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Internet and European Identity
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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 17:34:42 +0200
From: "Philippe Hert"
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IN-TELE CONFERENCE 98
A EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL USES OF THE INTERNET AND EUROPEAN IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION
September 24-26, 1998, Strasbourg, France
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
Submission deadline: May 15, 1998
Web: http://in-tele.u-strasbg.fr/
hosted by : Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
organised by :
* - Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
supported by the Educational Multi-Media Force Initiative of the European Commission
INVITATION
IN-TELE (Internet-based teaching and learning) is a European project led by three academic research groups and two independent research organisations located in France, Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom. The main purpose of IN-TELE is the development of new solutions for Internet teaching and learning. The project team will also encourage educational collaboration between our partner located in the four participating countries, supervise a joint thematic project on European identity, undertake scientific and commercial dissemination.
The IN-TELE Conference offers the opportunity to present and discuss educational and scientific research, and to bring together IT-vendors (Information Technology vendors), educational local structures, and education authorities.
We invite you to attend the IN-TELE CONFERENCE 98 and submit proposals for papers, roundtables, demonstrations, posters, hardware and software exhibitions, and to participate in the Collaboration Meeting for IT-vendors, Educational Authorities and Users. Summaries of the proposals will be reviewed by two reviewers for inclusion in the conference program. Selected papers will be included in the Proceedings.
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
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Invited Speakers Papers Workshops * Roundtables Demonstrations / Posters * Industrials and Commercials Exhibitions Collaboration Meeting
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TOPIC AREAS
The scope of the conference includes the following major topics:
(1) Educational uses of the Internet (advantages and disadvantages)
The Internet seems capable of achieving what the isolated computer has only begun, namely massive inroads into European Educational Systems. The network means access to unlimited information. The question is, to what extent can this novel approach to information be used for educational purposes. Furthermore, what are the advantages and potential risks?
(2) Internet-based construction of social identity
By using the Internet it seems possible to avoid direct relationships between individuals. It does not mean that contacts are forbidden, but it is changing their rules. How do teachers and learners, and the population in general, use this tool to reinforce or modify identity? How does the use of telematic networks contribute to elaborate new socialisation areas?
(3) Representations of the Internet: expectations and fears
The Internet is mainly a mediatic phenomenon. Therefore, the population, including teachers and learners, has developed a great number of representations even without having accessed or used the network. It is interesting to observe what their expectations and fears are as they participate in developing Internet uses, or not as the case may be.
(4) National experiences and differences
Each educational system has its own specifications. With its world-wide ambition, is the Internet able to induce a behavioural unification concerning teaching and learning? In other words, does the comparison between national experiences allow this unification phenomenon or, rather, does it strengthen cultural differences between countries ?
(5) User differences on Internet-based teaching and learning versus traditional lectures
How is Internet inducing teaching and learning solutions that are different from traditional solutions? Behind the educational innovations resulting from the use of the Internet, are there very traditional propositions hidden by a novelty mask ? Are the new communicating possibilities via the Internet a true reversal of educational perspectives ? Do the so called " new pedagogies ", from Freinet to Montessori, Steiner and others, know how to make capital out of the possibilities of the Internet ?
(6) Learning with Hypermedia
The specific logic of all hypermedia documents over-estimates some kinds of educational uses. Interactivity and surfing are not always easy. How can hypermedia products help an educational theory that wishes to be richer than traditional approaches ? Which learning models are accounting for the learner activities and knowledge acquisition ?
(7) Lifelong learning
The European Union supports the theme of Lifelong Learning. How can Internet participate in developing this project? Several solutions are possible, from developing distance-learning and self-learning, to developing popular education across districts.
(8) Partnerships between educational structures
This topic is dedicated to people implicated in educational systems that would like to meet each other in order to build European Internet-based exchanges and partnerships.
(9) Educational projects with multimedia industries, editors and users
The discrepancy between the multimedia products that are proposed by industrialists and the users needs, in particular teacher and students needs, is very often criticised. The purpose of this topic is to encourage meetings between both groups. Thus, people from educational systems will have the opportunity to present their needs, and industrialists will have the opportunity to present solutions that are usable in educational systems.
(10) Exchanges and partnerships resulting from the dynamic created by the European Community
The European Union is a great driving force for developing innovations. However, because of loneliness and misunderstanding, it is sometimes difficult to have a chance to participate in European programs. The purpose of this discussion group is to present such European programs and to encourage conjoint dynamics to emerge.
PREVISIONAL SCHEDULE
September 24 AM : Opening Session ; Plenary Session: topic 1 PM : Posters, Demonstrations and Exhibitions Session (all topics) ; Workshops Session : topics 1 to 7 ; Roundtable: topic 2
September 25 AM : Roundtable: topic 4 ; Workshops Session : topics 1 to 7 PM : Posters, Demonstrations and Exhibitions Session (all topics) ; Workshops Session: topics 1 to 7 ; Plenary session: topic 3
September 26 AM : Collaboration Meeting for IT-vendors, Educational Authorities and Users: topics 8 to 10 ; Posters, Demonstrations and Exhibitions:topics 8 to 10
LANGUAGES AND FORMATS OF THE SESSIONS
The European IN-TELE Conference will take place in three languages: English, German, and French. The Plenary sessions and the Roundtables will benefit from simultaneous translations. The other presentation types will not. All presenters are invited to provide accompanying documentation such as abstracts in the three languages. Languages of all the presentations will be indicated in the program. The session formats are detailed below.- Papers (oral presentation: 20 minutes + 10 minutes questions)
Papers present significant research or integrative reviews related to the topics 1 to 7 (see list).Papers can be presented either in an oral form in a Workshops Session, or in a written form in a Poster Session (see " Posters and Demonstrations "). Several Workshop Sessions will take place in parallel. Workshop Sessions will be defined according to the themes and to the languages of the proposed papers.- Roundtables
Roundtables will be interactive sessions between presenters and attendees. Informal discussions will take place on a single topic (Topic 2 / Topic 4) and will be accompanied by simultaneous translation.- Posters and Demonstrations
Papers on topics 1 to 7 can be presented in a written form, as Posters. In addition, Posters may be realised on topics 8 to 10 when their content is not adapted to an oral presentation in the Collaboration Meeting.
Posters will be accessible for informal viewing during all the conference program. Authors are expected to be present at their posters during the reserved sessions for the exchange of ideas with the conference attendees.
Demonstrations (e.g. Web site, CD ROM, Software, School project...) are expected to be shown during the reserved sessions, and may be shown during all the conference if the authors wish to. Demonstrations are welcome for all the suggested topic areas.- Industrial and commercial exhibitions
Companies or Institutions offering educational technology products and services (software and hardware, multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications products and services) are invited to exhibit during all the conference program if they wish to, and especially during the 3 exhibition sessions.- Collaboration Meeting for IT-Vendors, Educational Authorities and Users (10 minutes presentations)
The purpose of this meeting is to encourage exchanges and collaborations between industrial or commercial structures and educational structures and users.
A first theme (topic 8) will be concerned with possible links between educational structures in Europe, in order to encourage Internet-based educational partnership.
A second theme (topic 9) will focus on industry / educational Institutions collaboration on developing educational web sites, software, distance learning tools and structures ...
A third theme (topic 10) will be concerned with the knowledge of the European Community programs on IT, in order to promote contacts and collaborations between interested parties. A pre-conference Internet forum will allow first contacts to establish before the meeting.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
J. Baille (Universite Pierre Mendes France, Grenoble II, France) D. Bickerton (University of Plymouth, U.K.) E. J. Brunner (Institut fur Erziehungswissenschaften der Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena, Germany) P. Danielsson (Telia AB, Sweden) R. Gladwin (University of Liverpool, U.K.) R. Haggenmuller (FAST e.V., Munchen, Germany) F. W. Hesse (Institut fur Fernstudienforschung der Universitat Tubingen, Germany) G. Jacquinot (University of Vincennes, Paris VIII, France) T. Johansson (University of Umea, Sweden) M. Kirch (Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg I, France) D. Leutner (Pedagogical University of Erfurt, Germany) W. Scholl (Psychologisches Institut der Humboldt-Universitat Berlin, Germany) M. Vivet (University of the Maine, France) S. Walker (University of Liverpool, U.K.)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
P. Hert, A. Jaillet , P. Marquet, S. Mathey (Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France)
SUBMISSION INFORMATION- IN-TELE 98 Deadlines :
Submissions Due : May 15, 1998 Acceptance Notification: July 1, 1998 Conference: September 24-26, 1998- Directions for submission of presentations :
Proposals should be submitted in electronic form. The submission form can be downloaded from our Web site.
For papers, posters, demonstration, and roundtables, submissions should consist of the Cover Page and of a 1-page Summary of the proposed presentation. Two smaller summaries (150 words) in the two other languages are recommended.
For industrial and commercial Exhibitions, no summary is needed. Just fill in the Cover Page and indicate the main products or services you will exhibit in the " submission title ". In the same way, for participating in the Collaboration Meeting no summary is needed. Just fill in the Cover Page and indicate the aim of your presentation in a few sentences in the " submission title " part.
The Cover Page must include: - submission topic (selected from the list above) - submission type (e.g. paper, demonstration, roundtable...) (additionally, for a paper, indicate your preferred type of session: workshop/poster) - language of presentation (English, French or German) - submission title (additionally, for the Collaboration Meeting, describe the aim of your the presentation) - name, affiliation, address, phone numbers, and e-mail for the presenting author - name, affiliation, address, phone numbers, and e-mail for the co-authors - Audio-visual and computer requirements The 1-page Summary should be written in the presentation language. It should be double-spaced, using font: Times,12.
For papers and posters, the summary should indicate, clearly and succinctly, the purpose, nature and substance of the proposed presentation. For example, for papers presenting research, the summary should traditionally present the following parts: (1) Theoretical framework, objectives / perspectives. (2) Methods / techniques of investigation (3) Results (4) Conclusions
For demonstrations, the 1-page summary should indicate the purpose, nature and substance of the proposed presentation. For roundtable participation, the 1-page summary should describe the discussion topic, emphasise the issue and explain why the work is important.
In any case, two smaller summaries (150 words each) would be useful, if possible, to present the work succinctly in the two other languages.- Conference web site : http://in-tele.u-strasbg.fr/- Pre-conference and proceedings :
The summaries will constitute a general presentation of the conference in English, German and French. They will be available on a Web site before the IN-TELE conference takes place. Thus, initial discussions will be possible at that time, which should be very useful for interacting on the suggested topic area, especially for the participants of the Collaboration Meeting. Directions for presenting the accepted proposals will be given later, in order to edit the conference proceedings.- Submit all proposals via e-mail : in-tele.submission@lse-ulp.u-strasbg.fr The Conference will confirm receipt to the contact authors via e-mail.- Additional information via e-mail : in-tele.conference@lse-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
Mailing address : COMITE DE PROGRAMME IN-TELE Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Education 7 rue de l'Universite 67000 Strasbourg FRANCE
Phone : 33 (0) 388 528 021 / Fax : 33 (0) 388 528 095. Contact : Philippe Hert or Stephanie Mathey
Philippe Hert Sciences de l'Education Universite Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg, France ```
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