Chinese-European Summer School Matchmaking Event on Technology Enhanced Learning

Call for participation for Chinese PhD students for the Chinese-European Summer School Matchmaking Event on Technology Enhanced Learning

The first Joint Chinese-European Summer School Matchmaking Event on Technology-Enhanced Learning will take place from Friday, July 8th to Tuesday, July 12th in Shanghai, China. It is jointly organized by the e-learning lab of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the European Network of Excellence STELLAR.

The Summer School Matchmaking Event aims at bringing together PhD students from China and Europe to foster international cooperation, identifying common research questions and broadening the perspectives by becoming aware of cultural differences and similarities. Several internationally renowned experts in TEL will introduce participants into the current state-of-the-art and help them to gain an understanding of the challenges of TEL from multi-cultural perspectives. The participants will perform matchmaking with their Chinese/European counterparts and jointly work and discuss on their topics.

The programme will include lectures from a broad range of domains which contribute to advancing the field of Technology Enhanced Learning. The programme will also include practical and methodological workshops and opportunities for doctoral candidates to develop their personal research. Students will present and discuss their doctoral work.

The Summer School will take place in Shanghai and Wuzhen, China. It will be hosted at the Xuhui campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2 days), and  in the beautiful water town Wuzhen (2 days). Both places are an ideal venue, contrasting between the dynamic, never-sleeping metropolis Shanghai and the peaceful and quiet village of Wuzhen.

 

                     

 

Who can apply: this call is directed at PhD students in China working in the area of Technology Enhanced Learning. Applications should be submitted before May 25, 2011. Please download the Summer School Matchmaking Event application form. The European participants consist of PhD students selected by the STELLAR NoE for the CSCL 2011 Doctoral Consortium.

 

 

 

 

Support

Selected students are eligible for financial support (scholarships) for accommodation and travel within China. The financial support is generously provided by the e-learning lab of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the STELLAR Network of Excellence.

Invited Experts

1. Pierre Dillenbourg, Professor of pedagogy and learning technologies at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland: Interactive furniture in collaborative Learning
2. Denis Gillet, Director of the Real-Time Coordination and Distributed Interaction Systems (React) Group, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland:
3. Ulrich Hoppe, Professor for “Cooperative and Learning Support Systems”, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

1. Ronghuai Huang, Dean of the School of Educational Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing
2. Weikai Xie, Deputy Director of the E-learning Laboratory of Shanghai Jiao Tong University University, Shanghai: P2P technology in education
3. to be confirmed

Organization

Chairs

Denis Gillet, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Ruimin Shen, SJTU, Shanghai, China

Carsten Ullrich, SJTU, Shanghai, China

Local Organization Chairs

Xiaohong Tan, SJTU, Shanghai, China

Na Wei, SJTU School of Continuing Education, Shanghai, China

Zhou Yu, SJTU School of Continuing Education, Shanghai, China

Preliminary Agenda

Fri Jul 8

           18:00 – 22:00 Arrival in  Shanghai,social event

Sat Jul 9

           09:00 – 11:00 Drive to WuZhen. Prepare 1 slide with your matching partners.

        11:00 – 11:30 Check-in

        12:00 – 13:15 Lunch

        13:30 – 14:00 Welcome

        14:00 – 15:45 Student Session 1: Presentation of research of the PhD students (5 min each). Tag the presenters.

        15:45 – 16:00 Break

        16:00 – 16:45 Expert session 1: Pierre Dillenbourg "Interactive furniture in collaborative learning"

        18:00 – 19:30 Dinner

        20:00 – 21:00 Boat trip

Sun Jul 10

           09:00 – 09:45 Expert Session 2: Ronghuai Huang

        09:45 – 10:30 Expert Session 3: Ulrich Hoppe

        10:30 – 11:00 Break / Check-out

        11:00 – 11:45 Student Session 2: How does the presented research impact my work?

        12:00 – 13:30 Lunch

        13:30 – 15:30 Drive back to Shanghai

        15:30 – 16:00 Check-in TianPing Hotel - TianPing Hotel

        18:00 – 22:00 Dinner and KTV/Karaoke

Mon Jul 11

           09:30 – 10:00 Depart to SJTU School of Continuing Education (SOCE)

        10:00 – 10:30 Tour at SOCE

        10:30 – 11:15 Expert Session 4: Weikai Xie

        11:30 – 13:00 Lunch

        13:00 – 13:45 Expert Session 5: XXX

13:45 – 14:00 Break

14:00 – 15:15 Student Session 3: Multicultural aspects

        15:15 – 15:30 Break

        15:30 – 17:30 Student Session 4: Joint paper, evaluation methodology, discussion

Tue Jul 12

           10:00 – 10:45 Expert Session 6: Denis Gillet

        10:45 – 11:00 Break

        11:00 – 12:15 Student Session 5: Your own Vision for TEL

        12:15 – 13:45 Lunch

        13:45 – 14:30 Student Session 6: Joint Paper

        14:30 – 14:45 Break

14:45 – 16:15 Expert/Student Session: Presentations/Round table

        16:15 – 16:30 Closing Remarks

Wed Jue 13

        Check-out