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X eMadrid Workshop on «E-learning in the new normal» // September, 23rd and 24th

The eMadrid Workshop is celebrating its 10th edition at a time marked by the coronavirus pandemic, which has made educational technology take on special importance. For this reason, this year, the title is "E-Learning in the new normal" and it will be marked by this issue, which worries and interests all of society. The event will take place on September 23 and 24 online, through the BlackBoard Collaborate platform. As always, the eMadrid Network Workshop (a project that brings together researchers from UC3M, UAM, UCM, UPM, UNED and URJC) will be free and open to the general public upon registration (here).

Topics that we will talk about: during the crisis caused by COVID-19, E-learning is showing its importance and its relevance, even becoming essential. Now is the time to ask ourselves what your role will be in the so-called "new normal". The different presentations and round tables of the X eMadrid Workshop will revolve around this issue.

Who is interested in attending: all those who, whether or not they come from the educational sector, are convinced of the need to understand their profound digital transformation, especially in these times.

Check the program of the X eMadrid Workshop: «E-learning in the new normal» (work in progress)

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X eMadrid Workshop: «E-learning in the new normal»

Date

September, 23 and 24, 2020

Place

The X eMadrid Workshop is an online event. You can access the platform here

Register

Attendance is open and free but requires prior registration

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 (in progress)

9:30 - 10:00	Opening of the X eMadrid Workshop eMadrid Awards 2020 ceremony
10:00 - 11:30	Round table: "Madrid universities in the new normal". Chairperson: Alfonso González Hermoso de Mendoza, Deputy Minister of Science, University and Innovation of the Community of Madrid. José Miguel Atienza Riera, Vice Chancellor for Academic Strategy and Internationalization, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Carlos Delgado Kloos, Vice Chancellor for Strategy and Digital Education, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) Jorge J. Gómez Sanz, Vice Chancellor for Technology and Sustainability at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). Jesús González Boticario, Vice Chancellor for Digitization and Innovation at UNED Juan Antonio Huertas Martínez, Vice Chancellor for Teaching, Educational Innovation and Quality at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). Alberto Sánchez Campos, Vice Chancellor for Digitization at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid (URJC) Juan Ramón Velasco Pérez, Vice Chancellor for Strategy and Planning, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (UAH).
Time to set up	Carlos E. Palau Salvador Full Professor at Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, Universitat Politècnica de València. «IoT enablers and their use in e-learning»
Time to set up	David López Álvarez PhD in Computer Science at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and member of the BCN SEER (Barcelona Sciencie and Engineering Education Research Group). «ACM-IEEE Computing Curricula 2020: A Closer Look»

Thursday, September 24th, 2020 (in progress)

9:30 - 10:00	Opening
13:15 - 13:45	Christothea Herodotou Ph.D. degree in Digital Games and Psychology from the University College London (UCL). Associated Professor at The Open University of UK «Predictive learning analytics at scale: the case of the Open University UK»

NOTE: The program of the X eMadrid Workshop is in preparation and the schedules may undergo slight changes.

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eMadrid seminar on «Enabling technologies for the improvement of digital learning»

Date

Friday, 5th of June, 2020

Registration

Admission to the seminar is free, but please note that registration is required to attend

Program

The seminar will start at 17:00. We will be using Bb Collaborate. You can access here.

17:00 - 17:40 / «G-Rubric or the automatic evaluation of students' “open” responses as a tool for teaching and learning». José María Luzón, professor at the Deparment of Developmental and Educational Psychology , UNED.
17:40 - 18:20 / «Online learning objects based on online laboratories. Analysis and application of the IEEE 1876-19 standard in an electronics laboratory at UNED (VISIR)». Antonio Galisteo, PDI, Advisor on Educational Technologies, e-Learning Standards and Digital Education Quality in the Department of Electrical, Electronic, Control, Telematics and Applied Chemistry Engineering, UNED
18:20 - 19:00 / «The Continuing Evolution of Online Instruction: A Never-Ending Saga». Sorel Reisman, Professor Emeritus of Information Systems at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). President Emeritus of the IEEE Computer Society.

Baltasar Fernández-Manjón receives the Most Cited Paper Award at EDUCON

{Madrid, May 18, 2020} The researcher of the eMadrid network, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, professor at UCM and director of the e-UCM research group, is to be congratulated. IEEE EDUCON 2020 has decided to award him, along with Javier Torrente, Ángel del Blanco, Eugenio J. Marchiori, Pablo Moreno-Ger with the Most Cited Paper Award. A recognition they receive, specifically, for "Introducing educational games in the learning process", which was presented at EDUCON2010.

The award-winning article addresses the barriers that are limiting the integration of games in the learning process and propose approaches to tackle them. The result of this work is the <e-Adventure> platform, an educational game authoring tool that aims to make of video games just another educational tool at the disposal of the instructors.

Call for the eMadrid 2020 Awards

eMadrid Excellence Network, dedicated to the research and development of educational technologies in the Comunidad de Madrid and financed by the regional administration, as part of the call for R&D programs in IT 2018, launches a new edition of eMadrid Awards. The following three categories have been enabled:

Best Final Degree Project
Best Master's Thesis
Best PhD Thesis

eMadrid seminar on «Review and challenges in Learning Analytics»

Date

Friday, May, 8, 2020

Registration

Admission to the seminar is free, but please note that registration is required to attend

Program

The seminar will start at 11:00. We will be using Bb Collaborate. You can access since half hour before the event here.

11:00 - 11:40 / «Human-Centred Design and Learning Analytics: where are we at and where should we go next?». Roberto Martínez-Maldonado, Senior Lecturer of Learning Analytics and Human-Computer Interaction in the Faculty of Information Technologies at Monash University (Australia).
11:40 - 12:20 / «Learning Analytics at the Open University and the UK». Bart Rienties, Professor of Learning Analytics and head of Academic Professional Development at the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University (UK).
12:20 - 13:00 / «The Spanish Network of Learning Analytics (SNOLA): achivements and challenges». Alejandra Martínez, Associated Professor of the Computer Science Department. Universidad de Valladolid (UVA).

LWMOOCS 2020 Call For Papers is open now: the countdown begins

LWMOOCS 2020 Call For Papers is open until next 15th of March. This year, Learning With Moocs will take place in Antigua, Guatemala, from 30th September to 2nd October. The main theme of the congress is «The 4th Industrial Revolution: Challenges and Opportunities». In 2019, Milwaukee was chosen as location after Madrid, whree LWMOOCS was held in 2018.

The eMadrid network is going to participate, once again, in this international meeting. Manuel Castro (Full Professor at UNED and IEEE Fellow) is the Chair of the Steering Committee. Also, Carlos Delgado Kloos (eMadrid coordinator and Full Professor at UC3M) will be part of this group. Moreover, Castro and Edmundo Tovar are co-organizers, along with their universities, of this event. Another eMadrid members are participating: Sergio Martín (UNED) and Pedro J. Muñoz Merino (UC3M) have a seat on the Program Committee.

More information about LWMOOCS 2020, here

More information about deadlines and topics, here

This IEEE conference provides academic and industry professionals the opportunity to discuss research into MOOC technologies as well as the practical aspects of creating and offering MOOCs to diverse worldwide audiences.

EDUCON 2020: a commitment to a multicultural and smart world

The eMadrid network will be, once again, part of EDUCON (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference). This year, it will take place on 27, 28, 29 and 30 of April ONLINE, due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Last year, the conference was held in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The guiding thread of EDUCON 2020 will be «Engineering Education for the Future in a Multicultural and Smart World». Manuel Castro (Full Professor at UNED and IEEE Fellow) and Edmundo Tovar (Professor at UPM) are members of the Steering Committee. Moreover, Carlos Delgado Kloos (Full Professor at UC3M and eMadrid network coordinator) and Sergio Martín (Professor at UNED) have a seat on the Scientific Committee.

EDUCON has become an unmissable event for professors, researchers and other professionals. We are talking about a fórum, sponsored by IEEE Education Society, which is considered the the largest reference in education in the IEEE 8 Region (Europe, Middle East and North Africa). For many people, its the perfect place for collaboration and Exchange of ideas on engineering teaching and learning around the world.

eMadrid seminar on «Teaching of Programming at pre-university levels»

Date

Friday, February 21, 2020

Registration

Admission to the seminar is free, but please note that registration is required to attend

Program

Live Streaming

11.00 - 11.40 /«Experiences introducing the teaching of programming in Primary, Early Childhood and Secondary Education». Raquel Hijón, associated professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and member of LITE research group (URJC).
11.40 - 12.20 /«Development of computational thinking in pre-university students through challenge-based learning». Francisco García Peñalvo, full professor at Informatics and Automatic Department, Universidad de Salamanca (USAL).
12.20 - 13.00 / «Teaching Informatics to all: a European perspective». Enrico Nardelli, full professor of Informatics at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata".

eMadrid seminar on «Learning Analytics»

Date

Friday, December 13, 2019

Registration

Admission to the seminar is free, but please note that registration is required to attend

Program

Live streaming

11.00 - 11.40 / «Learning analytics and mining teachers’ interactions in learning objects repositories». Boris Yarmakhov, head for the center for Data Analysis of the Moscow City Pedagogic University.
11.40 - 12.20 / «Augmented map of digital literacy as a conversational tool». Yevgeny Patarakin, doctor of Pedagogical Science at the Moscow City Pedagogic University.
12.20 - 13.00 / «Enriching the context for learning analytics with lesson observation data». Mart Laanpere, senior researcher at the Centre for Educational Technology in Tallinn University.

eMadrid Workshop on Smart Education within UCAmI 2019: 13th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence

{ Madrid, October 3, 2019 } The eMadrid network will offer a workshop within the next UCAml (13th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence), a congress related to the main research area of this group, educational technologies, scheduled from 2 to 5 December 2019 in the city of Toledo (Spain).

The eMadrid Workshop will be held on December 2 and will be focused on the concept of «smart education».

Where: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Auditorio de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales (calle San Pedro Mártir, 1)

Programme:

ο 16.00 - 16.10 / Workshop introduction.

ο 16.10 - 17.00 / Keynote talk: «Smarter learning in the future». Rob Koper. Open Universiteit in the Netherlands (OUNL).

ο 17.00 - 17.20 / «The potential of Open Data to automatically create learning resources for smart learning environments». A. Ruiz Calleja, M.L. Bote Lorenzo, G. Vega Gorgojo, S. Serrano Iglesias. Universidad de Valladolid.

ο 17.20 - 18.00 / Coffe Break.

ο 18.00 - 18.20 / «On the identification of several key issues on OER Discovery for Smart Learning Environments». P. Molins, F. Jurado, P. Rodríguez. Universidad Autónoma.

ο 18.20 - 18.40 / «Smart Education: a review and future research directions». A. Carruana Martín, C. Alario Hoyos, C. Delgado Kloos. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

ο 18.40 - 19.00 / «The PRISMA: a visual feedback display for learning scenarios». B. Tabuenca, L. Wu, E.Tovar. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

ο 19.00 - 19.20 / «Prof. Watson: A pedagogic conversational agent to teach programming in Primary Education». P. Yeves Martínez, D. Pérez-Marín. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.

ο 20.00 / Reception.

For general information about the Conference, click here

The platform for registration and payment is available here

eMadrid seminar on «Serious games applied to teaching in software engineering»

Date

Friday, November 22, 2019

Register

Admission to the seminar is free, but please note that registration is required to attend

Programme

Live streaming

11.00 - 11.20 / «The IMPRESS project goals: improving the quality of software through games and gamification in educational programs». Iván Martínez Ortiz, professor at UCM.
11.20 - 12.00 / «Gamifying a software testing course with the Code Defenders Testing Game». Gordon Fraser, professor at Passau University (Alemania).
12.00 - 12.40 / «Learning formal specification should also be fun». Wishnu Prasetya, researcher and lecturer at Utrech University (Países Bajos).
12.40 - 13.20 / «Gamified learning activities with quizzes and AI storytelling to improve software engineering education». Rui Prada, researcher at Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores - Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Lisboa (INESC-ID) (Portugal).

** ID-number: 2017-1-NL01-KA203-035259

eMadrid special session at SIMO EDUCATION 2019 on «Apps and tools to innovate in the classroom»

{ Madrid, 22th of October, 2019 } The eMadrid network will participate for the fourth year in SIMO EDUCATION, a technological leading event for teachers and other professionals in this sector, scheduled from 5 to 7 November at IFEMA (Feria de Madrid). eMadrid special session will focus on «Apps and tools to innovate in the classroom», with inputs and specific examples of the studies developed by the members of this network dedicated to the research on educational technologies.

If you are interested in these session, please join us the 5th of november, from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm, in the Orange Room (Sala Naranda, 6A21) of pavilion 6.

The speakers who will make the presentations (available later on emadridnet.org) are as follows:

Cristina Alonso, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM): «Promoting gender equility with Serious Games».
Miguel Rodríguez Artacho y Pedro Plaza, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED): «STEM education and online testing: challenges and strategies».
María Zapata, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC): «Teaching and assessment of Computational Thinking in Primary School through a Collaborative Video Game».
Bernardo Tabuenca, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM): «Feedback with environmental displays in learning scenarios».

You can get your free pass on this link if you register online until November 4 (included).

eMadrid seminar on «IEEE standards over education and learning technologies»

Date

Friday, October 11, 2019

Register

Admission to the seminar is free, but please note that registration is required to attend.

Live streaming

Programme

15.00 - 15.10 / Presentation of the session. Carlos Delgado Kloos, eMadrid coordinator, UC3M, Spain.

15.10 - 15.15 / IEEE Spanish Chapter of Education Society collaboration. Manuel Caeiro, chair, Universidad de Vigo, Spain.

15.15 - 15.50 / «IEEE P2834 Joint standardization project on secure and trusted learning systems». Hamadou Saliah-Hassane, IEEE Education Society Standards chair, Université TELUQ, Canada.

15.50 - 16.25 / IEEE Education Society Standard 1876 –«Networked smart learning objects for online laboratories»–. Miguel Rodríguez Artacho, UNED, Spain.

16.25 - 16.50 / «Is there room for standards on learning technologies in our quickly changing digital world?». Paloma Díaz, UC3M, Spain.

16.50 - 17.00 / IEEE Education Society participation certificates. Delivered by Hamadou Saliah-Hassane, Edmundo Tovar and Manuel Caeiro.

17.00 / Closing of the session.

*** IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)***

2019 Open Education Award for Excellence for Carlos Delgado Kloos, eMadrid coordinator

Imagen: Carlos Delgado Kloos, during the last eMadrid Workshop

{ Madrid, September 15, 2019 } The Practitioner Award was given to Carlos Delgado Kloos, professor and vice president for Strategy and Digital Education at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). The Open Education Awards for Excellence provide annual recognition to outstanding contributions in the Open Education (OE) community, recognizing exemplary leaders, open educational resources and Open Projects & Initiatives. In this edition, 2019, have also been honoured Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, with the Leadership Award, and Dirk Ulijn and Bart Meeuwissen, with the Student Award.

Read more about the 2019 Open Education Awards for Excellence recipients.
Take a look at Carlos's professional career.
UC3M proposal for OEC Practitioner Award for Excellence 2019

eMadrid seminar on «Entrepreneurship for all in the digital age»

Date

Friday, September 20, 2019

Register

Admission to the seminar is free, but please note that registration is required to attend.

Programme

11.00 - 11.45 / «EntreCom4ALL: an online platform for the social development of entrepreneurial skills through OER».

«EntreCom4ALL goals. Adapting a framework of entrepreneurial skills for different objetive groups». Edmundo Tovar, associate professor at UPM.

«Structure and modalities of EntreCom4ALL». Bernardo Tabuenca, assistant professor at UPM.

«The use of EntreCom4ALL in the classroom». Tomás Serrano, educational project manager at CECE (Confederación Española de Centros de Enseñanza).

11.45 - 12.15 / «EntreCompEdu: developing teachers' entrepreneurial skills». Paloma Lozano, directora de Innogate to Europe.

12.15 - 12.45 / «Evolution and new approaches to elearning for entrepreneurs in the current digital age». Belén Sandoval Rodríguez, Head of the Academy area of OPINNO, an innovation consultant dedicated to the training and development of people and organizations for digital transformation.

12.45 - 13.30 / Mini Business Programme «Learning to Entrepreneur» for students aged 15 to 19. Javier Samarán, head of Operations for Junior Achievement's Entrepreneurs Area.

13.30 / Spanish wine sponsored by EntreCom4ALL.

ID number: 2017-1-ES01-KA202-038383

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Baltasar Fernández-Manjón receives the Most Cited Paper Award at EDUCON

Call for the eMadrid 2020 Awards

eMadrid seminar on «Review and challenges in Learning Analytics»

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LWMOOCS 2020 Call For Papers is open now: the countdown begins

EDUCON 2020: a commitment to a multicultural and smart world

eMadrid seminar on «Teaching of Programming at pre-university levels»

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eMadrid seminar on «Learning Analytics»

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eMadrid Workshop on Smart Education within UCAmI 2019: 13th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence

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