ECOLE Conference

ECOLE-NETWORK
COMENIUS 3

BRIDGES FOR LEARNING

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EDUCATIONAL USE OF ICT FOR COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING

Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
12 – 14. September 2002

“Bridges for Learning” is an international conference on the use of ICT for collaborative learning and teaching. It is the first conference organised by the Comenius3 European Collaborative Learning Network. This first conference will be limited in its number of participants.

The conference focusses on three clusters of subjects:

design, planning and evaluation of computer supported collaborative learning projects;
teachers’ professional development in internationalisation, project-based learning and teaching, and ICT-usage;
exploration of electronic learning environments and advanced ICT-tools for collaborative learning and teaching.

The conference is meant for primary and secondary school teachers, teacher educators, policy makers, and researchers. The spirit of collaboration is fostered by interactive sessions and workshops in which learning from and with each other is central: we all can share our projects, thoughts and ideas, thus building the bridges for learning.

The conference is also an international contact seminar for Comenius 1 projects. Teachers involved in Comenius 1 projects can use part of their budget to visit the conference. The ECOLE-network will support them to create web-based teaching and learning materials. Teachers who want to start Comenius 1 projects can ask their National Agencies for financial support for coming to Prague. Also participants in Comenius 2 projects are invited and can be financially supported by National Agencies.

Conference venue: Charles University Prague, Faculty of Education
Accomodation: Hotel DUO (map)
Programme
Registration (no guarantee of accomodation after 2. August 2002)
Participants

Participants in Comenius 1 or 2 projects, and teachers who visit the conference as a contact seminar do not pay conference fees. They pay only hotel with breakfast (single room € 86 per night, double room € 55 per person per night) through the TOPRAGUE agency (reservation@toprague.cz, fax: +420-2-33930595) and food (€ 75 in cash on registration).
Other participants pay additional € 125 conference fee.