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21st June 2011
Tihomir Orehovački will be presenting a paper entitled Exploring the Quality in Use of Web 2.0 Applications: The Case of Mind Mapping Services at the 2nd International Workshop on Quality in Web Engineering (Paphos, Cyprus, 20-24 June 2011). The authors are Tihomir Orehovački, Andrina Granić and Dragutin Kermek (link to workshop paper).
16th June 2011
The EduWeb2.0 project was shortlisted for the Dørup E-learning Award and will be presented at the EUNIS International Congress (Dublin, Ireland, 15-17 June 2011). The project will be presented by Ana Ćorić and Tihomir Orehovački and their paper is entitled "Strategies for implementation of Web 2.0 tools in academic education " (link to conference program). The authors of the paper are Goran Bubaš, Ana Ćorić and Tihomir Orehovački (link to extended abstract).
25th May 2011
Tihomir Orehovački presented a paper entitled The integration of students' artifacts created with Web 2.0 tools into Moodle, blog, wiki, e-portfolio and Ning (link to PPT presentation) at the "Computers in Education" section of the MIPRO 2011 - 34th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (Opatija, Croatia, 23-27 May 2011). The authors of the paper are Goran Bubas, Ana Coric and Tihomir Orehovacki.
27th April 2011
Igor Balaban delivered a webinar with a lecture entitled "Do you have an ePortfolio"" (in Croatian language) at the Centre for E-learning of the University Computing Centre in Zagreb, Croatia.
16-19th March 2011
Andreja Kovačić presented a paper entitled "Web 2.0 Tools for Knowledge Organization in Grammar E-Tivities," at the TESOL 2011 Annual Convention, 16-19 March 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana USA.
18th February 2011
The iProject team organized a workshop entitled "Online communication and pedagogical activities with the use of Web 2.0 tools" (in Croatian language) at the E-learning academy of the Croatian Academic and Research Network (CARNet). Related CARNet web page (in Croatian language): link
14th February 2011
Goran Bubaš, Tihomir Orehovački and Ana Ćorić delivered a webinar entitled "The problems with traditional e-learning which can be solved with the use of Web 2.0 tools" in a series of webinarsorganized by the Centre for E-learning of the University Computing Centre in Zagreb, Croatia. (Link to recorded video of the webinar; in Croatian language).
Workshops
23rd October 2010
The iProject team has organized a workshop entitled "Potential uses of Web 2.0 tools in education of school children" for 55 teachers of informatics in the Varaždin and Međimurje municipalities, Croatia. The workshop took place at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin.
22nd June 2010
The iProject team has organized a workshop entitled "Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools: Evaluation, Pedagogy and Integration Solutions" at the 32nd International Conference Information Technology Interfaces ITI 2010, 21-24 June 2010, Cavtat, Croatia. Link to workshop wiki page: ITI_2010_Workshop
28th May 2010
On 28th May 2010 the iProject team organized a workshop entitled "The use of Web 2.0 tools in e-learning" (in Croatian language) in cooperation with the IT Academy of the University of Rijeka at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka. The worksop was organized in coordination with the section Computers in Education of the 33rd International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics – MIPRO 2010.
Conference presentations
23rd September 2010
Ana Ćorić and Goran Bubaš presented a paper entitled "The evaluation of the use of online community tool Ning for support of student interaction and learning" at the Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems, CECIIS 2010, 22–24 September 2010, Varaždin, Croatia. The third author of the paper is Tihomir Orehovački.
20th September 2010
Andreja Kovačić presented a paper entitled "Pathways to collaborative learning. Using Web 2.0 in teaching grammar" at the "E-learning day"/"eLearning Tag 2010" (program PDF) event that is organized at the FH JOANNEUM in Graz, Austria.
10th September 2010
Andreja Kovačić presented a paper at the conference on the use of computer technology for teaching foreign languages EUROCALL 2010, Bordeaux, France, 8-11 September 2010. The paper is entitled "Mobilizing students’ grammar skills through collaborative e-tivities with Web 2.0 tools" [ PDF] and the co-authors of the paper are Goran Bubaš and Ana Ćorić.
25th August 2010
Tihomir Orehovački presented a paper at the 19th International Conference on Information Systems Development, Prague, Czech Republic, August 25-27, 2010. The paper is entitled "Perceived Quality of Cloud Based Applications for Collaborative Writing" and deals with the methodologies for evaluation of collaborative editors based on technologies like Web 2.0 and cloud computing.
24th June 2010
Some of the results of the iProject EduWeb2.0 were presented at the 16th Congress of the European University Information Systems Organisation - EUNIS 2010 (Warsaw, Poland, 23-25 June 2010). The project was presented with a paper entitled "Evaluation of Web 2.0 Tools in the e-Learning Context: Case Studies Related to Pedagogy and Usability" ((PDF).
24th June 2010
Tihomir Orehovački presented a paper entitled "Proposal for a Set of Quality Attributes Relevant for Web 2.0 Application Success" during the session Human-Computer Interaction of the 32nd International Conference Information Technology Interfaces ITI 2010, 21-24 June 2010, Cavtat, Croatia.
21st June 2010
Igor Balaban presented a paper entitled "Educational Potentials of ePortfolio Systems: Student Evaluations of Mahara and Elgg" during the session Technology Enhanced Learning of the 32nd International Conference Information Technology Interfaces ITI 2010, 21-24 June 2010, Cavtat, Croatia. Link to photos of this session on ITI 2010 web page [1].
7th May 2010
Andreja Kovačić and Norbert Berger have presented a paper entitled "Web 2.0 Contributions to ESP: Beyond Novelty?" on the use of Web 2.0 tools in teaching English as a second language at the 6th Austrian UAS Language Instructors’ Conference: New Technologies – Old Teaching Methods?, UAS Technikum Wien, Vienna, 7-8 May 2010.
Lectures for academic teachers at the University of Zagreb
8th December 2010
Several lectures were presented to students and teachers of the Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin, University of Zagreb, Croatia, in collaboration with the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The presenters are the researchers from the Laboratory for Open Systems and Networks: Tomaž Klobučar, Tanja Arh, Matic Pipan, and Andrej Jerman Blažič. The topics of the lectures are "Preservation of integrity of digital content in e-learning", "Educenter - portal for education", "Eye tracking device and its use in course design, web design etc.", and "The use of Web 2.0 tools in education" (link to announcement).
19th April 2010
Goran Bubaš and Ana Ćorić have presented some of the results of the iProject EduWeb2.0 in a lecture entitled "The advantages and disadvantages of the use of Web 2.0 tools in e-learning: examples from several university courses" (in Croatian language) at the Centre for E-learning of the University Computing Centre in Zagreb, Croatia.
Invited lectures
1st June 2010
Goran Bubaš delivered a lecture entitled "The potential uses of Web 2.0 tools for the improvement of e-learning" at the Department of Pedagogy of the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Slovenia.
