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Research Workshop for the Open Science Resources (OSR) Project

CeLeKT — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:46:33 +0000

On Friday, 2nd of March we will hold a research workshop in order to evaluate the mobile client for the project portal "osrportal.eu", a repository for digital educational resources for science centers and museums. In cooperation with local researchers, teachers and companies we plan to evaluate the current state of the project in a hands-on session with various mobile devices and explore possibilities concerning the future development of the project.

For more information on the OSR project, check http://www.osrportal.eu/

Bahtijar Vogel successfully defends his Licentiate thesis

CeLeKT — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:31:31 +0000

On January 16th Bahtijar Vogel successfully defended his licentiate thesis in computer science entitled "Architectural Concepts: Implications for the Design and Implementation of Web and Mobile Applications to Support Inquiry Learning" . The opponent was Professor Tommi Mikkonen, Department of Software Systems, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland. For further information about this thesis you can contact Bahtijar Vogel directly at: bahtijar.vogel@lnu.se

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Best Technical Design Paper Award to Dan Kohen at the 19th ICCE Conference in Thailand

CeLeKT — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:08:47 +0000

Dan Kohen, PhD candidate at CeLeKT, has presented a long paper at the 19th International Conference on Computers and Education (ICCE) 2011 that took place between November 28th – December 2nd, 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Dan´s contribution (see reference below) has won the best technical design paper award.

Kohen, D., Ronen, M., Ben Aharon, O., & Milrad, M. (2011). Incorporating Mobile Elements in Collaborative Pedagogical Scripts. Proceedings of the 19th ICCE Conference held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 28th-December 2nd, 2011.

187 contributions including long, short and poster papers were presented at ICCE 2011 and published at the conference proceedings. Congratulations to Dan for this excellent achievement!

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We at CeLeKT are very proud for getting for the 4th time in the last two years the "best paper award" at an international conference. In July 2009, Martin Svensson got the best paper award at the 9th IEEE ICALT 2009 Conference in Riga, Latvia; Anna Wingkvist received the best PhD student paper award at mLearn 2009 in Orlando, USA and Bahtijar Vogel received the best PhD student paper award at the IEEE WMUTE 2010 conference in Tainan, Taiwan in April last year.

Mobile Digital Storytelling Tlokwe – Växjö

CeLeKT — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:44:37 +0000

On Monday Nov 21, an international project on Mobile Digital Storytelling and Mobile Library Services took off at the Växjö City Library, with Marcelo Milrad & Susanna Nordmark, as CeLeKT representatives. The visitors from SouthAfrica will together with their Swedish colleagues collaboratively create, process, publish and share mobile digital stories for inspiration and insights into what mobile technologies can support and signify.

The project activities continues throughout the week, ending with story presentations, reflection and evaluation on Friday, Nov 25. A new round of trials will take place in February next year, while the Swedish representatives from Växjö City and CeLeKT will visit South Africa.

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Social Media Week

CeLeKT — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:13:57 +0000

CeLeKT and the department of Media Technology are organizing a very interesting program including lectures, seminars and workshops with people coming from academy and industry actively working in the field of social media. Among others, scholars from the USA and representatives from IBM will contribute with their expertise to this event. More detailed information about the program is available at:

http://goo.gl/cuOpe

Oskar Pettersson successfully defends his Licentiate thesis

CeLeKT — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:04:46 +0000

Oskar Pettersson successfully defends his Licentiate thesis entitled "Towards a Mobile Learning Software Ecosystem". The opponent was Dr Richard Torkar from Blekinge Institute of Technology. For more information see the information page or contact Oskar Pettersson directly at oskar.pettersson@lnu.se.

MobileHCI 2011 Workshop

CeLeKT — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:53:07 +0000

Yesterday as part of the conference CeLeKT as part of the NORDICLEAF network ran the workshop, "Exploring Design Methods for Mobile Learning". Sixteen participants from all over took part in the day long workshop. The major topic of discussion for the day was to better understand the role of design and how it different methods can be used to support all types of learning with mobile devices. See more at
"MobileHCI 2011":http://www.mobilehci2011.org/

SEK 1.4 million for the development of the Master Programme in Social Media and Web Technologies

CeLeKT — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:40:18 +0000

The world wide web is developing faster than ever before and its interactive aspects are becoming increasingly important. For companies, as well as the public sector, it is very 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 these concerns in mind – to meet the industrial needs related to the knowledge and skills required for the design, development and deployment of innovative services and web-based platforms.

The importance of this effort has been today acknowledged, as the Swedish Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen) has granted financial support from it’s programme ”Expertise for innovation” to the master programme. The funds provided by the KK-foundations correspond to SEK 1.436 million during one year, with the possibility to apply for an extension for up to six years and SEK 20 million. Thanks to this financial support, 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, please contact Arianit Kurti, Associate Professor of Media Technology.

Daniel Spikol receives the Linnaeus Academy Research Foundation’s prize

CeLeKT — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:47:14 +0000

The Linnaeus Academy Research Foundation’s prize of 35 000 SEK for the best doctoral thesis in 2011 has been awarded Daniel Spikol, lecturer in Media Technology at the School of Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics.

The Foundation states: "For his commitment to promoting new ways to support learning and teaching with the help of mobile technology. Daniel Spikol’s thesis in computer science argues that design can facilitate learning. To develop strategies for, create and use a design tool kit may break old habits and provide innovative teaching efforts at all levels."

Daniel Spikol’s thesis is entitled "A Design Toolkit for Emerging Learning Landscapes Supported by Ubiquitous Computing" and was presented in November last year.

Osama Mansour successfully defends his Licentiate thesis

CeLeKT — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:49:48 +0000

On April 19th Osama Mansour successfully defended his licentiate thesis entitled "Share with Social Media: the case of a Wiki . 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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