Empowerment through Learning
in a Global World

Researchers' workshop

Thursday 19 January 2012
Grand Central, Wallenberg Hall, Stanford University

H-STAR Institute, SCOPE and CICERO Learning Network will organise a one-day workshop at Stanford University for researchers specialised in human sciences, learning, technology and related fields, in continuation of the Empowerment through Learning in a Global World Conference (17-18 January, Stanford).

Preliminary programme

9.00
Opening of the workshop

9.15
Session 1: Paper presentations

10.30
Break

10.45
Session 2: Paper presentations

11.30
Lunch (at participants' own cost)

12.30
Session 3:

Joshua Marks, Todd Korth
OER and the Curriki Community Process
www.curriki.org

Kristian Alopaeus
Powershift - changes in IT procurement due to increased Teacher Technology Awareness
Ilona IT

1.30
Session 4: Paper presentations

2.15
Break

2.30
Session 5: Paper presentations

3.30
Discussion and closing remarks

Abstracts

Download workshop abstracts HERE

Workshop Participants (to be completed)

Ralph A. Córdova Jr., Ann R. Taylor & Patricia Swank
Learning to See Learning-in-the-Making: The CoLab's Human-Centered & Innovator-Centric Theory of Action
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Kristian Kiili & Arttu Perttula
Educational Exertion Games In Schools: Possibilities and Challenges
Tampere University of Technology

Eriksson, M.J., Hakkarainen, P., Ruokamo, H. & Vuojärvi, H.
Outdoor recreation resorts as a location for meaningful mobile telework: An underused resource?
University of Lapland

Mauri Åhlberg, Eija Lehmuskallio, Jouko Lehmuskallio & Marja Mourujärvi
NatureGate® - a tool to promote Empowerment through Learning in a Global World
University of Helsinki

Olli Määttä
Metaphors as a Means to Address Student Teachers' Thinking
University of Helsinki

Erika Tanhua-Piiroinen, Johanna Sommers-Piiroinen & Jarmo Viteli
Social Media is Challenging the Concepts of Learning in Formal Work-based Trainings University of Tampere

Anna Mikkola, Marjaana Kangas & Leena Krokfors
Strategies for Bridging Gaps Between Formal and Informal Learning: Two Cases of Communities of Practice
University of Helsinki

Jarkko Mylläri, Olli Vesterinen & Leena Krokfors
Sustaining the Innovations of Global Learning Context
University of Helsinki

Mari Simola
Deconstructing Empowerment by Learning in Teaching Sociology of Education
University of Helsinki

Sanna Vahtivuori
Educational use of ICTs and Media as a Part of Children's Welfare
University of Helsinki & CICERO Learning

Keith Devlin
Design principles for math ed video games that support good learning
Stanford University

Glenn Sweitzer
The Clicker as a Studio Design Tool

Joshua Marks & Todd Korth
OER and the Curriki Community Process
Curriki

Kristian Alopaeus
Powershift - changes in IT procurement due to increased Teacher Technology Awareness
Ilona IT

Call for Papers

We are inviting papers for the workshop on, but not limited to:
• teacher education,
• teaching in a collaborative and global school,
• learning tools and environments (mobile learning, augmented learning environments)
• gaming and games in learning,
• social media and education.

Please send a two-page (A4) extended abstract of your paper to cicero(at)cicero.fi (with subject header: ELGW workshop) by Monday 19 December 2011.

We will invite accepted presentations to be submitted as full papers to a special issue of a scientific journal (more information on this at the workshop).

The workshop is free of charge and anyone can attend. To register for the workshop please click HERE.

In case of queries please contact CICERO Learning at
cicero(at)cicero.fi .

We look forward to seeing you at Stanford!

Workshop organising committee

Keith Devlin
Dr. Director of H-STAR institute
Stanford University

Hannele Niemi
Dr. Professor of Education
University of Helsinki

Jari Multisilta
Dr., Professor of Multimedia
Director of CICERO Learning Network
University of Helsinki

Linda Darling-Hammond
Professor, Co-Director
Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education
Stanford University