Dear SEDA people,

we seek more good papers for our workshop about "Lifelong Learning 2.0 at the workplace" (retitled) -- CSCL at work; eCSCW Sept, 25 ---  see CALL below. Maybe, you are interested in? That would be fantastic!  It would be also great if you help us to distribute the CALL to diverse mailing lists and people who might be interested in such a topic.

Thanks a lot!

Isa :-)







CALL for Workshop Papers

Lifelong Learning 2.0: Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), Continuing Education and Informal Learning at Work (CSCL@WORK)

 Submission not later than 22nd of August 2011 via email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

 We seek a diverse set of position papers on the theme of technology enhanced learning for continuing education, informal learning at work and education in the workplace. eCSCW – September 25, 2011 (Aarhus, Denmark)



ABSTRACT

 Organizations that adapt quickly have a strategic advantage in the competitive marketplace, and new research demonstrates a link between these dynamic capabilities, continuing education, informal learning and workplace learning [9; 10].  Though learning is increasingly recognized to be a social process [3]. While technology enhanced learning (TEL) is widely studied in K-12 learning environments [1; 2; 4; 6-8; 11-17; 19], few studies have examined TEL at work [5; 17; 18] or as a routine part of continuing education.  We are particularly interested in how technology (media) can enhance collaboration in these settings.  Our “new phrase” to describe how technology enhanced learning, new forms of continuing education, informal learning and collaboration can work together is Computer-Supported-Collaborative-Learning at Work (CSCL@Work).  CSCL@Work research focuses explicitly on the application of information and communication technologies to support collaborative learning (learning in groups, learning communities) in the workplace beyond traditional continuing education settings.  The over arching goal of CSCL@Work research is to help organizations and the workforce in society answer questions and build knowledge when the answers to these questions and the requisite knowledge is not already present. The workshop question is: HOW TO DESIGN CSCL@Work? ARE THERE ANY CASE STUDIES?



=BACKGROUND=

We focus on workplace learning, informal learning at work, technology enhanced learning and continuing education, especially when the answer to a problem is not known.  Knowledge creation activities like these are phenomena that occur at the intersection of research on technology enhanced learning, continuing education, knowledge management, computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) and computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL). In practice, computer support for collaborative learning in the workplace (CSCL@Work) can aid the creation of new products (e.g., better wheels for the winter), new social innovations (like management of open innovation processes) or other services (e.g., remote laboratories for mechanical engineering).  CSCL@Work supports creativity and innovation among working people. Research on CSCL, in contrast, is focused on the acquisition of core skills, usually in K12 students.



=FURTHER INFORMATION=

In this workshop, nine dimensions of CSCL@Work identified in our first workshop at ACM Group 2010 (go to http://www.csclatwork.org<http://www.csclatwork.org/>) are tested against new case studies supplied by participants. With this second workshop at e-CSCW 2011 (Denmark) we will take a critical CSCW community centered perspective on our framework for [log in to unmask]  More information on http://www.ecscw2011.org<http://www.ecscw2011.org/>  (conference website) and http://www.csclatwork.org<http://www.csclatwork.org/>  (workshop website)



 =PUBLICATION=

a) We plan a publication, for example, a Special Issue of an International Journal. b) Furthermore, please reply if you would like to write a chapter in our  edited book "CSCL@WORK" (publisher SPRINGER, New York) where for example also Gerhard Fischer (USA),  Gerry Stahl (USA), Rob Procter (UK) and Volker Wulf (Germany) provides each one chapter.  The book also includes case studies for example,  from Norway, France, Germany, USA and UK.





Workshop organizers are

Sean P. Goggins,



Isa Jahnke &



Volker Wulf



Contact

Sean Goggins, Drexel University, USA, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Isa Jahnke, Umeå University, Sweden, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Volker Wulf, University of Siegen, Germany, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>



References

[1]   Aviv, R., Erlich, Z., and Ravid, G. 2005. Response Neighborhoods in Online Learning Networks: A Quantiative Analysis. Educational Technology and Society. 8(4), 4, 90-99.

[2]   Aviv, R., Erlich, Z., Ravid, G., and Geva, A. 2003. Network Analysis of Knowledge Construction in Asynchronous Learning Networks. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks. 7(3), 3, 1-24.

[3]   Bandura, A. 1977 Social Learning Theory. Prentice-Hall.

[4]   Barab, S., Dodge, T., Thomas, M. K., Jackson, C., and Tuzun, H. 2007. Our designs and the social agendas they carry. Journal of the Learning Sciences. 16(2), 2, 263-305. DOI=10.1080/10508400701193713.

[5]   Barab, S. and Duffy, T. 2000 From practice fields to communities of practice. In Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments, D. H. Jonassen and S. Land,Eds Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

[6]   Cress, U. 2005. Ambivalent Effects of member portraits in virtual groups. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 21, 281-291.

[7]   de Laat, M., Lally, V., Lipponen, L., and Simons, R.-J. 2007. Investigating Patterns of Interaction in Networked Learning and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: A Role for Social Network Analysis. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. 2007, 87-103.

[8]   Dillenbourg, P. and Hong, F. 2008. The Mechanics of CSCL Macro Scripts. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. 3, 5-23.

[9]   Easterby‐Smith, M., Lyles, M. A., and Peteraf, M. A. 2009. Dynamic capabilities: current debates and future directions. British Journal of Management. 20, S1-S8. DOI=10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00609.x.

[10]   Easterby‐Smith, M. and Prieto, I. M. 2008. Dynamic Capabilities and Knowledge Management: an Integrative Role for Learning?*. British Journal of Management. 19(3), 3, 235-249. DOI=10.1111/j.1467-8551.2007.00543.x.

[11]   Goggins, S., Tsai, I.-C., Kim, B., Kumalasari, C., Laffey, J., and Amelung, C. 2007. Building a Model Explaining the Social Nature of Online Learning. AERA, 2007.

[12]   Jochems, W. M. G. and Kreijns, K. 2006. Measuring Social Aspects of Distributed Learning Groups. European Educational Research Journal. 5(2), 2, 110-123.

[13]   Kling, R. and Courtright, C. 2004 Group Behavior and Learning in Electronic Forums: A Sociotechnical Approach. In Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning, S. Barab, R. Kling, and J. H. Gray,Eds Cambridge University Press.

[14]   Laffey, J. and Group, S. C. R. 2005. Understanding Computer Mediated Social Experience: Implications for CSCL. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, 2005. 617-622.

[15]   Laffey, J., Lin, G. Y., and Lin, Y. 2006. Assessing Social Ability in Online Learning Environments. Journal of Interactive Learning Research. 17(2), 2, 163-177.

[16]   Reffay, C. and Chanier, T. 2003 How Social Network Analysis Can Help to Measure Cohesion in Collaborative Distance Learning. In Designing for Change in Networked Learning, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

[17]   Rohde, M. and Shaffer, D. W. 2003. Us, Ourselves and We: Thoughts about Social (Self-) Categorization. SIGGROUP Bulletin. 24(3), 3, 19-24.

[18]   Szymanski, M. H., Aoki, P. M., Grinter, R. E., Hurst, A., Thornton, J. D., and Woodruff, A. 2007. Sotto Voce: Facilitiating Social Learning in a Historic House. Computer Suppoerted Cooperative Work.

[19]   Zhou, N., Zemel, A., and Stahl, G. 2007. Information as a social achievement: Collaborative information behavior in CSCL. Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Computer supported collaborative learning. 814-816.



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Isa Jahnke

Professor in ICT, media and learning



Umeå University

Dep of Applied Educational Science

Interactive Media and Learning (IML)

SE-90187 Umeå

Sweden



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