DICA-lab

Leonardo Summer School 2010

Charles — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:04:14 +0000

Dica-lab members Prof. Charles Max and Ass-Prof. Dr. Gudrun Ziegler are running two workshops at the 2010 LEONARDO Summer School of the University of Luxembourg.

A. Parlez-vous English hei zu Luxemburg?

B. Web 2.0 – Wer spricht/schreibt, wer nutzt’s, wer “lernt” damit, wo, wie und wann?

For further information, look at the Leonardo webpage of the Dica-lab blog

Open presentation – Testing usage-based models in language acquisition – June, 25, 10:15, Campus Walferdange

Ziegler Gudrun — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:41:48 +0000

Prof. Heike Behrens (Universiät Basel) will be discussing “Testing usage-based models in language acquisition” (June 25, 10:15-11:30), Campus Walferdange, room tba) within a working session of the FUNDENG project. Interessierte (Studierende & ForscherInnen) sind herzlich willkommen.

FNR-funded PhD-research “Interacting in Luxembourgish as an Additional Language”, Adrienne Lambo Ouafo

Ziegler Gudrun — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:10:03 +0000

Adrienne Lambo Ouafo, who graduated from the trilingual research MA-programme “Learning and Development in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts” (2009) will join DICA-lab with her PhD-research, focusing on “Interacting in Luxembourgish as an Additional Language”, funded by the FNR-AFR scheme, starting in September 2010. Le projet (direction: G. Ziegler) traite de la théorie des apprentissages en contexte multilingue. L’apprenant du luxembourgeois est-il un «acteur social»? L’étude se propose d’analyser la relation qu’entretient l’immigrant adulte apprenant du luxembourgeois comme langue additionnel (lLAL) avec le contexte social au Luxembourg. Basée sur la théorie de l’apprentissage d’une langue comme dynamique interactionnelle, nous examinons les représentations qu’ont les apprenants de leurs situations d’interaction ainsi que les situations d’interaction.

“Research across boundaries – Advances in theory building”

Charles — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:56:03 +0000

The international symposium

“Research Across Boundaries” – Advances in theory building”

takes place at the University of Luxembourg,

from Wednesday 16th to Saturday 19th of June 2010.

More details are to be found at the symposium website

Public lecture – Paint, pixels, bites – May 19, 6PM

Ziegler Gudrun — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:49:54 +0000

Public lecture – Paint, pixels, bites – May 19, 6PM, see here

Meet our research – Foire de Printemps, May 2010, Luxembourg

Ziegler Gudrun — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:18:36 +0000

Meet multi-SPACES and multi-SIGNS, applied research on learning and interaction at the Foire de Printemps

Visit the exhibition “La recherche – mon avenir” / “Forschung – meine Zukunft”

For free tickets, click here

Learn more about multi-SPACES see a Learning Performance through the eyes of eldo.tv, here

Learn more about multi-SIGNS and multi-SPACES

UL Newsletter article (04.05.2010)

Job opportunity – Interactive Media and Learning

Ziegler Gudrun — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:09:24 +0000

Junior Researcher (PhD student) in Interactive Media and Learning

For more details see here

Public lecture – “Tell me about it” – Formulaic language in English Lingua Franca”

Ziegler Gudrun — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:14:05 +0000

Istvan Kecskes, State University of New York, Albany

is giving a lecture on “Tell me about it” – Formulaic language in English Lingua Franca”,

Wednesday, April 14, 6:30 PM, see here for more information

It’s about time: Purpose, methods and challenges of temporal analyses of multiple data Streams

Charles — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:49:48 +0000

Call for Workshop Contributions to:
It’s about time: Purpose, methods and challenges of temporal analyses of multiple data
Streams

Recent studies of learning have involved concurrent collection of multiple types of data such as
computer activity logs and online discussion, or have applied multi-dimensional coding, resulting
in related data streams, which highlight the dynamic nature of learning and require analyses from
a temporal perspective. This workshop will explore issues emerging from integrating data streams
by identifying a set of analytic difficulties researchers face and illustrating the application of
specific methods that address these challenges.

Audience

This workshop is tailored towards those interested in exploring multi-dimensional quantitative

analysis of learning, conceptualized as inter-related processes occurring over time. More

specifically, two groups might find this workshop particularly relevant:

Researchers who have completed some type of multi-dimensional coding of data such as interaction analysis, and
CSCL researchers with time-related data, such as chat and log files of actions, who wish to integrate these data analytically.

For more information and applications, please look at: http://www.encorewiki.org/x/qA0v

Place

Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL, USA June 28th 2010. A preconference event of the 9th

International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

Applications will be accepted until the workshop is full.

The organizing committee:

Britte Haugan Cheng, Ming Ming Chiu, Inge Molenaar, Vanessa Svihla, Alyssa Wise, Vanessa L.

Peters and Katerina Zourou.

Congratulations: Outstanding Dissertation Award from AERA for Chris Siry

Charles — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:37:01 +0000

Christina Siry, post-doc on the CODISCILE-A project, has been awarded the 2010 Outstanding Dissertation Award from Division K of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The AERA is an international professional organization, with over 25,000 members, whose primary goal is to advance educational research and its practical applications. This award recognizes a dissertation of exemplary conceptual, methodological, and literary quality on an important topic in teaching and teacher education. Christina’s dissertation was titled “Fostering solidarity and transforming identities: A collaborative approach to elementary science teacher education” and was completed towards her Ph.D. from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. The selection committee was unanimous in their choice of her work for this award, which will be presented on the 1^st of May 2010 at the AERA annual meeting in Denver, Colorado.