Network: NETWORK 6: Open Learning Contexts,Cultural Diversity,Democracy (OPENnet)
Session 01, Developing teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa and the role(s) of ICT and distance education - issues of policy and pedagogy
Wednesday, 2004-09-22, 15:00-16:30, Room: , Chair: Jyrki Pulkkinen
- The policy context for rating models of teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa: meeting the challenge of providing universal basic education
- The role of information and communication technologies in realizing the goal of universal basic education
- The potential of hand held computer technology to serve the needs of teacher education in African rural settings
- Costing and planning teacher education in developing contexts: issues and dilemmas
Bob Moon
Jenny Leach Bob Moon
Jenny Leach Tom Power
Frank Banks Tom Power
Session 2, Student-centred learning practices in online learning contexts
Wednesday, 2004-09-22, 17:00-18:30, Room: , Chair: Mart Laanpere
- Research, analysis, comprehension and information management project
- Developing on-line communities of learning: personal goals roles, relationships and critical incidents
- Supporting learners in an international online learning community: on the role of personal and professional development planning
Ana Paula Cabral Rita Carvalho Jose Bessa Oliveira
Alison Hudson Richard Pountney
Alison Hudson Brian Hudson Steef Woldinga
Session 3, Electronic and face-to-face learning practices - a focus on communication
Thursday, 2004-09-23, 09:00-10:30, Room: , Chair: Alison Hudson
- Between traditions and renewal - problems according to the focus on traditional face-to-face teaching in distance education
- The shift of communication competence model in the context of information & multicultural society
- Pedagogical dialogue in the literacy hour
- Young children's electronic communication through project-based activity: varied levels of representing educational gains
Yvonne Fritze
Virginija Chreptaviciene Nida Stankeviciene
David Skidmore
Anna Chronaki Ilias Karasavvidis
Session 4, Developing democratic values and the role of online and face-to-face contexts
Thursday, 2004-09-23, 11:00-12:30, Room: , Chair: Hannele Niemi
- Democratic values and value systems: a study of upper secondary students in Sweden
- Information technologies and education practices: what is possible in challenging anti-democratic values in the classroom
- Developing democratic cultures in schools and communities through interactive on-line learning environments
- From autocratic schoolmasters to democratic teachers: the decline of autoritarianism of Flemish teachers 1953-2003
Ingrid Harsman
Gaby Weiner
Mike Hough John Schostak John Smith
Dimokritos Kavadias Jessy Siongers
Session 5, Working with values: citizenship, democracy and the curriculum
Thursday, 2004-09-23, 13:00-14:30, Room: , Chair:
- Citizenship education as a responsibility of an entire school: structural and cultural implications
- Citizenship education research in the UK
- Teachers' opinions about moral education. what teachers do and what works
Anne Sliwka
Liam Gearon
Helene Leenders Wiel Veugelers
Session 6, Open learning and ICT in a global context
Thursday, 2004-09-23, 17:00-18:30, Room: , Chair: Anna Chronaki
Session 7, Digital learning, pedagogical neutrality, globalisation and identity formation
Friday, 2004-09-24, 09:00-10:30, Room: , Chair: Brian Hudson
- The social construction of digital learning arenas and the new language of learning - a critical analysis of the use of ICT in the curricular field
- Identity formation or historical knowledge transmission? the archival institutions in the information society and the new globality
- Cultural globalization and integration of ICT in education
- Languages of education and pedagogical neutrality in e-learning
Geir Haugsbakk Yngve Nordkvelle
Triantafillia Kourtoumi
Jyrki Pulkkinen
Mart Laanpere
Session 8, Cultural diversity and open learning practices
Friday, 2004-09-24, 11:00-12:30, Room: , Chair: Jenny Leach
Session 9, Informal learning contexts with(out) technology
Friday, 2004-09-24, 13:00-14:30, Room: , Chair: Gaby Weiner
- Population's learning-related attitudes as the premise for the realization of the idea of the learning city
- Informal education by scientific museums in Europe: the environmental dimension in the use of new technologies in information and communication
- Everyday internet in adolescents' life
Vilija Stanisauskiene
Konstantinos Kotsis Ioanna Neila
Eulalia Garcia Cruz Felix Angulo Rasco
Session 10, Network 6 workshop
Saturday, 2004-09-25, 09:00-10:30, Room: , Chair: Richard Pountney
- A close environment by technological means to sustain the regional identity
Begona Bilbao Inaki Gaminde Juan Luis Goikoetxea Ander Olalde
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