MicroLearning 5.0
5th international
Conference
MicroLearning & Mobile Ecology
July 6 – July 8 2011
EVOLVING PROGRAM vs 5
Increasing the
Effectiveness of
Technology Enhanced
Learning:
Current Research,
Projects and Results
PERSONAL INVITATION FOR
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
University of Innsbruck, Austria
conference@microlearning.org
www.microlearning.org
This conference is supported in part by funding from
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The 2011 Conference Session | Effectiveness in
learning of Technology Enhanced Learning: Current
Research, Projects and Results
This conference is a multi-session workshop on current research and findings regarding using technologies effectively for learning. For the purpose of this meeting effectiveness in learning is defined in terms of a number of different levels where effectiveness is measurable according to specified criteria; the levels include among others:
Memory retention of content learned -> knowledge build-up
Sustained usage of the technology solution -> participation
Personal user satisfaction -> positive motivation
Attainment of learning goals and objectives -> return on educational investment
Invited Presentations and Open Participation
Papers and presentations on present research, approaches, projects and results are invited from researchers, scientists and practitioners in the area of technology enhanced learning and effectiveness research and evaluation. Participation is open upon registration and payment.
We invite your papers and presentations in terms of o research papers to be presented in full session
(ca. 8 pages or more)
o project reports to be presented in a world café (ca. 4-6 pages)
o short demonstration workshops to be scheduled (description of 2 pages)
o posters on new ideas to be exhibited and presented for discussion in a special session (1 page posters)
Publication:
After undergoing a review all accepted papers will be
published digitally and on paper after event in the MicroLearning Conference Proceedings by Innsbruck University Press.
Schedule:
July 3, 2011 Draft Papers / Posters for presentation July 15, 2011 Final line up of papers
July 30, 2011 Final papers, reports & posters (camera ready)
Conference Chairs / Konferenzleitung
Peter A. Bruck (Research Studios Austria) and Martina A. Roth (Intel)
Conference Organisation / Konferenz-Organisation
Michaela Schmitzberger / Michael Sedlaczek (Research Studios Austria)
Overview of Evolving Programme
Preconference Day: Tirol Tag || July 6
„Increasing the Effectiveness of Technology Enhanced
Learning”
Mikrolernen und Lern-Effizienz mit Technologien für
Unternehmen und den Standort Tirol
Session 1: Mikrolernen in Österreich:
Aktuelle Projekte – Berichte und Resultate
16:00 – 17:00
Moderation:
• Mag. Rainer Schilcher, Operation Director, Research Studio MicroLearning and Information Environments
"Best Practice Bedingungen in Unternehmen " Themen:
•
Mikrolernen in Tiroler Betrieben
•
Trainings in Unternehmen vor Ort: MICROTRAINING
•
Grundausbildung in öffentlicher Verwaltung: Bundeskanzleramt
Session 2: MikroLernen mit dem KnowledgePulse:Stand der Leistungen, Neue Entwicklung
17:00 – 18:00
Moderation:
• DI (FH) Gregor Cholewa, Senior Researcher and KnowledgePulse Product Manager, Research Studio MicroLearning and Information Environments
"Next Generation Development" Contributing Presentations:
Aktueller Entwicklungsstand
Live Demo und aktuelle Software Clients Entwicklungsperspektive KnowledgePulse
Laufende Forschungsprojekte – Tiroler Ansatz, Europäische Innovation
Session 3: eLearning for a Knowledge Society: Wissensgesellschaft Tirol
18:00 – 19:00
Moderation:
• Prof. DDr. Peter A. Bruck, Chief Researcher, Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft
"Industrial Hurts and Corporate Needs – Branchenbedarf und Lösungsnachfrage für betriebliche Wissensoptimierung"
Panel Discussion - Contributors:
Dr. Harald Gohm, Managing Director, Standortagentur Tirol Mag. Dieter Duftner, Managing Partner, SYNCURATOR® GmbH Mag. Barbara Prashnig, Creative Learning Systems Ltd.
Dipl.-Inform. Christoph Holz, holzweg e-commerce solutions
Networking1: MikroLernen und MikroTraining Get to Gether
Wissensgesellschaft Tirol
19:00 – 21:30
Sponsored by SYNCURATOR – PREOPENING ML 5.0 Conference: • Mag. (FH) Christof Bader, Managing Partner, SYNCURATOR® GmbH Eine Veranstaltung der RSAFG gemeinsam mit der Tiroler Zukunftsstiftung und der Universität Innsbruck, unterstützt von SYNCURATOR GmbH
Ort/Venue: ICT Technologiepark – transIdee
Day 1 || July 7
„
Increasing the Effectiveness of Technology Enhanced
Learning:
Current Research, Projects and Results”
Session 4: Best Practice in e-Learning Effectiveness and Project Results
10:30 – 11:30
Conference Opening:
• Prof. DDr. Peter A. Bruck, Chief Researcher, Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft
"The Effectiveness of MicroLearning: Objectives, Research Design and Results of Corporate Projects with the KnowledgePulse"
• Dr. Jon K. Price, Program manager, Research & Evaluation, Intel® Corporation, Corporate Affairs Group, USA
"Assessment and Evaluation of Learning Outcomes and Processes”" Respondent:
• Andreas C. Fürsattel (tbc), Managing Partner and CEO, Business Education International - BEIGROUP® GmbH, Nurnberg
Session 5: Effectiveness of e-Learning I - MicroLearning Developments and Results
11:30 – 13:00
Conference Keynotes:
• Prof. Paul Bacsich, Visiting Professor at Middlesex University, Director, Matic Media Ltd, Senior Consultant, Sero Consulting Ltd., e-learning consultant and benchmarking consultant, UK and Sweden
“The cost- and time-effectiveness of online learning: providing a perspective on MicroLearning and the differences between academic and corporate views” • Prof. Dr. Werner Sauter, Scientific Director, Blended Learning Solutions GmbH,
Hamburg, Germany
“Corporate Learning: Increasing effectiveness through blended learning approaches”
Prof. Mag. Barbara Prashnig, Professor Emeritus, Founding Director, Creative Learning Systems & Prashnig Style Solutions, Auckland, New Zealand
“Effectiveness and Learning Styles: Why classical e-learning fails the learners and what they would need to be successful in mastering difficult learning contents?"
Session 6: Effectiveness of e-Learning II - MicroLearning Developments and Results
14:00 – 15:45
Moderation:
• Prof. DDr. Peter A. Bruck, Chief Researcher, Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft
Presentations:
Professor Dr. Luvai F. Motiwalla, Chair, Operations & Information Systems (OIS), College of Management, University of Massachusetts, USA
“Mobile Learning: A framework and evaluation "
Dr Giasemi Vavoula, RCUK Academic Fellow in Learning and Visitor Studies, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK
“"Meeting the Challenges in Evaluating Mobile Learning"
Prof. Dr. Marco Ronchetti, Computer Science Associate Professor, Director of the Master in Technologies for System Integration and e-government of the Università di Trento, Italy
“Where is Mobile Learning Going? Evaluating directions for success”
Session 7: Advances in MicroLearning II - Research, Projects and Results
16:00 – 17:00
Moderation and Presentation:
• Mag. Rainer Schilcher, Operation Director, Research Studio MicroLearning and Information Environments
Presentations:
• DI (FH) Gregor Cholewa, Senior Researcher and KnowledgePulse Product Manager, Research Studio MicroLearning and Information Environments
“Next Generation KnowledgePulse: Intelligence in Content Delivery and Task related Learning””
• DI (FH) Florian Förster, Researcher and KnowledgePulse Implementation Manager, Research Studio MicroLearning and Information Environments
“Advances in R&D for Mobile and Task Related Learning”
Session 8: Advances in MicroLearning III - Projects and Implementations
17:00 – 18:00
Moderation:
• Mr. Jak Boumans MTh, Managing Director, Electronic Media Reporting, Secretary General of the European Academy of Digital Media.
Contributors:
Mr. Andrew Gakiria, National Coordinator, KeLC – National Kenya e-Learning Centre, Nairobi, Kenya“Moving beyond e-Learning in East-Africa: Evaluating Corporate Training Programs and the demand for MicroLearning”
Ahmed ALHujairy, Chief Executive Officer, GULF FUTURE BUSINESS S.P.C., Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
"Professional Trainings for Corporations and Governments: Interests and Reasons for adopting MicroLearning "
Session 9 e-Learning Developments
1800 – 18:30
Conference Keynote:
• Dr. Martina Roth, Director Global Strategy, Research and Policy Corporate Affairs Group, Intel Corporation
"Innovation and Education Transformation for a World of Opportunities"
Networking 2: MicroLearning with KnowledgePulse Success Buffet – Fruits of the Year
19:00 – 21:30
Sponsored Research Studio MINE and Partners
Ort/Venue: TBD
Day 2 || July 8
„
Increasing the Effectiveness of Technology Enhanced
Learning:
Current Research, Projects and Results”
Session 10 Research and Development in e-Learning Revisiting Project Results
9:00 – 9:40
Moderation:
• Mr. Jak Boumans MTh, Managing Director, Electronic Media Reporting, Secretary General of the European Academy of Digital Media.
• Contributors:
Dr. Syed Safi Athar, Learning Architect, Infosys Technologies Limited "Computer – Learner Interactivity; The Paradigm Shift for Micro–Learning"
Meirambek Zhaparov, Suleyman Demirel University, Almaty-Kazakhstan "MicroLearning in C++ PL"
Session 10 Research and Development in e-Learning Revisiting Project Results
9:45 – 11:30
Moderation:
• Prof. DDr. Peter A. Bruck, Chief Researcher, Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft
Conference Keynotes:
• Mr. Christopher Murray, e-Portfolio and Mobile Learning Research Manager Leeds Institute of Medical Education (LIME), University of Leeds, UK
“The iPhone Project: Results from the development and implementation of the e-portfolio to support medical student learning (MBChB)"
• Prof. Dr. Peter Baumgartner, MMag. Erich Herber, Faculty of Education and Media, Department of Interactive Media and Educational Technologies, Donau University, Austria
“Mobile Learning And Teaching: Evaluation and Empirical learnings from current projects (tbc)”
• Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. Manfred Tscheligi, Director and co-founder of CURE, Academic Director, Professor for Human Computer Interaction & Usability, ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg, Austria
“Effectivity in e-Learning: Lessons form Interaction Design (tbc)” Session 11: Effectiveness of e-Learning IV - MicroLearning Developments and Results
11:30 – 13:00
MicroLearning Round Table:
• Prof. Paul Bacsich, Visiting Professor at Middlesex University, Director, Matic Media Ltd, Senior Consultant, Sero Consulting Ltd., UK and Sweden
• Dr. Christopher Murray, e-Portfolio and Mobile Learning Research Manager Leeds Institute of Medical Education (LIME), University of Leeds, UK
• Prof. Dr. Werner Sauter, Scientific Director Blended Learning Solutions GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
Professor Dr. Luvai F. Motiwalla, Chair, Operations & Information Systems (OIS), College of Management, University of Massachusetts, USA
Dr Giasemi Vavoula, RCUK Academic Fellow in Learning and Visitor Studies, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK
Prof. Dr. Marco Ronchetti, Computer Science Associate Professor, Director of the Master in Technologies for System Integration and e-government of the Università di Trento, Italy
Dr. Jon K. Price, Program manager, Research & Evaluation, Intel® Corporation, Corporate Affairs Group, USA
Session 12: MicroLearning 5.0 Innovation Outlook
13:00 – 13:30
Closing Outlook:
• Dr. Martina Roth, Director Global Strategy, Research and Policy Corporate Affairs Group, Intel Corporation
• Prof. DDr. Peter A. Bruck, Chief Researcher, Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft
LUNCH
Background to the Conference Session and discussions:
MicroLearning & Mobile Ecology – Learning for the Knowledge Society
Welcome to MicroLearning 5.0 …
… the 5th international conference on MicroLearning, Mobile Knowledge and Mobile Learning. About 40 -70 participants and speakers from Europe, North America, and Asia are expected.
Welcome to an interactive …
… Conference, because MicroLearning 5.0 – 2011 is a different kind of meeting:
it is an Unconference. It is about personal meetings and sustainable Exchange, blending the different perspectives of technologists & academics, visionaries & entrepreneurs, practitioners & corporate professionals.
Welcome to the knowledge revolution …
… in mobile applications. There are three times as many mobile devices and Smartphones as there are internet PCs. From 2013 on, mobile usage will overtake the fixed line for internet access & usage. Small devices are well-suited for small content and vice versa. Micro-content based learning
applications can be considered an innovative leap forward.
Personalization and collaboration can be done with existing technical know how and are genuine enablers for mobile learning. Information and knowledge are changing, here and now and also tomorrow.
Knowledge transformation ...
…for mobile usage is the challenge. How can we build up knowledge for easy use, quick
comprehension and sustained memory?
MicroLearning 5.0 – 2011 is discussing the consequences and solutions for corporate training, educational institutions and lifelong learning. We look forward to meeting you in Innsbruck!
What is “MicroLearning”?
1. Free „learned knowledge“ from school
MicroLearning assumes that people have to learn much more than what they have time. Life is not like school with fixed times and hours.
Why? There is just too little time when one is working or busy and too much content. MicroLearning offers an answer. Break down content into small unites – and use time flexibly.
2. Employ MicroContent technology as help
MicroLearning uses technology to support the learners, so that they can learn regularly and step by step. Static macrostructures will be resolved, and learning can be done in between.
Along with “Mobile Learning”, “Rapid Learning” or “Workflow-integrated Learning” emerge as new forms and also challenges for teachers, trainers and learners in formal and informal contexts.
3. MicroLearning as a didactical concept
»Integrated MicroLearning« is a special didactical concept developed by the Research Studio Austria FG and its Innsbruck Research Studio to make learning easier, use the frequent changing of activities and employ MicroContent as a foundation for knowledge building and management.
This concept has lead us to develop the MicroLearning application called Knowledge Pulse®
(www.knowledgepulse.com).
Venue / Veranstaltungsort: Organisation:
Universität Innsbruck/ ICT Technologiepark Technikerstrasse 21, 6020 Innsbruck
conference@microlearning.org
www.researchstudio.at
