On April 19th Osama Mansour successfully defended his licentiate thesis entitled "<i>Share with Social Media: the case of a Wiki </i>. The opponent was Dr Dave Randall, Manchester Metropolitan University, England. For further information about this thesis you can contact Osama Mansour directly at: osama.mansour@lnu.se

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Professor Tommi Mikkonen from Tampere University of Technology in Finland will visit the School of Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics at Linnaeus University (LNU) in connection to the International Workshop on Mobile Application Development that will be held between April 4th-5th in Växjö.

During his visit to LNU, Professor Mikkonen will give a lecture entitled “Doing software for Nokia platforms”, as well a hands-on workshop on Nokia’s Qt Development Framework. More about professor Mikkonen’s work can be found <a href="http://www.cs.tut.fi/~tjm/index-international.html">here</a>

Information about the workshop, as well as the detailed program can be found <a href="http://www.Lnu.se/institutioner/institutionen-for-datavetenskap-fysik-och-matematik/konferenser/mobile-application-development">here</a>.

For further information regarding the workshop, please contact <a href="http://celekt.info/profiles/index/7">Arianit Kurti</a>, Associate Professor of Media Technology.

Professor Tommi Mikkonen from Tampere University of Technology visits DFM in connection with the workshop on Mobile Application Development in April.

In connection with the International Workshop on Mobile Application Development to be held April 4-5 at Linnaeus University, The School of Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics will be visited by Professor Tommi Mikkonen from Tampere University of Technology in Finland. During his visit, Professor Mikkonen will give a lecture entitled “Doing software for Nokia platforms” as well a hands-on workshop on Nokia’s Qt Development Framework.

More about professor Mikkonen’s work can be found <a href="http://www.cs.tut.fi/~tjm/index-international.html">here</a>

Information about the workshop as well the detailed program can be found <a href="http://www.Lnu.se/institutioner/institutionen-for-datavetenskap-fysik-och-matematik/konferenser/mobile-application-development">here</a>.

For further information regarding the workshop, please contact <a href="http://celekt.info/profiles/index/7">Arianit Kurti</a>, Associate Professor of Media Technology.

The world wide web is developing faster than ever and the interactive aspects are becoming increasingly important. For companies as well as the public sector, it is important to know what to concentrate on, and how. Linnaeus University’s new Master Programme in Social Media and Web Technologies has been developed with exactly this in mind – to meet the industry’s need of knowledge and skills regarding the design, development and deployment of innovative services and web-based platforms.

The importance of this area is today confirmed as the Swedish Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen) has granted funds from it’s programme ”Expertise for innovation” to the master programme. The support amounts to SEK 1.436 million during one year, with the possibility to apply for an extension for up to six years and SEK 10 million. Thanks to this, the Department of Media Technology will be able to further increase its competence and cooperation with industry.

– The aim of this project is to develop a sustainable model that makes it possible to create and develop a flexible programme that combines our experience in research with the genuine business and industrial experience available in industry and in the rest of the society.

The Knowledge Foundation states that the area is developing rapidly and is becoming increasingly important for industry and society at large. It cites that companies often have a leading role in the development and also that ”there is a great need to enhance the academic contribution to the development process”.
More information

For more information about the project and the master programme, contact <a href="http://celekt.info/profiles/index/7">Arianit Kurti</a>, Associate Professor of Media Technology.

In February, the research project CoCreat will be launched at a start-up meeting in Oulu, Finland. The CoCreat project aims at presenting new solutions for promoting creative collaboration in terms of innovative learning models that rely on the use of social media and mobile technologies. Creative collaboration is a multidisciplinary process where various problems are explored from novel perspectives and the result of collaboration is not defined beforehand. The main idea is to develop and evaluate ‘collaborative spaces’ for learners of different ages in order to promote creative collaboration.

The main objectives of the project are to envisage and to predict what the future of learning could look like in ten years and to give people readiness and skills to act in these new learning spaces. Marcelo Milrad and Susanna Nordmark will participate in the Oulu start-up meeting. Read more about CoCreat on the project website:

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In February, the research project CoCreat will be launched at a start-up meeting in Oulu, Finland. The CoCreat project aims at presenting new solutions for promoting creative collaboration in terms of innovative learning models that rely on the use of social media and mobile technologies. Creative collaboration is a multidisciplinary process where various problems are explored from novel perspectives and the result of collaboration is not defined beforehand. The main idea is to develop and evaluate ‘collaborative spaces’ for learners of different ages in order to promote creative collaboration.

The main objectives of the project are to envisage and to predict what the future of learning could look like in ten years and to give people readiness and skills to act in these new learning spaces. Marcelo Milrad and Susanna Nordmark will participate in the Oulu start-up meeting.

Read more about CoCreat on the project website: http://edtech.oulu.fi/fi/tutkimus/projektit/cocreat-enabling-creative-collaboration-through-supportive-technologies

In February, the research project CoCreat will be launched at a start-up meeting in Oulu, Finland. The CoCreat project aims at presenting new solutions for promoting creative collaboration in terms of innovative learning models based on social media and mobile technology. Creative collaboration is a multidisciplinary process where various problems are explored from novel perspectives and the result of collaboration is not defined beforehand. The main idea is to develop and evaluate ‘collaborative spaces’ for learners of different ages in order to promote creative collaboration.

The main objectives of the project are to envisage and to predict what the future of learning could look like in ten years and to give people readiness and skills to act in these new learning spaces. Marcelo Milrad and Susanna Nordmark will participate in the Oulu start-up meeting.

Read more about CoCreat on the project website: http://edtech.oulu.fi/fi/tutkimus/projektit/cocreat-enabling-creative-collaboration-through-supportive-technologies

Professors Marcelo Milrad & Chen-Chung Liu from NCU in Taiwan are guest editors of the latest issue of the journal <i>Educational Technology & Society </i>(2010, Vol. 13, Issue 4). The main focus of this special issue is on One-to-One Learning in the Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Age.

The base of the articles described in this issue features a selection of the best research papers presented at the Conference on Classroom, Ubiquitous, and Mobile Technologies Enhanced Learning (CUMTEL) held in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2009) that took place at the Hong Kong Institute of Education in December 2009. All the articles of this special issue are available at:

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Professors Marcelo Milrad & Chen-Chung Liu from NCU in Taiwan are guest editors of the latest issue of the journal <i>Educational Technology & Society </i>(2010, Vol. 13, Issue 4). The main focus of this special issue is on One-to-One Learning in the Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Age.

The base of the articles described in this issue features a selection of the best research papers presented at the Conference on Classroom, Ubiquitous, and Mobile Technologies Enhanced Learning (CUMTEL) held in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2009) that took place at the Hong Kong Institute of Education in December 2009. All the articles of this special issue are available at:

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On November 16th, doctoral candidate Daniel Spikol successfully defended his PhD thesis “A Design Toolkit for Emerging Learning Landscapes Supported by Ubiquitous Computing”. The opponent was Professor Yvonne Rogers from the Open University in the UK. The evaluation committee consisted of the following Professors; Sanna Järvela from Oulu University, Ulrich Hoppe from the University of Duisburg-Essen and Guohua Bai from BTH. The positive decision from the evaluation committee was unanimous. Dr. Spikol will continue his research with CeLeKT as a senior lecturer starting in December. You can watch the archive video stream of the defense at the URL below:
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