Mar 8, 2012
The University of Appled Sciences in Tampere (TAMK) hosted the second EVA project meeting in Tampere, Finnand.
The European Virtual Academy follows the guidelines of building the European Higher Education Area as they are presented in the ECTS Users’ Guide. In autumn 2011 EVA started a series of online courses about visual culture, developed by professors from arts, media and social sciences. The present project is financed by the EU Long Life Learning Programme and will run until end of 2012. The plan is to continue the project in 2013 with more partners.
Dec 8, 2011
Prof. Wierzbicki presented the paper “Blended Nurture” at the FGIT 2011 conference , within the EL 2011 track.
The Third International Conference on Future Generation Information Technology, FGIT 2011 (ASEA 2011, BSBT 2011, CA 2011, CES3 2011, DRBC 2011, DTA 2011, EL 2011, FGCN 2011, GDC 2011, MulGraB 2011, SecTech 2011, SIP 2011 and UNESST 2011.), was held in Jeju Island, Korea, in December 2011. The focus of the conference was put on the various aspects of advances in information technology.
Korea’s subtropical volcanic island Jeju is located 130 kilometres off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula. It is known for its scenic mountains, waterfalls, forests, caves and beaches. In 2002, Unesco declared Jeju a “biosphere reserve”, and listed it as a World Natural Heritage Site in 2007. In 2010, it was awarded “geopark” status. 2011 Jeju Island was named one of the World New Seven Wonders of Nature, an initiative led by the Swiss-based non-profit New7wonders Foundation.
Oct 18, 2011
The International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL-2012) invites researchers, practitioners and academics to present their research findings, works in progress, case studies and conceptual advances in areas of work where education and technology intersect. The conference brings together varied groups of people with different perspectives, experiences and knowledge in one location. It aims to help practitioners find ways of putting research into practice and researchers to gain an understanding of real-world problems, needs and aspirations.
The 7th edition of this conference is going to be held in one of the world’s most vibrant cosmopolitans. Located in the heart of Asia, Hong Kong is a metropolis with a unique mix of Eastern and Western cultures and has been a prime destination for business and tourism. The favourable location of Hong Kong has increased its desirability of being developed as an education hub of Asia, where quality educational services and diversified learning opportunities are desired by the ever-growing learning community in the present age of globalisation. The conference will bring participants valuable insights in the latest developments of e-Learning which is one of the most efficient learning modes in the fast-changing knowledge world.
Mini Track on Learning Models behind Virtual Learning Environments by R.J. Wierzbicki
Oct 4, 2011
Prof. Wierzbicki is committee member of the EL2001 Conference in Korea.
The 2011 Conference on Education and Learning will be held on December 8 – 10, 2011 in Jeju Grand Hotel, Jeju Island, Korea.
EL 2011 is one be the most comprehensive Conferences focused on the various aspects of advances in Education and Learning. The Conference provides a chance for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in the area of Education and Learning.
The goal of EL2011 is to bring together the researchers from academia and industry as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of Education and Learning.
All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings: LNCS/CCIS series (indexed by EI and others) published by Springer Verlag. Some papers selected will be included in special journals.
Sep 1, 2011
According to work conducted at Stanford University the cognitive performance declines when people try to pay attention to many media channels at once. Clifford Nass, co-author of the study, claims “the study has a disturbing implication in an age when more and more people are simultaneously working on a computer, listening to music, surfing the Web, texting, or talking on the phone. Access to more information tools is not necessarily making people more efficient in their intellectual chores …. people who chronically multitask believe they’re good at it.”
Christoph Finke and Patrick Schubert from COCREE | Media Group, the students of Multimedia Technology at the University of Applied Sciences in Mittweida, Germany, who currently write their theses under my supervision, developed an experiment which aims to determine how we learn and how we process information when we multitask.
Please consider to take part in the experiment.
Aug 17, 2011
The Nokia Ubimedia MindTrek Award is a category of the 2011 MindTrek competition. The category is organized collaboratively by MindTrek, Tampere Region Centre of Expertise in Ubiquitous Computing, New Ambient Multimedia Group (NAMU)/Tampere University of Technology, the Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Nokia, and the Ambient Media Association (AMEA). The award is funded by Nokia and the Tampere Region Centre of Expertise in Ubiquitous Computing. An international jury has already selected the finalists of this year’s competition. The nominees have just been announced. Please find the details in the official press release.
