Poftiti la e-learning!

Unul dintre cele mai mari evenimente din e-learning-ul romanesc si, in opinia mea, de o calitate desavarsita, isi deschide oficial portile prin invitatia de a participa la lucrarile else, ajunsa la editia cu nr. 12! 

Mai jos aveti anuntul conferintei.

De asemenea, ca in fiecare an, impreuna cu Diana Andone, Carmen Holotescu si Bogdan Patrut va invitam sa ne fiti alaturi in cadrul workshopului dedicat resurselor educationalke deschise si MOOCurilor.

Asadar - pofiti la calitate!

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Dear colleagues,

We wish to remind you about the call for abstracts for the eLearning and Software for Education conference – eLSE 2016 (see www.elseconfernce.eu). The dead-line for abstract submission is November 27, 2015.

The 12^th eLearning and Software for Education Conference - eLSE 2016 is organized by the Romanian Advanced Distributed Learning Partnership Lab under the patronage of Carol I National Defence University and European Security and Defence College (ESDC) as an eLearning related international conference and will be held in Bucharest, April 21st – 22nd 2016.

Central theme of eLSE 2016 is eLearning Vision 2020!

The purpose of the annual international scientific conference on "eLearning and software for education" is to enable the academia, research, and corporate entities to boost the potential of the technology enhanced learning environments, by providing a forum for exchange of ideas, research outcomes, business case and technical achievements. Academics, independent scholars, researchers and students from all around the world are invited to meet, exchange ideas and discuss issues concerning all fields of Education.

The conference offers on 7 panels and 12 workshops, possibility to discuss on the following topics:

• eLearning Vision 2020 versus Learning evolution- perspective on design, development, and deployment.

• eEducation and eTraining challenges and  trends for Crisis Management and the Security and Defence domains.

• Pedagogy and psychology in new learning environments.

• Technological innovations in eLearning.

• Best practice in online education and training.

• Social, cultural and ethical dimensions of eLearning.

• Serious Games and gamification.

• Semantic and collaborative technologies for the web

• Open educational resources and Massive Open online courses

• Technology-enhanced learning to improve quality of life

• Innovative language learning opens doors to international career development

• E-training for sport professionals

• New trends for developing blended learning courses

• Models and technologies for providing education and awareness services at a large scale

• eLearning and software for education in textiles

• Moodle for the development of online courses

• New perspectives in physics education

• ICT tools for training and counselling

The full call for papers can be found here and abstract submission is available online. 

Visit www.elseconference.eu for more information: find profiles of invited presenters and arranged side events and workshops and download the call for papers.

Invitatie la lectura ...

O provocare pe care am gasit-o in paginile cartii "Social Learning Environments" - o carte sablon pentru actorii educationali din mediul universitar (si nu numai). Am gasit-o recent pe birou si m-am bucurat ca un prunc in fata unei jucarii noi. Autoarea nu este altcineva decat Elvira Popescu (multumesc autoarei!! pentru cadoul de Sarbatori Pascale) - o tanara universitara dinamica, pasionata, dedicata profesional spatiului digital, plina de initiativa si foarte ... foarte curajoasa.

De ce spun acest lucru? Fiindca a scrie  astazi despre noile medii de invatare pe care ni le-au adus calculatoarele si tehnologiile Internetului este in sine o provocare. Mai mult: a condimenta  scrierea cu socialul digital e de-a dreptul vitejie. Fiindca noi, ca si dascali (nu generalizez insa e vorba, totusi, de o majoritate covarsitoare), nu numai ca nu ne stim plia pe realitatile noii generatii de instrumente si pedagogii online (ca ii spunem web 2.0, elearning 2.0, pedagogie 2.0, realitate augementata sau social media - nu are nicio relevanta, e doar un termen umbrela pe care ni-l insusim) dar nici nu facem deosebire intre medii de invatare sociale si cele sociale care implica invatarea. Cel mai elocvent exemplu? Facebook. Dar, sa nu ma abat de la cele ce voiam a scrie (multumesc inca o data Elvirei pentru faptul ca mi-a deschis apetitul de a relua activitatea pe blog).

O precizare importanta: cartea (spre fericirea mea) este scrisa in limba engleza. Chiar daca multi vor trece in tabara carcotasilor, personal salut initiativa de a publica in cea mai "circulata" limba moderna a mediului de cercetare academic. Asa, pot sa ne citeasca si strainii. 

Deci, revin: sase capitole, o lista de bilbiografie impresionanta, un stil riguros, sobru, o lectura utila. De la implicatiile web 2.0 in educatie,  modele de adoptare a noilor medii sociale la studenti si profesori la reusite ale invatarii sociale - nimic nu a fost lasat deoparte.

Deci, invitatia la lectura (facilitata de Editura SITECH din Craiova) ramane deschisa. Nu veti regreta in fata unei povesti de succes in biti si baiti de cerneala, spusa cu multa inversunare profesionala de Elvira Popescu.

P.S. Din CV am aflat ca a fost recent ziua ei. Ii doresc numai bine si impliniri! La Multi Ani sanatosi si voiosi!

Social Web invata chimia :)

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Educating Educators with Social Media - Google Books

Doua carti recente de prof. Charles Wankel,

Din prefata:
"Social media are increasingly popular platforms for collaboration and quick information sharing. This volume is a collection of reports on how these technologies are being used to educate educators with social media in creative and effective ways. The use of wikis, blogs, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, text messaging, Flickr, Delicious, YouTube, Yahoo Pipes, Diigo, Second Life, Moodle, and other Web 2.0 technologies are shown in vivid examples and insightful critiques. The use of social media in developing countries for new pproaches to teaching as support for individual and peer-based learning for such endeavours as collaborative screen play writing projects and social annotation are covered. How instructors are increasing the technical expertise that is needed by educators to develop their own 21st century curricula projects is shown in outstanding ways. How instructors take recreational technologies and transform them into pedagogic conduits is examined. Social networking technologies enable the integration of students and alumni in co-curricular activities in exciting and still evolving ways. New teaching orientations premised on social media such as focused distraction are considered. Exercises involving the collaboration of teacher education majors in social bookmarking through co-standardized approaches are provided."




Din prefata:
"New technologies provide new ways of delivering the programs and services of higher educational (HE) institutions. Social media such as Facebook, blogs, Flickr, Twitter, and the Second Life virtual world engage constituents and enhance effectiveness. Understanding the trends in the expanding role of social media in HE and the related implications for staff preparedness and training is necessary for future-oriented administrators and practitioners.


This book examines how social media are redefining what university communities are and the purposes and practices of the various functional areas in HE. It presents an overview of innovative practices in the recruitment, advising, retention, graduation and engagement of students and alumni, and examines social media in connection with enrollment management, advising and mentoring, public relations and alumni relations. Topics covered include: how Facebook helps and hinders students' social integration; connecting fans and sports more intensively through social media; how to prepare staff to use social media in robust ways; using social networking sites during the career management process; and for social research and studying abroad."

Social Media in Plain English