TellNet

The project TeLLNet is to study the eTwinning network (currently over 86 000 teachers) through visualisation techniques, Social Network Analysis (SNA) and prospective scenario building exercises. Using these techniques, the goals is to dentify the main structures, actors, networks and Communities of practice that are effective in sharing practices, encouraging innovation and creativity at schools. In the other words, we want to better understand why some teachers get the "eTwinning" virus and are able to spread it around - and others not. Note that by "eTwinning virus" we actually mean a positive virus!

European Schoolnet (EUN) coordinates the project using proven management strategies for coordinating networks of schools and policy-makers at European level. As Central Support Service for eTwinning, EUN runs the collaboration platform, services and has experience of supporting teachers' online collaboration liaising directly with 31 of eTwinning National Support Services and the eTwinning Steering Committee. EUN acts as Project Manager (WP1), lead the dissemination and exploitation of project results (WP5&6), and provide quality assurance (WP7). EUN is involved in each WP to ensure that research is applicable for its networks: for school collaboration and for education policy makers at regional, national and European level.

Participating research institutes act as official WP leaders where their particular expertise is best applied:

• Visualisation and Social network analysis (WP2)
• Teachers Professional development work package (WP3)
• Future scenarios and exercises (WP4)

Publications

2012

• Manh Pham, Yiwei Cao, Zinayida Petrushyna, Ralf Klamma

  Learning Analytics in a Teachers' Social Network

  Published in Hodgson, et al. (eds.): Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Networked Learning (NLC 2012), Maastricht, the Netherlands, April 2-4, 2012, pp. 414 - 421.

• Manh Pham, Dejan Kovachev, Yiwei Cao, Ralf Klamma

  Enhancing Academic Event Participation with Context-aware and Social Recommendations

  Published in Proceeding of The 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2012), 26-29 August, 2012, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey. pp. 457-464.

• Elvira Popescu, Ling Qi, Ralf Klamma, Howard Leung, Marcus Specht

  Advances in Web-based Learning - ICWL 2012

  Published in Proceedings 11th International Conference, Sinaia, Romania, September 2-4, 2012, LNCS Vol. 7558

• Manh Pham, Michael Derntl, Yiwei Cao, Ralf Klamma

  Learning Analytics for Learning Blogospheres

  Published in E. Popescu et al. (Eds.): ICWL 2012, LNCS 7558, pp. 255–264, 2012. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

2011

• Riina Vuorikari, Adriana Berlanga, Romina Cachia, Yiwei Cao, Sibren Fetter, Anne Gilleran, Ralf Klamma, Yves Punie, Santi Scimeca, Peter Sloep, Zinayida Petrushyna

  ICT-Based School Collaboration, Teachers' Networks and their Opportunities for Teachers' Professional Development - A Case Study on eTwinning

  Published in Advances in Web-Based Learning - ICWL 2011, Proceedings of 10th International Conference, Hong Kong, December 2011, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7048, pp. 112-121, Springer Verlag

• Ergang Song, Zinayida Petrushyna, Yiwei Cao, Ralf Klamma

  Learning Analytics at Large: The Lifelong Learning Network of 160, 000 European Teachers

  Published in Carlos Delgado Kloos, Denis Gillet, Raquel M. Crespo García, Fridolin Wild, Martin Wolpers (Eds.): Towards Ubiquitous Learning - 6th European Conference of Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2011, Palermo, Italy, September 20-23, 2011. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6964 Springer 2011, 398-411

2010

• Marc Spaniol, Quing Li, Ralf Klamma, R. W. H. Lau

  Advanced in Web-based Learning - Guest Editorial Preface for Special Issue

  Published in International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (JDET), April-June 2010, Vol. 8, No. 3

• Ralf Klamma

  Werkzeuge und Modelle für die übergreifende Untersuchung von Social Software

  Published in i-com, Jahrgang 9 (2010) Heft 3, S. 12-20, DOI 10.1524/icom.2010.0034 (http://i-com-media.de)

• Zinayida Petrushyna

  Self-modeling and Self-reflection of E-learning communities

  Published in In Proceeding of Doctoral Consortium at 5th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2010)

• Ralf Klamma

  Emerging Research Topics in Social Learning

  Published in Dirckinck-Holmfeld, L., Hodgson, V., Jones, C., de Laat, M., McConnell, D. & Ryberg, T. (eds.): Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Networked Learning 2010, Aalborg, Denmark, pp. 224-231

2009

• Ruth Breuer, Ralf Klamma, Yiwei Cao, Riina Vuorikari

  Social Network Analysis of 45,000 Schools: A Case Study of Technology Enhanced Learning in Europe

  Published in Cress, U., Dimitrova, V. and Specht, M. (Eds.) Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines, Proceedings of 4th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2009, Nice, France, September/October 2009, LNCS 5794, Springer, pp. 166-180