Coll@ware: Efficient, Context-aware, Collaborative Learning

http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/group/collaware/

About Coll@ware
Our group will open up new avenues for collaborative learning and working through the use of context-aware mobile technologies. Coll@ware will implement and deploy mobile and ambient learning technologies that are responsive to both people and context, thereby helping to bridge the gap between formal training and informal, on-the-job learning. Our focus will be on how context-aware ambient and mobile technologies can be used to support collaborative learning, offering new opportunities for social interaction through the design, development, and deployment of these technologies.

Issues this activity addresses
In the European knowledge economy, people are increasingly required to share their expertise and ideas, and to build new kinds of knowledge together. As a result, there is an increasing need for responsive, TEL environments that motivate, engage, and inspire learners.

Contributions to the field
We will formulate a research agenda in which we develop scenarios for designing theories, technologies, and practical models for use in higher educational and professional organisations. A special emphasis will be made to integrate findings from various special interest groups in the Network, including Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Mobile Learning, and Philosophy of Technology Enhanced Learning.