Monthly Archive for April, 2009

Ubiquitous Learning Conference – Plenary Speakers Added

Published on April 28, 2009 in Conference. 0 Comments

Allan Collins, Professor Emeritus, Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA.

Allan Collins is Professor Emeritus of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He is a member of the National Academy of Education, and a fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, the Cognitive Science Society, the American Educational Research Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He served as a founding editor of the journal Cognitive Science and as first chair of the Cognitive Science Society. He has studied teaching and learning for over 30 years, and written extensively on related topics. He is best known in psychology for his work on how people answer questions, in artificial intelligence for his work on reasoning and intelligent tutoring systems, and in education for his work on situated learning, inquiry teaching, design research, and cognitive apprenticeship. More…

Award Winner Finalists

Published on April 28, 2009 in Journal. 0 Comments

Congratulations to all of the Award Winner finalists:

Iván M. Jorrín-Abellán and Robert E. Stake
Does Ubiquitous Learning Call for Ubiquitous Forms of Formal Evaluation? An Evaluand Oriented Responsive Evaluation Model
Adel Al-Bataineh, Michael Lorber, Gary S. O’Malley and Douglas D. Hatch
Alternative Certification: Coming Soon to a Classroom Near Yours
Li-Mei Hung, Mei-Ling Chen and Ju-Feng Shen
Influence of the Service Quality of the Self- Access Language Learning Center on College Students? Perceived English Improvement
Faye L. Lesht
Online Education in Higher Education: What Factors Facilitate and Inhibit It?
To be published in an upcoming issue
Barbara Marinak, Martha Strickland and Jane Keat
Using Cameras to Stimulate the Conversation of Native-Born and Immigrant Preschoolers
Jeffrey Mok
Studying a Ubiquitous Learning and Computing Environment
Rosli Ab Rahman, Ahmad Mahmood Musanif, Normaliza Abd Rahim and Zaitul Azma Zainon Hamzah
The Comparison of Language Events between SMS and Virtual Communication from the Aspect of Ethnography Communication
To be published in an upcoming issue
Michael Skoumios and Vassilia Hatzinikita
Improving the Level of Pupils? Grounds Included in their Dialogic Argumentation During the Didactic Elaboration of Obstacles in Science
Dimitrios Vlachopoulos
The Challenges of Introducing New Technologies in Humanities: A Case Study of the Perceptions of Academic Staff of Classics

Announcing the winner of the International Award for Excellence

Published on April 28, 2009 in Journal. 0 Comments

Congratulations to Larry Taylor, the winner of the International Award for Excellence in the area of learning and education for his paper Tech Pushers: Making Administrators into Tech Integration Facilitators

Abstract: Current research suggests that students are more technology savvy than previously understood and may even be “dumbing down” for school. This coupled with strong evidence that technology integration into everyday life is growing in both volume and level of sophistication suggests that teaching students to engage technology by making it a common component of their learning environment is not just appropriate, but critical. Nevertheless, current top-down models for technology integration do not seem to be facilitating integration. Current research on motivation strongly suggests that adoption motivation is linked to perceived outcome value. This paper explores these issues en route to a discussion of how education might make use of a current popular business model for integration. This model can be utilized to empower and place greater responsibility on local administrators to facilitate integration of technology into education.

Ubiquitous Learning: An International Conference

Published on April 23, 2009 in Conference. 0 Comments

5-6 December 2009
Northeastern University, Boston, USA
www.ULConference.com