What is the EduCamp all about?

The EduCamp-Network is organising the third EduCamp in Germany. This will also be the first international EduCamp with a panel discussion on Friday and a complete track on Saturday in English language. The event will take place from the 17th to the 19th of April, 2009 in Ilmenau, Thuringia. Details of previous EduCamps can be found in the archive (have a look in the sidebar).

There will be some initial structure for the programme, but after the panel discussion on Friday, the EduCamp will be organized as a BarCamp. Sessions and workshops will be organised by participants at the beginning of the event. On Sunday the topic under discussion is "Edu-OpenSpace" (Open Space). Participants will form clusters to discuss some of the related topics.

Detailed Introduction

The issue of how we can use social software, such as weblogs, podcasts, wikis, micro-blogging, VoIP in education in schools, universities and companies is a subject attracting much interest. Developing connections to other people and joining learning networks is central to the Information society. Multiple knowledge resources all access to the exchange of experiences and the construction of knowledge.

The last EduCamp meetings discussed 'Teaching and Learning 2.0'. This meeting will continue those discussions.

EduCamp is an open event and everyone interested in is welcome to attend. It will take place at the Humboldtbau at the Technical University of Ilmenau.

The main topics for the EduCamp are Corporate Learning 2.0 and E-learning 2.0 in schools or universities. Other topics include the use of e-portfolios, digital games and virtual worlds in education or the trends of mobile and micro-learning. In line with the idea of a BarCamp, everyone is invited to purpose their own topics for discussion.

If you would like to see how the BarCamp works in practice watch this German language video of the BarCamp in Cologne produced by the Elektrischer Reporter.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Ilmenau.

EduCamp is supported by the JISC sponsored EVOLVE network

What is evolve?

Evolve is an international open community project designed to bring together and support researchers across multiple disciplines engaged with contemporary issues in education. Evolve provides a meeting place for building visible connections between people, projects and places. Evolve supports the sharing of ideas and resources to explore creatively the solutions that technologies can provide to educational settings in a constantly changing world.

http://www.evolvecommunity.org

In few steps to the EduCamp!