Events 2011
Media & Learning News 2011
Bruxelles, November 24th-25th 2011
The MEDEA Awards 2011 will be incorporated into a Conference entitled "Media & Learning: Harnessing the power of Media to support Learning", which will be held in Brussels on 24 to 25 November 2011. This conference is organized by ATiT together with the Flemish MEDEA AwardsMinistry of Education and Training, and the European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture. The conference brings together practitioners and policy makers in a two-day event which will highlight the latest developments, services and digital and media competences in education and training. The MEDEA Awards Ceremony will take place during this conference.The aim of the MEDEA Awards is to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics and animation) in education. The awards also recognise and promote excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media-rich learning resources.
For further information on MEDEA Awards please visit
http://www.medea-awards.com
To learn more on the "Media & Learning: Harnessing the power of Media to support Learning" conference visit
http://www.media-and-learning.eu
ICT for inclusive learning: the way forward
Firenze, November 10th-11th 2011
At the conference 'ICT for inclusive learning: the way forward' (to be held in Firenze, 10th and 11th November 2011) Lucia Pannese, general manager of imaginary, will present the Serious Games made the company within the ASPIS project which has the objective of stimulating citizens and professionals to assess the urban sustainability in a creative and engaging way.
The conference will focus on the role of ICT in increasing access to LLL, in particular continuing education in territories facing the risk of education exclusion due to geographic remoteness, social disadvantage or poor facilities.
For more information about the conference visit http://eruralnetconference.com/.
Innovation Festival Milano
Milano, October 20th 2011
Within the Innovation Festival Milano, an initiative organized by Alintec in Milan, imaginary organizes the workshop 'Urban sustainability through the Serious Game created for the ASPIS project'.
The next October 20th 2011, from 2:30pm to 5:30pm at Educafè of the METID Centre of the Politecnico di Milano (32, Leonardo da Vinci Square), students of architecture, design, urban design, communication design, and anyone interested in the issue of urban sustainability is invited to attend the workshop.
After a brief presentation of the principles and purposes of the European project ASPIS, of which imaginary is a partner, it will be the time for an interactive session in which participants will have to measure themselves with the 3D Serious Game. The Serious Game has been created by imaginary in order to stimulate citizens and professionals to assess urban sustainability in a creative and engaging way.
For more information about the ASPIS project and the Serious Game: www.aspis-learn.eu e http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvFf45gEfLU&feature=youtu.be.
To confirm your attendance at the workshop please send an email to
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with the subject 'Workshop ASPIS'
ICEC 2011 - International Conference on Entertainment Computing
Vancouver, October 5th-8th 2011
Lucia Pannese, general manager of imaginary, is in the program committee of ICEC 2011, next October 5th for the tenth conference in Vancouver on Entertainment Computing.
EC-TEL 2011
Palermo, September 20th-23rd 2011
Within EC-TEL 2011, the European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning to be held in Palermo from September 20, imaginary organized a workshop on Augmenting the Learning Experience with Collaborative Reflection. The initiative is a collaboration between the partners of two international research projects, IMREAL and MIRROR.
E3 Expo
imaginary will participate to E3 Expo, stand #552. E3 Expo is the world's premier trade show for computer and video games and related products. The show is owned by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the U.S. association dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of the companies, publishing interactive games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal computers, and the Internet.
E3 Expo takes place June 7-9, 2011, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. For more information, please visit www.e3expo.com
Future of Education 2011
Florence, Italy - June 16-17 2011
imaginary has contributed to the preparation of three papers in three international research projects in which it participates. In particular:
- (ImREAL) Adaptive Simulation for Multicultural Dialogue Training (pdf) - Lucia Pannese imaginary srl (Italy), Sonia Hetzner ILI University Erlangen Nuremberg (Germany);
- (ASPIS) Designing Learning Games for Multiple Stakeholders (pdf) - Nicola Whitton Manchester Metropolitan University (United Kingdom), Lucia Pannese imaginary srl (Italy), Nancy Barrett Manchester Metropolitan University (United Kingdom);
- (MIRROR) Serious Games for Reflective Learning (pdf) - Lucia Pannese imaginary srl (Italy), Dalia Morosini imaginary srl (Italy).
All papers have been accepted and will then be presented on 16th and 17th June 2011 at the conference 'Future of Education'.
For more information about the event visit the website www.pixel-online.net/edu_future/index.php.
SGEED Conference - LUDUS
Next 25th,26th and 27th May 2011, the Politecnico of Milan and University of Milan - Bicocca
will host the conference 'SGEED - Serious Games, Education & Economic Development' organized within the LUDUS project.
LUDUS starts May 25th at 5.00 pm at the University Bicocca with the Round Table 'The Challenge of Serious Games: research, applications and future prospects' and continues on 26th and 27th May at the Milan Polytechnic.
Two sessions are scheduled on both days:
- on 26th morning it will be allowed some latitude to the conference 'The Serious Games as a training tool:comparing experiences between academia and the corporate world';
- in the afternoon it will be the time of the first workshop, 'Training on intercultural dialogue: a simulation of adaptive approach within the European project ImREAL', organized among others by imaginary;
- on 27th morning METID organizes the workshop 'LUDUS Second Competition'; after a brief presentation of the initiative, we will proceed with the award ceremony;
- the afternoon workshop entitled 'Serious Games for reflective learning within the European project MIRROR', organized by imaginary, Trondheim University, Rule and University of Milan-Bicocca, will close the Conference.
The full-day program can be downloaded clicking here.
Attendance is free after registration by filling in the form found here by May 18th:
http://www.serious-gaming.info/5b_-SGEED-2011/Registration
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