II NATIONAL CONGRESS OF CKBG EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY April 17-18 2009 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (Italy) Department of Psychology via Nirone 15 http://www.ckbg.org/ Invited speakers: Giuseppe Riva, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano Roger Säljö, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Michael Cole, University of San Diego, California, in collegamento video SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM The congress, which takes place every two years, is organized by the Collaborative Knowledge Building Group (CKBG), with the contribution of the "Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore" of Milano. The congress addresses researchers, educational experts and teachers interested virtual environments for education, with special respect to collaborative learning and the technology that supports it. The main goal of the congress is to provide a space for discussion, through which potential connections between research, school and business can emerge. The topic of the second congress is the application of innovative practice in different use contexts: education, youth culture, etc. "Education, Innovation and Technology" are becoming more and more relevant in modern societies. They foreground the dynamism of culture and its progress across the generations. This is true for both educational contexts, where culture is transmitted to new members of society, and in informal, workplace and academic contexts, where culture becomes practice and paves the way for innovative change to take place. The EU Lifelong Learning Programme cites the need for lifelong learning to contribute to the development of the EU as an advanced knowledge society by developing contents, services, pedagogical solutions and practices supported by ICTs. Education, innovation and technology are crucial elements in making this programme effective. On the other hand, they are also elements for reflection, which enable us to better understand lifelong learning processes. We invite theoretical and empirical contributions on the following topics: . Experiences of technological innovation . Technology-enhanced innovation in educational and professional contexts . Design and experimentation around innovative technological environments . Innovative models of community . Innovative aspects of e-learning, blended learning, m-learning Domotics, Smart Phone and psycho-social aspects of innovation in everyday life . Wikis and electronic publishing . Blogs and Social Networking . Virtual reality and educational robotics SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANISING COMMITTEE Alessandro Antonietti, Università Cattolica di Milano Stefano Cacciamani, Università della Valle d'Aosta Donatella Cesareni, Università La Sapienza di Roma Carlo Galimberti, Università Cattolica di Milano Beatrice Ligorio, Università di Bari Stefania Manca, ITD-CNR, Genova Elvis Mazzoni, Università di Bologna Paola Spadaro, Università di Bari ORGANISING TEAM Coordinamento Scientifico: Donatella Cesareni (Università La Sapienza di Roma), Stefania Manca (ITD-CNR, Genova) Local Contact: Eleonora Brivio (Università Cattolica di Milano) Programme and Organization: Paola Spadaro (Università di Bari) Teachers Contact: Michelle Pieri (Università di Milano, Bicocca) Business Contact: Antonio Massari (Consulente Aziendale); Francesco Valotto (Edexon S.r.l.) For further information please use this e-mail: ckbg.convegno@gmail.com GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS One of the congress aims is to create synergies and links between research, school and business. Thus, there are three types of contributions accepted: 1) Theoretical or research: This type of contribution can be submitted in the following formats: - oral presentation with ppt, poster and symposium. Contributors are invited to submit an abstract, max 2500 characters (spaces included), with the following paragraph structure: theoretical framework, objectives, method, results (even partial). The type of contribution (oral presentation, poster and symposium) must be clearly stated. The maximum duration for a symposium is 120 minutes and the proposal must include: . Title . Proposer(s) . Discussant . Number of presentations (max 4), Title and author(s) 2) School experiences: For this type of contribution the following formats are accepted: oral presentation, oral presentation with ppt or video, materials produced by the students, materials used by the teacher, poster, other (proposer must specify the type of material). The abstracts, max 2500 characters (spaces included), must clearly describe the experience, providing objectives, participants, work plan, tools, results. The type of presentation must be clearly stated. 3) Business experiences: For this type of contribution the following formats are accepted: oral presentation, oral presentation with ppt or video, multimedia materials produced or used in the business, poster, other (proposer must specify the type of material). The abstracts, max 2500 characters (spaces included), must clearly describe the experience, providing objectives, participants, work plan, tools, results. The type of presentation must be clearly stated. The deadline for all types of contributions is: February, 15th, 2009. The abstracts can be submitted using the on-line form on the web site http://www.ckbg.org The abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee and the authors will be informed about the evaluation results by March, 10th, 2009. PARTICIPATON FEES CKBG training members: 30 euro CKBG full members: 70 euro CKBG non-members: 90 euro Cattolica University students: Free PhD students and students from other universities: 40 euro School participants' group: 40 euro Business participants' group: 40 euro CKBG members must subscribe to the annual fee by March, 15th, 2009. For further information about how to subscribe or renew to CKBG please visit http://www.ckbg.org IMPORTANT DEADLINES Activity Deadline Abstract submission 15 February Abstract acceptance/rejection 10 March Subscription to CKBG 15 March -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luca Tateo Project LEAD - Department of Education Sciences, University of Salerno (Italy) via Rufoli, 23 Ogliara I-84135 Salerno mobile +39.392.5178418, +39.347.5423594 office +39.089.962106 ltateo@unisa.it, network.salerno@tiscali.it Skype ID: luca.tateo lucatateo.blog.tiscali.it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~