Report on IFIP TC3.3 Prague, 28 September 2007 Andrea Kárpáti Eötvös University, Faculty of Sciences UNESCO Chair for ICT in Education

AIMS AND SCOPE AIM: To provide a forum to identify issues and priorities for research and to map research policies arising from the differing cultures in IFIP Member countries. SCOPE  Identification of research needs and topics in the field of education  Improvement of research approaches and methods  Production of synthesis of research on major topics in the field  Dissemination of research, in partnership with educational research

Chair: Paul Nicholson, Australia 2005 – 2007, Vice-chair: Andrea Karpati, Hungary IFIP TC3.3: Research on Educational Applications of Information Technologies

Activities in  Discussion paper on LLL and ICT, Alesund, 2006  Invited session at AERA, Chicago 2007  Research seminar, Budapest, 2007  Collection of studies on current issues in ICT related educational research,

Position paper on LLL and ICT, Alesund, June 2006 Joint Focus Group with WG8 on Lifelong Learning, co-chaired by Tom van Weert and Paul Nicholson at the Aalesund Conference of WG3.1, 3.5 and 3.3 Objective: to produce a TC3 Position Paper Three F2F meetings, one review round – draft paper produced Planned for an AGORA event for 2008

Lifelong Learning Position Paper Fit for an AGORA topic? 1. The context of Lifelong Learning 1. Social-cultural 2. Economic 3. Policy Research 2. Transitions in Lifelong learning 1. Phases 2. Change factors 3. Emerging views on the (lifelong) learner 1. Content 2. Methodology

Lifelong Learning Position Paper ctd. 4. Methodologies of LLL 5. How to become a Lifelong Learner? 1. LLL competencies 1. EU: 8 competencies for LLL 2. Deseco Project of OECD: Key competencies for learning identified 2. ICT competencies 1. National competence systems 2. A new model of ICT competence dimensions

Global Perspectives on Technology as a Change Agent in Teaching and Learning Identified by IFIP TC3.3  Chair: Andrea Kárpáti, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, Discussant:IFIP ICT SIG Chairperson Prof. Lynne Schrum (USA)  Participants:  Margaret Cox, Kings College, University of London, UK  Niki Davis, Iowa State University, US  Andrea Kárpáti, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary  Ann MacDougall, University of Melbourne, Australia  Jianwei Zhang, OISE/University of Toronto, Canada

„The World of Educational Quality” - AERA’s central theme in 2007 Presentations:  IFIP TC3 and the Stellenbosch Declaration (IFIP, 2005)  Promoting equity through ICT in education –  Support work of international agencies (EU, OECD, UNESCO)  Cultural Adaptation of Technology and Learning Innovations in Asia  Global interdisciplinary research into the diffusion of technology innovations in education

Research seminar 3-5 July 2007 Budapest “ISSUES IN RESEARCH ON IT IN EDUCATION”, Editors: Anne McDougall and Paul Nicholson 1. History 2. Theory 3. Research Directions 4. Methodology 5. Topics and Contexts

Format of Budapest seminar  21 researchers from 14 countries with an online participation of six more members from Austria, Germany and Switzerland  Papers submitted beforehand – two reviewers per paper  Open discussion audio taped  Version 2 being edited  Future working meetings to be organised – Beijing 2008?

Future projects – AGM, Budapest, 5 July Increase membership in Europe and Africa – establish global focus Focus: taking learning technology beyond the 'event' model, incorporating mobile, performance support, informal 2008, TC3.3 event: attached to a UNESCO event seeking contacts with its ICT Divisions that support research on ICT and education and try to get into the next Participation Programme – UNESCO’s supported projects list. I FIP = NGO – Non-Governmental Organisation – 2010 Research Workshop planned for Beijing Australia, Botswana, India, and Pakistan. Dr. Geoff Romeo

Next conference session and AGM 2008 Annual General Meeting of Working Group 3.3: during the 2008 IFIP WCC 2008, Milan, Italy on September 8, 2008 “Friends of WG33” list WG 3.3 session:  Technology in and across cultures  Learning in informal context – Games and Playful Environments.