For m ore information\ please visit the following website: http:/ /www.ita07.org URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-04_read-477 LOCATION:Wrexham\ North East Wales\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:475-2007-08-30 17:40:30 CREATED:20070830T174030 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080329 SUMMARY:Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applicatio ns (AINA2008) DESCRIPTION: The IEEE 22nd International Conference on Advanced Inform ation Networking and Applications Sponsored by IEEE Comput er Society\ TCDP The conference covers theory\desi gn and application of computer networks and distributed comp uting systems. Aside from the regular presentations\ the co nference will include keynote addresses with speakers from b oth industry and academia. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Agent and Intelligent Computin g Communication Technology and Protocols Dependable an d Autonomic Systems Distributed and Parallel Algorithms Distributed Database and Data Mining Grid\ P2P and Sca lable Computing Internet Computing\ Web and Multimedia A pplications Mobile Networks and Applications Network C ontrol and Performance Evaluation Pervasive/Ubiquitous Ne tworks and Computing Security\ Privacy and Trust Sema ntic Services and Computing Innovative Networking and App lications Call for papers / important data: Submissi on deadline Sept. 7\ 2007 March 25 (Tue.) - Marc h 28 (Fri.)\ 2008 GinoWan\ Okinawa\ Japan Fo r further information\ please visit the website: http://www .aina-conference.org/2008 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -03-25_read-475 LOCATION:GinoWan\ Okinawa\ Japan CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:474-2007-08-30 17:25:08 CREATED:20070830T172508 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070904 SUMMARY:Europe’s Cultures of Workplace Learning DESCRIPTION:Europe’s Cultures of Workplace Learning New Insights in Training and Public Support for Lifelong Learning in Enterpr ises The conference invites practitioners in the fiel d of HRD\ training and policies on LLL as well as researc hers in the fields of CVT and Adult Education. TOPICS: Workplace Training in Europe – Towards a new econ omic theory of workplace training Opening the ‘ Black Box’ of Workplace Learning - What recent research is telling us about the relationship between learning\ traini ng and work organisation To Train or Not to Train ? - Towards an explanatory framework for differences in trai ning behaviour of enterprises in Europe WORKSH OPS: Making Best Use of Training Potentials – Sup porting successful training cultures in Europe’s enterpris es Creating New Demands for Training? - Defining training providers’ role in enterprise training in Europe Suppo rting workplace learning – Lessons learned from Europe’s ’ experiences With final panel discussion. All pre sentations will be in English. 3 September 2007 L ocation: Danube University Krems\ Austria For furth er information\ please visit the website: http://www.donau- uni.ac.at/de/department/wbbm/veranstaltungen/id/10263/index. php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-03_read-474 LOCATION:Danube University Krems\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:473-2007-08-30 17:15:28 CREATED:20070830T171528 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070908 SUMMARY:NBiS2007 DESCRIPTION: The 1st International Conference on Network-Based Informa tion Systems in conjunction with the 18th International Conf erence on Database and Expert Systems Applications DEXA'2007 With TOPICS such as:   - Sensor and Ad-Hoc Netwo rks   - Network Security   - Secure System Application s   - Web Technologies and Middleware Systems   - Dist ributed Systems and Applications   - Network Analysis - P2P Systems and Applications   - Pervasive and Ubiqui tous Systems   - Network Applications and Protocols   - Embedded Systems   - Fuzzy Systems and their Applicatio ns Regensburg\ Germany Sept. 3-7\ 2007 for further information\ please visit the website: http ://www.takilab.org/conf/nbis/2007 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-03_read-473 LOCATION:Regensburg\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:472-2007-08-23 09:15:10 CREATED:20070823T091510 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071109 SUMMARY:DevLearn 2007 - The eLearning Development Conference & Expo DESCRIPTION: DevLearn 2007 addresses all issues currently relevant to e-Learning design\ development\ and management professiona ls. TOPICS: Instructional Design Strategie s E-Learning Management Strategies Immersive Learning Simulations Mobile Learning Synchronous e-Learning Assessment\ Testing\ Evaluation E-Learning Authoring an d Development Learning Management Systems Project Mana gement Web 2.0 Technologies for Learning Media Integra tion in Learning November 5-8\ 2007 San Jose\ C alifornia\ USA For more information\ please visit the website: http://www.elearningguild.com URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-05_read-472 LOCATION:San Jose\ California\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:471-2007-08-21 15:37:04 CREATED:20070821T153704 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070830 SUMMARY:EAIR Forum - In Search of Identity DESCRIPTION: 29th Annual EAIR Forum - In Search of Identity: Dilemma's in Higher Education. EAIR is a unique association for profe ssionals in the area of higher education management\ and fo r academics researching that area. KEY NOTES: "In search of identity: Dilemmas in European higher educ ation"\ Prof Dr José-Ginés Mora (President EAIR) "Univ ersity in ruins? Long live university!"\ Prof Barbara Czarn iawska "University commercialisation: Strategies and imp acts"\ Professor Lee Parker\ University of Adelaide\ Aust ralia "Managing a camel?"\ Prof Alison Wolf\ King's Col lege London TRACKS: Track 1 Between univers ity and multiversity: Governing institutional change Trac k 2  Managing paradoxes: Grounding big ideas Track 3 Bre aking with rituals: Making sense of quality work Track 4 Student expectations - institutional responses? Track 5 C onstructing meaning from performance measures Track 6 Cro ssing boundaries: Collaborating and/or competing? Track 7 Matching staff\ structures\ and resources Track 8 Teac hing and Learning 26-29 August 2007 Innsbruck\ Au stria For more information\ please visit the websit e: http://www.eair.nl/innsbruck. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -08-26_read-471 LOCATION:Innsbruck\ Austria CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:470-2007-08-21 15:25:40 CREATED:20070821T152540 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070906 SUMMARY:Improving Student Learning Symposium DESCRIPTION: KEYNOTES Professor Ray Land\ University of Stra thclyde\ UK Love\ life and learning: responsible asses sment for the 21st century\ Professor Patricia Broadfoot\ University of Gloucester  Willing to learn: being a stu dent in an age of uncertainty\ Professor Ron Barnet\ Insti tute of Education Some of the PARALLEL SESSIONS:   - Using an online formative assessment framework to e nhance student engagement: a learning outcomes approach\ Ar lene Hunter   - Choice\ authority and power in a cons umerist higher education\ David Gosling   - Quick-fix learning: challenging the concept of learning for learning s sake\ Maggie Hutchings   - Exploring structure and meaning in students’ descriptions of meiosis\ using the two-learning cycle per mode version of the SOLO model\ Fran ces Quinn   - Perspectives on teaching generic skills: what academics say and do\ Andrew Comrie\ Kate Farley   - Non traditional teachers for non traditional students : re-conceptualising teacher training for HE tutors in the c reative disciplines\ Sue Clayton\ Neill Thew   - Exp loring teacher authenticity in relation to student learning\  Carolin Kreber   - Learning in higher education: dev elopmental or instrumental? Berry O’Donovan\ Margaret Pri ce   - Improving postgraduate student learning for sus tainable social development\ research capaity building and personal growth\ Gina Wisker\ Gillian Robinson   - C hanging teaching to improve student learning: variation in t eachers’ intentions\ Jo McKenzie 3–5 Septem ber 2007 Trinity College\ Dublin\ Ireland. For m ore information\ please visit the website: http://www.brook es.ac.uk/services/ocsld/isl/isl2007. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-03_read-470 LOCATION:Trinity College\ Dublin\ Ireland. CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:469-2007-08-21 15:14:25 CREATED:20070821T151425 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070830 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070901 SUMMARY:All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE) Conference 2007 DESCRIPTION: Teaching and Learning in the Changing World of Higher Edu cation TOPICS - Adapting to larger and more diver se groups of students - Using e-learning for innovation - Changes to the ways we assess students' learning - De veloping students' skills for employability in the 21st cent ury - Research-led teaching: a way forward? - Internat ionalizing the curriculum: preparing students for global cit izenship - Enquiry and Problem-based Learning 30 th & 31st August 2007 NUI Maynooth\ Ireland For more information\ please visit the website: http://www.aish e.org/events/2006-2007/conf2007. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -08-30_read-469 LOCATION:NUI Maynooth\ Ireland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:468-2007-08-21 15:10:44 CREATED:20070821T151044 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070830 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070901 SUMMARY:New Horizons in Industry\ Business and Education (NHIBE 200 7) DESCRIPTION: The Conference key feature is to identify those changes a nd their requirements for industrialists. Special attention will be drawn to the necessary innovative approaches and exp eriences developed in education to adapt teaching to these n ew challenges. TOPICS OF INTEREST  - Worldwide Education and Industry Policies  - Career Counselling  - Education Strategies  - New Educational Methods  - Industry and Education  - Entrepreneurship  - Po licies for increased competitiveness  - Globalization\ Competitiveness and Transition  - Corporate Finance and Governance  - Business Strategies   The official l anguage of the conference will be English. 30-31 Au gust 2007 Rhodes Island\ Greece Specific location: Rodo s Palace Hotel. For more information\ please visit the website: http://nhibe2007.conferences.gr/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -08-30_read-468 LOCATION:Rhodes Island\ Greece CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:467-2007-08-21 14:53:54 CREATED:20070821T145354 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070828 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070902 SUMMARY:12th Biennial Conference for Research on Learning and Instru ction: Developing Potentials for Learning DESCRIPTION: Domains of the conference: The main theme of the confer ence is “Developing Potentials for Learning”\ which can be looked at from different perspectives:     • Learning and Cognitive Science     • Teaching and Ins tructional Design     • Developmental Aspects of Inst ruction     • Social and Economic Dimensions of Educa tion     • Motivational and Affective Processes     • Learning and Instructional Technology     • K nowledge Acquisition and Expertise in Specific Domains     • Higher Education     • Lifelong Learning and Professional Development     • Assessment and Evaluat ion     • Teaching and Teacher Education     • European Integration and Learning     • Learning and Special Education     • Learning and Social Interact ion University of Szeged / Eötvös Loránd University / Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest\ Hungary August 28 - September 1\ 2007 For more informa tion\ please visit the website: http://earli2007.hu. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -08-28_read-467 LOCATION:Budapest\ Hungary CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:466-2007-08-21 14:45:50 CREATED:20070821T144550 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070827 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070829 SUMMARY:Pre-Conference of Junior Researchers of Earli (JURE) DESCRIPTION: The JURE "Junior Researchers of EARLI" is a network dedic ated to the interests of all junior researchers of EARLI. Th e term "junior researcher" includes PhD-students and graduat es who have received their doctorate within the last two yea rs. Prior to the 12th biennial EARLI Conference in Budapest\ Hungary\ the Junior Researchers of EARLI will or ganise a pre-conference for junior researchers. The JURE con ference will be on the 27-28th of August\ 2007\ and it wil l take place in Budapest\ Hungary. All junior researchers are cordially invited to attend the conference and to prese nt their research to fellow juniors and attending seniors. F eedback on dissertation research projects from fellow resear chers will be given. Besides the paper and poster presentati ons\ there will be round table discussions and workshops. August 27-28\ 2007 Budapest\ Hungary Fo r more information\ please visit the website: http://earli2 007.hu/nq/home/jure_pre-conference/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -08-27_read-466 LOCATION:Budapest\ Hungary CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:465-2007-08-21 14:17:37 CREATED:20070821T141737 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071008 SUMMARY:3rd Language & Technology Conference: Human Language Technol ogies as a Challenge for Computer Science and Linguistics DESCRIPTION: Keynote Speaker: Piek Vossen (University of Amsterdam CONFERENCE TOPICS The conference program will include the following topics (a non-exclusive list): * Electroni c language resources and tools * Formalisation of natural languages * Parsing and other forms of NL processing * C omputer modelling of language competence * NL user modelli ng * NL understanding by computers * Knowledge represent ation * WordNet technologies\ ontologies (cf. L&TC WordNe t Special Track) * Man-machine NL interfaces * Logic Pro gramming in Natural Language Processing * Corpus linguisti cs * Speech processing * NL applications in robotics * Text-based information retrieval and extraction\ question answering * Question answering * Tools and methodologies for developing multilingual systems * Translation enhance ment tools * Methodological issues in HLT * Prototype pr esentations * Language-specific computational challenges f or HLTs (especially for languages other than English) * HL T standards * HLT support for foreign language teaching * Communicative intelligence * Legal problems connected wi th HLTs (problems and challenges) * Contribution of HLTs to the homeland security problems (application and legal asp ects) (cf. L&TC Homeland Security Workshop) * Vision paper s in the field of HLT * HLT related policies Octob er 5-7\ 2007 Poznañ\ Poland For more informati on\ please visit the website: http://www.ltc.amu.edu.pl URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-05_read-465 LOCATION:Poznañ\ Poland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:464-2007-08-21 14:09:11 CREATED:20070821T140911 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071111 SUMMARY:5th European Forum DESCRIPTION: State-of-the-Art - Continuing Engineering Education (CEE) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Challenging t he Future. The three Forum days comprise of four pl enary sessions\ three parallel sessions and three interacti ve working group sessions\ which are divided into three tra cks: *    Theme A. New Roles and Responsibilities of U niversities\ pedagogy\ processes and infrastructure  *     Theme B. Lifelong Competence Development\ foresight\  creativity and innovation *    Theme C. Continuing E ngineering Education\ productivity\ collaboration and netw orking  The outcome of the Forum will be a Europea n State-of-the-Art report with the desirable future policy g uidelines and proposals. Conference will be a real interacti ve learning experience. 6-10 November\ 2007 Rova niemi\ Lapland Finland for more information\ plea se visit the website: http://www.ceeforum2007.fi/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-06_read-464 LOCATION:Rovaniemi\ Lapland Finland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:463-2007-08-21 13:58:39 CREATED:20070821T135839 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071006 SUMMARY:ICDE - International Conference on Distance Education DESCRIPTION: Taking place in Mexico\ the conference aims at bringing together the Americas with the rest of the world debating th e theme: "The Metamorphosis of Distance Education for the th ird Millennium. Institutions\ Programs\ Technologies and R oles... the same thing" Some of the EXPERTS and LEC TURERS: Tony Bates - ex-Principal of the Distance Education and Technology Continuing Studies\ The University of British Columbia\ Canadá Godehard Ruppert - Presid ent of the University of Bamberg\ Alemania Claudio Rama - ex-Principal of the Instituto Internacional de la UNESCO para la Educación Superior en America Latina y el Caribe (IESALC)\ Uruguay Martha Burkle - CISCO Chair of e-Lear ning Southern Alberta Institute of Technology\ Canadá Mark Bullen - Learning & Teaching Centre British Columbia In stitute of Technology \ Canadá Karen Belfer - Learning & Teaching Centre British Columbia Institute of Technology\  Canadá Patricio López del Puerto - Chancellor of TEC Virtual\ México Gary Miller - Vice Chair of the Board Sloan Consortium\ USA From 3 to 5 October 2007 - Toluca\ México For more information\ please visit the w ebsite: http://www.icdeamericalatina.com.ar/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-03_read-463 LOCATION:Toluca\ México CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:462-2007-08-21 13:50:07 CREATED:20070821T135007 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080308 SUMMARY:SITE 2008 - Society for Information Technology and Teacher E ducation DESCRIPTION: International Conference. SITE 2008 is the 19th annual co nference of the Society for Information Technology and Teach er Education (SITE)\ http://site.aace.org and Association f or the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)\ http:/ /www.aace.org/ PROGRAM ACTIVITIES: * Keyno te Speakers * Invited Panels/Speakers * Pa pers (Full & Brief) * Posters/Demonstrations * Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations * Tutoria ls/Workshops * Roundtables * Symposia March 3-7\ 2008 Las Vegas\ Nevada (USA) Spe cific location: Riviera Hotel & Casino Convention Center For more information\ please visit the website: http: //site.aace.org/conf/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -03-03_read-462 LOCATION:Las Vegas\ Nevada (USA) CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:459-2007-08-21 13:31:41 CREATED:20070821T133141 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080419 SUMMARY:ICML 2008 - International Conference on Interactive Mobile a nd Computer aided Learning DESCRIPTION: The conference aims to promote the development of Mobile Learning in the Middle East\ provide a forum for education and knowledge transfer\ expose students to latest ICT techn ologies and encourage the study and implementation of mobile applications in teaching and learning. No informat ion about workshops\ panels or presentations available\ bu t some of the accepted papers are: Evaluation meth ods on usability of m-learning environments. Guidelines f or Developing Adaptive Mobile Learning e-Examiner: Toward s a Fully-Automatic Knowledge Assessment Tool applicable in Adaptive E-Learning Systems. PDAs in the real world of cl assrooms what is needed to help learners think? Mobile Le arning in Transforming Higher Education 16-18 April 2008 Amman\ Jordan For more information\ please v isit their website: http://209.61.205.141. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -04-16_read-459 LOCATION:Amman\ Jordan CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:456-2007-08-21 12:06:37 CREATED:20070821T120637 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071027 SUMMARY:Real learning in virtual worlds. DESCRIPTION: The Sixth Open Classroom Conference "Real learning in vir tual worlds". Teacher Professional Development and the Inter changing Role of Mentors and Avatars in Schooling 21C. Driving Themes of Presentations & Dialogue Clu stering Learning Needs & School Structures: Policies and Str ategies for Learning in Virtual Worlds Building Curricul a & Competences for Life and Work: the emerging Roles of Edu cation Authorities\ Communities\ Schools and Teachers in Schooling 21Cst Preparing the Teachers for the School of Tomorrow: initial and in-service Teachers Training and Su pport\ the Lifelong Learning Agenda and the emerging School ing Scenarios Games & Social Networks: Learning Experienc es in Informal\ Real and Virtual Spaces 24-26 Octo ber 2007 Stockholm\ Sweden More information on th e website: http://www.eden-online.org. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-24_read-456 LOCATION:Stockholm\ Sweden CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:455-2007-08-21 12:00:07 CREATED:20070821T120007 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071020 SUMMARY:mLearn 2007 DESCRIPTION: 6th international conference on mobile Learning T he MLearn 2007 Conference presents an opportunity for resear chers\ educators\ students\ technologists\ practitioners and industry professionals to come together to share knowle dge and experience\ engage in global perspectives and contr ibute to development and progress in mobile learning technol ogy. One of the presentations is 'The Mobile Lifest yle: How the fusion of the mobile and the Internet have chan ged the way we live\ learn\ and play.' Topics of interest that will provide the key focus are:   From pilot projects to mainstream implementation: strategies for the large-scale deployment of mLearning Mobile tech nology to support open and distance learning (ODL) mLear ning and mobile technology applications in teaching and lear ning Mobile technology for student & learning support/ed ucator & teaching support Design & development of learni ng materials and assessment techniques & practices for mLear ning Informal & lifelong learning with the aid of mobile tec hnology Building & implementing mLearning Strategies in Educational Institutions\ Companies and Public Sector Organ isations Effective & efficient management of mLearning p rocesses Creating interactive & collaborative mLearning environments Future trends in mLearning technology\ inc luding the impact of emerging technologies Emerging hard ware & software for mLearning Improving the quality of m Learning through evaluation\ including mobile assessment Ambient intelligence & ambient learning Innovation in learning theory and pedagogy  16–19 October 2007 Melbourne Australia Specific location: Melbourn e Exhibition & Convention Centre   More in formation can be found on the website: http://www.mlearn2007 .org URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-16_read-455 LOCATION:Melbourne\ Australia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:451-2007-08-21 11:24:12 CREATED:20070821T112412 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071207 SUMMARY:BroadBand Europe DESCRIPTION: BBEurope is a yearly conference\ dedicated to BB with pr esentations of latest results\ evolutions and technologies in the field. BroadBand covers however many different discip lines and beside technological results\ also socio-economic \ techno-economic and regulatory aspects will find a forum here. Presentations from ongoing trials and regional project s give an extra flavour to the conference. The submi ssion deadline is approaching: September 1st BBEurop e 2007 is organized by the IBBT\ hosted by Alcatel-Lucent a nd endorsed by IET and DSL Forum. Co-located with BB Europe there will be at least 3 extra workshops: - "From A ccess To Metro - A seamless transition" (IET-Workshop) - " The MUSE Winter-school" - "QoS Tutorial"\ prepared by EuQ oS project addressing different known technologies and open problems with Internet QoS BBEurope\ together with all of these workshops are unique opportunities for the shap ing Broadband for All area in future\ including vision\ st rategies and roadmaps. Information can be found via the website www.bbeurope.org So the place to be: 0 3-06 December 2007 Antwerp\ Belgium website: www.bbeuro pe.org Contact: Peter Van Daele (peter.vandaele@intec.ugen t.be) URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-03_read-451 LOCATION:Antwerp\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:450-2007-08-21 10:22:11 CREATED:20070821T102211 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070918 SUMMARY:Global Forum on Telemedicine: Connecting the World through P artnerships DESCRIPTION: "Global Forum on Telemedicine: Connecting the World throu gh Partnerships" of American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Mid-year meeting The goal of the meeting is to provi de relief agencies not currently using Telemedicine technolo gies\ and international Telemedicine programs\ a forum to exchange information and dialogue with the goal of building partnerships.  Partners: the Telemedicine and Advanced T echnology Research Center (TATRC). Panel Description s: 1. Component Framework: The NGO perspective: Understand ing the mission\ challenges and opportunities for internati onal outreach. 2. Financial Sustainability: Funding\ fina ncial models\ reimbursement\ and grants. 3. Governmenta l/Military Perspectives: Challenges and Opportunities for hu manitarian missions 4. Co-creation Environment: Internati onal Telemedicine Outreach Program: Current and emerging opp ortunities for Development and Partnership. Round T able Sessions: Framework for International Telemedicine Outr each Paper presentation on international Telemedicine prog rams followed by discussion\  identify critical factors of program success\ identify needs in the NGO community\ exp lore possibilities to leverage Telemedicine technologies  ( getting started\ identifying need\ technology\ connectivi ty\ business model resource information needed by participa nts\ lessons learned\ sociological interactions aka politi cs\ getting buy-in). This conference is taking plac e in Las Vegas\ USA on Sept. 17th\ 2007 More infor mation can be found at the following website URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-17_read-450 LOCATION:Las Vegas\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:448-2007-08-20 14:24:42 CREATED:20070820T142442 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080505 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080507 SUMMARY:NLC\ Sixth International Conference on Networked Learning DESCRIPTION: This conference takes place 5/6 May\ 2008 in Halkidiki\ Greece\ the themes for this conference are: Social Netwo rking in Networked Learning Designing Learning Spaces Ub iquitous Learning Embedding Networked Learning in Institut ions: Policy & Practice Networked Lifelong Learning Inte rculturality Personalisation Learner’s & Teacher’s E xperiences Methodologies for Researching Networked Learnin g Learning Theories and Processes for further info rmation: http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2008 -05-05_read-448 LOCATION:Halkidiki\ Greece CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:446-2007-07-28 12:02:05 CREATED:20070728T120205 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071017 SUMMARY:eLearningLisboa07 DESCRIPTION: eLearningLisboa07 To be held in Lisbon (Lisbon Congress Centre) on the 15th and 16th October 2007\ under the patro nage of the Portuguese Presidency of the EU. The Conference expects participants from the 27 EU member states along with a panel of international speakers\ experts in this field. Main Themes of the EU Conference eLearning Lisboa 20 07 Theme 1 - Digital and Social Cohesion  Theme 2 - R e-skilling for Knowledge Society  Theme 3 - E-learning V alue    www.elearninglisboa.com URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-15_read-446 LOCATION:Lisbon\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:445-2007-07-28 11:57:37 CREATED:20070728T115737 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071213 SUMMARY:IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2007 (ISM2007) DESCRIPTION: The IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2007) is an international forum for researchers to exchange inform ation regarding advances in the state of the art and practic e of multimedia computing\ as well as to identify the emerg ing research topics and define the future of multimedia comp uting. The technical program of ISM2007 will consist of invi ted talks\ paper presentations\ and panel discussions. Sub missions of high quality papers describing mature results or on-going work are invited. http://ISM2007.ncu.edu. tw/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -12-10_read-445 LOCATION:Taichung\ Taiwan\ R.O.C. CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:444-2007-07-28 11:52:45 CREATED:20070728T115245 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070907 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070908 SUMMARY:Taking Learning Mobile: Mobile Learning in Mainstream Educat ion: Resources and Challenges DESCRIPTION: The Taking Learning Mobile conference (Institute of Art\ Design and Technology\ Dublin\ Ireland on 7 September 200 7) will discuss the resources\ technologies and challenges facing the incorporation of mobile learning into mainstream education and training. You are kindly invited to register n ow and participate for free at this one day event in the hea rt of Ireland. The conference is the closing event o f "Mobile Learning - Incorporating mobile learning into main stream education and training" project. Addresses w ill include topics such as:  - personalised learning\ - SMS services in distance education\ - the use of podcasting technology in learning processes\ - case s tudies on how mobile learning is being implemented in real h igher education learning situations. To visit the C onference's website and register to this free event\ please click here . URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-07_read-444 LOCATION:Dublin\ Ireland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:442-2007-07-28 11:43:06 CREATED:20070728T114306 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070922 SUMMARY:ICT for Language Learning DESCRIPTION: The objective of the event is to promote and share good p ractice and transnational cooperation in the field of the ap plication of ICT to language learning and training. The conf erence will also be an excellent opportunity for the present ation of previous and current language learning projects fun ded by the European Commission and by other sources. Confe rence topics include: Languages for Business & Vocational Purposes Innovative Methodologies for Language Learning Language Learning Environments Early Age Language Learn ing Assessment & Certification of Language Skills Lang uage Teaching Materials Translation Conference we bsite: http://www.leonardo-lets.net/ict/index.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-20_read-442 LOCATION:Florence\ Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:441-2007-07-28 11:31:35 CREATED:20070728T113135 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071027 SUMMARY:The Sixth Open Classroom Conference DESCRIPTION: EDEN's Sixth Open Classroom Conference aims at offering a n opportunity to present\ be informed about and join the Eu ropean dialogue about how families\ teachers\ experts\ au thorities and societies at large are experiencing and handli ng the changes that are leading towards Real Learning in Vir tual Worlds. Key contributions will include presenta tions addressing the conference main theme from different as pects and sketching future scenarios from the following prof essionals in the field: Professor Stephen Heppell\ Founder of Ultralab\ CEO of Heppell.Net Richard Gatarski \ Co-founder and consultant\ BAT - Business Art Technology AB Marc Durando\ Executive Director\ EUN - European Sch oolnet Liisa Ilomaki\ Co-ordinator\ Centre for Research on Networked Learning and Knowledge Building Department of P sychology\ University of Helsinki\ Finland Jan Hylen\ Metamatrix/OECD Hans Pelgrum SITES - International Associa tion for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement\ The Net herlands Enel Magi\ CEO\ Tiger Leap Foundation\ Estonia http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=354 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-24_read-441 LOCATION:Stockholm\ Sweden CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:440-2007-07-17 16:10:07 CREATED:20070717T161007 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070904 SUMMARY:National Strategy Workshop on Designing Learning Spaces DESCRIPTION:The workshop is for academics and practitioners in educatio n\ architecture\ design and technology. It will address th e issue of how to design new spaces\ from rooms to cities\ for 21st century learning. The invited contributors ar e: Mick Gernon\ Principal of the RSA Academy\ Tipton\  based on the RSA Opening Minds learning framework. Rose Luckin\ Professor of Learner Centred Design at the London K nowledge Lab. Martin Mayfield\ a Director within the Arup engineering company with expertise in the effect of buildin g design on learning. Neil Salton\ Head of Innovation at the Cordless Group\ a portfolio of companies that focus on the impact of new technology on people\ business and the bu ilt environment. Dominic Watts\ Higher Education Business Manager\ Microsoft Craig White\ founder of White Design \ an architectural practice and consultancy specialising in the design of sensitive\ low carbon and low environmental impact buildings. There will opportunities to join discuss ions around the themes of 'Visions\ Issues and Practices'. The workshop\ held on the award-winning Jubilee Campus\ fo rms part of the ALT-C conference on learning technology. Registration costs £120.00 or £95.00 for ALT members. The workshop will be limited to 100 people. To regis ter\ please see: http://www.lsri.nottingham.ac.uk/learning_ spaces07/ or contact Florence.Drouvin@nottingham.ac.uk Tel: 0115 8567930 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-03_read-440 LOCATION:University of Nottingham\ UK CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:439-2007-06-19 11:13:34 CREATED:20070619T111334 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070930 SUMMARY:3rd Balkan Conference in Informatics (BCI 2007) DESCRIPTION:3rd Technology-enhanced Learning Enlargement Workshop: Young researchers for the European future of the Technology-enhan ced learning The workshop aims to create a collaborativ e working space for young researchers and PhD students from the region of the Balkans\ the new member states and the as sociated to the EU countries. Thus the workshop would contri bute to the sharing of ideas and expertise and to the develo pment of Technology-enhanced learning in the region. It is p art of the Balkan Conference in Informatics – BCI2007. The scope of the workshop includes\ but is not limited\ to to pics related to the specific regional and educational issues of TEL and the technologies supporting TEL. More infor mation is available at: http://tel05.uni-sofia.bg/ More i nformation about BCI’2007: http://bci2007.uni-sofia.bg/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-27_read-439 LOCATION:Sofia\ Bulgaria CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:437-2007-06-19 09:24:40 CREATED:20070619T092440 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070921 SUMMARY:Workshop on Social Information Retrieval in Technology-Enhan ced Learning DESCRIPTION: Social information retrieval (SIR) refers to a family of techniques  that assist users in obtaining information to m eet their information needs by  harnessing the knowledge or experience of other users. Examples of SIR techniques inclu de  sharing of queries\ collaborative filtering\ social n etwork analysis\ social bookmarking   and  the use of su bjective relevance judgements such as tags\  annotations\ ratings  and evaluations. SIR methods\ techniques and systems open an interesting new approach  to facilitat e and support learning and teaching. There are plenty a reso urce  available on the Web\ both in terms of digital le arning content and people resources (e.g.  other learners\ experts\ tutors) that can be used to facilitate teaching a nd learning  tasks. The remaining challenge is to develop\ deploy and evaluate systems  that provide learners and tea chers with guidance to help identify suitable  learning res ources from a potentially overwhelming variety of choices. Several questions are being researched around the app lication of SIR  methods in Technology-Enhanced Learning (T EL) settings. The aim of the  SIRTEL'07 Workshop is to b ring together researchers and practitioners that are working   on topics related to the application of SIR methods\ tec hniques and systems in  educational settings\ as well as p resent the current status of research in this area to  inte rested researchers and practitioners. It aims to serve as a discussion forum where  researchers will present the result s of their work\ also establishing liaisons between  diffe rent groups that are exploring related subjects. In addition \ it aims to outline the rich  potential of modern SIR met hods\ techniques and systems in order to build TEL  system s and services. http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/sirtel/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-17_read-437 LOCATION:Crete\ Greece CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:436-2007-06-18 22:31:17 CREATED:20070618T223117 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070913 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070915 SUMMARY:First European Conference on the Professional Applications o f Virtual Worlds. DESCRIPTION: The extraordinary success of virtual worlds such as ‘Se cond Life’ as virtual social spaces for play leads to the question ‘What is the potential for the serious uses of th ese worlds?’ The theme for this first Serious Virtual Worl ds conference is ‘The Reality of the Virtual World’ and takes a close look at how virtual worlds are now being used for serious professional purposes. Many organisations are no w actively researching and deploying virtual worlds. Serious Virtual Worlds is your introduction to the serious uses of virtual worlds. Who should attend? Profes sionals with interests in using technology for communication and collaboration\ for education and training\ scenario p lanning and for commercial activities\from corporates\ the media\ multimedia development organisations\ public secto r organisations\ consultancies\ technology solution provid ers\ and researchers. The Conference Day 1 – Introducing Virtual Worlds: presentations and conv ersations introducing virtual worlds and the 3D web from Cis co\ HP\ Forterra\ Linden Labs\ Giuntilabs\ Daden\ Ambi ent Performance\ Visual 3D\ Anticyp\..closing with the la unch of the Serious Games Institute’s ‘Second Life’ Is land Day 2  - Serious Virtual Worlds: Action & P otential: live virtual world presentations and conversations from PA Consulting\ IBM\ Reuters\ BP\ Trusim\ Forterra \SMARTLabs\... Web site: www.seriousvirtualworl ds.net URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-13_read-436 LOCATION:The Serious Games Institute\ Coventry\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:433-2007-05-24 16:49:11 CREATED:20070524T164911 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070922 SUMMARY:Workshop on “Cross-Media and Personalized Learning Applicat ions on top of Digital Libraries” DESCRIPTION: The objective of the workshop is to discuss roles and fun ctions of digital libraries as content providers within e-le arning applications and services as well as the development of eLearning systems and application for cross-media deliver y of learning experiences. Central questions here are\ amon g others\ the possible and context adapted use or reuse of digital library materials\ the relevant production\ manage ment and publishing technologies for doing this\ pragmatica lly relevant description and indexing of digital library mat erial\ the integration of e-learning standards in the descr iption of material of a digital library\ the definition and use of elearning publishing standards\ the definition of a ppropriate organizational and workflow models taking into ac count the new\ “virtual” cooperation between the tradit ionally separated activities of librarians and teachers. website at: http://ladl2007.cc.bas.bg/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-16_read-433 LOCATION:Budapest\ Hungary\ CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:432-2007-05-24 12:29:51 CREATED:20070524T122951 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070606 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070607 SUMMARY:Serious Games: Using Games for Learning DESCRIPTION: Where is the real hard learning in a game? Can you use a game based learning approach to knowledge transfer or IT t raining? Is there more to this than meets the eye? Used appropriately games will undoubtedly be a useful addit ion to the learning mix. This one day seminar will explore t he subject from the corporate\ learner and instructional de sign viewpoints\ illustrating where game based learning rea lly will work – and where it won’t. http://www.e learningage.co.uk/go2.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-06_read-432 LOCATION:London\ UK CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:431-2007-05-24 12:19:35 CREATED:20070524T121935 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070718 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070721 SUMMARY:7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Techn ologies (ICALT 2007) DESCRIPTION: Distributed social and personal computing for learning an d instruction Conference highlights Keynotes: - Prof. Tim O'Shea (New Educational Technology Models from Soc ial & Personal Computing) - Dr. Carmen Taran (Torn between Tool Lust and Teaching Humans) - Prof. Marc Eisenstadt (D oes elearning have to be so awful? Time to mashup or shutup! ) http://www.ask4research.info/icalt/2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-18_read-431 LOCATION:Niigata\ Japan CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:430-2007-05-24 12:09:54 CREATED:20070524T120954 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070712 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070716 SUMMARY:CITSA 2007 DESCRIPTION: CITSA '07 is an International Multi-Conference being orga nized with the purpose of providing researchers\ practition ers\ developers\ consultants\ and end-users of computeriz ed\ communications and/or control systems and technologies\  as well as their industrial and social applications in the private and the public sectors\ an opportunity to join in a common place sharing experience and knowledge. It is inten ded to be a forum to expose and share current and future res earch work and innovations in these areas\ as well as in th e relationships among them. One of the primary obje ctives of CITSA '07 is to promote and encourage "interdiscip linary cross-fertilization"\ "epistemic things" and the pro duction of "technical objects". Its intellectual perspective context is systemic thinking and practice\ including the a nalogical thinking that characterizes the Systems Approach. http://www.info-cyber.org/citsa2007 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-12_read-430 LOCATION:Orlando\ Florida\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:428-2007-05-18 14:17:27 CREATED:20070518T141727 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070927 SUMMARY:Learning with Games 2007 DESCRIPTION: DATE: 24 - 26 September 2007 LOCATION: Sophia Antipoli s - France The aim of Learning with Games is to prom ote excellence in the use\ research\ production and depl oyment of Serious Games\ Business Games and Pervasive Gam es to support the learning of individuals within the acade mic\ industrial and business schools environments. The conf erence is designed to appeal to researchers\ policy-makers and practitioners. On the one hand it invites researchers to examine contemporary research issues empirically\ methodol ogically and theoretically\ on the other it invites those w hose primary concern is practice and its implementation to s hare their experiences with us. KEYNOTES: • The Fascination of Digital Games in Learning and Playing - Leon ie Schäfer\ European Commission\ Project Officer • D emetrios G Sampson\ Dept of Technology in Education and Dig ital Systems\ University of Piraeus • The future of I mmersive Learning Environments - David Wortley\ Serious Gam es Institute\ Director TOPICS: - Serious Games - Business Games - Pervasive Games - Game Design - Digital storytelling - Non player characters - Art ificial intelligence - Game programming - Game rende ring - Audio programming - Visual content creation - Music composition - Game production - Pervas ive Games - Alternate and mixed reality - Gamer com munities - Executive learning and teaching - Game p hysics - Simulation - User interfaces - Online games and networking - Mobile games and ubiquity - Agile development - Case studies - User studies and evaluation - Game critical analysis - Legal\ societal and political impact - Intellectual property r ights - Distribution models - Learning Evaluation For more information\ please visit the following w eb site: http://www.learningwithgames2007.org URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-24_read-428 LOCATION:Sophia Antipolis\ France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:426-2007-05-02 18:48:06 CREATED:20070502T184806 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071201 SUMMARY:AXMEDIS2007 International Conference DESCRIPTION: This will be a significant and exciting event on cross-me dia\ content production GRID\ content protection\ interop erable DRM (digital rights management)\ multimedia terminal s\ multiple-play\ multichannel\ multi devices\ MPEG-21 t erminal and tools\ authoring tools\ digital media\  P2P\   OMA\ multi-channel delivery\ content modelling\ busin ess models\  security and distribution\ legal aspects\ a ccessibility\ transaction models\   multimedia music\ w orkflow\ and much more. See http://www.AXMEDIS.o rg/axmedis2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-28_read-426 LOCATION:Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Barcelona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:424-2007-05-02 18:43:12 CREATED:20070502T184312 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070912 SUMMARY:2nd International Conference on Knowledge Management in Orga nization - KMO 2007 - New Trends in Knowledge Management DESCRIPTION: KMO 2007 invites submission of papers both from researche rs in academia and industrial practitioners in different top ics of knowledge management in organization. Papers describi ng recent advances in knowledge management in organization s and technologies are especially welcome. http://km o2007.dti.unimi.it/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-10_read-424 LOCATION:Lecce – Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:422-2007-05-02 18:34:19 CREATED:20070502T183419 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071102 SUMMARY:LINC 2007 Conference: The Fourth Annual Conference of MIT’s Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) DESCRIPTION: The 2007 LINC conference in Jordan aims to bring together international experts involved in the delivery of technolog y-enabled learning and 'e-learning' to emerging regions of t he world\ especially to underserved communities. There will be three major focuses at the conference this year: cross-b order collaboration in e-learning\open source educational c ontent\ and technology-enabled education as a catalyst for positive educational change. Call for Papers Deadlin e: July 15\ 2007 linc.mit.edu/conference URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-28_read-422 LOCATION:October 28-30\ 2007 - Amman\ Jordan: October 31 and Novemb er 1\ 2007 - Dubai\ U.A.E. CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:418-2007-04-16 16:47:38 CREATED:20070416T164738 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070708 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070712 SUMMARY:Info-CybernEthics 2007 DESCRIPTION: Ethics\ Cybernetics and Informatics are being increasing ly related both: conceptually and instrumentally. A twofold purpose guides the organization of Info-CybernEthics 2007 in the context of WMSCI 2007: To bring together resea rchers and practitioners working in this interdisciplinary d omain with the objectives of: Enriching the international reflection on the importance of the ethical and societal as pects of the Information Society. Promoting a balanced ov erview on controversial issues and fostering the presentatio n of conflicting and clashing opinions. Highlighting the conceptual\ theoretical\ and philosophical relationships b etween Cybernetics and Ethics\ especially in the case of Se cond Order Cybernetics. To expose and acquaint the usual audience of WMSCI conferences to the very relevant and impor tant issues which are emerging in the interdisciplinary doma ins of Info-Ethics and Info-Cybernetics.     http://www.iiis-cyber.org/wmsci2007/website/Info -CybernEthics.asp URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-08_read-418 LOCATION:Orlando\ Florida\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:417-2007-04-12 19:01:42 CREATED:20070412T190142 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070623 SUMMARY:Microlearning Conference 2007 DESCRIPTION: The Microlearning Conferences are about new forms of lear ning emerging in the microcontent-based digital media enviro nments. Microcontent is the kind of (very) small pieces (qui te) loosely joined that emerged in the last five years\ in the Web as well as in the mobile/cellular sphere. As "microc ontent"is breaking free from macro-sized silos to form new\ much more loosely coupled formats and structures\ old form s of e-learning\ of knowledge management\ and of informati on acquisition must fail. http://www.microlearning.o rg/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-21_read-417 LOCATION:Innsbruck\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:415-2007-04-05 17:20:11 CREATED:20070405T172011 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070908 SUMMARY:INTERFACE: VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS IN ART\ DESIGN AND EDUCATIO N CONFERENCE\ DESCRIPTION: INTERFACE: VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS IN ART\ DESIGN AND EDUCA TION seeks to bring together a range of outstanding practiti oners who use virtual technologies and virtual environments in innovative ways within their art practice\ design practi ce and/or their art and design education practice. Papers ar e invited in response to the following thematic strands from artists\ designers\ and art and design educators: • T he intersection of real and virtual in art and design educat ion • Changes in design culture through virtual environm ents • Changes in Fine Art cultures through virtual envi ronments • Collaboration across Europe’s art and desig n education cultures through virtual environments • Asse ssment cultures in e-pedagogy siun.hanrahan@dit.ie URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-06_read-415 LOCATION:Dublin\ Ireland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:413-2007-04-05 16:43:13 CREATED:20070405T164313 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070624 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070628 SUMMARY:RuraLEARN International Conference\ DESCRIPTION: The RuraLEARN international conference will bring togethe r academics\ agents of applied research\ and field practit ioners from Europe and beyond who investigate ways of promot ing lifelong learning\ in the widest sense\ in rural commu nities and geographically disadvantaged areas. Conference pa rticipants will present the outcomes of their applied projec ts or academic endeavours\ share their experiences from thi s work\ and discuss towards drawing common conclusions and formulating recommendations for the future. Speakers will in clude renowned international academics and EU representative s. www.ruralearn.eu URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-24_read-413 LOCATION:Chios\ Greece CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:412-2007-04-05 16:17:09 CREATED:20070405T161709 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070902 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070905 SUMMARY:ICT-Learn 2007 International Conference: Cairo\ Egypt DESCRIPTION:Technology enhanced learning and distance education are two of the fastest growing and most exciting areas in education delivery and professional training today. The Human and Tech nology Development Foundation (HDF) invite you to participat e in the ICT-Learn 2007 International Conference: 'Learning Anytime ... Anywhere'. Your organization or company will sur ely benefit as a participant\ exhibitor or sponsor! We an ticipate that the Conference will draw approximately 500 par ticipants of which 100 are from across Middle East and inter nationally. Our members\ delegates and presenters are the i nnovators\ decision-makers and leaders in distance educatio n\ using leading-edge technology to deliver cutting-edge pr ograms. For more information\ please visit the web site htt p://www.distant-learning.net URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-02_read-412 LOCATION:Cairo\ Egypt CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:410-2007-03-30 15:36:57 CREATED:20070330T153657 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071126 SUMMARY:4th International Conference in Open and Distance Learning ( ICODL) DESCRIPTION: The Hellenic Open University\ Hellenic Network of Open & Distance Education cordially invite you to the Fourth Inter national Conference on Open and Distance Learning: 'Applicat ions of Pedagogy and Technology'. An interesting academ ic and social program is being planned and you are assured o f a stimulating\ enjoyable and memorable experience. http://artemis.eap.gr/icodl2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-23_read-410 LOCATION:Athens\ Greece CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:409-2007-03-30 11:56:00 CREATED:20070330T115600 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070615 SUMMARY:Moving Learning Seminar in The Netherlands DESCRIPTION:Business Drivers\ Technology Solutions\ Learning Choices. Discover the latest trends - hear the hot options at Movi ng Learning 2007. In recent years there has been much discus sion about informal learning yet few feel the learning indus try has properly got to grips with it. With learners reachin g for Google before the course catalogue\ how can learning departments engage with future learners in new ways? To be held in Utrecht\ The Netherlands\ 14 June 2007 http ://www.youmoveme.com/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-14_read-409 LOCATION:Utrecht\ The Netherlands CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:407-2007-03-30 11:38:54 CREATED:20070330T113854 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071201 SUMMARY:Online Educa Berlin DESCRIPTION: Online Educa Berlin takes place from 28 to 30 November 20 07 This major international event brings together t he top professionals and experts in technology-supported lea rning and training of all sectors: corporate training\ high er and professional education\ compulsory education and lif elong learning. Each year Online Educa Berlin provi des an exchange of current best practice\ resources and res earch\ as well as the setting for the world's largest inter national gathering of e-learning practitioners\ policy-make rs\ suppliers and stakeholders.   http://www.onl ine-educa.com/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-28_read-407 LOCATION:Berlin\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:406-2007-03-30 11:26:43 CREATED:20070330T112643 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070614 SUMMARY:Moving Learning Seminar in the UK DESCRIPTION: Business Drivers\ Technology Solutions\ Learning Choice s. Discover the latest trends - hear the hot options at M oving Learning 2007. In recent years there has been much dis cussion about informal learning yet few feel the learning in dustry has properly got to grips with it. With learners reac hing for Google before the course catalogue\ how can learni ng departments engage with future learners in new ways? http://www.youmoveme.com/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-13_read-406 LOCATION:London\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:404-2007-03-27 16:12:33 CREATED:20070327T161233 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071101 SUMMARY:openlearn 2007 conference: researching open content in educa tion DESCRIPTION: The ways in which people can learn are changing with new opportunities to learn at a distance\ to learn as part of g lobal community and to learn using new technologies. Open an d free educational resources are an important component in t his expanded world of learning and major initiatives are now underway to provide such resources. This conferenc e recognises the research challenge alongside the business c hallenge of providing\ using and sustaining free and open r esources and invites contributions and participation from th ose who are interested in how to research open content and w hat the findings are from those working in this challenging area. THEMES:    · Research agenda    ·   Sustainability    ·  User experience       Software and tools http://www.open.ac.uk/openl earn/openlearn2007/conference.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-30_read-404 LOCATION:Milton Keynes\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:402-2007-03-27 15:25:49 CREATED:20070327T152549 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070929 SUMMARY:ICL 2007 - International Conference on Interactive Computer Aided Learning DESCRIPTION: This interdisciplinary conference aims to focus on the ex change of relevant trends and research results as well as th e presentation of practical experiences gained while develop ing and testing elements of interactive computer aided learn ing. Therefore pilot projects\ applications and products wi ll also be welcome. http://www.icl-conference.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-26_read-402 LOCATION:Villach\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:400-2007-03-27 14:42:07 CREATED:20070327T144207 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070709 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070710 SUMMARY:AIED 2007 Design Workshop: The Design of AIED Systems: Learn er-Centred and Design Pattern approaches DESCRIPTION: Learner-Centred Design (LCD) is a methodology used in the development of educational systems which involves the learn er and any other relevant stakeholders in the design process . Stakeholders such as learners\ parents and teachers may b e involved in this process as fully-fledged design partners\  as a source of information which is fed into the design or as a tester of prototypical systems. This is invaluable for requirements gathering through observation of current pract ice\ critiquing of existing systems\ low-tech prototyping and formative evaluation of high-tech prototypes. A related\ but distinctly different area\ is Design Patterns . In general\ such patterns make explicit sound practices o f how to solve repeatedly-occurring design problems and prov ide re-usable knowledge for creating systems. Since the orig in of design patterns in the area of architecture in 1977\ analogous approaches have been developed in a variety of dom ains. In particular\ in the last decade\ design patterns h ave been used extensively in software engineering and\ more specifically\ have recently been applied to human-computer interaction\ groupware and software development. S ince both techniques draw on the identification of guideline s of how to design systems\ this workshop aims to explore t he potential synergy between these two approaches specifical ly in the context of the design of AIED systems. The worksho p will consist of a series of presented papers in these area s. Contributors will also be asked to provide accompanying p osters of their work to facilitate discussion throughout the day. The workshop will conclude with a plenary session led by an expert panel drawing together the effective techniques that have been running themes within the workshop presentat ions. http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/aied_desig n_workshop/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-09_read-400 LOCATION:Marina Beach Marriott Hotel\ Los Angeles CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:399-2007-03-27 14:34:48 CREATED:20070327T143448 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070709 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070714 SUMMARY:AIED 2007 - 13th International Conference on Artificial Inte lligence in Education DESCRIPTION: The 13th International Conference on Artificial Intellige nce in Education (AIED 2007) is in an ongoing series of bien nial international conferences for top quality research in c ognitive science and intelligent systems for educational com puting applications. The conference thus provides opportunit ies for the cross-fertilization of information and ideas fro m researchers in the many fields that make up this interdisc iplinary research area\ including: artificial intelligence\  other areas of computer science\ cognitive science\ educ ation\ learning sciences\ educational technology\ psychol ogy\ philosophy\ sociology\ anthropology\ linguistics\ and the many domain-specific areas for which AIED systems ha ve been designed and built. http://www.isi.edu/AIED 2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-09_read-399 LOCATION:Marina Beach Marriott Hotel\ Los Angeles\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:398-2007-03-27 14:26:41 CREATED:20070327T142641 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071017 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071020 SUMMARY:ePortfolio 2007 DESCRIPTION: Now in its 5th year\ this is the key international event for the growing community of professionals interested in\ and working with\ ePortfolios. It brings together policy-ma kers\ researchers\ teachers\ trainers\ human resource ma nagers and technologists. As a thematic event devoted to one domain\ it allows an in-depth and broad exploration of the issues - and results in real outcomes. Past events have res ulted in the creation of national and international networks \ contribution to ePortfolio policy\ the launch of the ePo rtfolio for All campaign\ progress in ePortfolio interopera bility through the Plugfest\ transnational projects and num erous publications. The aims of this year’s conference are to build on this work and focus in particular on the role o f the ePortfolio in the development and implementation of li felong employability. http://events.eife-l.org/ep200 7/call URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-17_read-398 LOCATION:Maastricht\ the Netherlands CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:396-2007-03-27 14:15:48 CREATED:20070327T141548 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070712 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070714 SUMMARY:Key Competencies:Skills for Life 2007 DESCRIPTION: The challenge of ensuring that citizens and employees are equipped with the skills and competencies needed to live an d work in the 21st century has never been more urgent. Demog raphic trends\ global competition and technological advance s make it even more imperative to raise the level of skills and ensure that these are maintained in line with rapid evol utions. This aim of this conference is to bring toge ther representatives of education\ training\ industry\ go vernment and trade unions in order to identify and share inn ovative and productive policy and practice in the domain of development of key competencies. Its aim also is to forge in ternational links and produce action plans for ongoing colla boration and development. http://events.eife-l.org/k c2007 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-12_read-396 LOCATION:London\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:395-2007-03-27 14:09:49 CREATED:20070327T140949 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070618 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070620 SUMMARY:CV 2007 DESCRIPTION: The main aim of this seminar is to establish a state of t he art of CV interoperability and define the main elements t o take into account in the next version of HR-XML specificat ions\ while integrating the link with digital identity mana gement. The event will be of particular interest to human re source professionals\ public and private employment service s\ policy and decision makers and information system expert s. The seminar will be conducted in English. http:// events.eife-l.org/cv07/cv2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-18_read-395 LOCATION:Paris\ France CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:393-2007-03-27 12:36:14 CREATED:20070327T123614 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071115 SUMMARY:M-Libraries Conference 2007 DESCRIPTION: This conference\ hosted by The Open University in partne rship with Athabasca University\ aims to explore and share work carried out in libraries around the world to deliver se rvices and resources to users ‘on the move\’ via a grow ing plethora of mobile devices. The conference will bring together researchers\ technical developers\ managers and l ibrary practitioners to exchange experience and expertise an d generate ideas for future developments. http://kn. open.ac.uk/public/index.cfm?wpid=7151 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-13_read-393 LOCATION:Milton Keynes\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:391-2007-03-23 17:21:38 CREATED:20070323T172138 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070930 SUMMARY:COSELLO - Conference on Open Source in Education and Languag e Learning Online DESCRIPTION: This conference is the final event in a two-year European project (Covcell)\ aimed at supporting language learning a nd teaching in an online environment by adding tools which s upport collaboration and co-operation to the functionlities already provided by the Moodle learning management system. As well as showcasing the collaborative tools developed by the project\ the conference seeks to address critical is sues in the field of online language learning from two persp ectives: (1) the pedagogical perspective of the effectivenes s of cohort-oriented\ task-based approaches to language lea rning and teaching in an online environment\ (2) the techni cal perspective of open source development of tools which su pport online language learning and teaching. http:// covcell.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-28_read-391 LOCATION:Reykjavík\ Iceland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:390-2007-03-23 17:15:42 CREATED:20070323T171542 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070524 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070526 SUMMARY:PLT 2007 - 1st International Workshop of Pen-Based Learning Technologies DESCRIPTION: Handheld technology and pen-based input devices (e.g.\Ta blet PC\ PDA\ Origami-UMPC\ digital pen and paper\ graph ic tablets\ pen-mouse) provide novel opportunities to devel op: • More natural interaction and collaboration • Multimodal\ multi-party feedback and communication • Mo bile learning. This workshop brings together researcher s and practitioners interested in any aspect of design\ dev elopment\ deployment and evaluation of the next generation of pen-based learning technologies. We seek original contrib utions that will advance our understanding of how to make op timal use of PBLTs\ and that will elucidate the relationshi p between pen-based interfaces and pedagogy\ learning tasks \ and learning settings. http://plt2007.ing.unict.i t/HTML/pag00.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-24_read-390 LOCATION:Catania\ Italy CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:389-2007-03-22 17:36:44 CREATED:20070322T173644 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070531 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070602 SUMMARY:TeleHealth 2007 - Third International Association of Science and Technology for Development (ASTED) DESCRIPTION: The healthcare industry is constantly changing to incorpo rate new advances in science and to address new needs within society. Recent developments in communication technology ha ve greatly facilitated the exchange of information and exper tise. Telehealth is an emerging field in which health servic es are transmitted over a long distance using technologies s uch as videoconferencing\ the Internet\ store-and-forward imaging\ streaming media\ satellites\ and wireless commun ications. Telehealth promises to impact the ways that clinic al healthcare\ health-related education\ public health\ a nd health administration are approached. Telehealth 2007 is intended to be an international forum for researchers and pr actitioners interested in the advances in and applications o f Telehealth to exchange the latest research\ results\ and ideas in these areas. http://www.iasted.org/confer ences/cfp-564.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-31_read-389 LOCATION:Montreal\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:388-2007-03-22 17:17:50 CREATED:20070322T171750 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070529 SUMMARY:eLearning Africa - 2nd International Conference on ICT for D evelopment\ Education and Training DESCRIPTION: Meeting the networking needs of the Pan-African eLearning and distance education sector\ the annual eLearning Africa conference is the key networking venue for practitioners an d professionals from Africa and all over the world. http://www.elearning-africa.com/index.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-28_read-388 LOCATION:Nairobi\ Kenya CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:387-2007-03-22 17:11:41 CREATED:20070322T171141 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070427 SUMMARY:Fast Forward Educational Media Showcase DESCRIPTION: For thirteen years\ Fast Forward has brought public and special librarians\ educators and school administrators\ b usiness\ health\ public and private sector trainers togeth er with media distributors for just one purpose: to preview DVDS\ videos\ CDs and other media in order to make better purchasing decisions. http://www.langara.bc.ca/ffwd/ index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-25_read-387 LOCATION:North Vancouver\ British Columbia\ Canada CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:386-2007-03-22 16:47:49 CREATED:20070322T164749 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070524 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070528 SUMMARY:10th annual Subtle Technologies Festival DESCRIPTION: Subtle Technologies is a four-day multidisciplinary Festi val exploring complex and subtle relationships between art a nd science. The annual international event combines symposia \ exhibitions\ workshops and performances that juxtapose c utting-edge artistic projects and scientific exploration. For the 10th Annual Festival\ Subtle Technologies inv ites practitioners of arts\ sciences and medicines\ and th ose who study their context\ historians\ ethicists\ and o ther critical thinkers to contemplate how these disciplines can work together and reshape perspectives on the body. As scientific and technological breakthroughs prominentl y occupy our culture\ we ask where the boundaries are. We a re interested in investigating how we relate bodies in situ: as parts\ as a whole\ as systems\ how we identify\ map\  modify\ protect\ violate\ and heal. http://subt letechnologies.com/2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-24_read-386 LOCATION:Toronto\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:385-2007-03-22 16:39:25 CREATED:20070322T163925 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070519 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070524 SUMMARY:18th IRMA International Conference - Information Resources M anagement Association DESCRIPTION: Theme: Managing Worldwide Operations and Communications w ith Information Technology. IRMA provides a unique opportu nity to network with colleagues from around the globe\ and in the process\ to gain new perspectives on a wide range of research topics. http://www.irma-international.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-19_read-385 LOCATION:Vancouver\ British Columbia\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:384-2007-03-22 16:25:40 CREATED:20070322T162540 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070508 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070510 SUMMARY:WWW2007 - International World Wide Web Conference DESCRIPTION: The World Wide Web Conference is the global event that br ings together the key innovators\ decision-makers\ technol ogists\ businesses\ and standards bodies shaping the Web. Organized by the IW3C2 since 1994\ the WWW conferen ce is the annual gathering place of the international commun ity to discuss and debate the future evolution of the Web. http://www2007.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-08_read-384 LOCATION:Banff\ Alberta\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:383-2007-03-22 16:14:55 CREATED:20070322T161455 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070506 SUMMARY:WCCCE2007 - Western Canadian Conference on Computing Educati on DESCRIPTION: The Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education is a forum for disseminating information pertaining to the dev elopment and delivery of programs and courses in computer sc ience\ computer technology\ and information systems in gen eral. The conference brings together university and college educators along with industrial partners and government offi cials who have an interest in the instruction of computer re lated courses. It is designed for all educators who are invo lved in the evolution of computing education. http: //www.tru.ca/wccce/   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-03_read-383 LOCATION:Kamloops\ British Columbia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:382-2007-03-22 15:56:25 CREATED:20070322T155625 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071110 SUMMARY:EADTU's 20th Anniversary Conference DESCRIPTION: The European Association of Distance Teaching Universitie s (EADTU) is the representative organisation of both the Eur opean open and distance learning universities and of the nat ional consortia of higher education institutions active in t he field of distance education and e-learning. Conf erence theme: International courses and services online - Vi rtual Erasmus and a new generation of Open Educational Resou rces for a European and global outreach http://www. eadtu.nl/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-08_read-382 LOCATION:Lisbon\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:381-2007-03-21 17:17:32 CREATED:20070321T171732 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070819 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070825 SUMMARY:EuroLogo 2007 DESCRIPTION: EuroLogo is a biannual conference which focuses on educat ional applications of Logo and other exploratory computer to ols used in the classroom at all age-levels of education. Bratislava EuroLogo conference carries on the work of the previous ones in Dublin (1987)\ Gent (1989)\ Parma (1991) \ Anavisos (1993)\ Birmingham (1995)\ Budapest (1997)\ S ofia (1999)\ Linz (2001)\ Porto (2003) and Warsaw (2005). http://www.eurologo2007.org/index.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -08-19_read-381 LOCATION:Bratislava\ Slovakia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:380-2007-03-20 17:16:11 CREATED:20070320T171611 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070607 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070609 SUMMARY:SWEL'07 - Ontologies and Semantic Web for E-Learning DESCRIPTION: This workshop will focus on Semantic Web based knowledge representation\ Grid technologies\ engineering approaches and methods for the design\ development and experimentation of intelligent distributed educational systems. It will dis cuss issues related to the use of ontologies\ Semantic Web standards\ distributed processes and systems enabled by Gri d technologies for learning content delivery\ services and knowledge components specification\ effective intelligent c ourseware construction\ and learner modeling. SWEL'07 is the fifth in the series. This edition has a special focus on service oriented Semantic Grid Architectures for e-Learn ing and is organized together with two Special Interest Grou ps of the European Network of Excellence Kaleidoscope: Artif icial Intelligence and Education\ and Learning Grid. http://compsci.wssu.edu/iis/swel/swel07/swel07-aied07.htm l URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-07_read-380 LOCATION:Marina Del Rey\ California\ USA CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:379-2007-03-20 17:06:20 CREATED:20070320T170620 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070607 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070609 SUMMARY:Learning Technologies: from Pilot to Mainstream - 5th annual conference on Teaching and Learning DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) at NUI Galway is delighted to announce our 5th Annual Teach ing and Learning Conference\ to take place on the 7th and 8 th June\ 2007. This year\ the title is "Learning Technolog ies: from Pilot to Mainstream" and amongst the visiting keyn otes are the distinguished elearning consultant and writer\ Stephen Heppell\  Prof. Wim van Petagem from K.U. Leuven\  Prof Ray Land from the University of Strathclyde\ Prof Mi chael Kerres (University of Duisberg Essen). Aimed at a cademic staff (and suitable also for learning support staff) in higher education\ this conference will focus on practic al issues in the implementation and use of a range of techno logies\ providing insight into emerging "good practice\" r eal world challenges and future potential. Our emphasis will be on teaching and learning\ rather than technical issues and through a series of presentations\ discussions and prac tical sessions we hope to be able to share experience and nu rture networks of practitioners. http://www.conferen ce.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=38 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-07_read-379 LOCATION:Galway\ Ireland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:378-2007-03-20 16:51:19 CREATED:20070320T165119 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071025 SUMMARY:ISDA'07 - Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Sy stems Design and Applications DESCRIPTION: The International Conference on Intelligent Systems Desig n and Applications (ISDA) is a major annual international co nference to bring together researchers\ engineers\ develop ers and practitioners from academia and industry working in all interdisciplinary areas of computational intelligence an d system engineering to share their experience\ and exchang e and cross-fertilize their ideas. Following the big su ccess of ISDA'2006\ ISDA'2007\ which is the seventh editio n of ISDA\ serves as a forum for the dissemination of state -of-the-art research\ development\ and implementations of intelligent systems\ intelligent technologies and useful ap plications in these two fields. http://www.isda07.en g.uerj.br/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-22_read-378 LOCATION:Rio de Janeiro\ Brazil CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:376-2007-03-20 16:39:58 CREATED:20070320T163958 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071025 SUMMARY:WG-LES2007 - Workshop on Web & Grid-based Virtual Laboratori es\ Experimenting and Simulation DESCRIPTION: The rapid growth of Internet-based technologies and the d evelopment of new computing paradigms such as Web and Grid C omputing have opened new interesting possibilities for appli cations in new areas of computing and engineering. Among the se areas\ remote virtual laboratories\ remote system contr ol\ experimenting and simulation based on Web and Grid comp uting are emerging as new application areas of such computin g paradigms.  The aim is to develop applications t hat offer to researchers\ practitioners and students remote services for working and controlling computing devices or e ngineering instruments. Further\ Web & Grid applications ca n alleviate experimenting with benchmarks of problems\ faci litate configuration\ flexibility and repetition of experim enting in an efficient and user-friendly manner. Finally\  many simulation processes can be conducted online providing thus ways to monitor such processes and extract useful and significant data for posterior analysis. http://w ww.lsi.upc.edu/~fatos/ISDA2007_WG-LES2007_SpecialSession.htm l   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-22_read-376 LOCATION:Rio de Janeiro\ Brazil CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:373-2007-03-20 16:18:53 CREATED:20070320T161853 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070908 SUMMARY:HCI2007: "HCI\ but not as we know it" DESCRIPTION: HCI 2007\ will be a conference\ 'but not as we know it' . At this conference\ discuss technology whilst surrounded by natural beauty\ engage with up to the minute themes\ so me old favourites as well as new and exciting concepts and i nteract with the latest technological developments - all in the shadow of the ancient city of Lancaster. http:// www.bcs-hci.org.uk/hci2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-03_read-373 LOCATION:Lancaster University\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:372-2007-03-19 17:11:23 CREATED:20070319T171123 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070716 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070717 SUMMARY:Linking CSCL design patterns to authentic educational case s tudies DESCRIPTION: Designing effective computer supported collaborative lear ning (CSCL) environments in an efficient affordable way is a demanding task\ which requires creativity and a significan t amount of expertise. We could state that patterns give eve n experienced designers a common language for discussing the ir ideas amongst peers and provide CSCL researchers convenie nt shorthand for expressing research results.  The scope of this workshop is to identify the way of linking d esign patterns with authentic cases and thus towards a bette r elicitation process for patterns of various kinds\ e.g. s ystem oriented patterns\ learning flow design patterns\ su bject oriented patterns. http://cosy.ted.unipi.gr/C SCL_DPatterns_workshop.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-16_read-372 LOCATION:The State University of New Jersey CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:370-2007-03-16 16:01:01 CREATED:20070316T160101 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070915 SUMMARY:ACII 2007 - 2nd International Conference on: Affective Compu ting and Intelligent Interaction DESCRIPTION: The second International Conference on Affective Computin g and Intelligent Interaction (ACII2007) will be a meeting p oint for researchers studying and developing the role of emo tion and other affective phenomena as these relate to human- computer and human-robot interaction\ graphics\ AI\ robot ics\ vision\ speech\ synthetic characters\ games\ educa tional software\ and related areas. KEYNOTES: •  The Mental Ground of (Complex) Emotions and its Impact on Affective Interaction •  Avoiding Affective Automa tion •  Faces and Emotions: Why the same expression may not mean the same when shown on different faces • Emo tion in Social Interaction: Functions and Dysfunctions   http://gaips.inesc-id.pt/acii2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-12_read-370 LOCATION:Lisbon\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:366-2007-03-02 15:18:14 CREATED:20070302T151814 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071025 SUMMARY:COSDA2007: The First International Workshop on Collaborative System Design and Applications DESCRIPTION: Collaborative systems have caused a drastic change in the way people focus work and learning\ especially at a distan ce. P2P and grid middleware and applications have opened new interesting possibilities for collaboration and learning. P 2P allowed collaborators to share their own resources\ wher eby grid facilitated the access to remote resources not affo rdable locally as well as the increase of the participants capacity to carry out specific tasks. Special emphasis is given to systems and applications that focus on participants that provide their own resources for the achievement of the ir goals. Another influencing issue concerns the analysis of both the systems performance and group interactions. The la tter constitutes an important factor for group monitoring\ support and performance. http://dpcs.uoc.edu/COSDA20 07/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-22_read-366 LOCATION:Rio de Janeiro\ Brazil CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:365-2007-02-15 16:29:20 CREATED:20070215T162920 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070528 SUMMARY:ICIT 2007 - International Conference on Information Technolo gy DESCRIPTION: The Fourth International Conference on Information Techno logy (ICIT 2007) aims to bring together researchers\ scient ists\ engineers\ and students to exchange and share their experiences\ new ideas\ and research results about all asp ects of Information Technology\ and discuss the practical c hallenges encountered and the solutions adopted. ht tp://www.enformatika.org/icit07/   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-25_read-365 LOCATION:Vienna\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:364-2007-02-15 16:22:42 CREATED:20070215T162242 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070528 SUMMARY:ICCS 2007 - 4th International Conference on Computer Science DESCRIPTION: The Fourth International Conference on Computer Science ( ICCS 2007) aims to bring together researchers\ scientists\ engineers\ and students to exchange and share their experi ences\ new ideas\ and research results about all aspects o f computer and information sciences\ and discuss the practi cal challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. http://www.enformatika.org/iccs07/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-25_read-364 LOCATION:Vienna\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:363-2007-02-15 16:13:33 CREATED:20070215T161333 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070427 SUMMARY:The 14th Annual Fast Forward Educational Media Showcase DESCRIPTION: For thirteen years\ Fast Forward has brought public and special librarians\ educators and school administrators\ b usiness\ health\ public and private sector trainers togeth er with media distributors for just one purpose: to preview DVDS\ videos\ CDs and other media in order to make better purchasing decisions. http://www.langara.bc.ca/ffwd/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-25_read-363 LOCATION:North Vancouver\ British Colombia\ Canada CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:362-2007-02-15 16:06:23 CREATED:20070215T160623 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070525 SUMMARY:Enterprise 2007—The EDUCAUSE Enterprise Technology Conferen ce DESCRIPTION: A conference focused on current and future leaders and ma nagers of information technologies in support of the higher education enterprise. The conference will take a broad\ enterprise-wide look at the current issues and challenges fa cing institutions today—with a focus on the interests of l eaders and managers of enterprise and administrative informa tion technology groups within IT\ business\ or academic un its at colleges and universities. http://www.educaus e.edu/ent07/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-23_read-362 LOCATION:Chicago\ Illinois\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:361-2007-02-15 14:23:46 CREATED:20070215T142346 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070521 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070524 SUMMARY:Copyright Utopia: Alternative Visions\ Methods and Policies DESCRIPTION: Join the Center for Intellectual Property to discuss with noted scholars and practitioners the current state of copyr ight nationally and internationally. Spanning three days\ t wo keynote speakers and six engaging panels will facilitate the discussion on the technological\ legal\ and licensing alternatives to the current state of copyright. htt p://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/index.shtml   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-21_read-361 LOCATION:University of Maryland University College\ USA CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:360-2007-02-15 14:12:35 CREATED:20070215T141235 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070521 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070524 SUMMARY:WWC'07 - World Wireless Congress DESCRIPTION: 2007 International Conference on Fourth Generation Mobile Communications WWC'2007 will continue to deliver the newest technologies for the future mobile communications\ s uch as open wireless architecture (OWA) technology\ open sp ectrum management technology\ radio health analytical model ing\ service-oriented mobility infrastructure and secured w ireless interface technology\ etc. http://www.b3g.o rg/b3g/wnew.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-21_read-360 LOCATION:California\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:359-2007-02-15 12:40:19 CREATED:20070215T124019 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070519 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070521 SUMMARY:CITOT 2007 - Conference on Information Technology Organizati ons and Teams DESCRIPTION: Functioning of organizations and teams in a business envi ronemnt is possible by adequate use of Information Technolog y. Evolution of Web technologies\ small display devices as well as mobile and groupware systems is transforming interac tion between people either in working or in entertainment en vironment. http://atlo.itml.org/citot2007/index.htm l   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-19_read-359 LOCATION:Lisbon\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:358-2007-02-15 12:28:40 CREATED:20070215T122840 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070513 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070520 SUMMARY:ICIW07 - The Second International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services DESCRIPTION: ICIW 2007 comprises two complementary tracks on “Intern et and Web-based applications and services” and “Web-ser vice based systems and applications”. They focus on Web te chnologies\ design and development of Web-based application s\ and interactions of these applications with other types of systems. Management aspects related to these applications and challenges on specialized domains are aided at too. Eva luation techniques and standard position on different aspect s are part of the expected agenda. http://www.iaria .org/conferences2007/ICIW07.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-13_read-358 LOCATION:Mauritius CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:357-2007-02-15 12:16:17 CREATED:20070215T121617 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070513 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070517 SUMMARY:CADE/AMTEC International Conference "Connecting in the Globa l Village" DESCRIPTION: Red River College and The University of Manitoba are plea sed to be hosting the CADE (Canadian Association for Distanc e Education)/AMTEC (Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada) International Conference The bilingua l conference\ entitled "Connecting in the Global Village/Co nnexions dans le village planétaire"\ draws its theme from the celebrated work of Marshall McLuhan. His ideas are refl ected in many of the technological trends and current develo pments in education. The 2007 CADE/AMTEC conference will p rovide an exciting opportunity to come together to investiga te\ evaluate\ rethink and connect with contemporary trends in educational technology\ new media and distance and dist ributed learning. http://www.cade-aced.ca/conference s/2007/home.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-13_read-357 LOCATION:Winnipeg\ Manitoba\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:356-2007-02-15 12:05:55 CREATED:20070215T120555 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070513 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070520 SUMMARY:AICT2007 - Advanced International Conference on Telecommunic ations DESCRIPTION: Including the Third International Workshop on E-learning and Mobile Learning on Telecommunications sponsored by the I nternational Academy\ Research\ and Industry Association\ Mauritius AICT 2007 covers a variety of challenging te lecommunication topics ranging from background fields like s ignals\ traffic\ coding\ communication basics up to large communication systems and networks\ fixed\ mobile and int egrated\ etc. Applications\ services\ system and network management issues will also receive significant attention. http://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/AICT07.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-13_read-356 LOCATION:Mauritius CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:355-2007-02-15 11:57:51 CREATED:20070215T115751 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070508 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070509 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference:"Choosing the R ight Learning Management System" DESCRIPTION: As online learning programs around the country mature\ i nstitutions often discover that their online course manageme nt system cannot scale as quickly as demand. The administrat ive solution is to migrate to an enterprise-level management system. Faculty\ however\ are often reluctant to migrate\  especially if it involves learning a new system. This audi oconference explains how a formal project management process can be used to gain stakeholder buy-in across the instituti on. http://www.itcnetwork.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-08_read-355 LOCATION:Audioconference CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:354-2007-02-15 11:50:07 CREATED:20070215T115007 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070506 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070509 SUMMARY:Leading Learning Conference DESCRIPTION: The third annual Leading Learning conference announces th e details of the 2007 event. We invite you to participate in this interactive and important learning conference\ focuse d on Making Connections. Discover how educators are making e ffective use of information communications technology (ICT) to develop innovative models for teaching\ learning and tra ining. By sharing current practice\ exploring future initia tives and disseminating recent research\ teachers\ emergin g teachers\ administrators and policy makers will expand th eir thoughtful and effective use of ICT to enhance teaching practice and increase student achievement. Leading-edge e-le arning programs\ technologies\ and the effective practices presented at this conference will provide participants with opportunities to interact\ network\ engage and make conne ctions. http://www.leadinglearning.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-06_read-354 LOCATION:Ontario\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:353-2007-02-15 11:39:49 CREATED:20070215T113949 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070429 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070503 SUMMARY:EDUCAUSE Australasia 2007 DESCRIPTION: This will be the premier event for professionals working in higher education\ managing information technologies to a dvance scholarship\ learning\ teaching and research. With the theme of "Advancing Knowledge Pushing Boundaries"\ the programme will not only feature interesting\ relevant and u p-to-date content but will provide you with excellent opport unities to interact with colleagues from other institutions and other industries. http://www.caudit.edu.au/educa useaustralasia07/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-29_read-353 LOCATION:Melbourne\ Australia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:352-2007-02-14 16:30:29 CREATED:20070214T163029 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070429 SUMMARY:ICONS07 - International Conference on Systems Second Annual and the Second International Workshop on Mobile Communicatio ns and Learning DESCRIPTION: The International Conference on Systems (ICONS 2007) init iates a series of events covering a broad spectrum of topics . The conference covers fundamentals on designing\ implemen ting\ testing\ validating and maintaining various kinds of software and hardware systems. Several tracks are proposed to treat the topics from theory to practice\ in terms of me thodologies\ design\ implementation\ testing\ use cases\  tools\ and lessons learnt. http://www.farcampus. com/rcis/index.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-22_read-352 LOCATION:Sainte-Luce\ Martinique CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:351-2007-02-14 16:18:06 CREATED:20070214T161806 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070427 SUMMARY:RCIS 2007 - First International Conference on Research Chall enges in Information Science DESCRIPTION: The First International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS) aims at providing an internat ional forum for scientists\ researchers\ engineers and dev elopers from a wide range of information science areas to ex change ideas and approaches in this evolving field. While pr esenting research findings and state-of-art solutions\ you are especially invited to share experiences on new research challenges. http://www.farcampus.com/rcis/index.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-23_read-351 LOCATION:Ouarzazate\ Morocco CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:350-2007-02-14 16:04:47 CREATED:20070214T160447 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070429 SUMMARY:ICN 2007 - The Sixth International Conference on Networking DESCRIPTION: The 2007 IEEE International Conference on Networking (ICN 2007) is organized and technically co-sponsored by IEEE/Fra nce\ IEE\ and by the International Academy\ Research and Industry Association (IARIA). ICN 2007 is organized by and f or academic\ research and industrial partners. http ://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/CfPICN07.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-22_read-350 LOCATION:Sainte-Luce\ Martinique CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:349-2007-02-14 15:42:18 CREATED:20070214T154218 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070417 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070420 SUMMARY:12th annual TCC Worldwide Online Conference DESCRIPTION: E-Learning is passé. U-learning is the new wave globally in higher education. Ubiquitous learning encompasses e-lear ning and emphasizes learning anytime\ anywhere and anyway i n both formal and informal lifelong learning environments. A s u-learning and Web 2.0 technology evolve\ social interact ion\ intercultural communications\ and global collaboratio n increases in importance. Social networking and learning co mmunities are integral components of u-learning. Throu gh online social networks\ young adults today gain a sense of community that is important in their daily and social lif e. How can we learn from this? How can we learn from our stu dents? TCC or Technology\ Colleges and Community is a worldwide online conference designed for university and coll ege practitioners including faculty\ academic support staff \ counselors\ student services personnel\ students\ and administrators. http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu/2007/tcc/w elcome.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-17_read-349 LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:348-2007-02-14 15:32:50 CREATED:20070214T153250 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070417 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070418 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference: "Game-based Te chnologies in Higher Education" DESCRIPTION: Presenter: Dr. Claudia Johnston\ Associate Vice Presiden t for Special Projects\ Texas A&M University - Corpus Chris ti http://www.itcnetwork.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-17_read-348 LOCATION:Audioconference CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:347-2007-02-07 16:59:42 CREATED:20070207T165942 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070929 SUMMARY:12th Cambridge Internation Conference on Open and Distance L earning DESCRIPTION: What do we know about using new technologies for learning and teaching? A ten year perspective. DATE: 25 - 28 September 2007 LOCATION:New Hall\ Cambridge\ UK. Presented by The Centre for Educational Research and Deve lopment\ St Edmund's College\ in association with the Open University and The Commonwealth of Learning KEYN OTES: • Reducing the loneliness of the distance learner using social software - Professor Terry Anderson\ Canada R esearch Chair in Distance Education\ Athabasca University • Technology in the service of our educational ambitions : bringing it into the mainstream - Professor Diana Laurilla rd\ Professor of Learning with Digital Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab\ Institute of Education\ University o f London • Digital Divide or Digital Dividend? Postcard from the South - Professor Asha Kanwar\ VicePresident\ Th e Commonwealth of Learning • The Global Teacher Crisis. Meeting the Challenge through New. Technologies and New Mod es of Teaching and Learning - Professor Bob Moon\ Director\  Teacher Education in SubSaharan Africa\ Faculty of Educat ion and Language Studies\ The Open University\ UK For more information\ please visit the following web site: http://www2.open.ac.uk/r06/conference/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-25_read-347 LOCATION:Cambridge\ UK CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:346-2007-02-07 16:44:28 CREATED:20070207T164428 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070507 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070510 SUMMARY:Online Educa Madrid DESCRIPTION: Over 500 high-level decision makers in higher education\ business and government from more than 30 countries come to gether at Online Educa Madrid\ making it the key networking venue in the rapidly expanding sector of e-learning in the Spanish-speaking world. http://www.online-educa-mad rid.com/english/index.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-07_read-346 LOCATION:Madrid\ Spain CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:345-2007-02-07 16:25:16 CREATED:20070207T162516 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070418 SUMMARY:EduMedia Conference 2007 "Open Educational Practices and Res ources for lifelong learning" DESCRIPTION: How does self-directed\ lifelong learning benefits from open training materials of the internet\ open source based learn- and knowledge software and common good licences? http://edumedia.salzburgresearch.at/index.php?option=com _content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=93&lang=en URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-16_read-345 LOCATION:Salzburg\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:343-2007-02-07 15:42:08 CREATED:20070207T154208 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070825 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070830 SUMMARY:AMEE 2007 DESCRIPTION: The Association for Medical Education in Europe is a worl dwide organisation with members in 90 countries on five cont inents. Members include educators\ researchers\ administra tors\ curriculum developers\ assessors and students in med icine and the healthcare professions. AMEE organises an annual conference and delivers courses on teaching\ assess ment and research skills for teachers in medicine and the he althcare professions. AMEE produces the journal Medical Teac her\ a series of education guides\ occasional papers and B est Evidence Medical Education guides and the online informa tion resource MedEdCentral. http://www.amee.org/inde x.asp?cookies=True URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -08-25_read-343 LOCATION:Trondheim\ Norway CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:341-2007-01-31 10:50:30 CREATED:20070131T105030 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071110 SUMMARY:ICCE2007 - 15th International Conference on Computers in Edu cation DESCRIPTION: ICCE 2007 will be a prestigious and high quality internat ional conference that establishes a forum for scholarly exch anges and interactions in employing the use of computing tec hnologies in education. Organized annually under the auspice s of the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (AP SCE)\ ICCE conferences have been enhancing quality research and development in technology-supported education throughou t the Asia-Pacific region and internationally. The technical program of ICCE 2007 will include paper sessions\ posters\  tutorials\ workshops\ invited speeches\ doctoral consor tium and other special events. http://www.icce2007.i nfo/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-05_read-341 LOCATION:Hiroshima\ Japan CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:340-2007-01-29 11:45:00 CREATED:20070129T114500 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070331 SUMMARY:1st European Workshop on Latent Semantic Analysis in Technol ogy-Enhanced Learning DESCRIPTION: Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) has been successfully depl oyed in various applications to enrich learning and teaching with information-technology. The primary goal of the worksh op is to bring together experts in the field in order to sha re knowledge gained within the distributed research about la tent semantic analysis in educational applications\ in part icular from the context of the IST projects Cooper\ iCamp\ TenCompetence and ProLearn. In addition to the presentation of recent advances\ the workshop will provide a platform f or the formation of special interest groups to stipulate a j oint research agenda and stimulate innovation and future dev elopments. http://homer.ou.nl/lsa-workshop07/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-29_read-340 LOCATION:Open University of the Netherlands\ Heerlen\ The Netherlan ds CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:338-2007-01-24 17:50:14 CREATED:20070124T175014 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070627 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070701 SUMMARY:6th International Conference on Mathematical Knowledge Manag ement DESCRIPTION: Mathematical Knowledge Management is an innovative field in the intersection of mathematics and computer science. Its development is driven on the one hand by the new technologi cal possibilities which computer science\ the internet\ an d intelligent knowledge processing offer\ and on the other hand by the need for new techniques for managing the rapidly growing volume of mathematical knowledge. http://ww w.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mmk/events/MKM07/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-27_read-338 LOCATION:Hagenberg\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:337-2007-01-24 17:40:27 CREATED:20070124T174027 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070410 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070413 SUMMARY:Security 2007: EDUCAUSE and Internet Security Professionals Conference DESCRIPTION: Sponsored by the EDUCAUSE & Internet2 Computer and Networ k Security Task Force\ this annual meeting brings together information security professionals\ IT staff\ and others f rom across the higher education community. The 2007 conferen ce will include keynote speakers\ pre and postconference se minars\ corporate displays\ and sessions that address tech nical solutions\ security policies and procedures\ and man agement issues\ including security training and awareness. http://www.educause.edu/sec07 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-10_read-337 LOCATION:Denver\ Colorado\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:336-2007-01-24 17:18:07 CREATED:20070124T171807 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070305 SUMMARY:TLT 2007 - Teaching and Learning with Technology DESCRIPTION: "Learning Without Boundaries" TLT is open to anyone wi th an interest in instructional technology. We invite facult y\ administrators\ and IT professionals who are passionate about the role of technology in education to discuss and de monstrate innovative ways of incorporating technology into t eaching and learning. There is no cost to attend the confere nce. http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/conference/index .cfm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-03_read-336 LOCATION:Purdue University\ West Lafayette\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:335-2007-01-24 17:04:33 CREATED:20070124T170433 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070328 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference "Developmental Education: Teaching Strategies - Promising Practices" DESCRIPTION: This program will feature teaching strategies that show p romise for improving developmental student learning. These i nclude: peer-led team learning\ accelerated learning groups \ brain-compatible learning\ structured learning assistanc e\ and others. A 30-minute audioconference follows the broa dcast. Everyone is invited to the Internet discussion forum that follows the broadcast for one week. http://www. itcnetwork.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-27_read-335 LOCATION:Audioconference CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:334-2007-01-24 17:02:47 CREATED:20070124T170247 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070321 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference "Establishing B oundaries and Maximizing Potential for Virtual Educators" DESCRIPTION: Most online faculty work virtually and enjoy a potential lifestyle freedom that outstrips their traditional counterpa rts. However\ virtual professors often have difficulty esta blishing healthy boundaries and creating a life/work balance . As online education grows and matures as an industry\ iss ues of burnout and stress continue to grow among online facu lty. Maintaining a healthy life/work balance translates into productivity and continued passion for teaching. With pract ical tips\ suggestions\ and a dose of humor\ Teresa Marie Kelly will examine the issues of balancing scheduling with flexibility\ distinguishing between multi-tasking and split ting focus\ leveraging technology\ embracing the concept o f working in the world not away from it\ and cultivating pe er support to establish a true life/work balance that maximi zes the freedom of lifestyle and fuels teaching. htt p://www.itcnetwork.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-20_read-334 LOCATION:Audioconference CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:333-2007-01-24 17:01:39 CREATED:20070124T170139 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070403 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070404 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference: "Working with Hidden Disabilities" DESCRIPTION: Working with Hidden Disabilities is a brief overview and idea manual for campus and online college faculty. The progr am covers cognitive disabilities such as LDs\ ADHD\ and he ad injuries\ disorders such as ADHD\ OCD\ and Asperger’ s Syndrome\ and selected mental health and psychiatric diso rders such as depression\ bipolar disorder\ borderline per sonality\ post-traumatic stress\ conduct disorder\ and sc hizophrenia. Each segment explains common symptoms seen in e lectronic or classroom work (whether a student is documented or not)\ explains what accommodations are generally used t o provide equal access and why they help\ and gives ideas f or universal design both on campus and online that can impro ve comprehension and performance for all students in a cours e. http://www.itcnetwork.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-03_read-333 LOCATION:Audioconference CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:332-2007-01-24 16:51:02 CREATED:20070124T165102 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070313 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070314 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference: "Classroom Ass essment Techniques in the Online and Blended Classroom" DESCRIPTION: The presenters will explore methods instructors can use i n an online or blended learning environment to collect feedb ack\ early and often\ on how well their students are learn ing what they are being taught. CATs provide faculty and the ir students with information they can use to ensure teaching and learning effectiveness. Participants will distinguish b etween formative and summative assessments\ examine commonl y used CATs\ and explore ways to implement CATs in online a nd blended courses. http://www.itcnetwork.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-13_read-332 LOCATION:Audio-conference CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:331-2007-01-24 16:39:57 CREATED:20070124T163957 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070218 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070221 SUMMARY:IADIS International Conference on Web-Based Communities DESCRIPTION: The mission of this conference is to publish and integrat e scientific results and act catalytically to the fast devel oping culture of web communities. The conference invites ori ginal papers\ review papers\ technical reports and case st udies on WWW in particular the emerging role of so-called WW W-Based Communities. http://www.webcommunities-conf. org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-18_read-331 LOCATION:Salamanca\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:330-2007-01-22 15:32:59 CREATED:20070122T153259 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070402 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070405 SUMMARY:ACST 2007 DESCRIPTION: The Third IASTED International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Technology. http://www.iasted.o rg/conferences/cfp-559.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-02_read-330 LOCATION:Phuket\ Thailand CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:328-2007-01-22 14:53:27 CREATED:20070122T145327 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070907 SUMMARY:ALT-C 2007 DESCRIPTION: ALT-C 2007 is the 14th International Conference of the As sociation for Learning Technology. ALT is a professional and scholarly association which seeks to bring together all tho se with an interest in the use of learning technology. http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-04_read-328 LOCATION:Nottingham\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:326-2007-01-22 14:26:06 CREATED:20070122T142606 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071020 SUMMARY:E-Learn 2007: World conference on E-Learning in Corporate\ Government\ Healthcare and Higher Education DESCRIPTION: E-Learn 2007 - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporat e\ Government\ Healthcare\ & Higher Education is an inter national conference organized by the Association for the Adv ancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and co-sponsored b y the International Journal on E-Learning. This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exch ange of information on research\ development\ and applicat ions of all topics related to e-Learning in the Corporate\ Government\ Healthcare\ and Higher Education sectors. Conference date: 15 - 19 October 2007 Quebec City\ C anada http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-15_read-326 LOCATION:Quebec City\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:325-2007-01-22 14:15:18 CREATED:20070122T141518 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071128 SUMMARY:Defining the Scientific Evolution of Technology Enhanced Lea rning: The Kaleidoscope 2007 Symposium DESCRIPTION: Contribute to the future European research agenda in Tech nology Enhanced Learning. Take part in the Kaleidoscope 2007 Symposium - limited spaces available! The aims of thi s two day Symposium are: •    To demonstrate the exte nt to which integration and synergy amongst various research actors is beneficial to the development of TEL research     To confirm the extent to which the various research ers can transform academic excellence into concrete achievem ents •    To convince the world beyond academia as t o the potential value and impact of research effort in this field •    To take forward the legacy of Kaleidoscope and ensure continuity in the field of Technology Enhanced L earning http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/group/sympo sium/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-26_read-325 LOCATION:Berlin\ Germany CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:324-2007-01-12 18:22:10 CREATED:20070112T182210 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070402 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070405 SUMMARY:ITNG 2007 - 4th International Conference on Information Tech nology : New Generations DESCRIPTION: The International Conference on Information Technology- N ew Generations (ITNG) is an annual event focusing on state o f the art technologies pertaining to digital information and communication. The applications of advanced information tec hnology to such domains as astronomy\ biology\ education\ geosciences\ and health care are among topics of relevance to ITNG. Visionary ideas\ theoretical and experimental res ults\ as well as prototypes\ designs\ and tools that help the information readily flow to the user are of special int erest. The conference features keynote speakers\ the best s tudent award\ the PhD student forum and workshops/exhibits from industry\ government and academia. http://www .itng.info/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-02_read-324 LOCATION:Las Vegas\ Nevada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:323-2007-01-12 17:31:50 CREATED:20070112T173150 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070328 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070331 SUMMARY:CITE 2007 - Conference for Internet Technology in Education DESCRIPTION: The CiTE Users Conference provides an effective collabora tion environment for the leading minds in online learning pr ograms. These educators\ administrators and faculty members gather to discuss the current state of online learning and to explore new methods and technologies that can enhance pro gram and course offerings http://cite.ecollege.com/h tml/home.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-28_read-323 LOCATION:Colorado\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:322-2007-01-12 17:10:22 CREATED:20070112T171022 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070330 SUMMARY:SETIT - Sciences of Electronics\ Technologies of Informatio n and Telecommunications DESCRIPTION: SETIT 2007 has the ambition to promote a technological re ference frame\ to give answers and original innovating idea s and to contribute to a common language around the informat ion processing and the telecommunications. This conference w ill allow\ on one hand\ to share experience\ to make a st ate of the art of the theory\ research\ telecommunication applications and the Information processing. On the other ha nd\ SETIT will present future innovations. http://w ww.setit.rnu.tn/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-25_read-322 LOCATION:Tunis\ Tunisia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:321-2007-01-12 17:03:17 CREATED:20070112T170317 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070329 SUMMARY:TechEd 2007 - International Conference and Exposition DESCRIPTION: TechEd brings together cutting-edge innovations and real- world solutions for the problems facing today's educational community. Choose from over 250 sessions and 300 hours of pr ofessional education possibilities from a wide variety of hi ghly popular tracks. http://www.techedevents.org/200 7/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-26_read-321 LOCATION:Ontario\ California\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:320-2007-01-11 17:24:02 CREATED:20070111T172402 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070421 SUMMARY:VRIC '07 - 9th International Conference on Virtual Reality DESCRIPTION: The most renowned international specialists and the princ ipal users of Virtual Reality technology share the very late st techniques from their fields of expertise. The Laval Virt ual Conference (VRIC) is the Number 1 European event devoted exclusively to Virtual Reality. The event covers all the fi elds in which Virtual Reality is applied. http://www .laval-virtual.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id =32&Itemid=46&lang=en URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-18_read-320 LOCATION:Laval\ France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:319-2007-01-11 16:43:23 CREATED:20070111T164323 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070909 SUMMARY:ICETA 2007 DESCRIPTION: 5th International Conference on Emerging e-learning Techn ologies and Applications (Information and Communication T echnologies in Learning) TOPICS: Conference major top ics are related to the e-learning fields\ aspects of ICT use in the field of education\ new forms of education based on ICT\ multimedia / hypermedia and networking e-learnin g materials and their utilisations for education:   1. Infrastructure    2. Tools and Contend-oriented Applications    3. New Roles of Instructor and Learner     4. Cases and Projects And simultaneously: 4th competition of learning projects "e-learning in praxis " The official language will be English. However\ i n exceptional cases\ to accommodate some special speakers\ the Czech and Slovak languages may be used. In this case\ simultaneous translation from/into English will be provided. For more information\ please visit the following website: http://www.elfa.sk/ICETA-2007/en/index.php   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-06_read-319 LOCATION:Stará Lesná\ the High Tatras\ Slovakia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:317-2007-01-11 16:28:37 CREATED:20070111T162837 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071017 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071021 SUMMARY:Internet Research 8.0: Let's Play DESCRIPTION: The annual conference of the Association of Internet Rese archers is one of the premier opportunities for scholars and researchers of all things Internet\ as well as related new media technologies and practices. It is a forum to meet\ p resent research\ network and share ideas in a cooperative\ multidisciplinary environment. http://conferences.a oir.org/index.php?cf=6 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-17_read-317 LOCATION:Vancouver\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:315-2007-01-11 16:13:52 CREATED:20070111T161352 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070601 SUMMARY:Object Oriented Technologies - International Conferences in Central Europe DESCRIPTION: The International Conference on Object Oriented Technolog ies aims at bringing together practitioners and researchers from academia and the industry to discuss the latest develop ments in object oriented technologies and advance the state of the art in the research on related technologies. Interest in these topics has been continuously growing as a conseque nce of the importance and the ubiquity of object-oriented te chnologies. http://oot.zcu.cz/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-28_read-315 LOCATION:University of West Bohemia\ Pizen\ Czech Republic CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:314-2007-01-04 11:26:32 CREATED:20070104T112632 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070323 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070326 SUMMARY:Learning Spaces and Technology workshop DESCRIPTION: The Learning Spaces and Technology Workshop is designed t o help colleges and universities plan for effective technolo gy-enhanced learning spaces. The Learning Spaces Workshop wi ll serve both those institutions that are planning to constr uct new facilities and those that are intending to renovate existing buildings seeking in both instances to enable facul ty members and students to use technology more effectively a nd creatively in the service of learning. A learning space c ould be a library\ computing center\ classroom\ or a comp uting or multi-media lab usually associated with libraries a nd computing centers. http://www.cic.edu/conferences _events/workshop/learningspaces/2007/index.asp URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-23_read-314 LOCATION:Tacoma\ WA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:313-2007-01-04 11:16:38 CREATED:20070104T111638 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070322 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070327 SUMMARY:IA Summit 2007 DESCRIPTION: The Information Architecture Summit is a premier gatherin g place for information architects and for discussion about information architecture. Everyone who touches on IA is welc ome to share and learn. Last year's IA Summit attracted over 500 attendees\ including beginners\ experienced IAs\ and people in a range of related fields. http://www.ias ummit.org/2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-22_read-313 LOCATION:Las Vegas\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:312-2007-01-04 11:09:25 CREATED:20070104T110925 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070316 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070318 SUMMARY:Lilly West 2007 Conference DESCRIPTION: Lilly Conferences are retreats that combine workshops\ d iscussion sessions\ and major addresses\ with lots of oppo rtunities for informal discussion about excellence in colleg e and university teaching and learning. Internationally-know n scholars join new and experienced faculty members and admi nistrators from all over the world to discuss topics such as gender differences in learning\ incorporating technology i nto teaching\ encouraging critical thinking\ using teachin g and student portfolios\ implementing group learning\ and evaluating teaching. http://www.iats.com/conference s/west2007_info.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-16_read-312 LOCATION:California\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:311-2007-01-04 10:48:25 CREATED:20070104T104825 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070318 SUMMARY:ITEA Conference DESCRIPTION: 69th annual International Technology Education Associatio n (ITEA) Conference: Technological Literacy – A Global Cha llenge http://www.iteaconnect.org/Conference/confer enceguide.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-15_read-311 LOCATION:San Antonio\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:310-2007-01-04 10:35:53 CREATED:20070104T103553 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070315 SUMMARY:EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2007 DESCRIPTION: Whether your focus is administrative services\ informati on resources\ teaching and learning\ technology infrastruc ture\ or management\ you can benefit from attending the Fi fth Annual EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference. This year s theme is "Facing a River of Challenges.” Preconference seminars begin the morning of March 12\ with the full confe rence program March 12–14. http://www.educause.edu /mwrc07 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-12_read-310 LOCATION:Chicago\ Illinois CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:309-2007-01-04 10:26:00 CREATED:20070104T102600 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070314 SUMMARY:ICISTM 2007 - Information Systems\ Technology and Managemen t DESCRIPTION: IMT\ Ghaziabad\ India and University of Florida\ USA j oin hands with an aim to provide a forum for presentation of new research results and demonstration of new systems and t echniques in the areas of information systems\ technology a nd management. The conference aims to bring together develop ers\ users\ academicians and researchers from academia and industry community for sharing and exploring new vistas of research and development and to discuss emerging issues faci ng business organizations in the knowledge economy. http://www.imt.edu/icistm/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-12_read-309 LOCATION:New Delhi\ India CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:308-2007-01-04 09:54:08 CREATED:20070104T095408 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070308 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070312 SUMMARY:GRAPP 2007 - 2nd International Conference on Computer Graphi cs Theory and Applications DESCRIPTION: The Second International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP) aims at becoming a major poi nt of contact between researchers\ engineers and practition ers in Computer Graphics. Interactive Environments for Compu ter Graphics will be the main topic http://www.grapp .org/index.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-08_read-308 LOCATION:Barcelona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:306-2006-12-22 17:49:08 CREATED:20061222T174908 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070930 SUMMARY:Communications in the 21st Century DESCRIPTION: "Towards a Philosophy of Telecommunications Convergence"   T-Mobile Hungary Co. Ltd. and the Hungarian Acade my of Sciences are conducting an inter­disciplinary social scien­ce research program on the topic communications in th e 21st century. The participants include communication th eorists\ philosophers\ psychologists\ sociologists\ econ omists\ linguists\ political theorists\ and historians of science. While in all areas of life we witness a radical in crease in the demand for mobile communications\ questions a s regards further directions of development are at many poin ts open\ and need to be addressed by the social sciences. T he mobile telephone is by now more than merely a device to t ransmit voice. It has become a multi-purpose data transmitte r – a mobile companion. The organizers will cover the c osts for a limited number of scholars. http://www.s ocialscience.t-mobile.hu/index_en.htm Programme: http://www.socialscience.t-mobile.hu/prog2007_en.htm   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-27_read-306 LOCATION:Budapest\ Hungary CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:305-2006-12-19 12:30:56 CREATED:20061219T123056 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070308 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070311 SUMMARY:ICCGI 2007 DESCRIPTION: International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology: Challenges for the Next Generation of IT\ sponsored by the International Academy\ Research\ and Industry Association. http://www.iaria.org/confe rences2007/ICCGI07.html   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-08_read-305 LOCATION:Guadeloupe\ French Caribbean CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:303-2006-12-19 12:12:44 CREATED:20061219T121244 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070308 SUMMARY:International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communicatio ns DESCRIPTION: ICWMC 2007 addresses wireless related topics concerning i ntegration of latest technological advances to realize mobil e and ubiquitous service environments for advanced applicati ons and services in wireless networks. Mobility and wireless \ special services and lessons learnt from particular deplo yment complement the traditional wireless topics. h ttp://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/ICWMC07.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-04_read-303 LOCATION:Guadeloupe\ French Carribean CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:302-2006-12-19 12:02:40 CREATED:20061219T120240 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070307 SUMMARY:WEBIST - Web Information Systems and Technology DESCRIPTION: The purpose of the 3rd International Conference on Web In formation Systems and Technologies (WEBIST) is to bring toge ther researchers\ engineers and practitioners interested in the technological advances and business applications of web -based information systems. The conference has four main tra ck\ covering different aspects of Web Information Systems\ including Internet Technology\ Web Interfaces and Applicat ions\ Society\ e-Communities\ e-Business and\ last but n ot least\ e-Learning. http://www.webist.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-03_read-302 LOCATION:Barcelona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:301-2006-12-19 11:52:59 CREATED:20061219T115259 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070228 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference: Issues in Buil ding Quality Post-Secondary Online Courses DESCRIPTION: Presenter: Dr. Patricia Deubel\ School of Education\ Ca pella University http://www.itcnetwork.org/calendar. htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-27_read-301 LOCATION:Audioconference CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:300-2006-12-19 11:46:05 CREATED:20061219T114605 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070301 SUMMARY:Blackboard World Europe DESCRIPTION: Educators\ course designers\ system administrators and e-Learning managers from across Europe\ the Middle East and Africa will come together to share their knowledge and expe rtise in the field of online teaching and learning. We invit e you to enhance your professional development by attending the event and submitting a proposal to present at the confer ence. http://www.blackboard.com/company/events/BbWor ld07/BbWorldEurope07_home.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-26_read-300 LOCATION:Nice\ France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:299-2006-12-19 11:39:00 CREATED:20061219T113900 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070224 SUMMARY:Synergize and Energize: Exploring the Dynamics of Teaching a nd Learning DESCRIPTION: Part of the 2007 McGraw-Hill Ryerson\ National Teaching\  Learning and Technology Conference Series. Practices\ i nsights\ and innovations that lead to animated and dynamic environments for everyone involved in the enterprise of educ ation in the 21st century are the focus for the February 200 7 McGraw-Hill Ryerson / Mount Royal College teaching and lea rning conference. Sessions provide opportunities for higher education faculty and staff to explore innovative and long-s tanding best practices in teaching\ scholarship of teaching and learning\ research\ educational technologies\ and th e role of active and collaborative approaches to learning in cluding the negotiation of shared responsibilities and expec tations in the learning space. http://wwwacad.mtroya l.ab.ca/adc/mhr/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-21_read-299 LOCATION:Alberta\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:298-2006-12-19 11:22:50 CREATED:20061219T112250 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070216 SUMMARY:CGIM 2007 - Computer Graphics and Imaging DESCRIPTION: The Ninth IASTED International Conference on Computer Gra phics and Imaging This conference is an international forum for researchers and practitioners interested in the ad vances in\ and applications of\ computer graphics and imag ing. It is an opportunity to present and observe the latest research\ results\ and ideas in these areas. http: //www.iasted.org/conferences/cfp-553.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-13_read-298 LOCATION:Innsbruck\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:297-2006-12-19 11:15:38 CREATED:20061219T111538 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070216 SUMMARY:PDCN 2007 - Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks DESCRIPTION: As part of the 25th IASTED International Multi-Conference on APPLIED INFORMATICS This conference will act as an international forum for researchers and practitioners int erested in the advances in and applications of parallel and distributed computing and networks. It will be an opportunit y to present and observe the latest research\ results\ and ideas in these areas. http://www.iasted.org/confere nces/home-551.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-13_read-297 LOCATION:Innsbruck\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:296-2006-12-19 11:08:07 CREATED:20061219T110807 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070214 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference: Academic Advis ing at a Distance DESCRIPTION: Presenter: Bobbi Thomas\ Assistant Director of Student S ervices and Senior Academic Advisor for the Washington State University Center for Distance and Professional Education\ Washington State University http://www.itcnetwork. org/calendar.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-13_read-296 LOCATION:Audioconference CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:295-2006-12-19 11:04:31 CREATED:20061219T110431 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070217 SUMMARY:TelEduc' 2007 DESCRIPTION: Las Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones y su Contribución a un Mundo Mejor Esta exposición se co nsagrará al intercambio de experiencias y prácticas cient fico-profesionales para ofrecer soluciones\ contribuciones y bases para la cooperación e integración\ en un clima a mistoso y fértil entre los actores entusiastas de estas dis ciplinas que sienten compromiso con sus países y la humanid ad\ reafirmando que UN MUNDO MEJOR ES POSIBLE. http ://www.informaticahabana.com/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-12_read-295 LOCATION:La Habana\ Cuba CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:294-2006-12-19 10:49:05 CREATED:20061219T104905 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070207 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference: Using Wikis an d Blogs to Promote Information Literacy Skills and Library R esources DESCRIPTION: The use of wikis and blogs as library guides are excellen t alternatives to more traditional methods of subject guides \ pathfinders\ or handouts. Blogs and wikis are Web-based\  easy to update\ are searchable\ and allow for user input and feedback. This session will focus on lessons learned in the use of blogs and wikis to promote library skills and re sources\ and how these technologies can be used to strength en learning communities through the collaboration of faculty \ students and librarians. The interactive presentation wil l include a discussion of the pros and cons of wikis and blo gs\ community editing and feedback\ getting others to cont ribute\ and the strengths and weaknesses of the blogs and w ikis over traditional HTML or paper research guides. http://www.itcnetwork.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-06_read-294 LOCATION:Audioconference CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:293-2006-12-19 10:43:49 CREATED:20061219T104349 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070207 SUMMARY:Educational Technology Research Symposium: Into a next dimen sion DESCRIPTION: The Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) announces its first annual Educational Technology Research Symposium. Please note that this event is now a one day event on Tuesd ay\ February 6\ 2007 in Austin\ Texas. The event will pro vide a venue for educational technology researchers to prese nt formal papers in educational technology areas. h ttp://www.tcea.org/symposium/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-05_read-293 LOCATION:Texas\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:292-2006-12-19 10:27:12 CREATED:20061219T102712 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070131 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070203 SUMMARY:2007 New Learning Technologies Conference DESCRIPTION: The New Learning Technologies conference continues SALT s practice of bringing together senior professionals from g overnment\ industry\ academia and the military to present the latest developments in the field of learning and trainin g technologies. Over the course of 2½ days\ attendees will have access to 82 speaker presentations and 4 panel present ations. Case studies will be provided as well as the results of recent research on the effectiveness and utilization of the latest learning and training technology applications. http://www.salt.org/fl/orlando.asp URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-31_read-292 LOCATION:Florida\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:291-2006-12-19 10:21:17 CREATED:20061219T102117 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070131 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070203 SUMMARY:TK2007 - TechKnowledge DESCRIPTION: American Society for Training and Development TechKnowled ge Conference and Exposition. http://www.astd.org/as td/conferences/tk06/tk2007 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-31_read-291 LOCATION:Las Vegas\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:290-2006-12-19 10:16:14 CREATED:20061219T101614 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070131 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference: "Development E ducation\ Student Services" DESCRIPTION: This second program in this series on developmental educa tion focuses on student services\ with a specific look into the areas of advising\ mentoring\ life-mapping\ and the first year experience. The presenters will describe each of their college’s unique services which have proven highly s uccessful in promoting student success and persistence. Vide o examples will be an important part of this program. A 30-m inute audioconference follows the broadcast. Everyone is inv ited to the Internet discussion forum that follows the broad cast for one week. http://www.itcnetwork.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-30_read-290 LOCATION:Audioconference CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:289-2006-12-19 10:06:06 CREATED:20061219T100606 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070201 SUMMARY:ICT 2007 - Information and Communication Technologies DESCRIPTION: The Fourth International Conference on Information and Co mmunication Technologies (ICT 2007) is the premier forum for the presentation of technological advances and research res ults in the fields of theoretical\ experimental\ and Infor mation and Communication Technologies. ICT 2007 will bring t ogether leading engineers and scientists in Information and Communication Technologies from around the world. ht tp://www.enformatika.org/ict07/papers.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-29_read-289 LOCATION:Bangkok\ Thailand CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:288-2006-12-19 10:00:02 CREATED:20061219T100002 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070127 SUMMARY:JICC 11 - 11th Java & the Internet in the Computing Curricul um Conference DESCRIPTION: Previously known as the Java In the Computing Curriculum Conference\ coverage is now extended to other ways in which the Internet has impacted upon the computing curriculum and led to new degree programmes in Internet Computing and eCom merce. http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/cctm/confere nces/jicc11/   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-26_read-288 LOCATION:London\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:287-2006-12-18 17:52:59 CREATED:20061218T175259 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070128 SUMMARY:ATIA 2007 - Assistive Technology Industry Association Confer ence and Exposition DESCRIPTION: The mission of ATIA is to serve as the collective voice o f the Assistive Technology industry so that the best product s and services are delivered to people with disabilities.  ATIA represents the interests of its members to bus iness\ government\ education\ and the many agencies that serve people with disabilities. http://www.atia.org /index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-24_read-287 LOCATION:Orlando\ Florida CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:286-2006-12-18 17:43:18 CREATED:20061218T174318 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070127 SUMMARY:FETC 2007 - Florida Educational Technology Conference DESCRIPTION: FETC is one of the largest\ most successful conferences in the United States devoted to educational technology. The conference program is designed so educators and administrato rs have an opportunity to learn how to integrate different t echnologies across the curriculum – from kindergarten to c ollege – while being exposed to the latest hardware\ soft ware and successful strategies on student technology use. FETC is coordinated by the Florida Educational Technology Corporation. FETC\ Inc.\ was established in 1996 with a m ission to advocate and support the use of technology in educ ation by providing an annual\ world-class conference and ot her initiatives for the education community. The FETC\ Inc. \ Board of Directors is composed of 10 at-large representat ives. http://www.fetc.org/fetc2007/index.cfm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-24_read-286 LOCATION:Florida\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:285-2006-12-18 17:32:26 CREATED:20061218T173226 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070125 SUMMARY:ACUTA Winter Seminars DESCRIPTION: Educational Tracks are "Best Practices for Communications Technology Professionals" and "Convergence and Infrastructu re: What It Takes" http://www.acuta.org/home.cfm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-21_read-285 LOCATION:Texas\ USA CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:284-2006-12-18 17:24:35 CREATED:20061218T172435 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070120 SUMMARY:EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2007 DESCRIPTION: Unifying the Digital Campus: Integrated Technologies Supp orting Practical Solutions Whether your focus is admini strative services\ information resources\ teaching and lea rning\ technology infrastructure\ or management\ you can benefit from attending the Sixth Annual EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlanti c Regional Conference. http://www.educause.edu/conte nt.asp?SECTION_ID=218&bhcp=1 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-17_read-284 LOCATION:Maryland\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:283-2006-12-18 17:00:27 CREATED:20061218T170027 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070120 SUMMARY:Wisconsin State Education and Convention and Exhibit Show: A ccountability DESCRIPTION: Last year\ school officials were challenged to understan d the importance of building a governing and administrative structure that supports the highest aims for all students. T his year\ we continue the Vision-Structure-Accountability-A dvocacy cycle by focusing on the key duties of public school leaders in establishing a system of accountability to ensur e that the work in schools results in the progression of lea dership and learning that we institute when setting a vision for public education. http://www.wasb.org/conventio n/conv2007/index.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-17_read-283 LOCATION:Winconsin\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:282-2006-12-18 16:37:03 CREATED:20061218T163703 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070117 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference: "Support Tacti cs to help Online Students" DESCRIPTION: Does it feel like a swarm of mosquitoes is attacking your distance learning staff at the beginning of every semester? Piedmont Technical College’s recipe for providing excepti onal customer support includes an online helpdesk ticket sys tem\ helpdesk hotline\ online and live pre-course orientat ions\ interactive video with NetSupport distance learning o rientations\ a standardized course design template for all online courses\ an online student course resource guide\ a one-credit\ “Introduction to Online Learning” course\ and a welcome mailer to all online students containing a on e-sheet “getting started” guide. Through team work\ cus tomer service training\ and support initiatives we’ve bee n able to help students before their problems start\ provid e continuous assistance throughout the term\ and grow a kno wledge base for current and future self help - all with mini mal staffing and expense … using technology. http: //www.itcnetwork.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-16_read-282 LOCATION:Audioconference CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:281-2006-12-18 16:31:12 CREATED:20061218T163112 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070120 SUMMARY:SAINT 2007 International Symposium on Applications and the I nternet DESCRIPTION: Over the past few years\ the Internet has been revolutio nizing the way we communicate and access information. As a r esult\ today the Internet accommodates a wide variety of in formation repositories\ services\ people\ communities\ a nd cultures and supports a diverse range of communication an d interaction paradigms. The Internet is also becoming to be ubiquitous and pervasive\ accessible and usable from any d evice and through any network\ including wireless and mobil e. SAINT focuses on emerging and future Internet application s and their enabling technologies. The symposium provides a forum for researchers and practitioners from the academic\ industrial\ public and governmental sectors\ to share thei r latest innovations on Internet technologies and applicatio ns. http://www.saintconference.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-15_read-281 LOCATION:Hiroshima\ Japan CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:280-2006-12-18 16:19:12 CREATED:20061218T161912 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070118 SUMMARY:PTC'07 - Pacific Telecommunications Council Conference : Bey ond Telecom DESCRIPTION: We are moving well beyond telecommunications as a utility service. Boundaries are blurring between\ networks\ media \ entertainment\ software\ business services and advertis ing. Value chains are in turmoil. Competition is coming from all quarters. Network scarcity is beginning to give way to bandwidth abundance. Predictable earnings are being challeng ed by the uncertainty of on-demand services. New players wit h great drawing power seem to be emerging every day. And whi le access continues to be a challenge in many lesser develop ed parts of the Pacific hemisphere\ applications and servic es are growing more valuable with the effect of creating eve r more demand forcing down rates for broadband transport. PTC is the #1 Asia-Pacific international conference for t elecommunications and ICT professionals. Hard-hitting inform ative sessions will ensure that you are prepared to leverage new partnerships and remain competitive in an ever-changing marketplace. http://www.ptc07.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-14_read-280 LOCATION:Hawaii\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:279-2006-12-18 16:08:27 CREATED:20061218T160827 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070116 SUMMARY:International Conference on e-Learning applications DESCRIPTION: "Explore\ Share and Stimulate Research in e-Learing appl ications" http://www.aucegypt.edu/conferences/elearn ing07/index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-14_read-279 LOCATION:Cairo\ Egypt CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:278-2006-12-18 16:01:43 CREATED:20061218T160143 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070115 SUMMARY:32nd IAL Conference 2007: "Deep in the Heart of Learning" DESCRIPTION: IAL's annual conference brings together educators\ langu age teachers\ corporate trainers\ researchers and leaders from around the world who are passionate about human transfo rmation. AL practitioners join other cutting edge lear ning professionals to share their knowledge and skills in in teractive\ fun and meaningful sessions designed to build yo ur competence and provide you with a set of tools and approa ches to deep learning. http://www.ialearn.org/confer ence.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-11_read-278 LOCATION:Texas\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:277-2006-12-18 15:57:47 CREATED:20061218T155747 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070114 SUMMARY:Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference DESCRIPTION: The Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference (CUTC) i s an annual event that held in the Toronto region. This 3-da y conference brings together students from all across Canada with academia and industry leaders from across the world. http://www.cutc.ca/2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-11_read-277 LOCATION:Toronto\ Orlando\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:276-2006-12-18 15:51:40 CREATED:20061218T155140 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070113 SUMMARY:Technology Conference 2007: Technology \ Knowledge\ Societ y DESCRIPTION: The inaugural Technology Conference was held at the Unive rsity of California\ Berkeley\ San Francisco\ in February 2005. Since then\ the conference has been held in Hyderaba d\ India\ 12-15 December 2005\ and a symposium on Technol ogy and Democracy was held at McGill University in Montreal\  Canada \ 9-10 June 2006. This conference will addre ss a range of critically important themes in the various fie lds that address the complex and subtle relationships betwee n technology\ knowledge and society. Main speakers include some of the leading thinkers in these areas\ as well as num erous paper\ colloquium and workshop presentations. http://technology-conference.com/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-09_read-276 LOCATION:Cambridge University\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:275-2006-12-18 15:47:28 CREATED:20061218T154728 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070113 SUMMARY:International Multimedia Modeling Conference DESCRIPTION: The International MultiMedia Modeling Conference (MMM) is a leading international conference for researchers and indu stry practitioners to share their new ideas\ original resea rch results and practical development experiences from all M MM related areas. The conference calls for research papers r eporting original investigation results and industrial track papers reporting real multimedia applications and system de velopment experience. The conference also solicits proposals for tutorials on crucial technologies of multimedia modelin g\ and calls for special sessions proposals focusing on spe cific new challenges in the multimedia arena. http: //cemnet.ntu.edu.sg/mmm2007/index.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-09_read-275 LOCATION:Nanyang Technological University\ Singapore CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:274-2006-12-18 15:42:42 CREATED:20061218T154242 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070110 SUMMARY:ITC Professional Development Audioconference: "Coping with S tudent Incivilities in an Online Environment" DESCRIPTION: Respectful conduct is vital to academic endeavors. Unfort unately\ faculty\ staff\ and administrators must often co ntend with discourteous student behaviors. Incivilities affe ct the instructor’s capacity and desire to teach\ the stu dents’ ability to learn\ and create emotional distress fo r all involved. Whether passive or overt\ these disruptions are difficult to cope with\ in part\ because of their wid e variety and often ambiguous nature. However\ if not addre ssed\ disrespectful behaviors rarely diminish\ and will of ten escalate. http://www.itcnetwork.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-09_read-274 LOCATION:Audioconference CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:273-2006-12-18 15:36:10 CREATED:20061218T153610 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070110 SUMMARY:Hawaii International Conference on Education DESCRIPTION: The main goal of the 2007 Hawaii International Conference on Education is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various education related fields from all over the world to come together and learn from each oth er. An additional goal of the conference is to provide a pla ce for academicians and professionals with cross-disciplinar y interests related to education to meet and interact with m embers inside and outside their own particular disciplines. http://www.hiceducation.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-06_read-273 LOCATION:Honolulu\ Hawaii\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:272-2006-12-18 15:30:46 CREATED:20061218T153046 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070108 SUMMARY:International Conference on Design Principles and Practices DESCRIPTION: The conference will work in a multidisciplinary way acros s the various design disciplines and fields\ including the perspectives and practices of: anthropology\ architecture\ art\ artificial intelligence\ business\ cognitive scienc e\ communication studies\ computer science\ cultural stud ies\ design studies\ education\ e-learning\ engineering\  ergonomics\ fashion\ graphic design\ history\ informat ion systems\ industrial design\ industrial engineering\ i nstructional design\ interior design\ interaction design\ interface design\ journalism\ landscape architecture\ la w\ linguistics and semiotics\ management\ media and enter tainment\ psychology\ sociology\ software engineering\ t echnical communication\ telecommunications\ urban planning and visual design. http://g07.cgpublisher.com/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-04_read-272 LOCATION:London University\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:271-2006-12-18 15:24:40 CREATED:20061218T152440 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070108 SUMMARY:2007 Presidents Institute: The Anticipatory Presidency and t he 21st Century Campus DESCRIPTION: This year’s Institute will address a range of topics im portant to presidents as they anticipate the future of their institutions—strategic visions\ fundraising\ board rela tions\ enrollment management\ institutional planning\ edu cational programs\ and legal issues—as well as considerat ions of personal renewal and support. http://www.ci c.edu/conferences_events/presidents/2007.asp#theme URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-04_read-271 LOCATION:Arizona\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:270-2006-12-18 15:20:10 CREATED:20061218T152010 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070103 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070106 SUMMARY:GVE 2007 - Graphics and Visualization in Engineering DESCRIPTION: This conference is an international forum for researchers and practitioners interested in the advances in\ and appli cations of\ computer visualization\ graphics\ and imaging . It is an opportunity to present and observe the latest res earch\ results\ and ideas in these areas http://ww w.iasted.org/conferences/home-562.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-03_read-270 LOCATION:Clearwater\ Florida\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:269-2006-12-18 15:14:42 CREATED:20061218T151442 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070103 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070106 SUMMARY:ICITM 2007 - International Conference on Information Technol ogy and Management DESCRIPTION: Theme: Best Practices on Development\ Service and Educat ion The conference organized by the Institute for Syste ms Management of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University featur es the most recent research results in the concepts and deve lopment of information systems\ industrial applications\ b usiness management\ e-business education. As part of the mi ssion of the Institute of Systems Management is to facilitat e the application of information technology to industrial en terprises\ tutorial and/or case presentation sessions would likely be organized concurrently with the conference to enc ourage more industrial/business participation. All registere d participants of the conference would also be encouraged to attend those other sessions for industrial interaction. http://www4.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~icitm2006/Home/Home.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-03_read-269 LOCATION:Hong Kong\ China CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:268-2006-12-18 15:06:20 CREATED:20061218T150620 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070107 SUMMARY:ICDS 2007 - International Conference on the Digital Society DESCRIPTION: The International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS 200 7) initiates a series of international events covering a lar ge spectrum of topics related to advanced networking\ appli cations\ and systems technologies in a digital society. ICDS 2007 comprises a series of independent tracks that co mplement various facets of digital society. http://w ww.iaria.org/conferences2007/CfPICDS07.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-02_read-268 LOCATION:Guadelupe\ French Caribbean CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:267-2006-12-18 14:59:57 CREATED:20061218T145957 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070106 SUMMARY:College Teaching and Learning Conference (TLS) and Applied B usiness Research (ABR) Conference DESCRIPTION: The TLC Conference provides a forum for faculty and admin istrators to share proven and innovative methods in teaching at the college level. Come to present papers on teaching is sues such as: curriculum\ ethics in higher education\ prom otion and tenure\ accreditation\ teaching methods and styl es\ administration\ faculty welfare\ technology in the cl assroom\ teacher evaluation\ department-specific issues\ and related topics. The ABR Conference provides a foru m for faculty to present their research on any business\ ec onomics\ or business-related topic. For both conferences\ a Best Paper Award is issued for the best paper in each sess ion. Papers winning the Best Paper Award will be reviewed fo r possible publication in one of our academic journals. Pape rs not winning an award may also be submitted for possible p ublication. http://www.cluteinstitute.org/hawaii_con ference.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-02_read-267 LOCATION:Hawaii\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:265-2006-12-15 12:09:38 CREATED:20061215T120938 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071123 SUMMARY:Enactive / 07 DESCRIPTION: Enactive / 07 is an international scientific and cultural event\ promoted by the European Network of Excellence ENAC TIVE. In the continuation of previous editions\ Enactive / 07 aims at promoting the concept of Enaction in the field of Information and Communication Technologies. Creative rese archers\ innovative engineers and producers are invited to confront their last theoretical\ experimental\ technologic al and applicated advances during various talk\ demo and po ster sessions. http://acroe.imag.fr/enactive07/   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -11-19_read-265 LOCATION:Grenoble\ France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:264-2006-12-12 15:14:03 CREATED:20061212T151403 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070202 SUMMARY:Köln 2007: Information Day on European ICT Research & Devel opment / FP7 – ICT Proposers Day DESCRIPTION: A one day event to help ICT researchers respond to the ca lls for proposals under the work programme 2007/2008 of the 7th Framework Programme for R&D. http://ec.europa.eu /information_society/events/koln_2007/index_en.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-01_read-264 LOCATION:Köln\ Germany CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:263-2006-12-12 15:08:38 CREATED:20061212T150838 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070126 SUMMARY:FP7 in Motion: Cognitive Systems\ Interaction\ Robotics\ Digital Libraries and Content DESCRIPTION: These information days are dedicated to the research chal lenges in the first ICT Work Programme of FP7 which fall und er the responsibility of the 'Content' Directorate: Cognitiv e Systems\ Interaction\ Robotics\ Digital Libraries and C ontent. The event is intended to help participants to unders tand the work programme\ to facilitate sharing of ideas and experiences\ and to find partners for project consortia. The "Learning and Cultural Heritage" unit will organise some sessions on the research objectives for Digital Librar ies and Technology-enhanced Learning. http://cordis. europa.eu/ist/directorate_e/fp7_infodays.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-24_read-263 LOCATION:Luxembourg CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:261-2006-12-12 14:39:38 CREATED:20061212T143938 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070617 SUMMARY:EDEN 2007 - Annual Conference: "NEW LEARNING 2.0? Emerging d igital territories Developing continuities - New divides" DESCRIPTION: EDEN invites you to explore the educational landscape\ n ow loud with catchwords about the "hot technology tools”\ the Web 2.0\ aggregators\ collaborative content creation\  writing and bookmarking\ at its 2007 Annual Conference in Naples\ Italy. http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php ?menuId=7&contentId=533 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-13_read-261 LOCATION:Napoli\ Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:259-2006-12-12 14:29:12 CREATED:20061212T142912 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070921 SUMMARY:EC-TEL 2007: Second European Conference on Technology Enhanc ed Learning - “Creating new learning experiences on a globa l scale” DESCRIPTION:European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2007) “Creating new learning experiences on a global sca le” DATE: 17-20 September 2007 LOCATION: Crete\ Gr eece After the success of EC-TEL06\ the Second Euro pean Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning provides a u nique forum for all research related to technology-enhanced learning\ including its interactions with knowledge managem ent\ business processes and work environments. This is a co mpetitive and broad forum for technology enhanced learning r esearch in Europe and world-wide through specialized worksho ps and the main conference. EC-TEL 2007 provides unique netw orking possibilities for participating researchers throughou t the week and includes project meetings and discussions for ongoing and new research activities supported by the Europe an Commission. KEYNOTES: - Bruce Sterling\ profes sor at the European Graduate School and "visionary in reside nce" at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena\ Calif ornia. He is one of the early visionaries of the "Internet o f Things". - “New paradigms for Learning and e-Learning ” - Hermann Maurer\ professor of computer science at the Technical University Graz in Austria. Hermann is one of the pioneers of Technology Enhanced Learning in Europe. & " EU Session: EU perspective on Technology Enhanced Learning in FP7 and beyond " - Mrs. Patricia Manson\ Head of Unit Cu ltural Heritage and Technology Enhanced Learning\ Informati on Society and Media\ European Commission CONFERENC E TOPICS: - Adaptation - Web 2.0 and social softw are 1 & 2 - Attention awareness in TEL - Industry Sess ion - Workplace Learning - TEL supported formal / inf ormal learning (attention awareness) - Industry Session - Organizational (and ubiquitious) Learning - Game-bas ed TEL and Authoring - Ontologies / Knowledge Management - TEL Infrastructures 1 & 2 - Authoring TEL 1 & 2 - Pedagocial support with TEL - Learning Design W ORKSHOPS: - WS1: Building Technology Enhanced Learning s olutions for Communities of Practice - WS2: Applying Data Mining in e-Learning - WS3: Learner-Oriented Knowledge M anagement & KMOriented E-Learning - WS4: Social Informati on Retrieval in Technology-Enhanced Learning - WS5: Learn ing Object Discovery & Exchange - WS6: Digital Literacy - WS7: WWWrong: What Went Wrong? What Went Right? Exchangi ng Experiences in Technology Enhanced Learning - WS8: Col laborative Open Environments for Project-Centered Learning & the PROLEARN Doctoral Consortium For more infor mation\ please visit the following web site: http://w ww.ectel07.org URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -09-17_read-259 LOCATION:Greece CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:257-2006-12-12 14:15:58 CREATED:20061212T141558 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070704 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070708 SUMMARY:IC-EpsMsO 2007 - International Conferences on Experiments/Pr ocess/System Modelling/Simulation & Optimization DESCRIPTION: The Chairman of the 2nd International Conference on Exper iments/Process/System Modelling/Simulation & Optimization\ Professor Demos\ T. Tsahalis\ also Director of LFME\ invi tes all scientists and engineers from the academic\ scienti fic\ engineering and industrial sectors to participate in t he Conference and to contribute both in the promotion and th e dissemination of the scientific knowledge. http:// www.epsmso.gr/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-04_read-257 LOCATION:Athens\ Greece CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:256-2006-12-12 12:47:29 CREATED:20061212T124729 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070712 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070716 SUMMARY:SOIC 2007 - 3rd International Conference on Social and Organ izational Informatics and Cybernetics DESCRIPTION: The basic purpose of the Organizing Committee of SOIC '07 is to a provide a forum for disciplinary and interdisciplin ary communications\ where researchers (in Social and Natura l Sciences\ as well as in Engineering)\ intellectuals\ po licy/decision makers and Consultants would share the results of their research\ studies and thoughts\ with regards to societies and private/public organizations in the context of the Information Age. http://www.cyber-inf.org/imsc i2007/website/default.asp?vc=11 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-12_read-256 LOCATION:Orlando\ Florida CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:255-2006-12-12 12:33:20 CREATED:20061212T123320 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070221 SUMMARY:IADIS Applied Computing 2007 DESCRIPTION: The IADIS Applied Computing 2007 conference aims to addre ss the main issues of concern within the applied computing a rea and related fields. This conference covers essentially t echnical aspects. The applied computing field is divided int o more detailed areas (see below). However innovative contri butes that don't fit into these areas will also be considere d since they might be of benefit to conference attendees. http://www.computing-conf.org/ http://www.iadis.org / URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-17_read-255 LOCATION:Salamanca\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:254-2006-12-12 12:27:53 CREATED:20061212T122753 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070712 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070716 SUMMARY:CCC 2007 - 2do Simposium Internacional en Comunicación del Conocimiento y Conferencias DESCRIPTION: Es un hecho conocido que la participación en conferencia s es uno de los medios de Comunicación del Conocimiento. Po r otro lado\ Comunicaciones del Conocimiento con respecto a propósitos de las conferencias\ fines/medios\ estándare s de calidad (y medios para alcanzarlos)\ etc\ podrían se r una manera efectiva para mejorar la organización y calida d de las conferencias. http://www.confer-info.org/c isci2007/Website/default.asp?vc=15 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-12_read-254 LOCATION:Orlando\ Florida CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:253-2006-11-23 09:24:35 CREATED:20061123T092435 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070712 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070716 SUMMARY:EISTA '07 5th International Conference on Education and Info rmation Systems\ Technologies and Applications DESCRIPTION: Relationships between Education/Training and Information/ Communication Technologies (ICT) are increasing accelerating ly\ sometimes in unexpected ways\ with original ideas and innovative tools\ methodologies and synergies. Accordingly the main purpose of EISTA ’07 is to bring together researc hers and practitioners from both areas\ in order to support the bridging process between education/training and ICT com munities. http://www.cyber-inf.org/imsci2007/websit e/default.asp?vc=5 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-12_read-253 LOCATION:Orlando\ Florida CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:251-2006-11-14 16:40:29 CREATED:20061114T164029 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070611 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070615 SUMMARY:ICOOL2007: 3rd International Conference on Open and Online L earning DESCRIPTION: In 2003\ Community Development and Networking for Capaci ty Building appeared as the first steps for the development and promulgation of Computer-Mediated Communication\ Pedago gies and Technology-Enhanced Learning in the Indian Ocean Re gion. The 2005 edition of ICOOL capitalised on the obj ectives set in 2003\ investigating in\ and promoting the e ffective use of\ clustering and interoperability of open ed ucational resources (OER)\ and innovative approaches of tea m/community building\ which link learning\ knowledge and i nnovation and precise methodologies to perpetuate and scale up the results of these efforts. To bring about a shift in current mindsets\ to transform learners from simple int eractive customers into reflexive and creative practitioners scripting which will be the main focus of ICOOL 2007. http://icool.uom.ac.mu/2007/user/index.php?c=1 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-11_read-251 LOCATION:Penang\ Malaysia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:249-2006-11-10 11:43:31 CREATED:20061110T114331 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070611 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070614 SUMMARY:Edutainment 2007 DESCRIPTION: Edutainment 2007 is the 2nd International Conference on E -learning and Games\ which is an international forum for re searchers to share their latest research output on the devel opment and application of e-learning and digital entertainme nt systems. The conference will include plenary invited talk s\ workshops\ tutorials\ paper presentation tracks and pa nel discussions. http://www2.acae.cuhk.edu.hk/~eduta inment2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-11_read-249 LOCATION:Chinese University of Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:248-2006-11-09 16:17:36 CREATED:20061109T161736 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070705 SUMMARY:SEFI and IGIP Joint Annual conference DESCRIPTION: Joining forces in engineering education towards excellenc e" http://www.sefi-igip2007.com/invitation.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-01_read-248 LOCATION:University of Miskolc\ Hungary CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:247-2006-11-09 16:03:07 CREATED:20061109T160307 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070127 SUMMARY:TENCompetence Winter School 2007 DESCRIPTION: The TENCompetence Winter School is considered as an inten se training and collaboration on the core topics related to the TENCompetence project\ building the European Network fo r lifelong competence development. The programme includes le ctures and hands-on sessions from leading experts in the fie ld. Our ambition is to stimulate emergence of special intere st groups and learning networks as well as to support joint research opportunities. PhD students from the PRO-LC Cluster as well as from outside are invited to participate and beco me part of the TENCompetence research community. ht tp://www.tencompetence.org/node/88   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-22_read-247 LOCATION:Innsbruck\ Austria CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:245-2006-11-08 11:42:26 CREATED:20061108T114226 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070616 SUMMARY:CC2007 - Creativity and Cognition 2007 DESCRIPTION: This meeting will serve as a forum for focusing on creati vity support tools for individual and group creativity\ bri dging among technology\ science and arts to find common the mes for user interface and new media design\ and producing rigorous research with innovative designs and carefully conc eived evaluations. http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/CC2007 / URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-13_read-245 LOCATION:Washington DC\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:243-2006-10-30 10:30:23 CREATED:20061030T103023 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070307 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070310 SUMMARY:INTED2007: International Technology\ Education and Developm ent Conference DESCRIPTION: The general objective of INTED2007 Conference is the prom otion of international collaboration in the field of technol ogy\ engineering and science education. INTED2007 provides an International Forum for researchers\ engineers\ profess ors\ educational scientists and technologists in the areas of Education\ Science and Technology. It will be an excelle nt opportunity to present\ demonstrate and discuss research \ development\ applications\ and the latest innovations a nd results in the field of Higher Education and Industry. http://www.iated.org/inted2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-07_read-243 LOCATION:Valencia\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:240-2006-10-24 12:32:11 CREATED:20061024T123211 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070507 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070510 SUMMARY:ICBL: Interactive Computer Aided Blended Learning DESCRIPTION: This interdisciplinary conference aims to focus on the ex change of relevant trends and research results as well as th e presentation of practical experiences gained while develop ing and testing elements of interactive computer aided learn ing. Therefore pilot projects\ applications and products wi ll also be welcome. http://www.icbl-conference.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-07_read-240 LOCATION:Florianopolis\ Brazil CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:239-2006-10-24 12:25:51 CREATED:20061024T122551 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061112 SUMMARY:CAMA 2006: International ACM Workshop on Contextualized Atte ntion Metadata: Collecting\ Managing and Exploiting of Rich Usage Information DESCRIPTION: This workshop intends to bring together researchers from the relevant fields\ so as to discuss recent advances and i dentify future challenges. Facilitating the usage of context ualized attention metadata is a cross-disciplinary research topic that combines research results and challenges from com munities including databases\ information retrieval\ knowl edge representation\ knowledge management\ user modeling\ recommender systems\ learning technologies\ etc. The work shop will enable researchers from distinct domains to create strong collaboration links that will enable future exchange of ideas and sharing of research results. More importantly\  this workshop will enable researchers working on related r esearch topics to build joint research initiatives. http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/cama2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-11_read-239 LOCATION:Arlington\ USA CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:238-2006-10-23 10:13:06 CREATED:20061023T101306 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070113 SUMMARY:2nd TENCompetence Workshop on Service Oriented Approaches an d Lifelong Competence Development Infrastructures DESCRIPTION: The EU 6th Framework Integrated Project TENCompetence (ww w.tencompetence.org) is organising a workshop on soa and lif elong competence development. The objective of the workshop is to identify and analyse current research and technologies in the intersection of the soa and lifelong learning fields \ in the areas of their theory\ application and use. http://www.ask.iti.gr/tenc/2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-11_read-238 LOCATION:Manchester\ UK CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:236-2006-10-05 11:37:15 CREATED:20061005T113715 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061124 SUMMARY:eLene: European Symposium: "Teacher training and the innovat ive use of ICT in Higher Education" DESCRIPTION: The driving idea behind eLene-TT is to encourage the inno vative use of ICT in higher education. This EU-funded eLearn ing project has developed a replicable programme of transnat ional teacher training actions. http://www.elene-tt. net/symposium.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-23_read-236 LOCATION:Paris\ France CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:235-2006-10-03 13:15:37 CREATED:20061003T131537 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070201 SUMMARY:iLearn Paris Forum 2007 DESCRIPTION: This is the leading French and European conference and ex hibition for Learning Technologies. This international ex hibition and conference attracts world class players form Fr ance\ Europe\ North America\ Middle East and Asia and is a must for meeting experts\ users and buyers in the eLearni ng world. Now in its 7th great year this show is a great pla ce to meet the community and exchange ideas\ experiences an d learning’s. http://ilearn2007.eife-l.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-30_read-235 LOCATION:Paris\ France CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:234-2006-10-02 15:40:03 CREATED:20061002T154003 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070528 SUMMARY:EuroCogSci07 DESCRIPTION: EuroCogSci07 is the second regional Cognitive Science Con ference that takes place under the auspices of the Cognitive Science Society in Europe. http://conferences.phs.u oa.gr/EuroCogSci07/   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-23_read-234 LOCATION:Delphi\ Greece CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:232-2006-10-02 15:32:00 CREATED:20061002T153200 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070319 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070324 SUMMARY:PerEL 2007: 3rd International workshop on Pervasive Learning DESCRIPTION: The workshop series on PervasivE Learning (PerEL) aims to address the issues of pervasive computing in combination wi th new types and possibilities of learning\ teaching and wo rking. http://wwwra.informatik.uni-rostock.de/perel 07/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-19_read-232 LOCATION:New York CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:231-2006-10-02 15:20:00 CREATED:20061002T152000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061115 SUMMARY:Interactive Learning Environments (ILEs) for arithmetic and algebra education: the TELMA approach DESCRIPTION: You are invited to participate in a workshop organised by the European Research Team on Technology Enhanced Learning in Mathematics (TELMA) of the Kaleidoscope Network of Excell ence. This workshop is focused on Interactive Learning Envir onments (ILEs) for arithmetic and algebra. During the worksh op\ studies of ILEs realized carried out by TELMA researche rs will be presented together with the results of the cross- experimentation of three of them. Moreover an ILE developed within the ActiveMath European Project will be presented by Erica Melis who is responsible for this project. ht tp://telma.noe-kaleidoscope.org/outcomes/WorkshopGrenoble200 6/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-14_read-231 LOCATION:Grenoble\ France CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:230-2006-09-08 15:59:30 CREATED:20060908T155930 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061116 SUMMARY:TEL in working context DESCRIPTION: This workshop aims to address the main issues on Tech nology Enhanced Learning and Training in Working contexts. T his domain is yet quite few represented in research\ despit e it is a really important challenge to accompany actors of professional learning and training: apprentices\ experts\ trainers\ policy makers. It will explore the potential and / or effective impact of new technologies on the processes o f learning and training in professional contexts. It will al low to identify models of learning and training\ and concep tual tools which support the design\ use and evaluation of TEL in a range of different contexts. http://www .noe-kaleidoscope.org/group/wstelpro/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-13_read-230 LOCATION:Grenoble\ France CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:229-2006-09-06 14:32:33 CREATED:20060906T143233 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060930 SUMMARY:European FP7 Consultation Meeting on Internet of the Future DESCRIPTION: The FET (Future and Emerging Technologies) organizes i n Montréal a Workshop contributing to the forthcoming Europ ean research Framework Programme 7. With this workshop\ FET promotes an exchange of views for stimulating cooperatio n between FET projects and the Canadian researchers who are working in the area of “Internet of the Future”. http://www.iitelecom.com/index.php?id=41&view=single&e vent_id=80   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-29_read-229 LOCATION:Montreal\ Canada CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:228-2006-09-01 17:02:21 CREATED:20060901T170221 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070311 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070316 SUMMARY:The 22nd ACM Symposium on Applied Computing - SAC2007 DESCRIPTION: For the past twenty one years\ the ACM Symposium on A pplied Computing has been a primary gathering forum for appl ied computer scientists\ computer engineers\ software engi neers\ and application developers from around the world. SA C 2007 is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on App lied Computing (SIGAPP)\ and is hosted by Seoul National Un iv. in Seoul and The Suwon Univ. in Gyeonggi-do. Kaleid oscope members Achilles Kameas (RACTI\ Greece) and George R oussos (Birkbeck University\ UK) are Track Program co-chair s http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-11_read-228 LOCATION:Seoul\ Korea CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:227-2006-09-01 16:38:10 CREATED:20060901T163810 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060930 SUMMARY:EGEE'06 DESCRIPTION: The EGEE’06 conference is the major event of the EGE E project where Grid user communities\ decision makers\ re source providers and developers will discuss how to capitali se on past investments and plan a sustainable future for the Grid. The EGEE’06 conference will be the focus point of a large number of grid projects featuring prominently in both plenary and parallel sessions during the 5 days of this eve nt. http://egee-technical.web.cern.ch/egee-techni cal/conferences/EGEE06/index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-25_read-227 LOCATION:Geneva\ Switserland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:226-2006-08-25 12:05:50 CREATED:20060825T120550 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060917 SUMMARY:The Nano-Bio-Cogno Convergence Seminar 2006: Valorization in Medicine and Healthcare DESCRIPTION: This is a Visionary Symposium\ organized by the Cent er for Advanced Learning in Information Technologies (CALIT) and by IMEC's Microelectronics Training Center (MTC) http://www.imec.be/mtc/buildframes.htm?URL=http ://www.imec.be/ tcmwebapp/internet/course.tcm?L=E N_GB&K=MTC&Course=AAAADMQ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-15_read-226 LOCATION:Leuven\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:223-2006-08-23 15:06:19 CREATED:20060823T150619 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070421 SUMMARY:IMCL -2nd International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Aided Learning DESCRIPTION: It aims to promote the development of Mobile Learning in the Middle East\ provide a forum for education and knowl edge transfer\ expose students to latest ICT technologies a nd encourage the study and implementation of mobile applicat ions in teaching and learning.  http://www.imcl- conference.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -04-18_read-223 LOCATION:Amman\ Jordan CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:221-2006-08-07 13:19:26 CREATED:20060807T131926 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060922 SUMMARY:e-COMODE: 2nd International Workshop on Collaborative Modell ing Environments implementation in Schools DESCRIPTION:Audience: School Managers/Directors\ Inspectors/ Consultant s and Public Administration (Ministry of Education\ Local A uthorities etc) of secondary schools. The focus of the workshop is mainly on Pedagogical Consultancy\ Technologic al Support and some use cases\ with open discussion\ condu cted by the partners\ on the critical paths faced by the e- COMODE services such as interest\ potentialities and constr aints in different countries and contexts The objective is t o identify common critical issues\ current approaches to ta ckle them and possible ideas and initiatives to improve the situation. The workshop is free of charge. See here for more information URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-21_read-221 LOCATION:Madrid\ Spain CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:220-2006-08-07 12:24:09 CREATED:20060807T122409 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061019 SUMMARY:Investing in Research and Innovation - Exchanging European E xperiences in a Nordic Context DESCRIPTION: This conference aims to build momentum for investing i n research and innovation\ with the brand new 7th Framework Programme straight around the corner. The Event\ offe ring a major European meeting place for exchanging experienc es on crucial issues and best practices\ is hosted by the N ordic Council of Ministers and co-organised by the European Commission. https://www.welcomehome.dk/Default.as px?ID=731 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-16_read-220 LOCATION:Copenhagen\ Denmark CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:219-2006-08-07 12:17:42 CREATED:20060807T121742 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070307 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070308 SUMMARY:FP7 Launch Event - Today is the Future DESCRIPTION: On 7 March 2007\ high-level representatives of the Ge rman EU Presidency and the European Commission will open a m ajor event on European research in Brussels. The event will begin with an “Evening on European research”\ which wil l comprise: - Speeches by high-level representatives of the German EU Presidency and the European Commission - T he opening of the public exhibition “Today is the future (working title) - The award ceremony for the Descartes Prizes for collaborative research and science communication. This event will mark the launch of the Seventh Framew ork Programme 2007-2013 (the main EU instrument to support r esearch)\ which will devote close to €50 billion to Europ ean and international co-operation in science and technology . The overall aim of the event is to raise the level of poli tical commitment to European research\ expand media coverag e and increase public awareness. http://ec.europa .eu/research/fp7/events/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-07_read-219 LOCATION:Brussels\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:218-2006-08-07 11:51:31 CREATED:20060807T115131 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071011 SUMMARY:CATE 2007 DESCRIPTION: 10th IASTED international conferencen on "Computers An d Advanced Technology In Education" http://www.ia sted.org/conferences/home-570.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -10-08_read-218 LOCATION:Beijing\ China CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:217-2006-08-07 11:11:34 CREATED:20060807T111134 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061111 SUMMARY:Learning Technologies 2006 DESCRIPTION: A variety of presentations\ workshops and social acti vities that will provide an excellent opportunity to extend your knowledge\ expand your thinking and create new contact s. http://videolinq.tafe.net/learningtechnologies 2006/index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-08_read-217 LOCATION:Mooloolaba\ Autralia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:216-2006-08-07 11:01:09 CREATED:20060807T110109 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060930 SUMMARY:The Whole Show - Right Here\ Right Now DESCRIPTION: The objective of the day is to take a training situati on from scratch through the five phases of an instructional design model all in one day. Using the ADDIE model\ groups of delegates will have to analyse\ design\ develop\ imple ment and evaluate a programme of training on a subject that will new to the audience. This is a eLearning Ne twork conference http://www.elearningnetwork.org/ futureconferences.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-29_read-216 LOCATION:London\ UK CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:215-2006-08-03 16:22:56 CREATED:20060803T162256 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061129 SUMMARY:Virtual Mobility Forum DESCRIPTION: A Virtual Mobility forum will be organised at the Onli ne Educa Berlin conference in November. The theme of this fo rum is ‘European Cooperation Through Virtual Mobility’. It will cover the topics of virtual and physical student and staff exchanges\ preparatory and follow-up activities of E rasmus-students\ joint course development and delivery and\  to a lesser extent\ virtual internships. http: //www.online-educa.com/?a=0&b=7&PHPSESSID=5bb7bddc054cf855e1 49b7a6d410a55d URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-28_read-215 LOCATION:Berlin\ Germany CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:214-2006-08-03 16:05:24 CREATED:20060803T160524 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070509 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070512 SUMMARY:ICIT2007 DESCRIPTION: The International Conference on Information Technology -ICIT 2007- is a forum for scientists\ engineers\ and pra ctitioners to present their latest research results\ ideas\  developments\ and applications in all areas of Informatio n Technology http://www.alzaytoonah.edu.jo/oldsit e/scon3.1.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-09_read-214 LOCATION:Amman\ Jordan CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:213-2006-08-03 15:56:13 CREATED:20060803T155613 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070506 SUMMARY:IETC DESCRIPTION: 7th International Educational Technology Conference on the theme "Educational Technology for Innovation and Change " in Education. http://www.neu.edu.tr/ietc2007/in dex.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-03_read-213 LOCATION:Nicosia\ North-Cyprus CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:212-2006-08-03 15:47:23 CREATED:20060803T154723 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061214 SUMMARY:ISM 2006 DESCRIPTION: IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia http://ism2006.eecs.uci.edu/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -12-11_read-212 LOCATION:San Diego\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:211-2006-08-03 15:25:09 CREATED:20060803T152509 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061124 SUMMARY:New approaches to learning - with and without the e DESCRIPTION: This is a 1 day workshop organised by the e-Learning A ge magazine http://www.elearningage.co.uk/prog11. htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-23_read-211 LOCATION:London\ UK CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:210-2006-08-03 15:16:43 CREATED:20060803T151643 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061116 SUMMARY:Professional Training Facts 2006 DESCRIPTION: The international Professional Training Facts 2006 con ference\ which is organised by the PROLEARN network\ will demonstrate how information and communication technologies a re already used for professional training and give foresight s and forecasts for upcoming IT solutions in this area. http://www.professional-training-facts.com/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-15_read-210 LOCATION:Stuttgart\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:209-2006-08-03 15:06:42 CREATED:20060803T150642 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061110 SUMMARY:DLC&W DESCRIPTION: "Distance Learning Conference and Workshop" is the 6th edition of an international conference about e-learning and education technologies and professional training. http://conteudo.thegraal.net/DLCW06/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-07_read-209 LOCATION:Lisbon\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208-2006-08-03 14:58:30 CREATED:20060803T145830 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061028 SUMMARY:Languages & The Media DESCRIPTION: 6th international conference and exhibition on languag e transfer in audiovisual media http://www.langua ges-media.com/lang_media_2006/index.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-25_read-208 LOCATION:Berlin\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:207-2006-08-03 14:44:29 CREATED:20060803T144429 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061028 SUMMARY:The eChallenges e-2006 Conference DESCRIPTION: This is the sixteenth in a series of annual conference s supported by the European Commission\ which bring togethe r over 600 delegates from leading commercial\ government an d research organisations around the world to bridge the Digi tal Divide by sharing knowledge\ experience\ lessons learn t and good practice in thematic areas including Networked Bu siness\ eGovernment and eDemocracy\ Technology Enhanced Le arning\ Collaborative Working Environments\ eHealth\ GRID \ Knowledge Management\ Smart & Virtual Organisation and I nternational IST Collaboration. http://www.echall enges.org/e2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-25_read-207 LOCATION:Barcelona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:206-2006-08-03 14:20:19 CREATED:20060803T142019 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061020 SUMMARY:VLEs: Pedagogy and Implementation DESCRIPTION: VLEs: Pedagogy and Implementation\ the theory and pra ctice of learning platforms and virtual learning environment s. http://www.online-conference.net/vle2006/intro duction.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-16_read-206 LOCATION:Online conference CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:205-2006-08-03 14:15:10 CREATED:20060803T141510 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061009 SUMMARY:Thematic Conference/Comenius Contact Seminars DESCRIPTION: The 1st Thematic Network Conference and Comenius Conat act Seminars are going to be held in Wolfsberg\ Austria. Th e conference will focuss on educational use of ICT and new m edia and the title is "Educational challenges through ICT an d media in Europe". Thematic conference: 6-8 Octo ber 2006 Comenius contact seminars: 4-8 October 2006 http://www.ecomedia-europe.net/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-04_read-205 LOCATION:Wolfsberg\ Austria CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:204-2006-08-03 14:05:33 CREATED:20060803T140533 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061007 SUMMARY:Euroepean e-Skills conference DESCRIPTION: The European e-Skills 2006 Conference is a high-level conference on e-skills and a key milestone. The outcomes of the conference will be used to prepare a long term strategy in Europe to ensure adequate e-skills for the future across both workforce and population. http://eskills.ced efop.europa.eu/conference2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-05_read-204 LOCATION:Thessaloniki\ Greece CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:203-2006-08-03 13:52:44 CREATED:20060803T135244 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061005 SUMMARY:L3NCD DESCRIPTION: 2nd international workshop on Life Long Learning Netwo rks for Competence Development. http://www.l3s.de /~olmedilla/events/2006/L3NCD06/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-01_read-203 LOCATION:Crete\ Greece CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:202-2006-08-03 13:44:22 CREATED:20060803T134422 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060929 SUMMARY:7th Learning Management Congress DESCRIPTION: This congress is about different topics related to Lea rning Management: foundations\ Best Practices\ Trends\ So ftware releases and Strategies http://www.im-c.de /elearning/index.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-27_read-202 LOCATION:Dusseldorf\ Germany CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:201-2006-08-03 13:37:17 CREATED:20060803T133717 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060924 SUMMARY:ILSC2006 DESCRIPTION: This "Intelligent Learning with Symbolic Computation" workshop is a satelite workshop to AISC 2006 (Artificial Int elligence and Symbolic Computation). http://webal t.math.helsinki.fi/ilsc2006/content/index_eng.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-23_read-201 LOCATION:Beijing\ China CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:200-2006-08-03 09:50:33 CREATED:20060803T095033 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060922 SUMMARY:Making e-Learning more fun DESCRIPTION: This one day seminar workshop will provide you with va rious insight how to make e-learning an enjoyable and theref ore memorable experience. http://www.elearningage .co.uk/prog12.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-21_read-200 LOCATION:London\ UK CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:199-2006-08-03 09:45:39 CREATED:20060803T094539 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060924 SUMMARY:Informal Learning and Digital Media: Constructions\ Context s\ Consequences DESCRIPTION: The conference aims to bring together an international forum of scholars from a range of disciplines including med ia and ICT studies. http://www.dream.dk/index.php ?page=0059&lang=Dansk URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-21_read-199 LOCATION:Odense\ Denmark CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:198-2006-08-03 09:38:22 CREATED:20060803T093822 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060923 SUMMARY:e-Quality final seminar DESCRIPTION: The project consortium is organising a seminar on proj ect results and more generally on Quality in ODL in Higher E ducation\ widely open to participants all over Europe and a broad. http://www.e-quality-eu.org/seminar.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-21_read-198 LOCATION:Szczecin\ Poland CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:197-2006-08-03 09:33:13 CREATED:20060803T093313 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060923 SUMMARY:EDUTEC 2006 DESCRIPTION: Around the EDUTEC association there have been diverse actions and projects related to new Information and Communic ation Technologies in Education which have been led by diffe rent universities from Spain and Latin America. The top ic of this year's conference is: "Education in Virtual Envi ronments: Quality and Effectiveness in e-Learning." http://edutec.urv.net/ang/index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-19_read-197 LOCATION:Tarragona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:196-2006-08-02 17:19:07 CREATED:20060802T171907 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060913 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060916 SUMMARY:International Design for All conference DESCRIPTION: The conference focusses on policy discussions round De sign for All\ e-Accessibility and e-inclusion reflecting th e European approach to equality in Information Society - Inf ormation Society for All. Researchers and professionals fr om academia\ public sector and industry are invited to pres ent Design for All strategies\ innovative R&D results and i mplementation strategies. http://dfasuomi.stakes. fi/EN/dfa2006/rovaniemi/index.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-13_read-196 LOCATION:Rovaniemi\ Finland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:195-2006-08-02 17:11:49 CREATED:20060802T171149 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060913 SUMMARY:EABIS 5th annual colloquium 2006 DESCRIPTION: The theme for the 5th Annual Colloquium hosted by EABI S partner SDA Bocconi will be the vital link between strateg ic management and corporate responsibility. This year’s ev ent will include an education and training exchange. http://www.eabis.org/default.aspx URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-11_read-195 LOCATION:Milan\ Italy CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:194-2006-08-02 17:03:49 CREATED:20060802T170349 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060910 SUMMARY:NETTIES 2006 DESCRIPTION: The NETTIES 2006 International Conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on research\ development\ and applications on all topics related to information and communication technolo gies\ with specific reference to telematics\ multimedia\ telecommunications\ distance education and their applicatio ns in the everyday life/society http://www.nettie s2006.ro/index.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-06_read-194 LOCATION:Timisoara\ Romania CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:191-2006-07-26 14:01:48 CREATED:20060726T140148 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061103 SUMMARY:Spaces\ Places and Future Learning: Using innovative techno logy and practice to re-imagine learning spaces DESCRIPTION:This two-day conference organised by Futurelab will provide an opportunity to challenge our preconceptions of the place s in which we learn\ both in and outside of school\ and to re-imagine how they could be designed through the use of te chnology and innovative practice. With projects such as Buil ding Schools for the Future (BSF) currently on the horizon\ the conference will give delegates a timely opportunity to re-examine what we want our schools to be in the future and to ensure that any new set-up\ in terms of both building an d infrastructure\ will fulfil learners’ needs now and in the future.  It will also provide an opportunity to conside r potential learning environments outside of school as well as to discuss learners of all ages. Speakers include Lo rd David Puttnam\ former film producer and BAFTA Academy Fe llow for 2006\ Bruce Jilk\ Educational Consultant and CEFP I Planner of the Year for 2005\ Edith Ackermann\ Massachus etts Institute of Technology (MIT)\ Jeffrey Revoy\ Senior Director of Yahoo! Europe Search and Local\ and Steve Moss\  Partnerships for Schools (Building Schools of the Future). The conference will bring together the technology\ building and infrastructure\ education\ policy and academ ic sectors\ and features research studies alongside practic al projects. Be part of the debate on re-imagining learning spaces and book your place at Spaces\ Places and Future Lea rning.  For further information and to book your place plea se contact Futurelab on +44 (0)117 915 8200 or go to www.fut urelab.org.uk/events/learning_spaces where you can book onl ine. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-01_read-191 LOCATION:Bethnal Green\ London CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:187-2006-07-18 12:20:12 CREATED:20060718T122012 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070329 SUMMARY:DIGITEL 2007 DESCRIPTION: The IEEE International Workshop on Digital Game and To y Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL2007) provides a forum\ with ke ynotes\ paper presentations\ posters\ and panels\ for re searchers and practitioners from various disciplines to exch ange ideas to lay the foundation for this emerging research area. http://digitel2007.cl.ncu.edu.tw/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-26_read-187 LOCATION:Naitonal Central University\ Taiwan CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:186-2006-07-18 12:16:20 CREATED:20060718T121620 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061130 SUMMARY:FEAST Conference 2006: Research without borders DESCRIPTION: This conference entitled 'Research without borders' wi ll be hosted by FEAST\ the Forum for European-Australian sc ience and technology cooperation. http://www.feas t.org/conference2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-28_read-186 LOCATION:Canberra\ Australia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:185-2006-07-18 11:06:27 CREATED:20060718T110627 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061010 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061014 SUMMARY:DevLearn 2006 DESCRIPTION: The eLearning Developers' Conference & Expo. http://www.elearningguild.com/pbuild/linkbuilder.cfm?selec tion=doc.1171&templateid=2 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-10_read-185 LOCATION:San Francisco\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:184-2006-07-18 09:52:29 CREATED:20060718T095229 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061105 SUMMARY:SEFI 2006 - Continuing Engineering Education DESCRIPTION: Annual Seminar and meeting of the SEFI Working Group o n Continuing Engineering Education\ hosted by the Norwegi an University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. http://www.ntnu.no/videre/sefi/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-01_read-184 LOCATION:Trondheim\ Norway CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:183-2006-07-18 09:35:33 CREATED:20060718T093533 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061025 SUMMARY:ELeGI DESCRIPTION:<>Kaleidoscope member Pierluigi Ritrovato is co-chair of thi s year's 2nd International ELeGI Conference on Advanced Tech nology for Enhanced Learning. The current trend is for Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) models and practices t o evolve from content centred to a learner centred approache s. In the "learning society" humans are at the centre of a long-life learning process which is clearly a social\ co nstructive phenomenon. Hence\ e-learning becomes a centra l issue that requires new Learning Environments able to su pport this new pedagogical approach\ providing realistic simulations\ interactions\ conversations\ collaborations and enhanced presence in dynamic Virtual Communities. The 2nd ELeGI Conference will be mainly focused on but not limited to: *       recent advances in TEL resear ch\ both from pedagogical and technological points of vie w *       new pedagogical approaches for learning an d e-learning\ learner models and knowledge representation *       TEL innovative application in GRID-Aware e- learning environments\ *       theoretical and prac tical aspects of TEL in order to valorise those applicatio ns that can actualize learner centred approach *        design and pedagogical issues of emerging architectures *       Service Oriented Architectures for e-learning http://www.elegi.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-24_read-183 LOCATION:Barcelona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:181-2006-07-18 08:11:54 CREATED:20060718T081154 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060922 SUMMARY:International Workshop on Collaborative Modelling Environmen ts implementation in Schools DESCRIPTION: Audience: School Managers /Directors\ Inspectors/ Consultants and Public Administrati on (Ministry of Education\ Local Authorities etc) of second ary schools. The focus of the workshop is mainly on Pedagogical Consultancy\ Technolo gical Support and some use cases\ with open discussion\ co nducted by the partners\ on the critical paths faced by the e-COMODE service. (e-COMODE Services: Interest\ Potentiali ties and Constraints in different countries and contexts). T he objective is to identify common critical issues\ current approaches to tackle them and possible ideas and initiative s to improve the situation. The idea in e-COMODE is to encourage i n all European countries the adoption of new curricula inclu ding collaborative\ modelling\ problem solving and express ion activities that can be effectively supported by means of appropriate tools\ such as the one offered by the e-COMODE services. This event will present dif ferent eLearning aspects including project results and sever al political issues with regards to ICT usage in education. The validation results will be presen ted by Angelique Dimitracopoulou\ together with several sto ries in different scenarios. From the political point of vie w\ Emilie Normann from the European Commission will present the eTEN programme vision and a representative of the CNICE - Spanish Ministry of Education and Science will present th e situation of eLearning in Europe and the Spanish education al system in the European context. Finally\ the modelling a nd collaboration applications and roles at school will be pr esented by Marta Turcsanyi-Szabo. The workshop will take place in Madrid\ at Atos Origin premises \ on September the 21st. If you are interested in participa ting\ please contact Esther Casado (esther.casado@atosorigi n.com) or Lydia Montandon (lydia.montandon@atosorigin.com). URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-21_read-181 LOCATION:Madrid\ Spain CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:179-2006-07-11 09:46:56 CREATED:20060711T094656 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070331 SUMMARY:SITE 2007 DESCRIPTION: The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Edu cation (SITE) is an international association of individual teacher educators\ and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines\ who are interested in the cre ation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of inform ation technology in teacher education and faculty/staff deve lopment. http://www.aace.org/conf/site/default.ht m URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-26_read-179 LOCATION:Texas\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:177-2006-07-10 17:19:38 CREATED:20060710T171938 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070221 SUMMARY:e-Learning Conference 2007 DESCRIPTION: Annual distance learning conference for e-learning pra ctitioners. http://www.itcnetwork.org/elearning20 07.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-17_read-177 LOCATION:Albuquerque\ New Mexico CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:175-2006-07-10 16:55:36 CREATED:20060710T165536 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070502 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070505 SUMMARY:German e-Science Conference DESCRIPTION: The "German e-Science Conference 2007" (GES2007) is th e first event to demonstrate the first results from the four e-Science areas: Grid computing\ knowledge networking\ e- Learning and open access. http://www.ges2007.de/i ndex.php?id=20&L=1 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -05-02_read-175 LOCATION:Baden-Baden\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:171-2006-07-10 15:51:57 CREATED:20060710T155157 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070317 SUMMARY:EuroIMSA 2007 DESCRIPTION: The IASTED international conference on "Internet and M ulitmedia Systems and Applications" http://www.ia sted.org/conferences/home-558.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-14_read-171 LOCATION:Chamonix\ France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:170-2006-07-10 15:35:31 CREATED:20060710T153531 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070216 SUMMARY:LearnTec 2007 DESCRIPTION: Annual European e-Learning conference and exhibition w here business people and experts meet. Parallel to the fair\  e-learning experts from industry\ commerce\ and science provide information about trends on the way to the informati on and knowledge-based society. http://www.learnt ec.de/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -02-13_read-170 LOCATION:Karlsruhe\ Germany CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:168-2006-07-10 15:03:39 CREATED:20060710T150339 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070719 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070721 SUMMARY:ICEL 2007 DESCRIPTION: ICEL 2007\ the Second International Conference on e-L earning\ is a conference designed to bring together groups of people with different perspectives\ to explore and impro ve the field of e-learning in both its research and practice . http://www.academic-conferences.org/icel/icel20 07/icel07-home.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-19_read-168 LOCATION:New York\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:167-2006-07-10 14:24:48 CREATED:20060710T142448 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070313 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070314 SUMMARY:JISC Conference 2007 DESCRIPTION: This one day event will be of interest to all those in post 16 and higher education and research involved in plann ing for and supporting the use of ICT. JISC works with  fur ther and higher education by providing strategic guidance\ advice and opportunities to use ICT to support teaching\ le arning\ research and administration. http://www. jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=event_conf_0307 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-13_read-167 LOCATION:Birmingham\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:166-2006-07-10 14:20:28 CREATED:20060710T142028 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070607 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070610 SUMMARY:EPAL: Learning through online exchanges DESCRIPTION: EPAL (Echanger pour apprendre en ligne) is a conferenc e that focuses on online learning and teaching\ both at dis tance and blended\ and its core theme is online interaction . http://w3.u-grenoble3.fr/epal/dossier/07_engl/p 1.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-07_read-166 LOCATION:Grenoble\ France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:165-2006-07-10 14:01:16 CREATED:20060710T140116 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070322 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070325 SUMMARY:EXPOELEARNING 2007 DESCRIPTION: ExpoELearning is an annual eLearning symposium for hum an resource directors\ training managers\ eLearning profes sionals\ teachers\ trainers\ university professors\ advi sors\ purchase directors. http://www.aefol.com/e xpoelearning2007/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-22_read-165 LOCATION:Barcelona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:164-2006-07-10 12:19:06 CREATED:20060710T121906 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070322 SUMMARY:CeBIT: digital solutions for work and life DESCRIPTION: CeBIT is one of the world's leading events for Informa tion Technology\ Telecommunications\ Software and Services . http://www.cebit.de/homepage_e?x=1 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-15_read-164 LOCATION:Hannover\ Germany CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:162-2006-07-10 11:54:07 CREATED:20060710T115407 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070625 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070630 SUMMARY:ED-MEDIA 2007 DESCRIPTION: World Conference on Educational Multimedia\ Hypermedia a nd Telecommunications.  This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research\ development and applications o n all topics related to multimedia\ hypermedia and telecomm unications / destance education. http://www.aace.org /conf/edmedia/default.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -06-25_read-162 LOCATION:Vancouver\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:160-2006-07-10 11:39:11 CREATED:20060710T113911 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061215 SUMMARY:CISSE '06 DESCRIPTION: International Joint Conferences on Computer\ Informat ion\ and Systems Sciences\ and Engineering. CIS2E 06 provi des a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the s tate-of the-art research on computers\ information and syst ems sciences and engineering. The virtual conference will be conducted through the Internet using web-conferencing tools \ made available by the conference http://www.ci sse2006.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -12-04_read-160 LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:159-2006-07-10 11:30:33 CREATED:20060710T113033 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061216 SUMMARY:AXMEDIS 2006 DESCRIPTION: Second international conference on automated productio n of cross media content for multi-channel distribution. http://www.axmedis.org/axmedis2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -12-12_read-159 LOCATION:Leeds\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:158-2006-07-10 11:15:21 CREATED:20060710T111521 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060921 SUMMARY:Learning on Screen Awards and Conference 2006 DESCRIPTION: The Learning on Screen Awards celebrate excellence in the production of effective learning material which employs moving pictures\ sound and graphics. The learning on s creen conference is a meeting for producers\ service-provid ers\ teachers\ researchers\ librarians\ broadcasters\ n ew media developers\ distributors and technology vendors. http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/conferences/learningonscree n/losconference.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-19_read-158 LOCATION:Birmingham\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:157-2006-07-07 14:28:02 CREATED:20060707T142802 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060927 SUMMARY:Forum on investing in innovation and competitiveness DESCRIPTION: On 26 September\ a forum on investing in innovation a nd competitiveness will be held in Paris\ France. The aim o f the forum is to facilitate the development of innovative s mall and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) by encouraging the exchange of information on financing innovation\ and provid ing information on the various sources of finance. Round tables and special workshops will pro vide SMEs with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the needs of innovation financers. They will also be abl e to meet potential financers and partners with a view to fo rming new partnerships. For more informatio n\ please visit: http://www.forum-financement.co m/paris/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-26_read-157 LOCATION:Paris\ France CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:156-2006-07-07 14:26:02 CREATED:20060707T142602 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061001 SUMMARY:ECOLEAD Summer School DESCRIPTION: From 28 to 30 September the EU-funded ECOLEAD (Europea n Collaborative networked Organisations LEADership initiativ e) project will hold a Summer School on collaborative networ ks in Helsinki\ Finland\ in the framework of the Working C onference on Virtual Enterprises. The ECOLEAD pr oject aims to create the necessary strong foundations and me chanisms for establishing the most advanced collaborative an d network-based industry society. Most enterprises will be p art of sustainable collaborative networks that will act as a breeding environment for the formation of dynamic virtual o rganisations in response to fast changing market conditions. The Summer School will present t he latest in the theoretical foundations of Communities of N etworked Organisations (CNO)\ virtual organisation manageme nt\ professional virtual organisations and virtual breeding environments. It will also demonstrate recent advances in t he design and development of corresponding information and c ommunication technologies (ICT)”\Ãw€ÄÌ infrastruct ures\ while experts will highlight different aspects of thi s recently established and very active scientific domain wit h high potential for the business world. For more information\ please visit: http://virtu al.vtt.fi/virtual/ecolead/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-28_read-156 LOCATION:Helsinki\ Finland CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:155-2006-07-04 15:13:44 CREATED:20060704T151344 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061009 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061013 SUMMARY:EDUCAUSE 2006 DESCRIPTION: Premier information technology event in higher educati on.Focused on the theme “Spurring Innovation and Marshalli ng Resources\” the diverse program offers a variety of wa ys to gather information\ engage with peers in the higher e ducation IT community\ and hear from leading figures in the field—including preconference seminars\ track sessions\ poster sessions\ small group meetings\ and corporate exhi bits\ presentations\ and workshops. http://www. educause.edu/e06 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-09_read-155 LOCATION:Dallas\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:154-2006-07-04 15:05:57 CREATED:20060704T150557 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060713 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060717 SUMMARY:IADIS e-Society Conference 2006 DESCRIPTION: The IADIS e-Society 2006 conference aims to address th e main issues of concern within the Information Society. Thi s conference covers both the technical as well as the non-te chnical aspects of the Information Society. Broad areas of i nterest are eGovernment / eGovernance\ eBusiness / eCommerc e\ eLearning\ eHealth\ Information Systems\ and Informat ion Management. http://www.iadis.org/es2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-13_read-154 LOCATION:Dublin\ Ireland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:153-2006-07-04 14:59:28 CREATED:20060704T145928 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060710 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060715 SUMMARY:GETS: Global Educational Technology Symposium DESCRIPTION: The Global Educational Technology Symposium (GETS) Ser ies is an initiative of the GETS Project aiming at Internati onal cooperation using advanced educational technology in gr aduate studies in computer science and engineering.The Sympo siums bring together people who are engaged in the promotion and dissemination of graduate engineering education in the World. http://www.gets2006.com/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-10_read-153 LOCATION:University of Algarve\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:152-2006-07-04 13:44:07 CREATED:20060704T134407 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070329 SUMMARY:CAL '07: Computer Assisted Learning Conference DESCRIPTION: The Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) biennial conferen ce\ CAL ’07\ will debate the alleged disruptive nature o f technological development in the area of learning at the i ndividual\ institutional and national level in an attempt t o learn from the past while designing for the future. Please note that Kaleidosope member Brendan Tangney is the Program Chair and other members (including Niall Winter s) are on the committee. http://www.cal-conferenc e.elsevier.com/themes.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-26_read-152 LOCATION:Dublin\ Ireland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:150-2006-07-04 11:02:57 CREATED:20060704T110257 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061122 SUMMARY:Professional Learning Fair 2006 DESCRIPTION: Annual fair about learning technologies for researcher s\ academics\ trainers and professionals in Human Resource s. http://www.professional-learning.de/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-20_read-150 LOCATION:Frankfurt am Main\ Germany CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:149-2006-07-04 10:54:09 CREATED:20060704T105409 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061109 SUMMARY:LEARNING 2006 DESCRIPTION: The focus of Learning 2006 comes from the key issues f acing learning professionals in global organizations. http://www.learning2006.com/home2/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-05_read-149 LOCATION:Orlando\ Florida CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:148-2006-07-04 10:47:18 CREATED:20060704T104718 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061104 SUMMARY:4th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning DESCRIPTION: The Fourth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PC F4) addresses Achieving Development Goals through open and d istance and technology-mediated learning. The forum is desig ned to enable delegates to explore the contribution open and distance learning (ODL) and technology-mediated learning ma kes to overcoming poverty and building a more stable and pro sperous world. http://pcf4.dec.uwi.edu/index.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-30_read-148 LOCATION:Ocho Rios\ Jamaica CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:147-2006-07-03 17:03:45 CREATED:20060703T170345 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060802 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060805 SUMMARY:Distance Learning Conference DESCRIPTION:The 22nd Annual Conference offers a unique and exciting prog ram that combines expertise and practical applications with a focus on designing quality courses\ using mobile devices\  and harnessing the true interactive potential of the Inter net. http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -08-02_read-147 LOCATION:Madison\ USA CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:146-2006-07-03 16:59:09 CREATED:20060703T165909 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060907 SUMMARY:22nd ICDE World Conference DESCRIPTION: The main theme of the conference organised by the Inte rnational Council for Open en Distance Education (ICDE) is " Promoting Quality in Distance\ Flexible and ICT based educa tion".The ICDE World Conference\ held biennially\ is alrea dy established as one of the leading educational events worl dwide. http://thot.cursus.edu/rubrique.asp?no=239 09 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-03_read-146 LOCATION:Rio de Janeiro\ Brazil CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:145-2006-07-03 16:42:00 CREATED:20060703T164200 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061007 SUMMARY:CATE 2006: Computers and Advanced Technology in Education DESCRIPTION: This ninth international conference on computers and a dvanced technology in education is organised by the Internat ional Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2006/p eru/c528.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-04_read-145 LOCATION:Lima\ Peru CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:144-2006-07-03 16:35:26 CREATED:20060703T163526 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060717 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060720 SUMMARY:ICET2006: IASTED International Conference on Education and T echnology DESCRIPTION: ICET 2006 will act as a major forum for presenting the latest developments in the field of technology and educatio n. It will encourage the exchange of information and experie nces between educators\ researchers\ students and policy m akers. http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2006/cal gary/icet.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-17_read-144 LOCATION:Alberta\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:142-2006-07-03 16:27:04 CREATED:20060703T162704 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070317 SUMMARY:6th IASTED international conference on Web-Based Education DESCRIPTION: The conference is organised by he International Associ ation of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED). Th e purpose of IASTED is to promote economic development throu gh science and technology. http://www.iasted.org/ conferences/home-557.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -03-14_read-142 LOCATION:Chaminox\ France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:141-2006-07-03 15:57:54 CREATED:20060703T155754 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070114 SUMMARY:BETT 2007 DESCRIPTION: BETT is the world's leading educational information an d communications technologies (ICT) event. Visitors have the opportunity to enrich their ICT knowledge and skills at the numerous seminars\ workshops and product demonstrations. http://www.bettshow.com/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -01-10_read-141 LOCATION:London\ UK CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:139-2006-07-03 15:48:01 CREATED:20060703T154801 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061207 SUMMARY:MoMM 2006 DESCRIPTION: Fourth international conference on advances in mobile computing and multimedia. http://www.iiwas.org/co nferences/momm2006/show.php?name=Startpage URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -12-04_read-139 LOCATION:Yogyakarta\ Indonesia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:138-2006-07-03 15:38:24 CREATED:20060703T153824 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061202 SUMMARY:Online Educa Berlin DESCRIPTION: 12th international conference on technology supported learning and training. Online Educa Berlin 2006 is set to m ove from strength to strength in terms of putting you at the heart of the most significant trends and developments\ and providing opportunities to expand your e-learning network. http://www.online-educa.com/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-29_read-138 LOCATION:Berlin\ Germany CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:137-2006-07-03 15:34:33 CREATED:20060703T153433 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061203 SUMMARY:m-ICTE: the IV International Conference on Multimedia and IC Ts in Education DESCRIPTION:  m-ICTE2006 wants to be an international forum in Spa in with the aim to promote discussion about the pedagogical potential of new technologies applied in learning and teachi ng from an academic and corporate point of view. http://www.formatex.org/micte2006/index.php?option=com_front page&Itemid=1 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-29_read-137 LOCATION:Sevilla\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:134-2006-06-30 11:29:41 CREATED:20060630T112941 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060810 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060811 SUMMARY:MathUI 2006: Mathematical User Interfaces workshop DESCRIPTION:10th August\ 2006\ nr Oxford\ UK at the Fifth Mathema tical Knowledge Management Conference SCOPE Bu ilding on the success and interest of the first MathUI works hop\ this second one\ organised by Kaleidoscope member Pau l Libbrecht\ is intended to bring together researchers work ing on MKM but from the perspective of mathematics manipulat ed by end users. Accordingly\ an emphasis is on providing u sers with interfaces and software systems that enhance their mathematical working experience. The topics of the workshop centre around\ but are not restricted to: - pres enting mathematical knowledge - user studies with MKM tools or other mathematical interfaces - novel \ original or downright funky interfaces to mathematics sof tware - interactive mathematics MORE INFORMATION MKM 2006       http: //www.reading.ac.uk/MKM06/ MathUI 2006:   http:/ /www.activemath.org/~paul/MathUI06/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -08-10_read-134 LOCATION:St. Anne's Manor\ Workingham\ UK CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:131-2006-06-23 11:19:21 CREATED:20060623T111921 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061029 SUMMARY:"Research into online distance education and e-learning" DESCRIPTION: This is the 4th EDEN research workshop.  EDEN and the conference hosts\ the Open University of Catalonia\ welco mes your participation in what will be a stimulating and imp ortant workshop for e-learning and distance education resear ch. http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=30 6 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-25_read-131 LOCATION:Castelldefels\ Spain CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:129-2006-06-19 14:09:22 CREATED:20060619T140922 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060629 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060701 SUMMARY:Conference: "ICT for Bio-Medical Sciences" DESCRIPTION: The European Commission DG Information Society and Med ia and DG Research\ with the support of three roadmapping p rojects of DG INFSO (SYMBIOMATICS\ STEP & SHARE)\ are orga nising the Conference "Information & Communication Technolog ies (ICT) for Bio-Medical Sciences". The Conference is aim ed at scientists as well as those involved in research polic y and industry. It is meant to be a forum for discussion on the challenges that could be faced by the 7th Framework Prog ramme. http://europa.eu.int/information_society/e vents/ict_bio_2006/index_en.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-29_read-129 LOCATION:Brussels\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:128-2006-06-15 17:35:28 CREATED:20060615T173528 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061210 SUMMARY:NODEM 06: Nordic Digital Excellence in Museums DESCRIPTION: NODEM 06 is a conference and an exhibition that focuse s on digital media in interpretative processes in museums http://www.tii.se/v4m/nodem/index.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -12-07_read-128 LOCATION:University of Oslo\ Norway CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:126-2006-06-13 14:24:08 CREATED:20060613T142408 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060921 SUMMARY:Scientific Research and Teaching Foreign Languages DESCRIPTION: This conference is organised by the Faculty of Informatic s and Management and Department of Applied Languages of the university of Hradec Králové. http://fim.uhk.cz/ja zyky/eng/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-20_read-126 LOCATION:Hradec Králové\ Czech Republic CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:124-2006-06-13 14:09:59 CREATED:20060613T140959 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070705 SUMMARY:ICTMT DESCRIPTION: The 8th International Conference on Technology in Mathema tics Teaching (ICTMT) brings together educators\ researcher s and developers with a common interest in enhancing the tea ching and learning of mathematics (at any level) through the use of Information and Communications Technology ht tp://www.ictmt8.org/ictmt8/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2007 -07-01_read-124 LOCATION:Hradec Králové\ Czech Republic CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:122-2006-06-13 13:58:56 CREATED:20060613T135856 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061207 SUMMARY:ascilite 2006 DESCRIPTION: The 23rd annual conference of the Australasian Society fo r Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education http:/ /www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney06/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -12-03_read-122 LOCATION:Sydney\ Australia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:120-2006-06-07 15:53:32 CREATED:20060607T155332 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060624 SUMMARY:Information Day on European Technology Platforms DESCRIPTION: The Italian Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE)\ in collaboration with the Representative Office of the European Commission in Milan and the Milan Chamber of C ommerce\ is organising an "Information Day on European Tech nology Platforms" to be held in Milan (Italy) on 23rd June 2 006. The objective of this Information Day is to give p articipants more information about the European Parliament's strategies in the field of research\ the role of banks in the European Technology Platforms Sector and the guidelines for the next Seventh Framework Programme. http://www .apre.it/serviziapre/eventi/giornata.asp?id=739 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-23_read-120 LOCATION:Milan\ Italy CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:119-2006-06-06 09:13:23 CREATED:20060606T091323 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060616 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060617 SUMMARY:Stimulating Innovation towards SMEs in the Construction Sect or DESCRIPTION: This conference is organised by The European Council for Construction Research\ Development and Innovation (ECCREDI) . The aim of the Conference is to encourage organisations\ companies and individuals to increase innovation in construc tion\ as well as to encourage SMEs to effectively take part in the next Framework Programme and parallel national and r egional programmes. http://www.eccredi.org/navigatio n/conference_set.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-16_read-119 LOCATION:Brussels\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:116-2006-06-06 08:59:58 CREATED:20060606T085958 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061007 SUMMARY:2006 International Symposium on Modern Computing DESCRIPTION: The invention of electronic digital computing by John Vin cent Atanasoff in 1939 has changed the face of technology fo rever. The JVA 2006 Symposium on Modern Computing advances r esearch areas and technologies with high potential impact on our digital society. http://www.cs.iastate.edu/jva/ ismc06/CFP.shtml URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-03_read-116 LOCATION:Sofia\ Bulgaria CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:115-2006-06-02 17:04:35 CREATED:20060602T170435 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061211 SUMMARY:IADIS CELDA 2006 DESCRIPTION: The IADIS CELDA (conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age) 2006 conference aims to address the main issues concerning with the evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in digital age. http://www.iadis.org/celda2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -12-08_read-115 LOCATION:Barcelona\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:113-2006-06-01 10:38:40 CREATED:20060601T103840 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061125 SUMMARY:EADTU's annual conference 2006 DESCRIPTION: Conference organised by the European Association for Dist ance Teaching Universities on the theme "Widening participat ion and opportunities by lifelong open and flexible learning in higher education.. Promoting accessibility and improving the quality of lifelong open and flexible learning" http://www.eadtu.nl/conference-2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-23_read-113 LOCATION:Tallinn\ Estonia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:112-2006-06-01 10:24:38 CREATED:20060601T102438 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061116 SUMMARY:World of Learning Conference and Exhibition DESCRIPTION: Over its 13 year history\ the World of Learning Conferen ce & Exhibition has become the must-attend event in the trai ning professionials diary. Showcasing the total blend o f solutions for the training industry\ the event will offer visitors the opportunity to source\ research\ test and ev aluate the full range of integrated solutions\ technologies and venues available. http://www.learnevents.com/in dex.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-14_read-112 LOCATION:Birmingham\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:111-2006-06-01 10:05:58 CREATED:20060601T100558 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061105 SUMMARY:PCM 2006: Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia DESCRIPTION: Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia is a major annual in ternational conference organized as a forum for the dissemin ation of state-of-the-art technological advances and researc h results in the fields of theoretical\ experimental\ and applied multimedia analysis and processing. http://w ww.pcm2006.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-02_read-111 LOCATION:Hangzhu\ China CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:110-2006-06-01 09:54:18 CREATED:20060601T095418 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061019 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061022 SUMMARY:CMS 2006 DESCRIPTION: CMS'2006 is the 10 th Conference in the “Communications and Multimedia Security” series. The series is a joint ef fort of IFIP Technical Committees TC6 (Communication Systems ) and TC11 (Security and Protection in Information Processin g Systems). The conference provides a forum for engineers an d scientists in information security. State-of-the-art issue s as well as practical experiences and new trends in the are as will be the topics of interest again\ as proven by prece ding conferences. In this year the conference in particular addresses network and information security issues. h ttp://www.ics.forth.gr/cms06/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-19_read-110 LOCATION:Crete\ Greece CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:109-2006-06-01 09:46:05 CREATED:20060601T094605 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061028 SUMMARY:ACM 2006 Multimedia Conference DESCRIPTION: Multimedia 2006 invites your participation in the premier annual multimedia conference\ covering all aspects of mult imedia computing: from underlying technologies to applicatio ns\ theory to practice\ and servers to networks to devices . http://www.mmdb.ece.ucsb.edu/acmmm06/index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-22_read-109 LOCATION:Santa Barbara\ USA CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:108-2006-06-01 09:37:18 CREATED:20060601T093718 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060923 SUMMARY:ICEC2006: 5th International conference on entertainment comp uting DESCRIPTION: ICEC is the longest established and most prestigious conf erence in the field of entertainment computing http: //www.icec2006.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-20_read-108 LOCATION:Cambridge\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:107-2006-06-01 09:27:31 CREATED:20060601T092731 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060615 SUMMARY:eLearning LIFE Fest DESCRIPTION: The first eLearning LIFE Fest is organised in Paris on Ju ne 13 and 14 2006 by the partnership of the European project LIFE (Learning Interoperability Framework for Europe) with the active support of the European project TELCERT team\ th e PROLEARN European network of excellence metadata team\ th e EIfEL Institute team and the participation of ADL Co-labor ator http://insight.eun.org/ww/en/pub/insight/intero perability/life/rss_articles/life_fest_in_paris.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-13_read-107 LOCATION:Paris\ France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:106-2006-05-30 17:40:33 CREATED:20060530T174033 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060910 SUMMARY:Hands on Science DESCRIPTION: The aim of the Conference is to promote an open broad exc hange of experiences on good practices\ syllabus and policy matters\ social factors and the learning of science\ and other issues related to Science Education and its developmen t. http://www.hsci.info/hsci2006/index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-04_read-106 LOCATION:Braga\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:105-2006-05-30 17:26:04 CREATED:20060530T172604 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060707 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060708 SUMMARY:LSRN 2006 DESCRIPTION: The LSRN Summer Conference will aim to reflect South West practitioners' views on how far UK education policy has pro gressed beyond the Government's initial vision of lifelong l earning\ and explore: how is the change in government polic y reflected in your day-to-day practice\ and how is it help ing or hindering your work. http://www.swslim.org.uk /conferences/lsrn2006/index.asp URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-07_read-105 LOCATION:Bridgwater\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:104-2006-05-29 11:13:06 CREATED:20060529T111306 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061124 SUMMARY:IST 2006 DESCRIPTION: This year's edition of the most important European event in the field of Information Society Technologies will coinci de with the launch of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme f or Research and Development http://europa.eu.int/inf ormation_society/istevent/2006/index_en.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -11-21_read-104 LOCATION:Helsinki\ Finnland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:103-2006-05-29 11:07:17 CREATED:20060529T110717 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060914 SUMMARY:5th International Internet Education Conference: ICT-Learn 2 006 DESCRIPTION: 5th international internet education conference and exhib ition on the relationship between Education\ Training\ Inf ormation and Communication. http://www.distant-learn ing.net/index.shtml URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-11_read-103 LOCATION:Cairo\ Egypt CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:102-2006-05-29 11:00:20 CREATED:20060529T110020 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060913 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060916 SUMMARY:2nd International Open and Distance Learning (IODL) Symposiu m DESCRIPTION: Anadolu University as one of the largest open and distanc e learning providers would like to bring practitioners\ res earchers\ policy makers\ administrators and even learners to share and discuss questions concerning relationship betwe en globalization\ lifelong learning\ flexible learning\ o pen learning and distance learning http://www.aof.ed u.tr/iodl2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-13_read-102 LOCATION:Eskisehir\ Turkey CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:101-2006-05-29 10:55:06 CREATED:20060529T105506 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061009 SUMMARY:IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2006 DESCRIPTION: The IADIS WWW/Internet 2006 conference aims to address th e main issues of concern within WWW/Internet. This conferenc e aims to cover both technological as well as non-technologi cal issues. http://www.iadis.org/icwi2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-05_read-101 LOCATION:Murcia\ Spain CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:100-2006-05-29 10:48:07 CREATED:20060529T104807 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061014 SUMMARY:ePortfolio 2006 DESCRIPTION:<>The theme of the 4th international ePortfolio Conference i s "eStrategies for Empowering Learners."  Kaleiddoscope mem ber Elizabeth Hartnell-Young (University of Nottingham\ UK) will speak about the use of ePortfolios in schools in Victo ria\ Australia.  Kaleidoscope member Martin Homik (Univers ity of Saarland\ DE) will give a presentation entitled "Usi ng ePortfolio blogs for learning logs". http://www.e ife-l.org/news/ep2006 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-11_read-100 LOCATION:Oxford\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:99-2006-05-29 10:42:07 CREATED:20060529T104207 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061026 SUMMARY:mLearn 2006 DESCRIPTION:This annual conference is the key research and networking ev ent for researchers\ strategists\ educators\ technologist s and practitioners from all over the world URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-22_read-99 LOCATION:Banff\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:98-2006-05-29 10:36:24 CREATED:20060529T103624 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061018 SUMMARY:E-Learn 2006 DESCRIPTION: The world conference in Corporate\ Government\ Health C are and Higher Education. The international forum for resear chers\ developers\ and practitioners to learn about the be st practices/technology in education\ government\ healthca re and business. http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-13_read-98 LOCATION:Honolulu\ Hawaii CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:97-2006-05-29 10:30:12 CREATED:20060529T103012 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061013 SUMMARY:Streaming Media Europe 2006 DESCRIPTION: Streaming professionals\ content creators and business e xecutives will gather in the autumn of 2006 to learn how to apply streaming and digital media technologies to innovative business solutions and explore the development potential fo r this expanding industry http://www.streamingmedia. com/europe/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-11_read-97 LOCATION:London\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:96-2006-05-29 10:17:21 CREATED:20060529T101721 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060919 SUMMARY:AMEE 2006 (Association for Medical Education in Europe) DESCRIPTION: This is a large annual international event focussing e ntirely on medical and health care professions education. On e of the activities of this conference is a symposium on “ Medical interactive e-Learning” (SMILE 2006) which will be of interest to all engaged in education in the health care professions http://www.amee.org/conf06index.html URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-14_read-96 LOCATION:Genoa\ Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:95-2006-05-26 17:14:09 CREATED:20060526T171409 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060913 SUMMARY:ECEL 2006: European Conference on e-Learning DESCRIPTION: The European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL 2006) invites researchers\ practitioners and academics to present their research findings\ work in progress and conceptual advances in any branch of e-learning http://www.academic-con ferences.org/ecel/ecel2006/ecel06-home.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-11_read-95 LOCATION:Winchester University\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:94-2006-05-26 17:08:49 CREATED:20060526T170849 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060909 SUMMARY:Knowledge Sharing in Research and Higher Education (part of i-Know 2006) DESCRIPTION: This one-day special track\ takes place during I-KNOW '0 6 and provides an interdisciplinary forum for international scientists and practitioners to discuss various aspects of K nowledge Sharing in Research an Higher Education (KSR). http://i-know.know-center.tugraz.at/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-06_read-94 LOCATION:Graz\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:93-2006-05-26 17:03:35 CREATED:20060526T170335 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060908 SUMMARY:ALT-C 2006: The next generation DESCRIPTION: 13th international conference of the association for lear ning technology http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-05_read-93 LOCATION:Edinburgh\ Scotland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:92-2006-05-26 16:55:05 CREATED:20060526T165505 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060706 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060709 SUMMARY:ICICTE 2006 International Conference on Information Communic ation Technologies in Education DESCRIPTION: ICICTE 2006 will seek to address the many challenges and new directions presented by technological innovations in edu cational settings. Following in the tradition of previous IC ICTE conferences\ ICICTE 2006 will bring together an intern ational community of scholars and practitioners in a forum s etting http://www.icicte.com/isite/home/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-06_read-92 LOCATION:Rhodos CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:91-2006-05-26 16:21:59 CREATED:20060526T162159 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060705 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060708 SUMMARY:DIVERSE - Developing Innovative Video Resources for Students Everywhere DESCRIPTION: DIVERSE is the leading conference on all aspects of video and videoconferencing in education - including the converge nce of these technologies with online technologies\ and the exploration of new possibilities such as telepresence learn ing\ interactive television\ virtual reality\ computer ga mes\ and wireless and handheld access to moving images. http://elisu.gcal.ac.uk/diverse2006/index.htm# URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-05_read-91 LOCATION:Glasgow\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:90-2006-05-26 16:14:58 CREATED:20060526T161458 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060629 SUMMARY:Digital Communities for Global Education Symposium DESCRIPTION: This interdisciplinary symposium will host conversations/ discussions on topics and visions related to new media\ e-c ommunities and global education. http://vasa.cc/symp osium06/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-26_read-90 LOCATION:Enschede\ The Netherlands CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:89-2006-05-26 16:07:17 CREATED:20060526T160717 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060622 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060624 SUMMARY:ICEL 2006 - International Conference on e-Learning DESCRIPTION:This conference brings together academic research and practi cal applications of e-learning from all areas. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-22_read-89 LOCATION:Montreal\ Canada CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:88-2006-05-26 16:01:59 CREATED:20060526T160159 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060619 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060624 SUMMARY:EUSEA 2006\The Euro-South East Asia ICT Forum DESCRIPTION: EUSEA2006 is funded by the European Commission\ Director ate General for Information Society and Media\ and organise d with the support of the Association of South East Asian Na tions (ASEAN). The forum aims to provide an open cooperation platform for Europeans and South East Asians to foster busi ness\ research and regulatory cooperation. The event is exp ected to attract influential Europeans and South East Asian ICT leaders seeking to forge new alliances\ and top researc hers interested in discussing scientific advances and explor ing current and future ICT trends. http://www.eusea 2006.org/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-19_read-88 LOCATION:Singapore CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:87-2006-05-26 15:48:00 CREATED:20060526T154800 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060619 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060623 SUMMARY:Special Session: "E-learning: Opportunities and Challenges f or Learning and Teaching" DESCRIPTION: Session of the ITI2006 Conference (Information Technology interfaces) The aim of the Conference is to promote the i nterface of researchers involved in the development and appl ication of methods and techniques within the broad framework of information and communication technology http:/ /iti.srce.hr/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-19_read-87 LOCATION:Dubrovnik\ Croatia CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:79-2006-05-24 11:39:20 CREATED:20060524T113920 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060617 SUMMARY:eStream Open European Conference on Streaming Technology in Education in Europe DESCRIPTION: The aim of the conference is to bring together experts\ educational staff\ teachers\ researchers\ companies and e ducational decision makers from all over Europe for an excha nge experiences and the sharing of the state-of-the-art prac tice of the educational use of streaming media technology in Europe. http://estreamconference.schule.at/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-14_read-79 LOCATION:Patras\ Greece CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:78-2006-05-23 17:16:29 CREATED:20060523T171629 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060527 SUMMARY:WWW2006 DESCRIPTION: Four packed days of speakers\ workshops\ exhibitions\ tutorials\ panels and social events on the future of the Wo rld Wide Web. http://www2006.org/   URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -05-23_read-78 LOCATION:Edinbourgh\ Scotland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:77-2006-05-23 10:01:13 CREATED:20060523T100113 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060701 SUMMARY:Imagining the future for Information Computer Technologies a nd Education DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope member Marta Turcsanyi-Szabo is one of the P rogramme Chairs. This conference will be an opportun ity to combine our experience and imagination for thinking beyond the box” by: • looking into what has not work ed and what may work • exploring new and different struc tures for teaching\ learning and professionalism • re-t hinking assessment and evaluation • linking research and practitioner networks and knowledge • stimulating new c onversations between emerging formal\ informal and lifelong learning communities • developing content and methodol ogies for the needs – local\ national and global – of t he 21st century. It is our intention to provide a forum for school and community practitioners\ lecturers and re searchers\ advisers and policy makers. We also invite doc toral students\ newly qualified teachers and young people to contribute their perspectives\ as the future is theirs. We plan to host interactive events and webcasts. Fu rther details of these activities and how to submit can be f ound on the conference web-site . URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-26_read-77 LOCATION:Alesund\ Norway CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:76-2006-05-23 09:57:36 CREATED:20060523T095736 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060505 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060507 SUMMARY:Enhanced international and social access to the 'grandes éc oles' via ICT DESCRIPTION:The 2006 ePrep International Workshop will be a unique oppor tunity to discover the latest intiatives taken by Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE) teachers and est ablishments in the ICT field. This year's theme is " enhanced international and social access to the 'grandes éc oles' via ICT".  http://www.eprep.org/2006_ePrep_Workshop .htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -05-05_read-76 LOCATION:Cergy-Pontoise\ France CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:75-2006-05-23 09:54:36 CREATED:20060523T095436 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060410 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060413 SUMMARY:Networked Learning Conference DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope partner Lancaster University\ in associa tion with Kaleidoscope\ is running this conference\ and Kaleidoscope member Sten Ludvigsen of Intermedia Oslo is o ne of the invited speakers. Find details here. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -04-10_read-75 LOCATION:Lancaster\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:74-2006-05-23 09:51:17 CREATED:20060523T095117 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060701 SUMMARY:World Conference on Educational Multimedia\ Hypermedia & Te lecommunications DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope member Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen is on the Pr ogramme Committee. ED-MEDIA is an international con ference\ organized by the Association for the Advancement o f Computing in Education (AACE). It serves as a multi-disc iplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of informat ion on the research\ development\ and applications on all topics related to multimedia\ hypermedia and telecommun ications/distance education. Find details at http:/ /www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-26_read-74 LOCATION:Orlando\ Florida CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:73-2006-05-23 09:47:03 CREATED:20060523T094703 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060408 SUMMARY:Int'l Symposium on Intelligent Environments DESCRIPTION: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS Im proving the quality of life in a changing world The aim of the symposium is to take a fresh look at how technology can positively affect our everyday lives. (Deadline 13 Jan.) Details: http://research.microsoft.com/ero/iep/isie 06 We will be discussing the developments that are bein g achieved in the important area of 'ambient technology'. Le t's rethink how we can use computers in the future\ how w e interact with them\ how we can take advantage of the te chnology of tomorrow. Please do not hesitate to send re quest of information to msriepi@microsoft.com if you have an y question. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -04-05_read-73 LOCATION:Cambridge\ UK CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:72-2006-05-23 09:43:14 CREATED:20060523T094314 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060701 SUMMARY:8th Int'l Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope members Nicolas Balacheff\ Weiqin Chen\ Ulric h Hoppe\ Ana Paiva and Pierre Tchounikine are on the Prog ram Committee. (Deadline 6 Jan.) The 8thInternational Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems provides a lea ding international forum for the dissemination of original results in the design\ implementation\ and evaluation o f intelligent tutoring systems and related areas. The conf erence draws researchers from a broad spectrum of discipline s ranging from artificial intelligence and cognitive scien ce to pedagogy and educational psychology. Find complete information here. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-26_read-72 LOCATION:Jhongli\ Taiwan CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71-2006-05-23 09:39:17 CREATED:20060523T093917 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060401 SUMMARY:Innovating e-Learning 2006: Transforming Learning Experience s DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope member Diana Laurillard of the London Knowle dge Lab is a keynote speaker at this online conference fro m JISC. (Deadline 31 Jan.) Innovating e-Learning 200 6: Transforming Learning Experiences\ an online conference based around the work of the e-Learning and Pedagogy and Inn ovation strands of the JISC e-Learning Programme will be hel d on 27 – 31 March 2006. The five-day conferenc e will be highlight the three cornerstones of effective pr actice with e-learning: learning activity design\ learners experiences of e-learning\ and the impact of emerging technologies. The programme is divided into three themes a nd a plenary\ each with its own keynote speaker: Expressions of interest for contributions must be received b y 31 January 2006. The final date for submission of content will be 3 March 2006. For further information\ visit www.ji sc.ac.uk/elp_conference06.html Book online at www.jisc .ac.uk/elp_conference06_booking.html Cost: £50 per deleg ate URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -03-27_read-71 LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69-2006-05-22 16:28:00 CREATED:20060522T162800 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060419 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060422 SUMMARY:Interactive Mobile & Computer Aided Learning DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope members will present research at the First Inte rnational Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Ai ded Learning.Kaleidoscope members will present the following papers: A General Framework For Adaptive Mobile Learni ng      Ichraf Tirellil\ Rim Drira\ Mona Laroussi\ Alain Derycke\ Henda Ben Ghezala An Algorithm for Web services’ composition in a mobile and a collaborative sce nario of learning      Ichraf Tirellil\ Mona Larouss i\ Alain Derycke\ Henda Benghezala M-LEARNING AND MOB ILE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES       Bruno Zuga\ Ilmars Slaidins\ Atis Kapenieks Fi nd complete information about the conference here . URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -04-19_read-69 LOCATION:Amman\ Jordan CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68-2006-05-22 16:22:09 CREATED:20060522T162209 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060408 SUMMARY:Association for Learning Technologies Conference: New connec tions\ new challenges DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope members P. Robert-Jan Simons of Utrecht Univ ersity (Netherlands) and Angela McFarlane of Bristol Unive rsity (UK) are the two keynote speakers. The themes are li felong learning\ the 'net generation\' and games. Conference: Thursday 6 April 2006 Research Seminar: Frid ay 7 April 2006 Bookings are open\places are limited f or both days. Further details for both days can also be found on the wiki . URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -04-06_read-68 LOCATION:Leiden\ Netherlands CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:67-2006-05-22 16:04:44 CREATED:20060522T160444 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060705 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060707 SUMMARY:IEE International Conference on Intelligent Environments DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope member Achilles Kameas is on the Conference Committee (deadline 15 March) http://conferences.i ee.org/ie06 The Conference will focus on intelligent en vironments which is a rapidly developing area for industrial and academic research.The Conference aims to bring together researchers from both industry and academia working within the various disciplines that constitute the field of In telligent Environments. It is hoped that this will help to i dentify inter-disciplinary opportunities\ stimulate resea rch and create links between industry and academia allowing the exploration of new frontiers in the area of intelligent environments. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-05_read-67 LOCATION:Athens CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:66-2006-05-22 15:58:44 CREATED:20060522T155844 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060216 SUMMARY:Research group on 'Grid for learning' DESCRIPTION: The Kaleidoscope Learning Grid SIG\ along with the Elegi network have organised a 'Birds of a Feather' session at the Global Grid Forum\ with the aim to establish a resear ch group. (Find out more about GGF here ) Grid for Learning Research Group Charter - DRAFT The purpose of the RG is to investigate and explore the use of Grid techn ology for supporting the definition\ implementation and eva luation of innovative\ ubiquitous and pervasive learning scenarios based on user-centred\ experiential and context ualized learning approaches aiming at active knowledge con struction\ also through collaboration\ rather than simpl e information transfer. The main\ but not exclusive\ fo cus is on the higher education context. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -02-15_read-66 LOCATION:Athens CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:65-2006-05-22 15:52:05 CREATED:20060522T155205 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060401 SUMMARY:Learning Networks for Lifelong Competence Development DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope partner University of Sofia is hosting this workshop\ which is organised by the new project "TENCompe tence" In the program committee there are several members from Kaleidoscope project. REGISTRATION Registrat ion form may be filled on-line or filled in and send as an email attachment (template files will be available as a Wor d (.doc)\ Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Portable Document Fo rmat (.pdf) attachment files) to: ld06@uni-sofia.bg. De adline for the registration:  24th March Web page: htt p://ld06.uni-sofia.bg/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -03-30_read-65 LOCATION:Sofia\ Bulgaria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:63-2006-05-22 15:47:02 CREATED:20060522T154702 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060605 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060606 SUMMARY:IEEE International Workshop on Context Aware Ubiquitous Lear ning DESCRIPTION: Held in conjunction with The IEEE International Conferenc e on Sensor Networks\ Ubiquitous\ and Trustworthy Computin g Context aware ubiquitous learning is a compu ter supported learning paradigm for identifying learners' surrounding environment and social situation to provide in tegrated\ interoperable\ pervasive\ and seamless learning experiences. The objective of context aware ubiquitous le arning is to move Web and mobile learning a step further f rom learning at anytime anywhere to be at the right time a nd right place with right learning resources and right lea rning peers. Find details here. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-05_read-63 LOCATION:Taichung\ Taiwan CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:62-2006-05-22 15:39:54 CREATED:20060522T153954 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060522 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060526 SUMMARY:International Association of Technological University Librar ies DESCRIPTION: The IATUL 2006 Conference is hosted by Kaleidoscope partn er University of Porto\ with the theme 'Embedding librari es in learning and research'. We are pleased to invite you to submit papers and posters that can address a broad range of topics related to the Conference main Theme. The areas o f interest include\ but are not limited to\ the following: • Libraries and Teaching and Learning • Libra ries and Research • Systems Integration The abst racts submission's deadline will be the 20th January 2006. Contacts: http://www.fe.up.pt/iatul2006 email iat ul2006@fe.up.pt Phone: +351225081575 Fax: +351225081893 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -05-22_read-62 LOCATION:Porto\ Portugal CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:61-2006-05-22 15:37:54 CREATED:20060522T153754 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060401 SUMMARY:Engage: 1st European Union - Southeast Asia ICT Research Col laboration Conference DESCRIPTION: The event is the first in a series of EU-SEA IST Partneri ng Events supported by the European Commission through the ENGAGE FP6 project\ which will bring together European a nd Southeast Asian researchers from academia and industry with the aim to establish partnerships and to promote oppo rtunities for joint research initiatives. The Progra mme of the Conference will be available in mid January. Go to the conference web site for further information. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -03-29_read-61 LOCATION:Manila\ Philippines CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:60-2006-05-22 15:31:47 CREATED:20060522T153147 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060414 SUMMARY:Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Computer-Assiste d Language Learning DESCRIPTION: A Kaleidoscope workshop organized within the framework of the TALN 2006 conference. Submission deadline: 20 Januar y 2006. The TALN 2006 style files are available at http://ww w.taln.be/index.php?lang=fr&page=96 The workshop that w e propose to organize within the framework of TALN 2006 will enable researchers from NLP (Natural Language Process ing) and CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) to prese nt their research on the use of NLP in language learning\ t o encourage exchanges and collaborations\ establish a commo n area of study\ draw a map of the projects in the fields a nd open up new research avenues. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -04-13_read-60 LOCATION:Leuven\ Belgium CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:59-2006-05-22 15:23:05 CREATED:20060522T152305 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060627 SUMMARY:Workshop on Distributed Agent-based Retrieval Tools (DART '0 6) DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOP on DISTRIBUTED AGENT-BASED RETRIEVAL TOOLS (DART '0 6) at the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (IS CC '06). Kaleidoscope member Claude Moulin of the University of Technology of Compiegne (France) is on the program commi ttee. (Deadline 7 April) http://www.crs4.it/ict/wsdart/ The proposed workshop\ is aimed at highlighting the cutt ing edge of search engines' technology and applications\ fo stering information exchange between researchers working on various fields\ such as distributed and pervasive systems\ Semantic Web and Web services\ mobile and personalized ser vices and applications and compare their efforts against use rs' and industry's needs and expectations as well as at incr easing mutual awareness and cooperation between ongoing proj ects on advanced search systems around the world. Contact Alessandro Soro for further informations URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-26_read-59 LOCATION:Pula\ Italy CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:57-2006-05-22 14:49:08 CREATED:20060522T144908 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060520 SUMMARY:Collaborative and Learning Applications of Grid Technology DESCRIPTION:Several Kaleidoscope members are on the Committee. This workshop focuses on the use of grid technologies for educat ion or/and collaboration in general and for collaborative le arning in particular. For this reason\ CLAG 2006 aims at br inging together educators and researchers in grid computing\  e-learning\ collaborative computing\ and CSCL to present their latest work integrating these fields. The Thi rd International Workshop on Collaborative and Learning Appl ications of Grid Technology (CLAG 2006 web page available at http://gsic.tel.uva.es/clag/clag2006.html) URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -05-16_read-57 LOCATION:Singapore CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:56-2006-05-22 14:42:21 CREATED:20060522T144221 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060407 SUMMARY:NYU Steinhardt Symposium on Teaching with Technology DESCRIPTION:  Featured Topic: Cognitive Load Theory and Multimedia Le arning (Deadline 4 Feb.) IN VITATION: The Teaching with Technology' Research Sym posium at New York University is an opportunity to share di verse research in the field of educational and instructiona l technology. This 2-day event will bring doctoral students \ researchers and faculty from across the country and aroun d the world to New York City in the Spring of 2006 to prese nt both completed and nearly-completed research and projec ts. MORE INFORMATION (requireme nts\ fees\ schedule\ venue information): http://c reate.alt.ed.nyu.edu/symposium2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -04-05_read-56 LOCATION:New York CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55-2006-05-22 14:38:54 CREATED:20060522T143854 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060821 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060824 SUMMARY:Intelligent Virtual Agents 2006 DESCRIPTION:The 6th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agen ts A Call for Papers is open until 7 April 2006. Kaleidosc ope members Ana Paiva and Ana Vaz are on the Program Committ ee. IVA'06 will be a multidisciplinary forum for research ers and practitioners from academia and industry with an int erest in the design\ implementation\ and evaluation of IVA s and IVA applications. We aim for a lively programme of tim ely\ high-quality presentations and demonstrations to discu ss the state of the art and future of Intelligent Virtual Ag ents. http://iva2006.ict.usc.edu URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -08-21_read-55 LOCATION:Marina del Rey\ California CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:54-2006-05-22 11:40:58 CREATED:20060522T114058 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060704 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060706 SUMMARY:EU eLearning Conference DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope member Nicolas Balacheff (CNRS\ France) is s peaking at this conference\ which follows two previous eL earning conferences\ the previous one "Toward a Learning Society" was held in Brussels in May 2005. Against the background of the refocused Lisbon strategy the confere nce will examine questions such as how new technologies ca n effectively support innovations in education and trainin g\ promote desirable change and support lifelong learning for all. The conference will take a look at the current s ituation and outline desirable future developments.  The conference will mark the shift from a separate eLearning programme to a more integrated approach of ICT supported lifelong learning. The European Commission will s elect conference participants on the basis of the registra tion form. Selection will be carried out according to the job function (e.g. practitioner\ teacher\ trainer\ learne r\ employer\ trade union representative\ ICT and eLearn ing developer)\ and sector of employment (e.g. education\  enterprise\ employment\ social\ research\ policy and industry) to ensure that a balance of sector representative s and geographic origin is maintained.  Registration fo r the conference closes on 31 May 2006. The  we b site is here . URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-04_read-54 LOCATION:Espoo\ Finland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:53-2006-05-22 11:13:03 CREATED:20060522T111303 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060608 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060609 SUMMARY:Innovating Problem Based Learning through ICT DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope participants\ Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld and Ann Bygholm of Aalborg University (Denmark) are organising an international seminar on Innovating Problem Based Learning through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The aim of the seminar is to share the experiences and the learning generated by researchers and pedagogical design ers using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to innovate teaching and learning with the national and i nternational community. Many researchers are participating i n international projects employing Problem Based Learning (PBL) and similar concepts in international contexts. ICT is often the vehicle for collaboration and transformation. The seminar focuses on the integration of ICT and problem oriented project-based learning and more generally on iss ues and aspects related to the transformation of face-to-f ace learning into innovative teaching and learning using ICT . The seminar shares a special interest in understanding i ntercultural conditions for the ICT and learning transform ation process such as pedagogical traditions\ human resou rces and competence building\ and social and cultural iss ues. Additional information about the seminar can be fo und here .  URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-08_read-53 LOCATION:Aalborg University (Denmark) CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:52-2006-05-22 09:24:13 CREATED:20060522T092413 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060408 SUMMARY:Workshop on interoperable e-learning systems DESCRIPTION: The workshop aims to explore new developments in the fiel d of developing and implementing interoperable e-learning systems\ providing an overview of current work in the are a. ore information and the call for papers are av ailable at: http://www.openconference.net/index.php? cf=7 http://www.openconference.net/callforpapers.php?cf=7 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -04-06_read-52 LOCATION:Valkenburg aan de Geul\ Netherlands CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:51-2006-05-22 09:23:20 CREATED:20060522T092320 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060506 SUMMARY:Computers & Philosophy DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope member Colin Schmidt is the Chair of this co nference. Overview: Those interested in the study of phi losophical problems and related technological applications are encouraged to participate. Philosophical\ epistemolo gical\ theological and anthropological stances on the con struction and use of machines\ computers and Robots are of relevance to the conference. Submission deadline f or extended abstracts: Friday November 18 th 2005  Con ference web page: http://www.iut-laval.univ-lemans.fr/i-CaP_ 2006/ URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -05-03_read-51 LOCATION:Le Mans University\ Laval\ France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:50-2006-05-22 09:22:15 CREATED:20060522T092215 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060424 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060429 SUMMARY:ICTTA Satelitte Workshop on E-Learning DESCRIPTION: Several Kaleidoscope members are on the Program Committee This workshop will take place in conjunction with : 2nd IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION & COMMU NICATION TECHNOLOGIES: FROM THEORY TO APPLICATIONS (http: //ictta.enst-bretagne.fr/) The aims of the worksh op are to investigate the various pending issues and how ele arning has the potentials benefits when dealing with speed a nd volume of disseminated knowledge\ facilitating skills an d knowledge acquisition\ providing flexible learning opport unities to students\ employees and citizens\ personalizing the learning process and taking into account individuals an d different learning strategies\ and creating new interacti ons within groups and communities. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -04-24_read-50 LOCATION:Damascus\ Syria CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:49-2006-05-22 09:20:33 CREATED:20060522T092033 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060506 SUMMARY:IST Africa DESCRIPTION: Focused on reducing the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Afr ica Regional Impact of Information So ciety Technologies in Africa ("IST-Africa ") is a multi-st akeholder initiative focused on reducing the Digital Divid e in Sub-Saharan Africa. Complete information is available h ere. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -05-03_read-49 LOCATION:Pretoria\ South Africa CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:48-2006-05-22 09:19:45 CREATED:20060522T091945 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060524 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060527 SUMMARY:eLearning Africa DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope is an Association Partner of this conference . Kaleidoscope is an Association Partner o f this conference\ and member Nicolas Balacheff of CNRS\ Laboratoire LEIBNIZ - Institut IMAG (France) is on the ad visory committee. eLearning is high on the agenda i n Africa. Governments and educational institutions look at eLearning as the only option to achieve one very importan t Millennium Goal which is "Education for All". In many co untries new ambitious infrastructure programmes form the b asis for unprecedented "great leaps forward" in providing ac cess to and outreach in education and training. Complete i nformation about this conference is available here. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -05-24_read-48 LOCATION:Addis Ababa\ Ethiopia CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:47-2006-05-22 09:18:49 CREATED:20060522T091849 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061209 SUMMARY:Digital technologies and mathematics teaching and learning: Rethinking the terrain DESCRIPTION: Deadline 15 January. The 17th ICMI Study 'Digital techn ologies and mathematics teaching and learning: Rethinking the terrain' will be concerned with the use of digital tec hnologies in mathematics teaching and learning in countries across the world. A Study Conference will be hosted by the Hanoi Institute of Technology. There is a C all for Papers open until 15 January. Find more information here. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -12-03_read-47 LOCATION:Hanoi\ Vietnam CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:46-2006-05-22 09:16:49 CREATED:20060522T091649 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060127 SUMMARY:TELCERT Workshop: Tools for the e-Learning Framework DESCRIPTION:This workshop will introduce participants in the e-Learning Framework projects and the broader JISC community to the t ools developed by the TELCERT project. Contact: Kevin Riley kriley@eloki.u-net.com Registration:http://www.c etis.ac.uk URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -01-26_read-46 LOCATION:Bolton\ UK CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:45-2006-05-22 09:15:07 CREATED:20060522T091507 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060618 SUMMARY:EDEN 2006 Annual Conference DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope member Claudio Dondi is on the Programme Com mittee\ and there is a Call open with deadline of 1 Feb. The theme of the conference is "E-Competences for Li fe\ Employment and Innovation." Find details at http://ww w.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=277 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-14_read-45 LOCATION:Vienna CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:42-2006-05-22 09:08:30 CREATED:20060522T090830 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060204 SUMMARY:LIFT: Conference on new technologies and people DESCRIPTION:This is organised by Kaleidoscope member Nicolas Nova of EPF L (Switzerland). Some of the most talented observers\ explorers\ and builders of the moment will gather in Geneva in the early days of 2006 to talk about t he important topics of our changing world. The Internet\ em erging technologies\ global solidarity\ design \ and big ideas\ be prepared for two days of i ntense ideas sharing and networking. You are invited to hear the likes of Robert Scoble (Blo g Evangelist at Microsoft)\ Cory Doctorow (Elec troninc Frontier Fondation)\ Euan Semple (head of Knowledge Management at the BBC)\ Matt Jones (designer for Nokia's strategy dept.)\ Hugh MacLeod (one o f the best European specialist of Internet marke ting)\ Stefana Broadbent (ethnologist observing how people use technology at Swisscom Innovation)\ Xavier Comtesse (Director of Switzerland's biggest thi nk tank)\ Marc Laperouza (specialist of new tec hnologies in China) and a lot of other amazing speakers. For more information visit: http://www.lift06.org To se e the complete speakers list\ point your browser to: http://www.lift06.org/doku.php/people:speakers For the conference program: http://www.lift06.org/doku.php/about:program To signup: http://www.lift06.org/s ignup.php URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -02-02_read-42 LOCATION:Geneva CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41-2006-05-22 08:54:19 CREATED:20060522T085419 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060617 SUMMARY:Lifelong Learning Conference DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope member Diana Laurillard of the London Knowle dge Lab is one of the keynote speakers. Hosted by Centr al Queensland University\ the Lifelong Learning Conferenc e brings together delegates from across the nation and fro m around the world to discuss\ debate and progress the is sues associated with lifelong learning. Find complete i nformation here . URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-13_read-41 LOCATION:Queensland\ Australia CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:40-2006-05-22 08:53:45 CREATED:20060522T085345 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060705 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060708 SUMMARY:Advanced Technologies for Life-Long Learning DESCRIPTION: Several Kaleidoscope members are involved in The 6th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies Kaleidoscope members Mauro Cherubini (EPFL\ Switzerlan d)\ Mike Sharples (Nottingham\ UK)\ Sebastien Iksal and Vincent Barre (Le Mans\ France) are Executive Reviewers.   Paul Kirschner (Open University\ Netherlands) is a Gen eral Co-Chair.  Rosa Maria Bottino (Consiglio Nazionale d elle Ricerche\ Italy) Christophe Choquet (Le Mans\ France) \ Ton de Jong (University of Twente\ Netherlands)\ Marc elo Milrad (Vaxjo University\ Sweden)\ and Pierre Tchoun ikine (Le Mans\ France) are on the Programme Committee. There is a Call for Papers open until 28 February. Find complete information here . URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-05_read-40 LOCATION:Kerkrade\ Netherlands CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:39-2006-05-22 08:52:25 CREATED:20060522T085225 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060714 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060717 SUMMARY:IADIS Mobile Learning conference DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope member Mike Sharples of the University of Notti ngham (UK) is a keynote speaker. Mobile Learning\ altho ugh in its infancy as a research area\ has to date genera ted much interest and discussion among researchers. In parti cular\ financial\ logistical or technical reasons\ such as the ever increasing availability of wireless portable devices\ have provided a rich environment for the prolife ration of ‘mobile learning applications’. While there is an increasing number of mobile applications and devices t hat offer substantial potential to support and enable lear ning and teaching processes\ the danger of designing\ de veloping and implementing learning application for mobile devices that are not truly anchored in sound principles of learning is something researcher in the area of mobile le arning must be mindful of. Against this background\ the Mobile Learning 2006 International Conference aims t o provide a forum for presenting and discussing cutting edge mobile learning research. In particular empirical researc h informed by theories of learning such as collaborative\ contextual\ constructivist and constructionist approache s which are well suited for mobile learning experiences an d scenarios\ is encouraged. Furthermore\ given the conti nuous developments in technology\ the conference aims to ge nerate speculative debate in relation to where the field m ay be going. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-14_read-39 LOCATION:Dublin\ Ireland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:38-2006-05-22 08:51:45 CREATED:20060522T085145 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060712 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060715 SUMMARY:SAGSET 2006 Conference: Effective learning from simulations and games DESCRIPTION: This is hosted by Kaleidoscope partner Birkbeck College. SAGSET (the Society for the Advancement of Games and Simulations in Education and Training) runs an annual confe rence to provide a meeting place for academics and practit ioners interested in all aspects of the use of simulations and games in training and education. Besides providing a venue for the presentation of papers about use and design\  the conference provides the opportunity to explore the use of existing games and simulations and network with colleg ues working in related areas. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-12_read-38 LOCATION:Birkbeck College\ University of London CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20-2006-04-06 14:50:21 CREATED:20060406T145021 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060706 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060709 SUMMARY:International Conference on Gender in Educational Games and Gender Sensitive Approaches to E-Learning DESCRIPTION: The Conference Chair is Kaleidoscope member Sabine Zauchn er of Donau University Krems. (deadline 20 Apr) The Int ernational Conference on Gender in Educational Games and Gen der Sensitive Approaches to E-Learning brings together res earchers in E-Learning\ Gender Studies and Computer Game Studies in order to discuss new original research dealing with gender aspects in education and gaming. More in formation: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/imb URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-06_read-20 LOCATION:Krems\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19-2006-04-06 14:49:21 CREATED:20060406T144921 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060529 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060601 SUMMARY:Inquiry learning\ building bridges to practice DESCRIPTION: A workshop\ co-organised by the Kaleidoscope Special Int erest Group Computer Supported Inquiry Learning\ examines the gaps between research and practice in inquiry-based l earning. All further details - the program\ venue\ registration\ and the submission of proposals can be found on the workshop web site URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -05-29_read-19 LOCATION:Enschede\ Netherlands CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18-2006-04-06 14:48:39 CREATED:20060406T144839 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060420 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060423 SUMMARY:This Learning Life Conference DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope member Rosamund Sutherland\ of the Universi ty of Bristol\ is one of the organisers of this conference. Can real-life learning fire our imagination about 21st century schools ? An international conference at Unive rsity of Bristol\ Graduate School of Education & Institut e for Advanced Studies Education is preparing young people for the future - and that means for a learning life. Not all go to university\ not all get good qualifications. But in this uncertain\ entrepreneurial world\ every last one will need to be good at learning. But what does that mean ? What does real-life learning actually involve? And ho w can schools coach students more effectively in the skill s and attitudes of real-life learning? This conferenc e gets well-known figures from many walks of life to refle ct on their learning lives\ and invites all those intereste d in the practical future of education to muse on what the se stories might mean for teaching and learning in schools and colleges. Ex-Secretary of State for Education Estelle Morris talks about her learning life with UK government C ulture Online guru Prof Jonathan Drori. Scientist Lord Rob ert Winston opens up to BBC2's Rough Scientist Prof Kathy Sy kes. England goalkeeping legend Ray Clemence and award-win ning England Cricketer Mark Alleyne discuss learning in sp ort with FA Youth Coach John Allpress. British Chess Champ ion Jonathan Rowson reflects on his learning journey with Prof Guy Claxton. A household name actor (watch this space !) will talk with Bristol theatre expert Prof Martin White. And up-and-coming Bristol youth band The Naturals play mus ic and talk about their learning with Prof Martin Hughes.   In addition there are keynotes and on-going reflectio ns from Harvard's Prof David Perkins\ Stanford's Prof Shi rley Brice Heath\ and Director of UK think-tank Demos Tom Bentley. And there will be plenty of opportunity for part icipants to share their thoughts and experience too.   This Learning Life is organised by Profs Guy Claxton and Ros amund Sutherland and colleagues in the University of Brist ol's Graduate School of Education\ and Prof Martin White\  Provost of the Institute for Advanced Studies. It is spo nsored by The Lifelong Learning Foundation\ The Esmee Fai rbairn Trust\ the DfES\ the General Teaching Council and TLO Ltd. For more information\ registration\ and how to submit presentations\ go to www.bris.ac.uk/education/th islearninglife URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -04-20_read-18 LOCATION:Bristol\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17-2006-04-06 14:46:46 CREATED:20060406T144646 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060629 SUMMARY:Fun 'n' Games 2006 DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope member Tony Hall is one of the programme co- chairs. Fun 'n' Games 2006 (FNG2006) is a new style of conference where academics and practitioners can interact together in a playful event that marries the best of academ ic writing with the most innovative user experiences. The co nference breaks new ground by highlighting the experience of the delegates. To encourage academic and practitioner debate\ we offer a chance for like minded individuals to or ganise work groups co-located with the conference. F urther details will be available on the website at http://ww w.fng2006.org URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-26_read-17 LOCATION:Preston\ UK CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16-2006-04-06 14:46:02 CREATED:20060406T144602 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061005 SUMMARY:First European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope members Pierre Dillenbourg\ Monique Grandba stien\ Jörg M. Haake\ Friedrich Hesse and Erica Melis a re on the Programme Committee. (deadline 30 Mar) The First European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning provides a unique forum for all research related to techn ology-enhanced learning\ as well as its interactions with knowledge management\ business processes and work environm ents. It will provide a competitive yet broad enough forum for technology enhanced learning research in Europe and w orld-wide through specialized workshops and the main confe rence. The EC-TEL 2006 will provide unique networking poss ibilities for participating researchers throughout the wee k and include project meetings and discussions for EU/IST pr ojects funded within the 6th framework program under the a ction line of "Technology- Enhanced Learning and Access to Cultural Heritage". Find out more here . URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-01_read-16 LOCATION:Crete CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15-2006-04-06 14:44:56 CREATED:20060406T144456 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060930 SUMMARY:Interactive Computer aided Learning 2006 DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope members Trayan Iliev and Göran Karlsson are on the Program Committee. This interdisciplinary co nference aims to focus on the exchange of  relevant trend s and research  results as well as the presentation of pr actical experiences gained while developing and testing elem ents of  interactive computer aided learning. Therefore p ilot projects\ applications and products will also be wel come.  ICL2006  Call for Papers (deadline 19 May).      http://www.icl-conference.org URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-27_read-15 LOCATION:Villach\ Austria CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14-2006-04-06 14:36:36 CREATED:20060406T143636 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060618 SUMMARY:E-competencies for life\ employment and innovation DESCRIPTION: Kaleidoscope members Claudio Dondi and Roberto Carneiro a re keynote speakers. Latest Update: Online Registration Open Find complete information on the web site . URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-14_read-14 LOCATION:Vienna CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13-2006-04-06 14:35:41 CREATED:20060406T143541 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060520 SUMMARY:IADIS e-Learning 2006 Conference DESCRIPTION: (http://www.iadis.org/multi2006/el2006.asp) part of the IADIS Virtual Multi Conference on Computer Science and Info rmation Systems (MCCSIS 2006) 15 – 19 May 2006                       (http://www.iadis.or g/multi2006 ) URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -05-15_read-13 LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12-2006-04-06 14:33:49 CREATED:20060406T143349 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060923 SUMMARY:Learning Object Repositories as Digital Libraries: Current c hallenges DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope member Miguel Rodríguez-Artacho of UNED (Spain ) is one of the workshop chairs. Workshop "Learning Obj ect Repositories as Digital Libraries: Current challenges" t o be held in conjunction with the 10th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES - ECDL 2006 The goal of the works hop is to be an informal meeting which facilitates the disse mination and advancement of knowledge and expertise in this field. The workshop will be highly interactive\ with a subs tantial amount of time reserved for discussions. http: //ltcs.lsi.uned.es/wslo2006 URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-22_read-12 LOCATION:Alicante\ Spain CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11-2006-04-06 14:32:58 CREATED:20060406T143258 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060605 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060609 SUMMARY:Wireless Cities 2006 Conference DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope member Sanna Järvelä is chairing a plenary se ssion on m-learning featuring members Pierre Dillenbourg a nd Marcelo Milrad. International Wireless Cities 2006 C onference congregates the experts of wireless technology to Oulu Wireless Cities 2006 Conference is aligned amon g others for the experts of the product development\ prod uction and decision-making\ professionals and researchers . The conference handles the newest innovations of wireles s technology\ wireless service applications for example f rom the fields of learning\ health care\ e-government an d development of city networks. There are top inter national experts and numerous European co-operative projec ts. The near future will be visualised by Dr. Arto Karila. The conference is arranged as a part of an inter national Wireless Cities -project\ which task is to exchang e international know-how\ the development of new wireless service applications and making them noted. The project h as co-operators from Spain\ Northern Ireland\ Germany\ Italy and Poland. Finland is represented by the City of Ou lu via the Competence Oulu 400 -programme. The regis tration has begun! To see more visit the Conference website www.ouka.fi/wirelesscities. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-05_read-11 LOCATION:Oulu\ Finland CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9-2006-04-06 14:27:45 CREATED:20060406T142745 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061028 SUMMARY:Information and Communication Technologies in Higher Educati on and Industry DESCRIPTION: TICE2006\ Toulouse\ France   The next TICE congress (Information and Commu nication Technologies in Higher Education and Industry) will be held in Toulouse from 25th to 27th October\ 2006. Thi s event will be composed of scientific conferences and exper ience feedback conferences. Paper submission is possible o nly through the web site: http://tice2006.inp-toulouse.fr. Deadline for paper submission: 15 April\ 2006. Please visit the conference w ebsite: http://tice2006.inp-toulouse.fr. The Institut National Polytechnique of Toulouse is organizing the fifth T ICE symposium with the support of The "Université Numériqu e Ingénierie et Technologie" (UNIT)\ to carry on with the events organized by the INSA of Rouen in 1998\ the Universi ty of Technology of Troyes in 2000\ the INSA of Lyon in 200 2 and the University of Technology of Compiègne in 2004. TI CE 2006 « Information and Communication Technologies in Hig her Education and Industry »\ will take place in Toulouse from October 25th to October 27th\ 2006. In Toulouse\ European capital of aeronautics and space\ TICE 2006 will gather the scientific and industrial international community around these issues which confront us with the stakes of th e society of tomorrow. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -10-25_read-9 LOCATION:Toulouse\ France CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7-2006-04-06 14:22:52 CREATED:20060406T142252 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060811 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060815 SUMMARY:Narrative and Interactive Learning Environments Conference DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope member Isabel Alexandre\ of the Instituto Supe rior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (Portugal)\ is on the program committee. The purpose of this th ird NILE event\ intended to be a small scale conference\ will be to take advantage of an opportunity to meet just be fore the Edinburgh International Festival and around the t ime of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Film Fe stival to examine four major issues which are inevitably i nterrelated. For further informati on\ see the co nference website URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -08-11_read-7 LOCATION:Edinburgh CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6-2006-04-06 14:21:55 CREATED:20060406T142155 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060605 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060606 SUMMARY:Lifelong Learning for all: e-learning from concept to practi ce DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope member Sara de Freitas\ from the London Knowle dgelab\ is conference chair. This conference will e xplore the role of distributed e-learning through four main themes: Facilitating progression Supporting collabora tive teaching and sharing of resources across institutions Supporting the independent lifelong learner The role of c ommunity in distributed learning For further informatio n\ see here. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-05_read-6 LOCATION:London CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5-2006-04-06 14:20:58 CREATED:20060406T142058 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060711 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060714 SUMMARY:Methods and Tools for Managing Learning Objects DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope members Marie-Helene Abel\ Dominique Lenne and Claude Moulin are the organisers of this workshop\ and D aniele Herin is on the Program Committee. (deadline 30 Apr ). Extended deadline: April 30\ 2006 Call for Pa pers for the Special Session Methods and Tools for Managing Learning Objects ( http://worldses.org/conferences/2006/gree ce/education/session3.htm) in connection with the 3rd WSEAS/ IASME International Conference on ENGINEERING EDUCATION (EE' 06) Vouliagmeni\ Athens\ Greece\ July 11-13\ 2006 h ttp://www.worldses.org/conferences/2006/greece/education URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -07-11_read-5 LOCATION:Vouliagmeni\ Athens\ Greece CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4-2006-04-06 14:19:19 CREATED:20060406T141919 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060412 SUMMARY:American Educational Research Association's annual conferenc e DESCRIPTION:This year's theme is "Education Research in the Public Inter est." Several Kaleidoscope members are participating. At the annual conference of the American Educational Rese arch Association (AERA)\ Kaleidoscope members Nicolas Bal acheff\ Sten Ludvigsen\ Frank Fischer\ Ton de Jong\ an d Mike Sharples are participating in a session entitled\ "Collaborative Learning\ Inquiry Learning\ Mobile Learni ng\ and Their Synergy: A Perspective from Europe."  Th e session will offer attendees an overview of the scientific programme of Kaleidoscope\ targeting scientific cooperat ion in disciplines ranging from technology to education. T he meeting points are (1) the design of tools to trace and understand learner activity (2) the search for scripts an d scenarios likely to make learning more productive and (3 ) mobility\ which opens new perspectives on informal lear ning. Pierre Dillenbourg and Frank Fischer are particip ating in a session entitled\ "Screening Scripting: Explor ing Various Forms of Computer-Supported Scripting for the Optimization of Collaborative Learning."  This session brings together researchers who are active in designing co mputer-supported scripts and evaluating their impact in onli ne collaborative learning settings.  Computer-supported s cripts can be designed to facilitate collaborative learnin g by a broad scope of features and may facilitate differen t kinds of dimensions of a discussion (and thus facilitate different kinds of interaction patterns) than collaborati ve learning that occurs spontaneously. For more inform ation\ see the conference website . URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -04-06_read-4 LOCATION:San Francisco CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3-2006-04-06 14:17:44 CREATED:20060406T141744 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060922 SUMMARY:12th International Workshop on Groupware DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope member Yannis Dimitriadis is a conference chair \ and several members are on the program committee. Th is workshop aims at providing a forum for academic researche rs and professionals to exchange their experiences and their ideas about problems and solutions related to the design\ development and use of groupware applications. Researchers c an report their ideas\ models\ designs and experiences to CRIWG submitting full paper contributions to present achieve d or mature works\ and shorter papers to report work in pro gress. PhD students are invited to present their research in the doctoral colloquium. SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS: CR IWG 2006 12th International Workshop on Groupware Septem ber 17-21\ 2006 Medina del Campo\ Valladolid\ Spain Submission deadline: April 24\ 2006 http://www.criwg.or g URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -09-17_read-3 LOCATION:Valladolid\ Spain CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2-2006-04-06 14:16:18 CREATED:20060406T141618 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060520 SUMMARY:Spanish-language eLearning Conference DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope member Lydia Montandon\ of ATOS (Spain)\ is p articipating in this conference. This sixth annual e vent is an important meeting point for e-learning and trai ning experts from the business sector\ universities\ as we ll as government and administrative institutions in the Sp anish-speaking world.Online Educa Madrid has gathered stro ng institutional support from major educational organisati ons and  governmental agencies in Spain and Latin America . Kaleidoscope members who attend may receive a discou nt of 100 euros.  To do so\ write the code ASM 142 in th e field "Código de Asociación" of the Application form\ and send the completed form via fax to: +49 30 324 98 33. For more information\ see the conference website . URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -05-17_read-2 LOCATION:Madrid CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1-2006-04-06 14:12:03 CREATED:20060406T141203 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060629 SUMMARY:Second annual Narrative Learning Environments Conference DESCRIPTION:Kaleidoscope Special Interest Group Narrative and Learning E nvironments hosts its second annual conference. Researc hers\ both within and outside Kaleidoscope\ are invited to attend the 2nd annual Narrative and Learning Environment Special Interest Group workshop\ which will take place at ITD CNR (a research institute of the Italian National Res earch Council) in Palermo\ Sicily\ Italy between 26th an d 28th June 2006. See here for more details. URL:http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/lastnews/events/day-2006 -06-26_read-1 LOCATION:Palermo\ Italy CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR