EC-TEL 2010 - FIFTH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING SUSTAINING TEL: FROM INNOVATION TO LEARNING AND PRACTICE

The last decade has seen significant investment in terms of effort and resources (time, people, money) in innovating education and training. The time has come to make the bold step from small scale innovation research and -development to larger scale implementation and evaluation. The time has come to show the world (government, industry, general population) that we have matured to the stage that sustainable learning and learning practices ? both in schools and in industry ? can be achieved based upon our work.

What not long ago was seen and experienced as a novel technology (Internet and WWW) has become for much of the populace mundane and commonplace (Web 2.0 and social software). What not long ago was expensive and exotic (computers and broadband computer networks) is now inexpensive and ordinary (netbooks and omnipresent wireless). And what in the past was proprietary and inaccessible (information and learning materials) is now generic and open (open educational resources).

The TEL community is faced by new research questions related to large scale deployment of technology enhanced learning, support of individual learning environments through mashup and social software, new approaches in TEL certification, etc.. Furthermore, for new approaches are required for TEL design, implementation, and use to improve the understanding and communication of educational needs among all stakeholders, ranging from researchers, learners, tutors, educational organizations, companies, TEL industry, and policy makers.

ECTEL 2010 will bring together technological developments, learning models, and implementations of new and innovative approaches to training and education. The conference will explore how the synergy of multiple disciplines, ranging from Computer Science, Education, Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Social Science, can provide new, more effective and more especially more sustainable, technology-enhanced learning solutions to learning problems. The conference welcomes researchers and developers from European and Non-European countries and industries to present recent advancements from technologies, applications, and learning models in all areas of technology enhanced learning.

Conference Topics

From both research and experience perspective the following topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to:

Technological underpinning

Large scale sharing and interoperability
Technologies for personalisation and adaptation
Context-aware systems
Social computing and web 2.0
Semantic web and web 3.0
Mobile technologies
Intelligent games
Network infrastructures and architectures for TEL
Sensors and sensor networks
Roomware and ubiquitous computing
Data mining and information retrieval
Natural language processing and latent semantic analysis
eLearning specifications and standards
Pedagogical underpinning

Problem- and project-based learning / Inquiry based learning
Computer supported collaborative learning
Collaborative knowledge building
Game-based and simulation-based learning
Story-telling and reflection-based learning
Instructional design and Design approaches
Communities of learners & Communities of practice
Teaching techniques and strategies for online learning
Learner motivation and engagement
Evaluation methods for TEL
Individual, social & organisational learning processes

Cognitive mechanisms in knowledge acquisition and construction
Self-regulated and Self-directed learning
Social processes in teams and communities
Social awareness
Knowledge management and organisational learning
Sustainability & TEL business models and cases
Business-learning models
Learning contexts and domains

Applications of TEL in various domains
Formal education: initial (K-12, higher education), post-initial (continuing education)
Workplace learning in small, medium and large companies
Aggregated learning at the workplace Distance and online learning
Lifelong learning (cradle to grave)
Vocational training
Informal learning
Non-formal learning
Ubiquitous learning
TEL in developing countries

ICT Inclusion for learning
Digital divide and learning
Generation divide and learning
Education policies
Rural learning
TEL, functional diversity and users with special needs

Accessible learning for all
Visual, hearing and physical impairments
Psycho-pedagogic support for users
Educational guidance for tutors
Adapted learning flow, content and monitoring process
Standards about accessibility and learning
Previous Conferences

EC-TEL 2009
EC-TEL 2008
EC-TEL 2007
EC-TEL 2006