shaping the scientific evolution of technology enhanced learning noe-kaleidoscope.org #90 contractors — 23 countries 1100 researchers (2/3) and PhD students (1/3) Universities, Industry and SMEs, users’ groups Budget M Euros Duration 4 years (since: )

 Network  Learning community (CSCL)  Learning space (Grid)  Content  Simulation, augmented reality  Semantically rich representation  Ubiquity and mobility  Interaction  Reification of interactions  Digital imprint of tacit knowledge Need for convergence to fight research fragmentation

An integrated vision Learner Technology Situations School Informal learning Learning at work Training Document Simulations Microworld Autonomous Socialized Collaborative Interactive Wireless Distributed Ubiquitous Trustable Knowledge Ability inquiry learning collaborative learning mobile learning Berlin symposium November 2006

A community effort

Scientific and strategic integration  To build bridges between technology, computer science and, educational, social and cognitive sciences in order…  To provide better foundations to the evaluation of TEL  To stimulate the sharing of prototypes and testbed  To improve technology transfer and innovation  To develop a shared understanding of the differences and commonalities at a conceptual and methodological level…  across disciplines  across cultures  research practices  To build bridges between the different educational traditions

and a structure to leverage integration SIG : Special Interest Groups ERT : European Research Teams VDS : Virtual doctoral school Gateway Users’ Group Academy/Industry A stronger community to significantly develop Open ArXiv Open Source Open Access

A VDS providing PhD students with useful resources  Production of specific information:  Information / post-graduate programs  Research Methods bibliography (dynamic)  Different resources:  Kaleidoscope documents  Outputs from learning activities  TeLearn open archive (documents and video)  Community of interest  Virtual study groups  Access to experts and advisors

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PublicationsStandardized description, stamps, shared concerns

Benefits and issues for PhD students  To enhance the young researchers training  Need for different kind of research training:  generic, advanced and specialized  elearning related  Short courses (on demand), support to paper writing  Easy access to resources, academic papers  To develop a shared understanding  Desire to contact other PhD students in similar areas  Access to academics and projects from other countries  To handle the diversity  Different views of what is research in the field  Heavy language barriers to internationalization