SoMobNet

 “Social Mobile Networking for Informal Learning”

London, November 21th, 2011

Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H  0AL, WLE Centre, Level 4

09:30 – 09:45 Arrival

09:45 – 10:00 Introduction and overview, Norbert Pachler, IoE, London, UK

10:00 – 11:25 Keynotes

• Mobile practices in everyday life: the opportunities and challenges for learning, Guy Merchant, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
• Barriers to Web 2.0 transfer, Charles Crook, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

11:30 – 12:45 Paper session

Chair person: Karsten Wolf, University of Bremen, GE
Reporter: Maria Perifanou, Attiko Vocational Training Center, GR

• Online people tagging: Social Mobile Networking Services in Work-based Learning, John Cook, Norbert Pachler
• Mobile and networked learning and knowledge sharing for Careers Information, Advice and Guidance, Graham Attwell, Sally Anne Barnes, Jenny Bimrose, Alan Brown and Maria Perifanou
• Cultivating professional communities of teachers and practitioners through Social Networking Sites, Maria Ranieri, Stefania Manca, Antonio Fini
• The transformational role of social mobile media in the context of the Nepalese medical education system, Christoph Pimmer, Sebastian Linxen

12:50 – 13:00 Discussion

13:00 – 13:45 Lunch

13:45 – 14:30 Keynote:  ‘Recognising’ learning, Gunther Kress, Institute of Education, London, UK

14:30 – 16:00 Paper session

Chair Person: Giovanni Fulantelli, CNR, IT
Reporter: Klaus Rummler, University of Bremen, GE

• The Interweaved Fabrics of Reality: Physical, Social and Intentional, Yishay Mor
• Informal learning in ‘social mobile’ contexts and school-based mobile learning, Ben Bachmair
• Mobile Learning – potential, controversies and implications for future R&P in networked (informal) learning, Judith Seipold
• Connecting formal and informal learning in HE through a mobile multimedia micro-blogging environment, Carmen Holotescu, Gabriela Grosseck

15:50 – 16:00 Discussion

16:00 – 17:00 Roundup and outlook by Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics, London, UK.

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