CALRG 2012 Conference Programme, 19-20 June 2012
The annual Computers and Learning Research Group (CALRG) Conference took place on the 19th and 20th of June 2012 in the Jennie Lee Building at The Open University. There was a variety of topics on the agenda which will be of relevance to researchers interested in computer and technology use in education, including social media in informal learning, digital gaming, online teaching, e-assessment, and a number of other innovative educational technology projects and case studies.
The twitter hash tag is #calrg12
Day one: Tuesday 19 June 2012 – Jenny Lee Building, Meeting room 1
Discussant: Rose Luckin, London Knowledge Lab
9:50 – 10:00 | Day 1: Opening remarks |
Session I | |
10:00 – 10:30 | Rose Luckin “With the lights out, it’s less dangerous”: tapping into teen spirit to inform technology design for personal energy consumption understanding |
10:30 – 11:00 | Adrian Kirkwood If you don’t know where you are going…how do you know if you have arrived? |
11:00 – 11:30 | Felicity Harper, Hannelore Green, and Maria Fernandez-Toro Evaluating the integration of Jing® screencasts in feedback on written assignments |
11:30 – 11:45 | TEA / COFFEE |
Session II | |
11:45 – 12:15 | Denise Whitelock How is evidence-based literature informing e-Assessment practice: Findings from an HEA project |
12:15 – 12:45 | Jon Rosewell Can a computer marked exam improve retention? |
12:45 – 13:45 | LUNCH |
Session III | |
13:45 – 14:15 | Doug Clow iSpot: A Growing Informal Learning Community |
14:15 – 14:45 | Jo Iacovides Digital games: Motivation, engagement and informal learning |
14:45 – 15:15 | Thiemo Romey, Anne Adams and Tom Argles The ‘Gamification’ of GIS for teaching and learning |
15:15 – 15:30 | TEA / COFFEE |
Session IV | |
15:30 – 16:00 | Fernando Rosell-Aguilar The iTunes U at the OU learner |
16:00 – 16:30 | Chris Lima Reading and discussing literature online: A Study on dialogue and online interaction |
16:45 – 17:00 | Discussant’s summaries |
Day 2 – Wednesday, 20 June 2012 – Jenny Lee Building, Meeting room 1
Discussant: Heather Mendick, Brunel University and Andrew Ravenscroft, East London University
09:50 – 10:00 | Opening remarks |
IET Technology Coffee Morning Session | |
10:00 – 11:00 | Simon Buckingham Shum and Rebecca Ferguson Enquiry Blogger Project |
11:00 – 11:15 | TEA / COFFEE |
Session VI | |
11:15 – 11:45 | Andrew Ravenscroft RadioActive: Informal Learning and Employability through Internet Radio and Social Media |
11:45 –12:15 | Alice Peasgood Old learning habits and new technologies: the impact of choice, control and identity in the learning experiences of novice adult students using ICT12 |
12.15 – 12:45 | Graham Healing and Chris Jones What do studying and teaching online look like? Looking at student and tutor video diaries |
12:45 – 13:45 | LUNCH |
Session VII | |
13:45 – 14:15 | Heather Mendick and Marie-Pierre Moreau Gender in Online Science and Technology: Understanding the gap between narratives and texts |
14:15 – 14:45 | Mike Sharples Learning with Technology In, About, Through and Despite Context |
14:45 – 15:15 | Andrew Brasher Supporting integration through incidental learning |
15:15 – 15:30 | TEA / COFFEE |
15:30 – 16:00 | Keren Mills Supporting learners in mobile discovery of library resources |
16:00 – 16:30 | Elizabeth Fitzgerald Assessing informal learning: a case study using historical audio guides |
16:30 – 17:00 | Jon Rosewell, Karen Kear and Keith Williams Next Steps for Excellence in the Quality of e-Learning |
17:00 – 17:30 | Discussant’s summaries and closing remarks |
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