January 19 - 20, 2009, we are organizing an international mini-conference on “Knowledge Media” at the Centre for IT & Learning. The conference is about use of new digital media in the knowledge society. The conference will revolve around four themes:
- Knowledge sharing in a global perspective
- New learning environments: Social software
- Knowledge media
- Between formal and informal learning
So far, four keynotes are announced:
- Terry Anderson, Athabasca University, Canada
- Friedrich Hesse, Knowledge Media Research Center, Tübingen, Germany
- Lars Qvortrup, School of Education, University of Aarhus, Denmark
- Jørgen Bang, Institute of Information and Media Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark
You can read more on the conference website.
Published June 27th, 2008
in paper, tools and podcasting.
I am still at the EUNIS 2008 Conference in Aarhus. Yesterday, I presented a paper entitled “Pragmatic Podcasting: How to Easily Facilitate Podcasting” (pdf), which I have written together with Mikkel Godsk, Bjørn Møller Gregersen and David Gråbæk. The abstract reads:
“In this paper we describe our pragmatic way to easily facilitate podcasting at the University of Aarhus – both technically and pedagogically. The technical setup and our experiences with accommodating podcasting by means of open source technologies and easy-to-use authoring tools are described. Further, the paper presents our preliminary experiences with integrating podcasts in teaching practice using a constructivist approach. Finally, on basis of our technical and pedagogical experiences, the paper provides pointers to how podcasting can be done easily and at a low cost using the appropriate technologies and software, implementation strategy, and a constructivist approach.”
Published June 25th, 2008
in social software, paper, networks and learning.
I am at the EUNIS 2008 Conference in Aarhus where I have just presented my paper entitled “Social networking sites: Transparency in online education” (pdf). The abstract reads:
“Social networking sites do not necessarily involve communication, dialogue or collaboration. Instead, the paper argues, transparency is a dominating feature. An interesting aspect of social interaction in social networking sites is that the starting point is the individual or personal. This is in opposition to discussion forums, in which communication always takes place in a shared forum. In a social networking site each individual has a personal page and profile, which the individual develops and modifies.
The paper will discuss how social networking may be utilized within university education by students sharing information and resources that are originally developed for themselves, but made available to others – for instance bookmarks, references, links, and notes. In conclusion, the paper argues that the pedagogical potential of social networking lies within transparency and the ability to create awareness between students – potentially across institutions and nations.”
You can find all the papers from the EUNIS Conference here.
