TEL-CoPs’06: 1st International Workshop on Building Technology Enhanced Learning solutions for Communities of Practice

to be held in conjunction with:
The First European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning
Crete, Greece, October 1 – 4, 2006
Overview:
The workshop focuses on the current research trends in technology
enhanced learning that aim at addressing the needs of Communities of
Practice. It advocates approaches that build on the synergy of
concepts such as multimedia information authoring and reuse, knowledge
management, argumentation and negotiation. It aims to bring together
scientists and engineers who work on designing and/or developing such
solutions, as well as the practitioners who evaluate them in diverse
real environments. Particular recognition will be given to approaches
that are built according to well-established pedagogical principles.
For more information on TEL-CoPs’06 see:

http://palette.cti.gr/workshops/telcops06.htm

or contact Nikos Karacapilidis,
For more information on the First European Conference on Technology
Enhanced Learning See:

http://www.ectel06.org/

or contact the organisers on

from creating passionate users & talking about having something be out of context which makes it fantastic & memorable.

Context: Rock concert–successful indie band
Delightful Out-of-Context Surprise: The lead singer calls out the names of long-time regulars from the fan message board who said they were going to be there. That happened to my daughter at a Travis show in Denver.

what an absolutely fantastic way to make them feel special and build loyalty. it’s almost like the credits listed inside the cd on steroids!

i found out recently a friend of mine is in the digital vision program @ stanford so i was having a look at the various projects and this one by nita goyal called Project Open Books: Multiplying Resources through Online Communities caught my eye.

it blends a few of my fav things like online communities, education and libraries. there’s only a brief summary on the page but it seems people will be able to list the books they own and lend them to people in their local community using schools & libraries as the drop off points. the project is running (or will run, i don’t think it’s operational yet) in india but i think it could work anywhere. there is most definitely a difference btwn the melbourne city (and burbs) and nyc libraries. i’m a big user of the libraries & there’s a lot of times when the book i want isnt available here.

this type of community would tie in extremely well with some of the book communities already on the web (like library thing and books well read) but calls out for some reputation management software. i hate to lend books to anyone b/c i’ve had such bad luck in getting them back. my really prize books don’t get lent at all. not everyone feels the same way i do but you’d need some sort of reward/punishment for those who don’t contribute to the system or return the books.

very cool idea to keep an eye on.

The Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group is in sydney this year. 20 – 24 november 2006

there’s even a couple weeks left to get your papers in.

from liveworld’s website, bulletpoints on the measurable value of online communties.

* Marketing ROI: Online community participants visit a site 9x more often and stay 5x as long. (Source: McKinsey)
* Marketing ROI: Attract customers at $0-10 vs. $10-$400 per customer acquisition in traditional marketing venues.
* Support ROI: Community support services are 5x-10x more cost effective than phone support
* Business Intelligence ROI: Identify opinion leaders, ongoing buzz, & audience attention patterns