Program
Last update: 14.02.2007
Initial program information
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Monday, 26 March |
Tuesday, 27 March |
Wednesday, 28 March |
Thursday, 29 March |
Friday, 30 March |
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| 8 - 9 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | ||||
| 9 - 12 | Welcome to Forest Camp /
Prof. Erkki Sutinen Workshop by Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland |
Workshop by Nian-Shing Chen | Hyde Park: Presentation of research conducted by the participants | PhD Clinic by senior researchers |
Closing session | ||||
| 12 - 13 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | ||||
| 13 - 15 | Workshop by Ekaterina | Workshop by Nian-Shing Chen | Time reserved for individual work | Presentation by Dr. Clint Rogers | Departure to Joensuu | ||||
| 15 - 15.30 | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | |||||
| 15.30 - 18 | Workshop by Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland | Workshop by Nian-Shing Chen | Time reserved for individual work | Time reserved for individual work | |||||
| 18 | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | |||||
| 20 | Sauna | Sauna | Smoke Sauna | Sauna | |||||
| 21 | Supper | Supper | Supper | Supper |
Abstract of the Workshop by Nian-Shing Chen
Cyber Schooling Framework: Improving Mobility and Situated Learning
Use of technology in e-learning requires a systematic and effective approach to ensure that learning actually takes place and the technology acts as a catalyst not only to improve learning process but also to engage those in the learning who were not able to pursue this venue in traditional schooling environment. The Cyber Schooling Framework is based on using information technology in various forms with e-learning to enhance the traditional school paradigm. It broadens the scope of educational environment to include those who were unable to participate in the learning process in traditional schooling environment, and extends the learning process to more contextual learning by including those scenarios where learning takes place in locations that provide context for the subject content.
The concept of Cyber School extends the traditional school while providing additional functions that have become available due to advances in the technology in recent years. This includes anytime and anywhere access to the teaching resources, better teacher-students and students-students interaction, and much more contextualized learning environment. Cyber Classroom breaks the restriction of space and time, and provides teachers and students with a common study environment well beyond the physical classroom of traditional schooling paradigm. Cyber Teacher Desk provides teachers with enhanced teaching aids and just-in-time access to students within and physical classroom and outside of it. Cyber Student Desk provides students with multifarious learning tools, mobility and situated learning potentials.
This track explores the Cyber Schooling framework to identify different scenarios in which the technology is able to serve the learning process. The framework takes the much-familiar traditional school structure as the basis and attempts to enhance it by the use of technology to overcome shortcomings of traditional education and study without time and space restriction. The Cyber Schooling framework includes four elements: Cyber School, Cyber Classroom, Cyber Teacher Desk (teacher's WiFi laptop) and Cyber Student Desk (student's WiFi laptop). This framework provides scenarios to overcome shortcomings of traditional education and enables learners to study in a familiar school-oriented environment without time and space restriction. The Cyber Schooling framework provides a clear picture of the scenarios in which Cyber School can be used along with the bandwidth requirements, mobility of network access and the extent of situated learning that can be achieved.
The track also discusses each scenario within the framework using real-life examples to provide practical utility of the framework. Finally, this track will conclude with summarizing the benefits of the framework in enhancing the traditional school system and improving potential for new situated learning opportunities.
Discussion topics:
Are those scenarios covered in the cyber schooling framework sound and complete?
Can you think about any new creative use case which can better fit into a scenario in the framework?
How does this cyber schooling framework mean to educational operators?
How does this cyber schooling framework mean to instructors?
How does this cyber schooling framework mean to learners?
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