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Successful final review for the JUXTALEARN FP7 EU-project

12 of February, 2016 By: WebAdmin

On January 22, Prof. Marcelo Milrad, Dr. Aris Alissandrakis, and Dr. Nuno Otero attended the final review of the FP7 EU-project JUXTALEARN. The three year project, running from 2012 to 2015, developed an educational process that included the collaborative creation of videos, where students explain difficult STEM topics by using the juxtaposition of scientific and everyday concepts, as well as software tools as support. The CeLeKT members (including also PhD student Maximilian Müller) contributed by exploring how the created video content could be shared and interacted with on public displays, in order to further increase the students' engagement.

Trial lecture for the Docent title in Media Technology

02 of February, 2016 By: WebAdmin

This Wednesday, Dr. Nuno Otero will give a trial lecture for the Docent title in Media Technology. The lecture is entitled "On-going HCI challenges through the lenses of Positive Computing". It will last about 45 minutes and is open for the public. It will be followed by an interview for 30-45 minutes. Day: February 3, 2016 Time: 10.15 Room: D1140, Campus Växjö

Recent Springer- and Routledge contributions by members of CeLeKT

02 of February, 2016 By: WebAdmin

**January 2016** Mattias Davidsson: ”Embodied Learning on the Edge.” In ”Mobile Learning and STEM - Case Studies in Practice” (2016) https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138817036 **December 2015** 1. Susanna Nordmark and Marcelo Milrad: ”Influencing Everyday Teacher Practices by Applying Mobile Digital Storytelling as a Seamless Learning Approach.” In ”The Mobile Learning Voyage - From Small Ripples to Massive Open Waters” (2015). Volume 560 of the series ”Communications in Computer and Information Science”, pp 256-272. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-25684-9_19 2. Alisa Sotsenko , Janosch Zbick, Marc Jansen, Marcelo Milrad: ”Flexible and Contextualized Cloud Applications for Mobile Learning Scenarios.” In ”Mobile, Ubiquitous, and Pervasive Learning” Volume 406 of the series ”Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing”, pp 167-192. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-26518-6_7 3. Janosch Zbick , Bahtijar Vogel, Daniel Spikol, Marc Jansen, Marcelo Milrad: ”Toward an Adaptive and Adaptable Architecture to Support Ubiquitous Learning Activities.” In ”Mobile, Ubiquitous, and Pervasive Learning” (2015) Volume 406 of the series ”Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing”, pp 193-222. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-26518-6_8 **October 2015** Aba-Sah Dadzie, Maximilian Müller, Aris Alissandrakis, Marcelo Milrad: ”Collaborative Learning through Creative Video Composition on Distributed User Interfaces.” In ”State-of-the-Art and Future Directions of Smart Learning” (2015). Part of the series ”Lecture Notes in Educational Technology”, pp 199-210. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-287-868-7_23

Dan R. Kohen-Vacs successfully defends his doctoral thesis

01 of February, 2016 By: WebAdmin

January 15, 2016, Dan Ricardo Kohen-Vacs successfully defended his doctoral thesis in Computer Science. The thesis is entitled "A Design and Development Approach for Deploying Web and Mobile Applications to Support Collaborative Seamless Learning Activities". Supervisors have been Professor Marcelo Milrad and Associate Professor Marc Björn Jansen, Department of Media Technology, Linnaeus University. Faculty examiner was Associate Professor Dr Alejandra Martínez Monés, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain. The examining committee consisted of Dr Davinia Hernández-Leo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain, Dr Jimmy Jaldemark, Mid-Sweden University, and Dr Lars Bollen, Universiteit Twente, the Netherlands. For more information about the thesis, please contact Dan at: mrkohen@hit.ac.il

New EU-project:" eSIT4SIP - how to use ICT more wisely in schools"

01 of February, 2016 By: WebAdmin

The aim of the new project eSIT4SIP is to use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) more efficiently in school by, for instance, exploiting existing resources and exchanging successful examples. Computers, tablets, apps and programs, networks, mobile phones… Many schools are at the forefront when it comes to ICT resources. However, lecture rooms, furniture and other equipment involved in teaching activities are also resources to be taken into account in this context. "The idea of the new project eSIT4SIP is to see what resources schools have that allow them to pursue different learning activities with digital technologies, including non-digital technologies that support these activities, and to foster an efficient use of all these existing resources", says Dr. Nuno Otero, senior lecturer in Media Technology at Linnaeus University. The aim of the project is that teachers, students and other stakeholders should be able to: • exploit the investments made in IT resources, • gather, document, and exchange successful ideas on innovative uses of ICT at school, • reflect and adopt novel educational models, ideas, and experiences within digital learning, considering the available resources, • address concerns about the maintenance and further development of these resources, such as their sustainability. eSIT4SIP is a short abbreviation of a long project name – Empowering the School IT Infrastructures for the Implementation of Sustainable Instructional Patterns. The project is financed by Erasmus+, the European Union’s programme for promoting international cooperation and exchange within education, youth and sports, and will go on until August 31, 2018. The three participating universities – Linnaeus University, Open University of Cyprus, and University of Education Weingarten in Germany – will establish cooperations with a number of schools in each country.