WELCOME TO... International MicroLearning Conference 7.0 Stift Göttweig Krems Austria September 26-27, 2013 SEP 2013 MICRO LEARNING LEARN OUTCOMES M O B I L E LEARNING MEASURING EFFECTIVENES C R O W D SOURCING Invitation to participate Join and benefit! Outcome Designing for specific learning objectives, user satisfaction etc. Case Studies Optimizing the use of technology - Success Stories Ecology Effectively integrating mobile devices in learning environments Further information: conference@microlearning.org www.microlearning.org
OVERVIEW Conference Topics MicroLearning Learning Outcomes Mobile Learning Measuring Effectiveness Crowdsourcing This ML conference is the only research oriented meeting which focuses on microcontent and learning as a singular area of technology enhanced learning. It features talks, multi-session workshops and world-cafes on current research and findings regarding the use of technologies for designing effective learning environments. We are interested in sustainable methods and the easy use of technologies and tools for continuous learning in or at the workplace and related contexts. Issues include among others: Making mobile learning easy, enjoyable and sustainable Measuring learning outcomes and optimizing the use of technology Designing for specific learning objectives, user satisfaction, acceptance and positive motivation Increasing effectiveness in the attainment of learning objectives and obtaining a return on educational investment Impact of mobile learning on other e-learning forms Effective integration of mobile devices in various learning environments and blended learning programs Crowdsourcing systems for mobile learning content Talks, Leads and Open Participation submit via EasyChair We are calling for talks and lead participations (structured input): on current research, approaches, projects and results 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 you to submit papers and lead participation: as Research papers to be presented in full session (8-10 pages) Project reports (ca. 4-6 pages) Short demonstrations (description of 2 pages) After undergoing peer-review, accepted papers will be published digitally and printed in the Conference Proceedings. (Springer-Verlag GmbH) Schedule & Fees July 30, 2013 August 15, 2013 September 10, 2013 Submission Deadline: JULY 30, 2013: Abstracts & proposals / project reports / short demonstrations AUG 15, 2013: Notification of Acceptance SEP 10, 2013: Final papers, reports & posters (camera ready) Conference Fee: 250 Regular 190 EU/SEE (South East Europe) 90 Reduced Fee (for individuals who work in academic/education jobs, subject to formal request or invitation) 39 Students or participants from emerging economies (subject to formal request or invitation) 40 Conference dinner on September 26 002 MicroLearning Conference 7.0 2013
MICRO BACKGROUND MicroLearning, Learning Outcomes Mobile Learning, Measuring Effectiveness & Crowdsourcing Welcome to MicroLearning 7.0!... the 7th international conference on MicroLearning up to 100 participants and speakers from Europe, North America, Australia, Japan and Africa are expected. Welcome to an interactive Conference! Conference, because MicroLearning 7.0 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 looking at learning outcomes! regarding specific learning objectives, user satisfaction, acceptance and positive motivation. The assessment of learning outcomes has become more and more a crucial issues regarding interactive technologies and the need to make the technologies perform successfully. Based on learning technology the creation of compelling learning experiences need to be related to increases in effectiveness and attainment of learning objectives. Micro-content based learning applications are designed to address learning objectives in various contexts. They bring learning into fast-paced environments that require knowledge-built up, where learning has been difficult to achieve in the past. Looking at learning outcomes is important to justify the use of mobile technologies and micro learning approaches. MicroLearning a digital approach! for closing the gap between lots of material that has to be learned and the time available. Why? Too little time and too much content. MicroLearning can offer an answer. Minimize content more flexible use of time. MicroLearning uses technological support to call for less rather than more work by the learner, but also more regular MicroLearning 7.0 is discussing the consequences and solutions for corporate training, educational institutions and lifelong learning. We look forward to meeting you in Krems! learning. The static macrostructures will be resolved, regular educational and learning methods will be replaced. Along with Mobile Learning, Rapid Learning or Workflow-integrated Learning emerge new challenges for the design of learning applications and strategies in formal and informal contexts. What is MicroLearning? Separate learning and 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 units and use time flexibly. 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. MicroLearning as a didactical concept:»integrated MicroLearning«is a didactical concept developed by the Research Studios Austria FG 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 see: www.knowledgepulse.com 003 MicroLearning Conference 7.0 2013
LEARNING 4 ALL Mobile Learning Strategies and Measuring Effectiveness Smart People, a Smart Citizenry, a Smart Workforce Improving Outcomes for All Learners: Mobile MicroLearning To define an objective such as Improved outcomes for all learners is challenging in a rapidly changing world. We all want learners /students to succeed in their learning, their careers and their work. But what are the learning results, what is a career and what defines meaningful work in our global and mobile world? More specifically: What does mobile learning offer to improve outcomes for each and every one? Mobile technology and connectivity disperses the power of learning across organisations and stages in life. It is moving the role of teachers, instructors, seminar leaders from sole source of expertise to learning facilitators. As facilitator, they connect learners / students to the sheer endless possibilities available for enhancing their own learning experiences based on their interests and passions, limited only by time, physical stamina and the capacity of their creativity. The challenge is determining the best way to enable this with carefully designed instruction and guidance so that it is both rigorous and relevant, aligned with both standards and students interests. Mobile learning allows learners/students to explore on their own, but how do they benefit from the guidebooks and the experiences of their predecessors? Mobile learning expands the field of learning and personalizes the experience for each user. Mobile learning brings personal technology into the palm of every student, employee and learner. People who rely on company or school devices are able to fully participate in the technological aspects of their institution. But people move beyond that and consumerization of IT has made the personalized use of smart devices standard for even organisations with high security standards. Mobile learning can be device-agnostic, which allows users to connect with whatever devices their peers, family and friends have available or can afford. Mobile learning addresses learning styles, student cultural identity, and individual learning needs in a way that differentiation and individualization can t. Mobile students are empowered students. They google faster than any instructor, seminar leader or professor can speak. They draw conclusions and find references before a sentence is completely spoken and they craft their own learning experiences using multiple modalities. Their quickness and creativity engages them and their abilities that a teacher-centric lesson or assignment may never has or can match. Mobile allows learners to approach learning from their own perspective, on their own terms and their own schedule. It weakens the hold of clock and classroom time on the activity of learning and allows incorporation of students interests, cultural values and influences to create a spontaneous and authentic learning activity. Mobile technology is frequently accessible in ways traditional learning tools are not. Traditionally, instructors/ teachers enable access for students. They notice needs and react accordingly. Lessons are changed to meet learning levels and classrooms might be re-arranged. The teachers control accessibility measures and accommodations. Mobile technology moves this control to the learners/ students and they need not wait for a teacher to notice and identify the need or answer an interest. Mobile learning is personalized learning, which means meeting every student s learning needs. The overall learning outcome of Mobile learning is to make learning much more democratic through equity and ubiquitous access, creating a more level playing field for access to participation in the 21st Century. Mobile learning can be a de facto wraparound service for schools, companies and public administrations. Learning can become much more of an on-going habit as barriers of access to learning content and materials are reduced, peer collaboration becomes instant, and new tools and applications are developed rapidly. The assessment of mobile learning outcomes is thus an ever more important task: for smart people, a smart citizenry, a smart workforce. 004 MicroLearning Conference 7.0 2013
FASCINATING TOPICS Best Practice in e-learning and m-learning Mobile learning outcomes and MicroLearning The Pedagogical Forms of Mobile Learning Current approaches and developments in education Mobile learning in corporations and e-goverment Learning Outcomes and Success Stories Case studies from the higher education sector Case studies from the corporate training sector Case studies from the Public administrations / e-government Learning Experiences and Ecologies Designing effective mobile learning environments Increasing the return on training investments in corporation Learning Outcomes Strategies and Measurements State of the art in research Methods Workshop Translating outcome measurements into new projects Mobile Learning MicroLearning 5 minute Solution Pitches per provider/student project OPEN SPACE AND DEMO AFTERNOON FOR PARTICIPANTS 005 MicroLearning Conference 7.0 2013
SPEAKERS & SESSIONS Grzegorz Drukala Co-Founder of KnowledgeFox Inc. and Chief Engineer Petaluma, California (USA) Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem Chair for Digital Media and Diversity Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Germany Talk: Microassesment with open badges Reinhold Behringer Running Stream Professor of Creative Technology Leeds Metropolitan University, UK Talk: Interoperability Standards for MicroLearning Prof. Dr. Isa Jahnke Scientific Leader: ICT, Media and Learning Umeå University, Schweden Talk: Digital Didactical Designs in ipad-classrooms Prof. DDr. Peter A. Bruck Chief Researcher, Research Studios Austria FG, Austria Talk: MicroLearning and Mobile Learning Outcomes Prof. Dr. Peter Baumgartner Head of Department of Interactive Media and Educational Technologies, Danube University, Austria Talk: Educational Design and Microcontent Strategies Jon K. Price, Ph.D. Program manager, Research & Evaluation Intel Corporation USA Talk: Evaluating Education Online: Learning outcomes from Intel supported projects Dr. Diana Laurillard London Knowledge Lab Institute of Education, UK (tbc) DI (FH) Gregor Cholewa CTO, KnowledgeFox, Austria Prof. Dr. Petra Morschheuser Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Mosbach Germany Talk: WissFIT - scientific work a book with seven seals? Bernhard Göschlberger Developer, Research Studios Austria, Studio MINE Talk: Adaptivity in MicroLearning Sep 26-27 2013 006 MicroLearning Conference 7.0 2013
SPEAKERS & SESSIONS Dr. Christian Voigt Centre for Social Innovatione ZSI, Vienna/AT Manuela Vogler, MSc Research Studio MINE Mobile KnowledgeLab Linz, Research Studios Austria FG, Austria Talk: Crowdsourced Microlearning: Opportunities and Challenges Kojo Parris Visiting Fellow, Leeds University Founder, Roraima Learning Trust (RLT) South Africa/Guayana Denise Simmons Coordinator, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Guyana Talk: Transforming Learning in Developing Countries - Lessons from an RLTKnoweldgePulse initiative Prof. Paul Bacsich Research Director and Senior Consultant Sero Consulting Ltd, UK Talk: To thrive in academia, OER and MOOCs need a scheme of Competency-Based higher education Dr. Adele Botha CSIR Meraka, Principal Researcher, Future Networks and Mobile Research, South Africa (tbc) Prof. Dr. Gabriele Kotsis Vice Rector Research, Head of Institute of Telecooperation, DI Matthias Steinbauer Research and Teaching Assistant Johannes Kepler University, Linz Talk: Learning-as-a-Game in the Cloud Prof. Dr. Monika Petermandl Head of professional teaching and training Danube University Krems, Austria Talk: MicroLearning: more than drill & practice? Mag. Dr. Peter Parycek, MAS Head of Centre for E-Governance Danube University Krems, Austria Dr. Madanmohan Rao Research Director Asian Media Information and Communication centre (AMIC), India/Singapore Prof. Dr. Armin Weinberger Educational Technology Saarland University, Germany Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefanie Lindstaedt Director Know-Center, Technical University Graz, Austria Evangelia Mitsopoulou Mobile Developer Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Talk: Interoperability issues and solutions for integrating Mobile MicroLearning with Learning Management Systems Kuat Mussabekov Suleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan Talk: Using MicroLearning principle for learning musical instrument in example of dombyra Herman Van Oorschot Fullmoon - Simply Interactive, Amsterdam Mujibor de Graaf Commercial director Viadesk bv, Amsterdam Talk: Coursepath: a platform for social learning Dr. Vladimir Burcik PhD. Director elearning Comenius University, Bratislava/Slovakia Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, USA Talk: LMS and KnowledgePulse integration into university teaching Dr. rer. soc. oec. Tina Gruber-Mücke Johannes Kepler University. Linz, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Organizational Development Asc. Prof. (FH) Mag. (FH) Hans Peter Steinbacher Prof. for ERP-Systems; Head of Competence Center elearning, Academic Staff Representative University of Applied Sciences Kufstein, Tyrol 007 MicroLearning Conference 7.0 2013
PLEASE CONTRIBUTE Conference Chairs Peter A. Bruck (Research Studios Austria FG) Martina A. Roth (Intel, USA), Peter Baumgartner (Danube University Krems), Conference Organisation Michael Sedlaczek (Research Studios Austria) conference@microlearning.org Eventmanagement and Design Bettina Mayer (Research Studios Austria) Venue The ML Conference is being held in the heart of Austria in Krems, one of the country s most picturesque wine resorts. The town is located close to Vienna and is a cultural center of Lower Austria. Exact Location: Stift Göttweig www.stiftgoettweig.at Contact Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft conference@microlearning.org www.researchstudio.at www.microlearning.org Organizer Supported by Key sponsor 008 MicroLearning Conference 7.0 2013