IN-TELE CONFERENCE 98

[Marloth _at__ t-online.de (Heinz Marloth)]

Liebe KollegInnen,
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> 
> ###   IN-TELE CONFERENCE 98   ###
> +++  A EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL USES OF THE INTERNET  
>      AND EUROPEAN IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION ++
>
> September 24-26, 1998, Strasbourg, France
>
> CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
> Submission deadline: May 15, 1998
> Web: http://in-tele.u-strasbg.fr/
>
> hosted by : Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
> organised by :
> -   Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France
> -   Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
> -   University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
> -   Information Technology Development Unit, Umea University, Umea,
>     Sweden
> -   Institute of Applied Software Technology, Munich, Germany
>
> supported by the Educational Multi-Media Force Initiative of the
> European Commission
>
> INVITATION
>
> IN-TELE (Internet-based teaching and learning) is a European project
> led by three academic research groups and two independent research
> organisations located in France, Sweden, Germany and the United
> Kingdom. The main purpose of IN-TELE is the development of new
> solutions for Internet teaching and learning. The project team will
> also encourage educational collaboration between our partner located
> in the four participating countries, supervise a joint thematic
> project on European identity, undertake scientific and commercial
> dissemination.
> The IN-TELE Conference offers the opportunity to present and discuss
> educational and scientific research, and to bring together IT-vendors
> (Information Technology vendors), educational local structures, and
> education authorities.
> We invite you to attend the IN-TELE CONFERENCE 98 and submit proposals
> for papers, roundtables, demonstrations, posters, hardware and
> software exhibitions, and to participate in the Collaboration Meeting
> for IT-vendors, Educational Authorities and Users.
> Summaries of the proposals will be reviewed by two reviewers for
> inclusion in the conference program. Selected papers will be included
> in the Proceedings.
>
> PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Invited Speakers * Papers * Workshops * Roundtables
> Demonstrations / Posters * Industrials and Commercials Exhibitions
>    Collaboration Meeting
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> TOPIC AREAS
>
> The scope of the conference includes the following major topics:
>
> (1) Educational uses of the Internet (advantages and disadvantages)
> The Internet seems capable of achieving what the isolated computer has
> only begun, namely massive inroads into European Educational Systems.
> The network means access to unlimited information. The question is, to
> what extent can this novel approach to information be used for
> educational purposes. Furthermore, what are the advantages and
> potential risks?
>
> (2) Internet-based construction of social identity
> By using the Internet it seems possible to avoid direct relationships
> between individuals. It does not mean that contacts are forbidden, but
> it is changing their rules. How do teachers and learners, and the
> population in general, use this tool to reinforce or modify identity?
> How does the use of telematic networks contribute to elaborate new
> socialisation areas?
>
> (3) Representations of the Internet: expectations and fears
> The Internet is mainly a mediatic phenomenon. Therefore, the
> population, including teachers and learners, has developed a great
> number of representations even without having accessed or used the
> network. It is interesting to observe what their expectations and
> fears are as they participate in developing Internet uses, or not as
> the case may be.
>
> (4) National experiences and differences
> Each educational system has its own specifications. With its
> world-wide ambition, is the Internet able to induce a behavioural
> unification concerning teaching and learning? In other words, does the
> comparison between national experiences allow this unification
> phenomenon or, rather, does it strengthen cultural differences between
> countries ?
>
> (5) User differences on Internet-based teaching and learning versus
> traditional lectures
> How is Internet inducing teaching and learning solutions that are
> different from traditional solutions? Behind the educational
> innovations resulting from the use of the Internet, are there very
> traditional propositions hidden by a novelty mask ? Are the new
> communicating possibilities via the Internet a true reversal of
> educational perspectives ? Do the so called " new pedagogies ", from
> Freinet to Montessori, Steiner and others, know how to make capital
> out of the possibilities of the Internet ?
>
> (6) Learning with Hypermedia
> The specific logic of all hypermedia documents over-estimates some
> kinds of educational uses. Interactivity and surfing are not always
> easy. How can hypermedia products help an educational theory that
> wishes to be richer than traditional approaches ? Which learning
> models are accounting for the learner activities and knowledge
> acquisition ?
>
> (7) Lifelong learning
> The European Union supports the theme of Lifelong Learning. How can
> Internet participate in developing this project? Several solutions are
> possible, from developing distance-learning and self-learning, to
> developing popular education across districts.
>
> (8) Partnerships between educational structures
> This topic is dedicated to people implicated in educational systems
> that would like to meet each other in order to build European
> Internet-based exchanges and partnerships.
>
> (9) Educational projects with multimedia industries, editors and users
> The discrepancy between the multimedia products that are proposed by
> industrialists and the users needs, in particular teacher and students
> needs, is very often criticised. The purpose of this topic is to
> encourage meetings between both groups. Thus, people from educational
> systems will have the opportunity to present their needs, and
> industrialists will have the opportunity to present solutions that are
> usable in educational systems.
>
> (10) Exchanges and partnerships resulting from the dynamic created by
> the European Community
> The European Union is a great driving force for developing
> innovations. However, because of loneliness and misunderstanding, it
> is sometimes difficult to have a chance to participate in European
> programs. The purpose of this discussion group is to present such
> European programs and to encourage conjoint dynamics to emerge.
>
> PREVISIONAL SCHEDULE
>
> September 24
> AM : Opening Session ; Plenary Session: topic 1
> PM : Posters, Demonstrations and Exhibitions Session (all topics) ;
> Workshops Session : topics 1 to 7 ; Roundtable: topic 2
>
> September 25
> AM : Roundtable: topic 4 ; Workshops Session : topics 1 to 7
> PM : Posters, Demonstrations and Exhibitions Session (all topics) ;
> Workshops Session: topics 1 to 7 ; Plenary session: topic 3
>
> September 26
> AM : Collaboration Meeting for IT-vendors, Educational Authorities and
> Users:  topics 8 to 10 ; Posters, Demonstrations and
> Exhibitions:topics 8 to 10
>
> LANGUAGES AND FORMATS OF THE SESSIONS
>
> The European IN-TELE Conference will take place in three languages:
> English, German, and French. The Plenary sessions and the Roundtables
> will benefit from simultaneous translations. The other presentation
> types will not. All presenters are invited to provide accompanying
> documentation such as abstracts in the three languages. Languages of
> all the presentations will be indicated in the program. The session
> formats are detailed below.
>
> * Papers (oral presentation: 20 minutes + 10 minutes questions)
> Papers present significant research or integrative reviews related to
> the topics 1 to 7 (see list).Papers can be presented either in an oral
> form in a Workshops Session, or in a written form in a Poster Session
> (see " Posters and Demonstrations ").
> Several Workshop Sessions will take place in parallel. Workshop
> Sessions will be defined according to the themes and to the languages
> of the proposed papers.
>
> * Roundtables
> Roundtables will be interactive sessions between presenters and
> attendees.
> Informal discussions will take place on a single topic (Topic 2 /
> Topic 4) and will be accompanied by simultaneous translation.
>
> * Posters and Demonstrations
> Papers on topics 1 to 7 can be presented in a written form, as
> Posters. In addition, Posters may be realised on topics 8 to 10 when
> their content is not adapted to an oral presentation in the
> Collaboration Meeting.
> Posters will be accessible for informal viewing during all the
> conference program. Authors are expected to be present at their
> posters during the reserved sessions for the exchange of ideas with
> the conference attendees.
> Demonstrations (e.g. Web site, CD ROM, Software, School project...)
> are expected to be shown during the reserved sessions, and may be
> shown during all the conference if the authors wish to. Demonstrations
> are welcome for all the suggested topic areas.
>
> * Industrial and commercial exhibitions
> Companies or Institutions offering educational technology products and
> services (software and hardware, multimedia, hypermedia and
> telecommunications products and services) are invited to exhibit
> during all the conference program if they wish to, and especially
> during the 3 exhibition sessions.
>
> * Collaboration Meeting for IT-Vendors, Educational Authorities and
> Users (10 minutes presentations)
> The purpose of this meeting is to encourage exchanges and
> collaborations between industrial or commercial structures and
> educational structures and users.
> A first theme (topic 8) will be concerned with possible links between
> educational structures in Europe, in order to encourage Internet-based
> educational partnership.
> A second theme (topic 9) will focus on industry / educational
> Institutions collaboration on developing educational web sites,
> software, distance learning tools and structures ...
> A third theme (topic 10) will be concerned with the knowledge of the
> European Community programs on IT, in order to promote contacts and
> collaborations between interested parties.
> A pre-conference Internet forum will allow first contacts to establish
> before the meeting.
>
> SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
>
> J. Baille (Universite Pierre Mendes France, Grenoble II, France)
> D. Bickerton (University of Plymouth, U.K.)
> E. J. Brunner (Institut fur Erziehungswissenschaften der
> Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena, Germany)
> P. Danielsson (Telia AB, Sweden)
> R. Gladwin (University of Liverpool, U.K.)
> R. Haggenmuller (FAST e.V., Munchen, Germany)
> F. W. Hesse (Institut fur Fernstudienforschung der Universitat
> Tubingen, Germany)
> G. Jacquinot (University of Vincennes, Paris VIII, France)
> T.  Johansson (University of Umea, Sweden)
> M.  Kirch (Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg I, France)
> D.  Leutner (Pedagogical University of Erfurt, Germany)
> W. Scholl (Psychologisches Institut der Humboldt-Universitat Berlin,
> Germany)
> M. Vivet (University of the Maine, France)
> S. Walker (University of Liverpool, U.K.)
>
> PROGRAM COMMITTEE
>
> P. Hert, A. Jaillet , P. Marquet, S. Mathey (Louis Pasteur University,
> Strasbourg, France)
>
> SUBMISSION INFORMATION
>
> * IN-TELE 98 Deadlines :
> Submissions Due : May 15, 1998
> Acceptance Notification: July 1, 1998
> Conference: September 24-26, 1998
>
> * Directions for submission of presentations :
> Proposals should be submitted in electronic form. The submission form
> can be downloaded from our Web site.
>
> For papers, posters, demonstration, and roundtables, submissions
> should consist of the Cover Page and of a 1-page Summary of the
> proposed presentation. Two smaller summaries (150 words) in the two
> other languages are recommended.
>
> For industrial and commercial Exhibitions, no summary is needed. Just
> fill in the Cover Page and indicate the main products or services you
> will exhibit in the " submission title ".
>
> In the same way, for participating in the Collaboration Meeting no
> summary is needed. Just fill in the Cover Page and indicate the aim of
> your presentation in a few sentences in the " submission title " part.
> The Cover Page must include:
> - submission topic (selected from the list above)
> - submission type (e.g. paper, demonstration, roundtable...)
> (additionally, for a paper, indicate your preferred type of session:
> workshop/poster)
> - language of presentation (English, French or German)
> - submission title
> (additionally, for the Collaboration Meeting, describe the aim of your
> the presentation)
> - name, affiliation, address, phone numbers, and e-mail for the
> presenting author
> - name, affiliation, address, phone numbers, and e-mail for the
> co-authors
> - Audio-visual and computer requirements
>
> The 1-page Summary should be written in the presentation language. It
> should be double-spaced, using font: Times 12.
>
> For papers and posters, the summary should indicate, clearly and
> succinctly, the purpose, nature and substance of the proposed
> presentation. For example, for papers presenting research, the summary
> should traditionally present the following parts:
> (1) Theoretical framework, objectives / perspectives.
> (2) Methods / techniques of investigation
> (3) Results
> (4) Conclusions
>
> For demonstrations, the 1-page summary should indicate the purpose,
> nature and substance of the proposed presentation.
>
> For roundtable participation, the 1-page summary should describe the
> discussion topic, emphasise the issue and explain why the work is
> important.
>
> In any case, two smaller summaries (150 words each) would be useful,
> if possible, to present the
> work succinctly in the two other languages.
>
> * Conference web site :      http://in-tele.u-strasbg.fr/
>
> * Pre-conference and proceedings :
> The summaries will constitute a general presentation of the conference
> in English, German and French. They will be available on a Web site
> before the IN-TELE conference takes place. Thus, initial discussions
> will be possible at that time, which should be very useful for
> interacting on the suggested topic area, especially for the
> participants of the Collaboration Meeting.
> Directions for presenting the accepted proposals will be given later,
> in order to edit the conference proceedings.
>
> * Submit all proposals via e-mail :
> in-tele.submission _at__ lse-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
> The Conference will confirm receipt to the contact authors via e-mail.
>
> * Additional information via e-mail  :
> in-tele.conference _at__ lse-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
> Mailing address :
> COMITE DE PROGRAMME IN-TELE
> Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Education
> 7 rue de l'Universite
> 67000 Strasbourg
> FRANCE
> Phone : 33 (0) 388 528 021  /  Fax : 33 (0) 388 528 095.
> Contact : Philippe Hert or Stephanie Mathey

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