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Events of May 2006

Other : IST Africa
From 03 May 2006 till 05 May 2006
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Focused on reducing the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa

Regional Impact of Information Society Technologies in Africa ("IST-Africa ") is a multi-stakeholder initiative focused on reducing the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa. Complete information is available here.

Conference : Computers & Philosophy
From 03 May 2006 till 05 May 2006
Location: Le Mans University, Laval, France

Kaleidoscope member Colin Schmidt is the Chair of this conference.
Overview: Those interested in the study of philosophical problems and related technological applications are encouraged to participate. Philosophical, epistemological, theological and anthropological stances on the construction and use of machines, computers and Robots are of relevance to the conference.

Submission deadline for extended abstracts: Friday November 18 th 2005 
Conference web page: http://www.iut-laval.univ-lemans.fr/i-CaP_2006/

Workshop : Enhanced international and social access to the 'grandes écoles' via ICT
From 05 May 2006 till 06 May 2006
Location: Cergy-Pontoise, France
The 2006 ePrep International Workshop will be a unique opportunity to discover the latest intiatives taken by Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE) teachers and establishments in the ICT field.

This year's theme is "enhanced international and social access to the 'grandes écoles' via ICT". 
http://www.eprep.org/2006_ePrep_Workshop.htm
Conference : IADIS e-Learning 2006 Conference
From 15 May 2006 till 19 May 2006
Location: online
(http://www.iadis.org/multi2006/el2006.asp)
part of the IADIS Virtual Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2006)
15 – 19 May 2006                     
(http://www.iadis.org/multi2006 )


Workshop : Collaborative and Learning Applications of Grid Technology
From 16 May 2006 till 19 May 2006
Location: Singapore
Several Kaleidoscope members are on the Committee.

This workshop focuses on the use of grid technologies for education or/and collaboration in general and for collaborative learning in particular. For this reason, CLAG 2006 aims at bringing together educators and researchers in grid computing, e-learning, collaborative computing, and CSCL to present their latest work integrating these fields.

The Third International Workshop on Collaborative and Learning Applications of Grid Technology (CLAG 2006 web page available at http://gsic.tel.uva.es/clag/clag2006.html)

Conference : Spanish-language eLearning Conference
From 17 May 2006 till 19 May 2006
Location: Madrid
Kaleidoscope member Lydia Montandon, of ATOS (Spain), is participating in this conference.

This sixth annual event is an important meeting point for e-learning and training experts from the business sector, universities, as well as government and administrative institutions in the Spanish-speaking world.Online Educa Madrid has gathered strong institutional support from major educational organisations and  governmental agencies in Spain and Latin America.

Kaleidoscope members who attend may receive a discount of 100 euros.  To do so, write the code ASM 142 in the 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 .

Conference : International Association of Technological University Libraries
From 22 May 2006 till 25 May 2006
Location: Porto, Portugal
The IATUL 2006 Conference is hosted by Kaleidoscope partner University of Porto, with the theme 'Embedding libraries 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 of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Libraries and Teaching and Learning
• Libraries and Research
• Systems Integration

The abstracts submission's deadline will be the 20th January 2006.

Contacts:
http://www.fe.up.pt/iatul2006
email iatul2006@fe.up.pt
Phone: +351225081575
Fax: +351225081893

Conference : WWW2006
From 23 May 2006 till 26 May 2006
Location: Edinbourgh, Scotland

Four packed days of speakers, workshops, exhibitions, tutorials, panels and social events on the future of the World Wide Web.

http://www2006.org/

 

Other : eLearning Africa
From 24 May 2006 till 26 May 2006
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Kaleidoscope is an Association Partner of this conference.

Kaleidoscope is an Association Partner of this conference, and member Nicolas Balacheff of CNRS, Laboratoire LEIBNIZ - Institut IMAG (France) is on the advisory committee.

eLearning is high on the agenda in Africa. Governments and educational institutions look at eLearning as the only option to achieve one very important Millennium Goal which is "Education for All". In many countries new ambitious infrastructure programmes form the basis for unprecedented "great leaps forward" in providing access to and outreach in education and training. Complete information about this conference is available here.

Workshop : Inquiry learning, building bridges to practice
From 29 May 2006 till 31 May 2006
Location: Enschede, Netherlands
A workshop, co-organised by the Kaleidoscope Special Interest Group Computer Supported Inquiry Learning, examines the gaps between research and practice in inquiry-based learning.
All further details - the program, venue, registration, and the submission of proposals can be found on the workshop web site

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