ICT in Lifelong Learning

KEY SPEAKERS OF THE CONFERENCE

D. Cambridge is Director, policy research and development at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in Washington, DC and principal technical assistance (TA) consultant, American Institutes for Research (AIR). Topic of his speech: Authenticity, Integrity, and Deliberation: Three Ideals to Guide the Use of ICT for Lifelong Learning D. Cambridge advocates improved literacy policies, coordinates research, and develops partnerships through the National Center for Literacy Education. He is also principal consultant and director of the Networked Learning Group at the American Institutes for Research in Washington, DC, where he directed the U.S. Department of Education’s Connected Educators project from 2010-2014, which researched and supported online social learning for educators, including through producing Connected Educator Month. He is also principal investigator of the CS10K Community project for the National Science Foundation. Previously, he was a professor at George Mason University, a director at the American Association for Higher Education, a fellow with the EDUCAUSE National Learning Infrastructure Initiative, and assistant director of the Computer Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his Ph. D. A member and past chair of the board of directors of the Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning and co-leads the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research. Cambridge won the 2012 MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Faculty Prize for Electronic Portfolios for Lifelong Learning and Assessment (Jossey-Bass, 2010).

PhD Samuel Nowakowski, PhD

 Samuel NOWAKOWSKI PhD, HDR, Associate Professor at the University of Lorraine, France, researcher at LORIA (Lorraine Research Laboratory in Computer Science and its Applications” has confirmed to be keynote speaker for ICT in Lifelong Learning 2014. Topic of his speech: ePortfolio and employability of students: a comparative study between France and Russia His current research is mainly focused on modeling uses the web and digital identity and their implementation in transverse projects eEducation. It works specifically on modeling the notion of wandering (in the mathematical and philosophical aspects) within digital environments and modeling adaptive interactive systems. He teaches Digital Humanities at Department Information Communication UFR SHS Nancy and the Ecole des Mines of Nancy and carries several educational innovation projects. He is responsible for the ICT for Education at Faculty of Human Sciences. More information about PhD Nowakowski at http://snowakowski.eduportfolio.org

He teaches Digital Humanities at Department Information Communication UFR SHS Nancy and the Ecole des Mines of Nancy and carries several educational innovation projects. He is responsible for the ICT for Education at Faculty of Human Sciences. More information about PhD Nowakowski at http://snowakowski.eduportfolio.org

Prof. Dr. Heiner Barz,PhD

Head of Department of Educational Research and Educational Management, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Topic of his speech: "Education of immigrant students - Challenges and opportunities according to a recent study based on lifestyle segmentation" 1983 Magister Artium (Master) studies: education, sociology and political science at FU Berlin and Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg 1992 PhD: "Epistemological and empirical aspects of Waldorf education" at Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg Member of German Society for Science Education, German Society for Sociology and German Association of University Professors

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