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Seminar with Prof. Ulrich Hoppe

25 of February, 2009 By: Daniel Spikol

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hoppe from University of Duisburg-Essen has visited CeLeKT for the first part of this week to discuss future collaborations. He held a research seminar on Wednesday and discussed current COLLIDE projects. The major theme of his presentation is that meaningful learning needs to be supported by mobile and / or ubiquitous technologies. In addition he stressed the need for orchestrating learning activities beyond fragmented technology enhanced experiences that are common in the sub domain of mLearning research and practice. !http://www.23hq.com/23666/3978127_45a3ea9fc0d5d8cc4968e71dbdb4700c_mblog.jpg!

Start for the Nordic LEAF Initiative: Kick-off Meeting in Oulu, Finland

18 of February, 2009 By: Marcelo Milrad

Several researchers representing seven universities from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden met in Oulu, Finland on February 11th-12th as part of the kick-off meeting of the LEAF initiative. The aim of the “Learning Ecosystems and Activities of the Future” (LEAF) initiative is to develop and implement a common Nordic strategy for supporting new funding possibilities to promote synergy in research and development in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) across the Nordic countries. The expected outcome of these efforts will result in practical initiatives to support a wide range of TEL related activities of high international quality. The LEAF network include research teams from the fields of Learning Sciences and Human Computer Interaction coming from the University of Aarhus in Denmark, Oulu University and Tampere University of Technology in Finland, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and University of Bergen in Norway and Stockholm and Vaxjo Universities in Sweden. The LEAF initiative is partially funded by Nordforsk, the Nordic Research Advisory Board on Nordic Research Policy.
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Marcelo Milrad Installed As Professor of Media Technology at Vaxjo University

09 of February, 2009 By: Marianne Björn

On Saturday, February 7th 2009, Marcelo Milrad has been formally installed as Full Professor of Media Technology at Vaxjo University. Together with another 9 new appointed professors, Professor Milrad took part of the official celebration ceremony headed by the University´s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Johan Sterte. More than 700 people attended this event that was held at Vaxjo City concert hall.
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