Learn3 project experience by UPF and UC3M:

I participated in an IMS Learning Design Expert Workshop was held at the University of Vienna on November 20 & 21, 2008. As a result a report has been written:

Neumann, S., Klebl, M., Griffiths, D., Hernandez-Leo, D., De la Fuente-Valentin, L., Hummel, H. G. K., Brouns, F., Derntl, M., & Oberhuemer, P. (in press). Report of the Results of an IMS LEarning Design Expert Workshop. International Journal of Emerging Technologies (iJET).

This report contains a description of the purpose of the workshop, its methodologies and results. Participating experts first brainstormed visions and problems of IMS Learning Design (IMS LD), and then developed potential solutions to some of the identified problems. Preprint to be published (April 2010) in the Intl. journal of Emerging Technologies (iJET). Both printed version (8 pages article) and online (complete) version.

Rethinking Learning and Employment at a time of Economic Uncertainty

Manchester, November 19th – 20th, 2009

The pace of social, technical and economic change in a global environment requires increasing adaptability and flexibility in:
* businesses and organisations,
* the people who work in them, and
* the systems which support them.
This need has been intensified by the current economic crisis.

The TENCompetence project has responded to the need to stimulate and facilitate professional lifelong learning and competence development through the design and development of an organizational and technical infrastructure. Human resource development, e-learning, as well as knowledge management form the pillars underlying this state-of-art infrastructure.

During the last four years the TENCompetence project has been developing and implementing a suite of free, open source and standards compliant applications which together form the Personal Competence Manager.

The vision, rationale, implementation usage of the TENCompetence infrastructure in different contexts will form the focus of a two-day workshop in Manchester, England 19th-20th November 2009.

The workshop will offer a mix of keynotes, research paper sessions, practical workshops focused around the project’s contributions, and round tables.

Location: The TENCompetence Workshop will take place in the Radisson Edwardian Hotel in Manchester (formerly the historic Manchester Free Trade Hall).

Participation is free of charge.

Who should attend this workshop?

This workshop will be of particular interest to HR professionals and consultants, employment specialists, skills development agencies, researchers and anyone with a working interest in professional competence development.

Information & registration

Follow this link for further information and a draft programme
For contributions to the programme please contact Dai Griffiths.
Please follow this link to register for the workshop.
Please note that numbers are limited.

The TENCompetence LD & QTI toolkit (authoring, runtime) has been honoured with the IMS Learning Impact 2009 Best in Category Award “Most Innovative New Realization of Standards“.

See this video!

The complete list of award winners is available at IMS GLC website.

As of today, October 1st, I become a member of the Interactive Technology Group at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, where I will be working as a researcher (mainly in the TENCompetence project) and as associate teacher (in Telematic Engineering). I sincerely thank Josep Blat for this opportunity which provides me a good combination between my professional and personal life.
Of course, I am very sorry to be leaving the University of Valladolid, where I have spent five gratifying, amusing, enriching and fruitful years working with the members of the GSIC/EMIC group. A million of thanks to all of them! Nevertheless, I plan to continue collaborating with them so I am sure that there will be many opportunities to meet, work and enjoy together.