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THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

PROLEARN - PALETTE JOINT SUMMER SCHOOL 2008

http://www.prolearn-academy.org/Events/summer-school-2008

VENUE: Ohrid, Macedonia

DATE: June 15 - 21, 2008

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: March 15th, 2008

OBJECTIVES

PROLEARN, the Network of Excellence in Technology Enhanced Learning for
Professionals, now working under the umbrella of the EATEL Association
(http://www.ea-tel.eu/) and PALETTE, European Integrated Project aiming at
developing interoperable web-services for Communities of Practice
(http://palette.ercim.org) are pleased to announce their joint 2008 Summer
School.

Our ambition is to foster cross-domain training and collaboration
opportunities among researchers in Europe and beyond, working in the
disparate fields of expertise which promote the advancement of TEL at the
workplace. The programme includes lectures and working sessions from
leading professors in the field, tutoring, mentoring, and joint research
opportunities. Additionally the school will offer practical sessions in
research methodology for Technology Enhanced Learning.
Advanced PhD students will be identified to present their research at the
Third European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning in Maastricht,
The Netherlands, September 17-19, 2008 (http://www.ectel08.org), and to
participate in EATEL thematic workshops.

PROGRAMME TOPICS

• Collaborative Design between Educational Scientists and Computer Scientists
• Creation of and Access to Knowledge and Learning Resources
• Practice Modelling, Management & Mining
• Personalisation & Adaptation in Learning Environments
• Privacy and Security
• Pedagogy, Life-Long Learning, and TEL
• Individual, Social & Organisational Learning Processes
• Interoperability: TEL Standards, Models, Processes, Tools
• Research Techniques
• The Future of TEL

In order to increase social contacts among the summer school participants,
the programme will include several social events. A variety of sport
activities will also be offered to the summer school participants.

Cultural excursions are organised on the Sunday preceding the summer
school and the Saturday which closes the summer school.

SUPPORT

This year the PROLEARN/EATEL - PALETTE joint Summer School will benefit
from a special grant from SEEERA.NET to promote collaboration with the
Western Balkan countries. The summer school has the pro-active support
from a growing number of EU IST and eContent funded R&D projects such as
APOSDLE, MATURE, iCAMP, PROLIX, MACE, TENCompetence, GRAPPLE, and ARIADNE.

VENUE DESCRIPTION

Magnificent and exciting, mysterious and surprising, Ohrid is one of the
most ancient towns in Europe, flavoured with a taste of centuries gone by,
full of Hellenistic, Roman, Slavic, Byzantine, and Turkish memories.
During the classical and medieval periods Orhid was the artistic, cultural
and spiritual centre of the Balkans and has been called a notable bridge
of European art. The town is proud of its rich cultural heritage and
unique lake which both belong to UNESCO's World Cultural and Natural
Heritage (http://www.ohrid.com.mk).

ACCOMODATION AND SOCIAL EVENTS

Accommodation and summer school facilities will be made available at Hotel
Granit (http://www.hotelgranit.com.mk). Granit Hotel is located on the
coast of Lake Ohrid in St. Stefan, 5 km from the centre of Ohrid. It is 12
km from the Ohrid airport. The Hotel has two harbours which enable access
to the hotel and the beach from the lake. The wonderful woods which
surround St. Stefan Monastery are located 1 km from the Granit Hotel.

PhD students are asked to share a double room with other PhD students.

COST OF SUMMER SCHOOL

The cost for PhD students is Euro 500 (including accommodation - 7 nights
in double room, meals, and excursions). PROLEARN - PALETTE Summer School
2008 will offer 50 scholarships to PhD students to cover summer school
accommodation, catering, and events. Please indicate if you are applying
for a scholarship in your application.

ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION PROCESS

The summer school is intended for PhD students investigating issues
related to Technology Enhanced Learning and making progress on their
dissertation research. PhD students are invited to submit applications to
mailto:summerschool@i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de. The application should
include a Curriculum Vitae and a summary (not to exceed 5 pages including
references and any figures, tables, etc.) describing the student's
dissertation. The deadline for submissions is March 15th, 2008. To ensure
a high ratio between tutors and students the school will be limited to 60
PhD students. We look forward to seeing you at the summer school!

CALENDAR

March 15th, 2008: Deadline for submitting applications to the Summer
School
May 1st, 2008: Notification of acceptance
May15th, 2008: Pre-Summer School video conferences begin
June 15th, 2008: Summer School begins

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Local Chair:
Klime Poposki (St. Kliment Ohridski University), klime.poposki@uklo.edu.mk

Programme Co-Chairs:
Luc Vandenabeele (Centre de recherche public Henri Tudor),
luc.vandenabeele@tudor.lu
Stefanie Lindstaedt (Know Center), slind@know-center.at
Liliane Esnault (E.M. Lyon), esnault@em-lyon.com
Martin Wolpers (Fraunhofer), martin.wolpers@fit.fraunhofer.de

Summer School Website:
Mohamed Amine Chatti (RWTH Aachen), chatti@informatik.rwth-aachen.de

Summer School Promotion:
Margit Hofer (CSI), hofer@zsi.at,

Collaborative Learning Support:
Ambjörn Naeve (KTH), amb@nada.kth.se
Peter Scott (OU), peter.scott@open.ac.uk

Finances:
Fridolin Wild (Vienna University of Economics and Business
Administration), fridolin.wild@wu-wien.ac.at

General Co-Chairs:
Katherine Maillet (INT), Katherine.Maillet@int-edu.eu
Ralf Klamma (RWTH Aachen), klamma@informatik.rwth-aachen.de
Tomaz Klobucar (IJS), tomaz@e5.ijs.si

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Andrej Afonin, Lithunia
Olivier Bohl, Germany
Zuzana Bizonova, Slovakia
Daniel Burgos, Spain
Bernadette Charlier, Switzerland
Mohamed Amine Chatti, Germany
Alexandra Christea, United Kingdom
Hannes Ebner, Sweden
Liliane Esnault, France
Luc Vandenabeele, Switzerland
Denis Gillet, Switzerland
Ashley Healy, United Kingdom
Maurice Hendrix, The Netherlands
Margit Hofer, Austria
Patrick Johnscher, Germany
Anna-Kaarina Kairamo, Finland
Ralf Klamma, Germany
Styliani Kleanthous, Greece
Tomaz Klobucar, Slovenia
Tobias Ley, Austria
Katrina Leyking, Germany
Stefanie Lindstaedt, Austria
Matthias Lux, Austria
Katherine Maillet, France
Mark Melia, Ireland
Ambjörn Naeve, Sweden
Wolfgang Nejdl, Germany
Klime Poposki, Macedonia
Peter Scott, United Kingdom
Steinn E. Sigurðarson, Austria
Martin Sillaots, Estonia
Marcus Specht, The Netherlands
Armin Ulbrich, Austria
Fridolin Wild, Austria