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Philosophy, Psychology, Education
Two One-Day Conferences:
organized by the Institute for Philosophical
Research
and Westel Mobile Telecommunications (Hungary) Nov. 29-30, 2002 Venue:
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FRIDAY, Nov. 29: The Social Science of Mobile Learning
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SATURDAY, Nov. 30:
A New Research Agenda for Philosophy |
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Marcelo Milrad Mobile Learning: Challenges, Perspectives and Reality 11:40 - 12:10
12:10 - 12:40
12:40 - 13:10
LUNCH BREAK
14:10 - 14:40
14:40 - 15:10
COFFEE BREAK
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:50 - 17:20
17:20 - 17:50
WINE AND CHEESE PARTY
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10:00 - 10:50 Barry Smith: The World as Database [az elõadás magyarul] The published version:
Passagen volume
10:50 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK
11:50 - 12:20
12:20 - 13:00
LUNCH BREAK
13:50 - 14:20
14:20 - 15:00
COFFEE BREAK
15:20 - 15:55
15:55 - 16:35
16:35 - 17:10
WINE AND CHEESE PARTY
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| Handheld devices are emerging as one of the most promising technologies
for supporting learning and particularly collaborative learning scenarios;
mainly because they offer new opportunities for individuals who require
mobile computer solutions that other devices can not provide. PDA-based
and other mobile solutions are interesting for education due to their relatively
low cost and their support for networking software and wireless Internet
connection to access educational material.
Recently, a considerable number of researchers claim that mobile computing can potentially enable students to share information, coordinate their tasks and more broadly, function effectively in collaborative settings. The major challenge is not simply to provide novel mobile and wireless computational tools, but rather to explore new and varied educational activities that become available while applying innovative approaches for designing a new kind of educational technologies. M-learning can be usefully defined as learning as it arises in the course
of person-to-person mobile communication. Characteristically, it aims at
location-dependent and situation-dependent knowledge. Such knowledge offers
solutions to here-and-now problems, but it can also take on other, more
systematic forms. Mobile communication is enhanced everyday communication;
and just as our everyday conversation is indifferent towards disciplinary
boundaries, so, too, is m-learning. Situation-dependent knowledge, the
knowledge at which m-learning aims, by its nature transcends disciplines;
its organizing principles arise from practical tasks; its contents are
multisensorial; its elements are linked to each other not just by texts,
but also by diagrams, pictures, and maps.
Fields of interest include: * M-learning and educational theory
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The existence of computers and of new technologies of communication sometimes allows us to express old philosophical problems in a new light. Consider the problem of the unity of science. The logical solutions to this problem favored by the logical positivists addressed a world in which sciences were associated primarily with printed texts. But what if sciences are associated rather with large databases? The unity of science then becomes at least in part a problem of database integration, a problem already much discussed in the field of information science, where the most common solutions are conceived not in logical but in ontological terms. In what other ways have traditional philosophical problems and theories been transformed by technological developments? In what ways can philosophers themselves contribute to the better understanding of the implications of these developments for the world outside the academy? The aim of the conference is to address these issues in such a way as to establish a new research agenda for philosophers in the age of ubiquitous electronic communication. Topics to be addressed will include: * Ontologies and information systems
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Further Information
The proceedings of the conferences will be published in a joint volume by March 2003.
Contact:
Professor Kristóf Nyíri
Director, Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences
nyiri@hunfi.hu
