The GOAL Project: Gamified and Online Activities for Learning

GOAL Project aims to support active and non-active athletes in the development of their professional endeavours, after the end of their athletic career.

One of the objectives is "to design and develop digital content packaged in serious games and gamified digital interfaces to support dual career of athletes (active and former athletes".

 The project aims to reach its objectives through:

• An e-learning platform;
• Gamified activities;
• Distant psychological support;
• E-mentoring.

More information about the project can be found here.

CSEDU 2015: Call for Papers

CSEDU 2015, the International Conference on Computer Supported Education, aims at becoming a yearly meeting place for presenting and discussing new educational environments, best practices and case studies on innovative technology-based learning strategies, institutional policies on computer supported education including open and distance education, using computers. In particular, the Web is currently a preferred medium for distance learning and the learning practice in this context is usually referred to as e-learning. CSEDU 2014 is expected to give an overview of the state of the art as well as upcoming trends, and to promote discussion about the pedagogical potential of new learning and educational technologies in the academic and corporate world.

Conference Areas:

• Information Technologies Supporting Learning 
• Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment 
• Social Context and Learning Environments 
• Domain Applications and Case Studies 
• Ubiquitous Learning

Upcoming Deadlines:

• Regular Paper Submission: December 16, 2014
• Regular Paper Authors Notification: March 11, 2015
• Regular Paper Camera Ready and Registration: March 25, 2015

Vote for the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2014

Vote for the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2014 until Friday 26 September 2014. The list will be revealed on Monday, 29 September 2014. It is possible to vote through the c4lpt website or by tweeting to @C4LPT. Voters much choose 10 tools for learning.

My vote in 2013 and my vote for 2014:

Small differences regarding the choices in 2013. I still vote for Classdojo, the only gamified tool in my list.

Last year's list is available at The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013 (#1 Twitter, #2 Google Drive, #3 Youtube). 

EDEN Annual Conference 2014

The EDEN Annual Conference 2014 will be held in Zagreb in June, 10-13, 2014, with several Conference Themes.

The year 2014 is important as the start of the new European programme period until 2020. This coincides with intensive developments in ICT-supported learning, educational innovations and, in particular, open educational resources. With present economic trends, the key question being growth and employability, it is highly important how employers accept job candidates with the certifications and competences from the new world of learning, characterised by many innovative approaches and open educational settings.

Important Dates:

• Paper Submission: 31 January 2014
• Conference Dates: 10-13 June 2014

eMOOCs 2014: Call for Papers

An invitation from the EMOOCs 2014 Team for the EMOOCs 2014 Summit, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb 10-12, 2014:

"Dear Sir/Madam,

Have you heard of the recent global phenomenon that is revolutionizing education?

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have the potential to disrupt the higher education system. Did you know, for instance, that the number of MOOCs in Europe has more than tripled since the beginning of 2013? Do you want to learn about the opportunities that MOOCs can bring to your sector? How to plan, produce and run a MOOC?

We invite you to join the EMOOCs 2014 Summit of researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from the world of MOOCs in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb 10-12, 2014, to discuss the latest developments and find areas of common interest. EMOOCSs 2014 offers a series of workshops, meetings and the tutorial “All you need to know about MOOCs”.

With the input and participation of active MOOC stakeholders such as yourself, we intend to collectively shape the future of higher education in Europe.

Learn more about the programme and register for this unique event. The deadline for registration is the 1st of February 2014.

Feel free to contact us if you would like to receive any additional information. 

Sincerely yours,

The EMOOCs 2014 Team"

Important Dates

• Submissions deadline:  October 4, 2013
• Notification of acceptance: November 15, 2013
• Camera ready papers due: January 5, 2014

An interesting view about how europe is dealing with MOOCs can be seen in this page from Open Education Europe with a distribution of MOOCs per country:

Spain is clearly on the lead with 129 MOOCs followed by the UK (69), France (48) and Germany (47).

Eden 2014 Annual Conference

The Eden 2014 Annual Conference will take place in Zagreb from 10 to 13 June. 

"Workplace-based training supported by ICT tools is part of the solution to reduce skill shortages and mismatches. E-learning has become a dominant delivery method in learning settings at work across various sectors and a wide range of company sizes. Its advantages may be many, including flexibility, cost and time savings, and new work habits and improved working climate. ICT-enhanced learning may improve organisational performance and lead to increased staff commitment and the generation of new ideas."

The 2013 Annual Conference Proceedings are available at the EDEN website.

Important Dates:

• Paper Submission: 31 January 2014
• Registration Open: mid-February 2014
• Notification of Authors: 28 March 2014

Vote for the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013

Once again, the Vote for the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013 is open until Friday 27 September 2013. The list will be revealed on Monday, 30 September 2013. It is possible to vote through the c4lpt website or by tweeting to @C4LPT. Voters much choose 10 tools for learning.

This is my choice for 2013:

Friday 27 September 2013, and the Top 100 Tools list will be revealed on Monday 30 September 2013. - See more at: http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/voting/#sthash.RUP92mfb.dpuf

Two of these tools are gamification tools (Leaderboarded and ClassDojo) that I used before. Moodle is a well known e-learning tool that has been used in several learning scenarios (current release is using badges - see this post). Twitter can also be a very valuable if we choose the right people to follow.

Meanwhile, last year's list is available: The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 (#1 Twitter). For the 2011 list see this post (also, Twitter #1).

The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2

The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012

Vote for the Top 100 Tools for Learning 201

Vote for the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013

Gamification & GBL in the Classroom

Gamification can be used to accomplish a number of goals related to learning. As with any learning intervention, gamification is not the answer to every learning situation and to gamify all content or learner experiences does not make sense. Gamification is especially effective when it is used to encourage learners to progress through content, motivate action, influence behavior and drive innovation. (Karl Kapp).

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A partir do mote dado pela afirmação acima de Karl Kapp (num post publicado a 29 de abril), ficam aqui diversos links encontrados recentemente sobre a aplicação de gamification na educação e de game-based learning (GBL) e alguns exemplos reais de utilização destas abordagens.

Gamification e GBL na Educação

• Gamifying the Classroom: 10 Inspiring Articles

• Gamification in Education

• Gamification and Education: Value Added or Lost?

• 7 Tips for a Game-Based Learning Success

• Top 10 Education Gamification Examples that will Change our Future

• The Best of TED for Teachers (TED Talks sobre educação em geral e também sobre GBL)

• 6 TED Talks on the Pluses of Gaming (mais TED Talks)

Gamification e GBL na Prática

• Professor Cliff Lampe Talks About Gamification in Academia (Video): um exemplo de aplicação de gamification num curso com 200 alunos da Universidade do Michigan.

• ‘Learning is just another word for fun, under optimal conditions’ [Case Study]: relato de uma experiência de aplicação de gamification num evento para formadores.

• SuperFunner Turns the Classroom into a Video Game: descrição de uma transformação de uma sala de aula num jogo - SuperFunner.

• WoWinSchool - slides de uma apresentação de um ambiente do tipo World of Warcraft na sala de aula. Estão disponíveis mais detalhes.

• World of Classcraft - outra experiência baseada no World of Warcraft (já mencionada aqui).

• Gamified Classroom? - mais um exemplo baseado no World of Warcraft: World of ScienceCraft.

• How I turned my classroom into a ‘living video game’—and saw achievement soar: uma experiência no ensino básico.

 

EDULEARN13 - Papers on Games and Gamification

Lista de publicações e posters aceites para a EDULEARN13  sobre "Games" e "Gamification":

Oral presentations:

BIM-BASED COMPUTER GAME FOR ACTIVE LEARNING IN CONSTRUCTION
J. Kang, K. Kuncham

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CAN A FAILED SIMULATION GAME BE USEFUL FOR TEACHING ABOUT REALITY THAT AIMS TO SIMULATE? LEARNING EVOLUTION AND NATURAL SELECTION THROUGH SPORE VIDEO GAME IN A BIOLOGY CLASS
D. Herrero

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CONTEXTUALLY-DRIVEN LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE SKILL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SERIOUS GAMES
H. Tsalapatas, O. Heidmann, R. Alimisi, E. Houstis

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DESIGN CHOICES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONCOBIOLOGY SERIOUS GAME FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION
A. C.R. Martins, F. G. Freitas, P. R. Gonçalves, R. Prada, J. M.P. Desterro, L. Costa, M. I. Crisóstomo

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DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS GAME TO IMPROVE COMPUTER ASSEMBLY SKILLS
R. Bourbia, M. Hadjeris, H. Seridi

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN EDUCATIONAL GAMES ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
M. Mey Rodríguez, A. Bueno Villaverde

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DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE EDUCATIONAL GAMES WITH AUGMENTED REALITY
C. Kirner, T. Kirner

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DIGITAL GAMES´ EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES UTILISED IN E-LEARNING COURSES
J. Miškov

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EVALUATING LOGICAL THINKING DEVELOPMENT AMONG PRIMARY EDUCATION LEARNERS THROUGH PROGRAMMING GAMES
H. Tsalapatas, E. Houstis, C. Karagiannidis

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FANCY BEING PRIME MINISTER? 10 DOWNING STREET – AN ECONOMIC POLICY NETWORK SIMULATION BY IE BUSINESS SCHOOL THE CONCEPTUALIZATION, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SERIOUS GAME
M. Constantine

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GAMES ON MOBILE DEVICES TO SUPPORT PROBLEM BASED LEARNING PROCESS
G. Putra, A. Puspaningrum

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METHODOLOGY FOR IN-GAME CERTIFICATION IN SERIOUS GAMES
R. Baptista, A. Coelho, C. Vaz de Carvalho

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NEXT GENERATION INTERACTIVE SOCIAL SCIENCE GAMES ON WEB, TABLETS, AND SMARTPHONES
R. Bodsky, S. Wang, T. Palfrey, W. Yuan

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THE BUSINESS GAME ECOMAN AS AN ALTERNATIVE DIDACTIC APPROACH TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
G. Walraevens, S. Kerremans

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THE HIDDEN ROOM: A 3-D ONLINE-GAME TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
A. Berns

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THIRD-PERSON EFFECT IN VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES
O. Delialioglu, I. Bulut, S. Bakay

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Poster presentations:

"LOSS OF MASS ADVENTURE" THE VIDEO GAME FOR A HEALTHY LIFE WITHOUT OBESITY
L. Rangel Méndez, M.A. Medina Nieto, A.B. Urbina Najera, L.A. Sanchez Limon

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ARE KIDS AWARE OF BEING BULLIED OR OF BULLYING OTHER CHILDREN WHILST PLAYING VIDEO GAMES IN INTERNET CAFES?
F. Cicek

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IMPROVING INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING USING SERIOUS GAMES
W. Debabi, T. Bensebaa

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LOOKING FOR PATTERNS OF CONVERGENT DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN STUDENTS' MEANING-GENERATION AND LEARNING-TO-LEARN-TOGETHER PROCESSES WHILE THEY COLLABORATIVELY DESIGN THEIR 'SUSTAINABLE CITY' GAME MICROWORLD
M. Daskolia, C. Kynigos

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TESTING A SERIOUS GAME FOR COMMUNICATING FOOD RISK TO YOUNG CONSUMERS: “A MYSTERIOUS POISONING”
S. Crovato, G. Mascarello, A. Pinto, L. Ravarotto

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THE INTERACTIVE PHYSICS GAME
D. Kawuloková, J. Krejčí

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Virtual presentations:

AUGMENTING LEARNING WITH GAMES
S. Padture

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ENHANCING SHARED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS WITH SIMULATION GAME SCENARIOS
H. Lukosch, A. Verbraeck

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INFORMATION AUDIT TRAINING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AS A SERIOUS GAME
R. Perez-Castillo, M. Piattini

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LOM APPLICATION PROFILE TO DESCRIBE SERIOUS GAMES (LOM-SG)
Y. El Borji, M. Khaldi

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NATURE LEAP - A PEDAGOGICAL GAME FOR PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
S. Holck, P. Marjanen

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SUPPLY CHAIN SIMULATION-BASED SERIOUS GAME INTEGRATING OPTIMISATION
A. Tobail, A. Arisha

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URJC ECONOMETRIC GAME: A STRATEGY FOR TEACHING ECONOMETRICS
M. Arrazola, J. de Hevia, I. Perrote, R. Sánchez Larrión

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USING ATTENTIONAL CUES WITH NOVICE PLAYERS IN AN INTERACTIVE SERIOUS GAME
J. Vieira, N. Sousa, P. Soares, J.N. Oliveira

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WALKABOUT IP – AN APPROACH FOR LEARNING THROUGH CONTEXTUAL MOBILE GAMES
F. Almeida, J. Lourenço, H. Bollaert, P. Possemiers

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INTRODUCING SOME GAMIFICATION FEATURES IN AN UNDERGRADUATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE
F. Galan

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ICERI2013: Call for Papers

Call for papers - ICERI2013, 6th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation.

 

After 5 years enjoying ICERI conferences in Madrid, this 6th edition will be held in Seville (Spain), on the 18th, 19th and 20th of November, 2013.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
There will be 3 presentation modalities: Oral, Poster or Virtual.
The deadline for abstracts submission is July 11th, 2013.
 

OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the conference are to:
- Present and disseminate projects about education and emerging technologies
- Share best practices and promote international partnership and cooperation
- Create an international forum to discuss and exchange ideas about the latest innovations in education and research, applied to all fields and disciplines

ICERI2013 Publications will be sent to be reviewed for their inclusion in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
- Abstract Submission Deadline: July 11th, 2013 (included)
- Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: September 2nd, 2013
- Final Paper Submission Deadline: October 3rd, 2013 (included)
- Registration deadline for authors: October 3rd, 2013 (included)

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Simpósio Internacional de Informática Educativa: Call for Papers

A 15.ª edição do Simpósio Internacional de Informática Educativa (SIIE) encoraja a submissão de contribuições originais de qualidade, em língua inglesa (preferencial), espanhola ou portuguesa, em várias áreas temáticas, que se explicitam, não de forma exaustiva:

    •    Conceção, desenvolvimento e avaliação de software educativo
    •    Design de Interação na educação
    •    Design e normalização de tecnologias educacionais, linguagens de modelação e metadados
    •    Data mining e Web mining educacional
    •    Web semântica aplicada à educação
    •    Sistemas educativos inteligentes
    •    Ambientes de aprendizagem personalizada
    •    Ferramentas e recursos educativos baseados na Web
    •    Jogos e simulações em educação
    •    Laboratórios virtuais e remotos
    •    Computação ubíqua/móvel em educação
    •    Robótica e educação
    •    Software Livre, Conhecimento Aberto e Recursos Educacionais Abertos
    •    Gestão da tecnologia, conhecimentos e competências na educação
    •    Tecnologias emergentes em educação
    •    Metodologias de utilização e de avaliação das TIC em contexto educativo
    •    Experiências inovadoras de integração das TIC no Ensino/Aprendizagem
    •    Aspetos sociais da utilização das TIC em contextos educativos
    •    Questões de género, culturais e para públicos específicos
    •    Aplicações das TIC para pessoas com Necessidades Educativas Especiais
    •    Formação de professores e TIC
    •    Educação a distância
    •    Web social, sistemas colaborativos e comunidades de aprendizagem.

Data limite para submissão de trabalhos: 15 de junho de 2013.

O simpósio realiza-se em Viseu de 13 a 15 de novembro de 2013.

Cometdocs: Armazenamento e Conversão de Documentos

A cometdocs é uma aplicação on-line que pode integrar a panóplia de ferramentas TIC usadas como auxiliares ao ensino ou integrar ambientes de e-learning.

A Cometdocs.com é uma empresa canadiana sedeada em Toronto. A primeira versão da aplicação foi lançada em 2009 sendo na altura uma ferramenta gratuita de conversão de formatos de ficheiros. Agora, permite também o armazenamento, gestão e partilha de documentos na "nuvem". A conversão de formatos é feita on-line. A partilha pode ser pública ou privada, através de um link próprio. É possível a partilha com outros utilizadores registados e é também possível a partilha anónima não obrigando a registo de utilizador (através de um link válido por 24 horas).

A interface da aplicação é simples e funcional. Testando a conversão de ficheiros de formato PDF para DOC verifica-se que funciona sem problemas para textos em inglês mas que não suporta caracteres específicos (caracteres com acento, cedilhas, etc), pelo menos, das língua portuguesa e espanhola que foram as testadas.

São diversos os formatos suportados para conversão: doc, txt, xls, pptx, png, gif, jpeg, etc.

A aplicação permite a criação de uma conta gratuita com espaço de 1 Gigabyte. Os ficheiros estão limitados a 100 Megabytes, é permitido fazer 15 conversões e transferir ficheiros para mais uma pessoa. As contas Premium e Pro permitem mais espaço de armazenamento, ficheiros maiores, conversões ilimitadas e maior número de pessoas com quem partilhar. Estas contas custam respetivamente 9,99 e 19,99 por mês (curiosamente, não é indicada a moeda. Serão dólares canadianos?).

Apesar da concorrência de peso no que diz respeito a armazenamento, como a Dropbox ou o Google Drive, a Cometdocs é uma aplicação muito simpática e simples de usar, funciona inteiramente on-line e acresce a possibilidade de conversão de ficheiros e de partilha de documentos através de um link. As funcionalidades permitidas na conta gratuita são muito razoáveis. Pode ser que futuras versões suportem a conversão de textos noutras línguas que não o inglês. Apesar disto, é sem dúvida uma ferramenta a ter em conta.

EDULEARN13: Call for Papers

A EDULEARN13 - 5th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies terá lugar em Barcelona (Espanha), nos dias 1, 2 e 3 de julho de 2013.

DEADLINE SUBMISSION: 27th March 2013

É possível nesta conferência a apresentação virtual de artigos que evita a deslocação ao local onde se realiza.

Identificação de Fatores Facilitadores da Utilização de Recursos Educativos Digitais pelos Professores: A Perspetiva de Especialistas num Estudo e-Delphi

Foi publicado na Revista Iberoamericana de Evaluación Educativa o resultado de um trabalho de investigação sobre os fatores facilitadores do uso de recursos educativos digitais pelos professores do ensino básico e secundário. O trabalho é da autoria de Cornélia Castro, António Andrade e José Lagarto.

Resumo

Este estudo exploratório e descritivo procurou determinar empiricamente o grau de concordância, através de um questionário e-Delphi que decorreu em três etapas com 40 participantes de instituições de ensino superior e outras, relativamente aos fatores facilitadores do uso de recursos educativos digitais pelos professores do ensino básico e secundário. Os participantes foram cooptados em universidades públicas e privadas e em outras instituições, em áreas de conhecimento relacionadas com a educação, nomeadamente em investigação, na utilização das tecnologias e da informática em particular. Os resultados obtidos indicam algum grau de concordância na comunidade de participantes na investigação sobre os fatores facilitadores da utilização de recursos educativos digitais pelos professores. Estes resultados preliminares desafiam-nos a desenvolver o mesmo estudo junto dos professores do ensino básico e secundário, de forma a confrontar as perspetivas das duas comunidades que desempenham um papel preponderante na área da educação em Portugal. Pretende-se, desta forma, apresentar um contributo para que a prática da adoção e utilização de recursos educativos digitais nas escolas portuguesas seja sustentada.

Está igualmente disponível o Abstract (in english).

Neste trabalho de investigação foi usado um questionário e-Delphi. O método Delphi, citando o próprio trabalho, é definido como uma atividade interativa desenhada para combinar opiniões de um grupo de especialistas (grupo específico de pessoas especializadas no tema estudado) denominado de painel Delphi, para obtenção de consenso em torno de um problema complexo. Tive a oportunidade de participar no painel de especialistas do questionário cujos resultados foram usados por este trabalho.

A análise dos resultados do inquérito revela que o fator considerado mais importante foi Usabilidade - qualidade científica e o fator considerado menos importante  foi Usabilidade - durabilidade.

O trabalho pode ser consultado em formato HTML ou PDF.

Referência

Castro, C., de Andrade, A. M. y Lagarto, J. (2012). Identificação de Fatores Facilitadores da Utilização de Recursos Educativos Digitais pelos Professores: A Perspetiva de Especialistas num Estudo e-Delphi. Revista Iberoamericana de Evaluación Educativa, 5 (3), pp. 161-178.
http://www.rinace.net/riee/numeros/vol5-num3/art10.pdf

ICEIS 2013 Workshop

Call for Participation Workshop on Interaction Design in Educational Environments
, ICEIS 2013 Workshop.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:

    •    Conceptual models for educational applications
    •    Educational pervasive environments
    •    Educational Interface design
    •    New devices and interaction techniques for educative environments
    •    Instructional and Interaction design
    •    Student/Teacher centered design
    •    Educative Ambient intelligence
    •    Human factors in Educative UI design
    •    Collaboration, cooperation and coordination
    •    Design patterns in collaborative educational environments
    •    Classroom teaching techniques
    •    Model-Based Development Environments


IMPORTANT DATES:

    •    Paper Submission: April 9, 2013
    •    Authors Notification: April 30, 2013
    •    Final Paper Submission and Registration: May 13, 2013

Education Conferences & Gamification Workshop

EDEN Oslo 2013 Annual Conference: call for papers deadline - 5 February 2013.

How can we do our best to make learning a thrilling experience for learners, including providing a sense of joy in the virtual classroom?

The EDEN 2013 Conference will discover and present the latest best practice in this field, share progressive concepts, inventive solutions, and promote joint-thinking and collaboration.

Discussion and debate will provide a range of innovative theories and approaches about the smart use of ICT tools, new methodologies for enhanced learning experience, content management systems, or fascinating solutions supported by game based learning, immersive environments, multimedia, etc.

Entre os temas da conferência está a aprendizagem baseada em jogos (game-based learning) e no que diz respeito a "providing a sense of joy in the virtual classroom", a gamification of education pode ter uma palavra a dizer.

CHI 2013 Workshop: Designing Gamification: Creating Gameful and Playful Experiences : call for papers deadline - 11 January 2013.

Uma workshop específica sobre o tema da gamification, integrada na CHI 2013. Tópicos principais: Postmortems, lessons learned, recurrent challenges and issues encountered in the design of gameful systems; Design models, principles, methods, tools, and evaluation methods adapted from interaction and game design; General and domain-specific constraints, opportunities, facilitating and success-critical conditions of gamification.

CSEDU 2013, the International Conference on Computer Supported Education:
call for papers deadline - Regular Paper Submission: December 14, 2012 (extended); Workshop Paper Submission: January 24, 2013; Position Paper Submission: January 28, 2013; Special Session Paper Submission: February 27, 2013

CSEDU 2013, the International Conference on Computer Supported Education, aims at becoming a yearly meeting place for presenting and discussing new educational environments, best practices and case studies on innovative technology-based learning strategies, institutional policies on computer supported education including open and distance education, using computers. In particular, the Web is currently a preferred medium for distance learning and the learning practice in this context is usually referred to as e-learning. CSEDU 2013 is expected to give an overview of the state of the art as well as upcoming trends, and to promote discussion about the pedagogical potential of new learning and educational technologies in the academic and corporate world.

CISTI'2013 - 8ª Conferência Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação: call for papers deadline - 15 de Fevereiro de 2013

A CISTI é um evento técnico-científico anual, que visa a apresentação e a discussão de conhecimentos, novas perspectivas, experiências e inovações no domínio dos sistemas e tecnologias de informação. Um dos temas da conferências são as Tecnologias da Informação na Educação:

Digital Divide; e-Learning Methods and Case Studies; Mobile and Pervasive Technologies; Digital Games; Multi-user Virtual Environments; Informal Learning; New Classroom Technologies (PDAs, Interactive Witheboards, etc.); Personal Learning Environments; Visual Media (Videoconference; Digital Photography); e-Portfolios and Social Software (Wikis, Blogs, Podcasting, etc.).

MOOC on Gamification - Statistics

As estatísticas sobre as actividades dos utilizadores do curso MOOC sobre Gamification do Prof. Kevin Werbach no Coursera, são impressionantes:

"Approximately 10,700 students successfully submitted Written Assignment 2. This compares to 12,800 submitting Written Assignment 1. Over 43,000 students have watched the lecture videos online, out of 77,000 registered students. "

77.000 estudantes registados? É obra ...

"Coursera is committed to making the best education in the world freely available to any person who seeks it. We envision people throughout the world, in both developed and developing countries, using our platform to get access to world-leading education that has so far been available only to a tiny few. We see them using this education to improve their lives, the lives of their families, and the communities they live in."

EDEN Porto 2012

Keynotes e Best Paper Award - Reconsidering "Gen Y" & Co: From Minding the Gap to Overcoming it, Emanuele Rapetti, Lorenzo Cantoni, Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland

Infographic: How Internet is Revolutionizing Education

 Via: OnlineEducation.net

Education Conferences (4)

6th European Conference on Games Based Learning - abstract submission deadline: 16 Março 2012.

ticEDUCA 2012 Júnior - submissão de artigos até 15 Março 2012 (o prazo foi alargado).

"Od ‘Ala ma kota’ do e-matury" - A conference on design of educational materials - April 18th, 2012