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8th IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education
1st July - 7th July 2005 at University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
The eighth IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE 2005) is an IFIP event hosted by the Computer Society of South Africa in association with IFIP TC 3 (Technical Committee – Computers in Education.
WCCE 2005 will explore the use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education and the Teaching of Informatics. The conference will be held at the University of Stellenbosch just outside Cape Town, South Africa and will provide an opportunity for participants to:
• review progress since WCCE 2001
• report on successful (and unsuccessful) ICT projects in Education
• predict trends for the future
It will be a conference for everyone involved in education and training with
an interest in learning more about the potential for ICT in education. WCCE
2005 will be of interest to both beginners and experienced practitioners who
wish to update their knowledge and skills.
The conference will deal with innovative ideas, pilot experiments, Large-scale
projects and national policies.
For full details go to: www.sbs.co.za/wcce2005
Stellenbosch papers by MirandaNet Fellows:
- The MirandaNet Model Preston, C.; Wegerif, R.; Cuthell, J.
- Seeing the Meaning. The Impact of Interactive Whiteboards on Teaching and Learning. Cuthell, J.
- World Ecitizens: a workshop. Preston, C.
- Introducing Computers to Teachers. Preston, C.; Wegerif, R.
- Online Communities as a catalyst for creativity in the English Primary Context. Turvey, K.
- The STAR Project. Williams, L.
- Effects of ICT. Do we know what we should know? Cox, M.
- An investigation into the use of PDAs in Higher Education to support the flexible learning of undergraduate dental students. Cox, M.
- What is Content? Selinger, M.
- New ways of teaching and learning in the digital age. Somekh, B.
- What works and what does not work? An International Panel. Davis, N.; Karpati, A.; Selinger, M.; Preston, C.
- The Friesland Learning Network. Lepeltak, J.
You can see how these papers fitted into the full programme by viewing the list of papers here:
There were still not many teachers who could get the time off to go. Tina would love to see more MirandaNet Fellows on platforms and is trying to find funding to make this happen. Let her know if you have any good ideas.
STAR teacher, Lawrence Williams, shows what can be done for the school when senior management understand the power of this kind of exchange connection. As you know Tina will always write letters of invitation to our teachers which try to explain the value to the school - not least the raising in self esteem and the continuing professional development for our classroom teachers.
Over to Lawrence for his report. This might just be enough to sway your Head next time or get them to come too!
Lawrence William's View of WCCE 2005
My own paper was written jointly with Ruth Petersen, NASA Digital Learning Network, who unfortunately was unable to attend, though we had presented STAR together in Prague (2002) and Seattle (2003). My session was linked to a paper from the University of Wollongong, Australia, about electronic discussion forums, because ePALS now forms an important new aspect of the STAR Project. It was also linked to a second paper from the Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town, about teacher training on line, which is another new development that we have incorporated into STAR. I was pleased to hear STAR described variously by delegates as 'exciting' .. 'innovative' .. 'inspirational'.
It was a great pleasure to be able to build on our work in the Republic of South Africa, begun by MirandaNet, last October, under the eLapa Project, and it was a privilege to be invited to support the new educational initiatives that would result from the Stellenbosch Declaration. Our work, both in the schools and with teacher educators, came together powerfully.
But much more still needs to done.
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