Newsletter of the European eCompetence Initiative

NETWORK NEWS

First Edition
October - December 2004

EDITORIAL

by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Johannes Wildt

Dear eCompetence and eLearning actors,

the integration of eCompetence in higher education is a complex concept with a variety of different elements and perspectives. Adding to this complexity of the matter itself is the additional European diversity which is represented by the large number of our partner institutions. eCompetence is a relevant and interesting object for reflection, and we want to cordially present you our research with the help of this newsletter and our website.

Iain Mac Laren and Jenny Booth like to present you their ideas on the dissemination activities they have in mind.

Dirk Schneckenberg summarizes the results of the Vienna project symposium. The charming images of this meeting, which we can present thanks to Sjoerd De Vries, give a nice impression of the welcoming atmosphere. Thanks again to our hosts Ada Pellert and Thomas Pfeffer for excellent organisation of this event!

We like to regularly include local insights on eCompetence activities, which take place in our partner institutions. In this first edition Thomas Kanstrup describes the concept of the Aalborg Strategy tool-box, an effective practice targeting the meso-level of the university. Next you find a presentation of the Finnish Connet virtual community, a contribution by Esko Marjooma. The Connet case stands for the success you can within such a multi-diciplinary network.

In our publish or perish era our Swiss partners SCIL have launched the elearning-reviews.org platform to serve as a helpful tool for all those involved in research on eLearning. We like to present you this project and include one review in each network news.

Finally we have a special section to inform our partners on upcoming project activities. In this newsletter Iain announces our symposium in Galway, Thomas Kanstrup and Thomas Pfeffer indicate the next survey activities and Dirk Schneckenberg proposes four action plan workgroups which aim to structure the Community of Practice activities.

Best regards,

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Johannes Wildt

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European eCompetence Initiative

Editors:
Dirk Schneckenberg
Jenny Booth

EU[eComp]Int: NEWSLETTER CONTENT

A. EU[eComp]Int AT A GLANCE!

Welcome to the first EU[eComp]Int newsletter!
by Iain Mac Labhrain, National University of Ireland, Galway
EU[eComp]Int goes online!
by Jenny Booth, National University of Ireland, Galway

B. EVENTS: VIENNA REVIEW AND WHAT COMES NEXT

Vienna symposium in a nutshell
by Dirk Schneckenberg, University of Dortmund
Vienna symposium - some photo highlights
by Dirk Schneckenberg, University of Dortmund

C. LOCAL eCOMPETENCE INSIGHTS

A toolbox for IT strategy - the Aalborg eCompetence approach
by Thomas Kanstrup, Aalborg University
The Connet Network - A Finnish Virtual Community
by Esko Marjomaa, University of Joensuu

D. REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS ON eCOMPETENCE

Uni St. Gallen's SCIL presents elearning reviews
by Jasmina Hasanbegovic, University of St. Gallen
Review: Online Interaction impacts on learning - Teaching the teachers to teach online
Review by: Jasmina Hasanbegovic, University of St. Gallen

E. NEWS FOR PARTNERS

Join us at our next project symposium in Galway, Ireland, April 2005
by Iain Mac Labhrain, National University of Ireland, Galway
Our next survey activities - what is planned
by Thomas Kanstrup, Aalborg University
A community of practice organigram to cluster our contributions
Dirk Schneckenberg, University of Dortmund
Maurice De Volder, Open University of Netherlands

A. EU[eComp]Int AT A GLANCE!

Welcome to the first EU[eComp]Int newsletter!
Welcome to the first newsletter of the European E-Competence Initiative. We hope that you will find it informative... more

EU[eComp]Int goes online!
We are happy to announce that our project website is now on-line! Please visit the site at www.ecompetence.info to ... more

B. EVENTS: VIENNA REVIEW AND WHAT COMES NEXT

Vienna symposium in a nutshell
The first general project symposium of the European eCompetence Initiative took place on 28-29 September 2004 in Vienna, hosted by our Austrian partners... more

Vienna symposium - some photo highlights
An EU project meeting is of course more than just the production of papers! People from all over Europe meet, work and communicate ... more

C. LOCAL eCOMPETENCE INSIGHTS

A toolbox for IT strategy - the Aalborg approach
In the period 1998 – 2003 Aalborg University conducted a 5 year program within the use of ICT in higher education – a programme called IT Innovation. A significant number ... more

The Connet Network - A Finnish Virtual Community
Connet is a multidisciplinary virtual university programme involving eight Finnish universities. It aims to use ideas from humanistic psychology to facilitate ... more

D. REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS ON eCOMPETENCE

Uni St. Gallen's SCIL presents elearning reviews
On September 14, 2004, the Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning (SCIL), St.Gallen launched the www.elearning-reviews.org. The website provides... more

Review: Wilson, Gail (2004), Online Interaction impacts
Wilson concentrates on the importance of effective staff development to enable faculty ... more

E. NEWS FOR PARTNERS

Join us at our next project symposium in Galway
The next project symposium is to be held in Galway, in the West of Ireland, on April 14th and 15th, 2005 ... more

Our next survey activities - what is planned
In June we sent out the first small questionnaire on practices. Many interesting practices were submitted ... more ...

A community of practice organigram
You may start to wonder what all this CoP organigram fuss is about... . So I will try to clarify things ... more