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Program

  Monday, 2 September 2002
7.30-8.30 Registration & Refreshments
8.30-8.40 Opening
 

Rector Perttu Vartiainen, University of Joensuu

8.40-9.30 Introduction to the Conference Theme
 
  • Dr. Esko Kähkönen: Cultural and Pedagogical Aspects for a Contextual Approach in E-learning
  • Prof. Erkki Sutinen: Challenges of Cultural Adaptivity in Computer Science
9.30-10.30 Keynote 
Dr. Piet Kommers (University of Twente, Netherlands): Visual Representations for Conceptual Awareness in Learning Cultures
10.30-10.50 Coffee
10.50-12.15 Session
  • Arthur Stutt (The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK), Maria Cleci Martins (University of Gloucestershire Business School), John Domingue (The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK): Tribalization, E-learning and the Semantic Web
  • Wolfram Laaser (Fern-Uni Hagen, Germany), Maka Kharalashvili: Didactic, Cultural and Programming Aspects Foreign Language-versions of Educational Multimedia Courseware
  • Johan Gamber (Free University of Bolzano, Italy), Judith Knapp (European Academy of Bolzano, Italy): Collaborative Language Learning with a Web-based Tandem System in South Tyrol
12.15-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.00 Session
  • Mikko Vesisenaho (University of Joensuu, Finland), Ebenezer Laisser, Emmanuel Lupilya (Tumaini University, Tanzania): ICT for Contextual Development in Tanzania
  • Kirsti Lindh, Venla Varis (Häme Polytechnic, Finland), Ljuan Marko Gashi (University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia), Esko Kuittinen (University of Helsinki, Finland): Developing a Training Program for Intercultural Learning on the Web - Starting Points and Challenges
  • Gholamreza Bakhshi Khaniki (Payame Noor University, Iran): Distance Learning and Education (Role, Benefits, Interaction, Barriers and networking solutions)
15.00-16.15
Visiting The Educational Technology Centre, Department of Computer Science and Sordino Information Systems
16.15-16.30 Coffee
   
17.45- Evening Program

Evening Program will be held in Koli. It is included in the Conference fee.

Tuesday, 3 September 2002
9.00-10.00 Keynote
 

Dr. Looi Chee Kit (National University of Singapore): Cultural Issues and the Design of e-Learning

10.00-11.30 Session
 
  • Javier López-Cuadrado, Tomás A. Pérez, José Á. Vadillo, Rosa Arruabarrena (University of the Basque Country, Spain): Integrating Adaptive Testing in an Educational System
  • Christopher Roe, Meurig Beynon (University of Warwick, UK): Empirical Modelling Principles and Tools to Support Learning in a Cultural Context
  • Jérôme Fuselier, Jean-Charles Marty, Laurence Vignollet (University of Savoie, France): Adapting the Supply of Cultural Events to Different Kinds of Constraints
11.30-11.50 Coffee
11.50-12.50 Session
 
  • Dietrich Klusemann (Transware Plc, Germany): Contextualization and localization in e-content production
  • Ebrahim Monajemi (Payam Noor University, Iran): Adaptation of New Information Technologies to the Cultural, Educational  & Economical Contexts as an Important Factor in Development
12.50-14.10 Lunch
14.10-15.30 Session
 
  • Risto Aikonen University of Joensuu, Finland): Same Substance, Different Cultural Environment: Learning Orthodoxy through the Internet - from Virtual Communication to Real Handshaking
  • Abdolmajid Mosavinia (University of Payam Noor, Iran): The Role of Educational Technology in Iran
  • Ulf Olsson (Karlstad University, Sweden): Study Strategies in on-line Learning
  • Outcome of the Summer School (report) 
15.30-16.15 Business meeting and Closing
16.15- Coffee
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