ECOLE&ESP conference 2004

Bridging Visions for Learning

Charles University, Prague

Programme

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Wednesday 24^th of March 2004: Arrivals and welcome
20.00			P	Welcome Cocktail and Dinner
Thursday 25^th of March 2004: Opening of the conference & key note speeches
10.30				Hotel Pyramida to Charles University by special Tram
11.00 - 14.00				Registration (lobby), lunch (B), Internet (C1+B), 13.30 Golden Prague - film describing the main historical sights (A)
14.00 - 15.30			A	Bořivoj Brdička (Charles University Prague): Welcome Henk Sligte (Univ. of Amsterdam): Bridging Visions for Learning Tapio Varis (UNESCO, University of Tampere): The Future of Education: The need for the 21^st century literacies
15.30 - 16.00			B	Coffee break
16.00 - 17.00			A	Margaret Cox (Kings College London): ICT and Pedagogy: Implications for international collaborative environments Zdeněk Svoboda (CZ Ministry of Ed.): Czech EU integration in the field of educational technology
18.00			K	Official Opening of Conference, Reception (see Social events)
Friday 26^th of March 2004: Thematic speeches and sessions; start collaborative group work
8.45				Hotel Pyramida to Charles University by special Tram
9.30 - 11.00			A	Joy Zabala & John Castellani (Johns Hopkins University): Promoting Collaborative Experiences with an Electronic Learning Community Miroslava Černochová (Charles University Prague): The European Research Institute for Civilization: The children's self investigation using LMS platform Rachel Cohen (MMM Association Paris): The galaxy world and the necessary revolution in learning processes Viera Blahova (Slovak National Institute for Education): Interactive and non interactive collaboration
11.00 - 11.30			B	Coffee break
11.30 - 13.00			A	PROMISE: The presentation of Comenius 2.1 project, which is based on cooperation and work within the ESP and ECOLE networks. The BEST Teachers Club: Towards a Teachers' Collaborative Development A diverse session in which many examples of collaborative e-learning as evolved within the ECOLE-network pass in review. Moderator: Alessandra Talamo Contributions from ECOLE-partners and ESP-national coordinators Moderator: Henk Sligte
13.00 - 14.00			B	Lunch
14.00 - 14.30	A	Kateřina Bavorová (CZ EUN Spring coordinator): Spring Day in Europe Lubomír Šnajder (University of Košice): A teleproject as a way for further education of teachers			C2	Languages Special Thematic Session Ilpo Halonen (Finish coordinator ESP): Dafnord and LIP 4 Enterprise			C3	Rob Barkey (Open Schoolgemeenschap Bijlmer): Discoverynet
14.35 - 14.45			A	Plenary Introduction to Group Work
14.45 - 16.00	A	Humanities Introductory Session Preparation for the collaborative work of teachers oriented on humanity subjects					B	Science Introductory Session Preparation for the collaborative work of teachers oriented on science subjects
16.00 - 16.30			B	Coffee break
16.30 - ??? individual buffet dinner			A B C1 C2 C3	Start of the collaborative work of teachers on projects preparation Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 (more groups may be created)
Evening				Optional Cultural Event: see the website for registration
Saturday 27^th of March 2004: Group work and Social Event
8.45				Hotel Pyramida to Charles University by special Tram
9.30 - 11.00			A B C1 C2 C3	Workshop 1 - Comenius Language assistants: How can we use them? Newbies: I would like to go international, but… Workshop 2 - Headmasters: The practice of the international dimension Workshop 3 - Evaluation - way to sustainable projects Workshop 4 - OpenSource in education (LMS Moodle try-out) Workshop 5 - Imagine - a tool for collaboration
11.00 - 11.30			B	Coffee break
11.30 - 11.40			A	How to proceed? (plenary session)
11.40 - 13.00			A B C1 C2 C3	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 The groups from Friday may split up into even smaller groups according to interests.
13.00 - 14.00			B	Lunch
14.00 - 16.30 individual coffee break			A B C1 C2 C3	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 All groups insert their project proposals in the forms available on the net.
16.45				Trip departure (see Social events)
Sunday 28th of March 2004: Wrapping up and Goodbyes in Cinema Pyramida
10.00 - 11.00			P	Group-work Summaries
11.00 - 12.00			P	Closing Session

P - Hotel Pyramida (no Internet connection)

A - Aula (Faculty of Education, ground floor)

B - Big Hall (Faculty of Education, basement), wireless internet connection

S - Small Hall (Faculty of Education, basement), ORG meeting room

CX - Computer lab no:X (Faculty of Education, IT Department, ground floor)

K - Karolinum, Charles University, Ovocny trh 5, Praha 1 (see Social events)