| Spring Newsletter (No.8) | April
2005 |
| Welcome to the Network's latest newsletter. This issue provides you with further information on the HERODOT events in the third year of the project. It also has some more European funding news including new opportunities in Environment and awareness, grants and information on other projects, geographical news, events and activities as well as links to lots of useful Web and other resources. The online version of this newsletter can be located here. If you have any news, are involved in events, provide feedback or you are prepared to promote the network, then contact Karl Donert. |
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HERODOT
NEWS HERODOT has successfully been awarded a full grant to organise activiies and workplan for 2004/2005. The priorities will be to publish state-of-the-art information, to run woirkshops and conferences and to develop a new three-year plan for 2006-2009. 2005
Funding Application and Other EU Bids HERODOT members have been involved in a number of other successful funding applications in 2003/4 and new projects are emerging in 2005. These include the development of Intensive Programmes of study, curriculum development (undergraduate and Masters level) and Minerva (Open and Distance Learning) as well as eLearning, teacher education, research and Leonardo da Vinci (professional training) projects. A funding workshop is planned later in the year. Computing
Workshop NEW LINKS - INLT - FUNDING NEWS - NETWORK GROWTH - top HERODOT
LINKS WITH EEGECS (GIS, Surveying and Cartography) HERODOT
LINKS WITH ERIC - Cultural Geography INLT
http://www.glos.ac.uk/gdn/inlt HERODOT
Network continues to grow The Network is still looking to expand its links internationally and to incorporate non-higher edication organisations such as companies, publishers and businesses. Please ask any new potential partners to contact Karl Donert for memberships forms. An expansion form has been e-mailed to all partners and there is also a copy available on the web site. Link here to go to the HERODOT Web site. This section provides up-to-date information on funds available. Note the Environment funding proposals below. You can contact Karl Donert if you want informal advice on any applications you are considering. HERODOT News aims to provide members will useful information concerning opportunities to access European Commission and other funds to further collaboration and for projects. A funding workshop is planned in Spring 2005, contact Karl Donert if you would like to participate. Preparatory
Visits Other
Opportunities Environment
funding Deadline May 10 2005 EU-Egypt
Sharing History and Future together Support
to Civil Society and Local Initiatives Call
for proposals for Marie Curie Host Fellowships for 2005 - FP6 Vocational
and Professional Training Culture
2000, is an EU funding programme offering support for arts
and cultural Tempus
- Structural & Complementary Measures Erasmus
Mundus Science
and Society ENO-Environment Online© is a global web school for environmental awareness. Four environmental themes (dimensions of sustainable development ) are studied within a school year (Social, Natural, Cultural Environment and a sustainable way of living ) on a weekly basis. ENO Program is a strong and active network of schools. It has been running since 2000 and it is administrated by the city of Joensuu, Finland. You can find the application form at: http://cc.joensuu.fi/~vanhanen/application03.htm, email Mika Vanhanen mika.vanhanen@joensuu.fi iLEAPS
Science Project iLEAPS (Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere
Processes Study) is the new land-atmosphere project within the framework
of the second phase of IGBP (International EGEA
student Geography Association LIFE
Newsletter,
LIFE is the Financial Instrument for the Environment of the European
Commission. NEWSFLASH is a monthly newsletter from the LIFE Unit
to keep you up to date on the latest developments in the LIFE-Programme.
For this month's NEWSFLASH, click on: iEARN
(International Education and Resource Network) School Seismology Network, observing earthquakes. contact: Maurice Boneff, maurice.boneff@ordina13.cg13.fr, Web site in French http://www.clg-caillols.ac-aix-marseille.fr/sismo/seismes/20041226/20041226.htm World Programme for Human Rights Education has been published as UN Document and is available in the six United Nations languages at the address: http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/education/training/programme.htm ScienceinEurope.net this portal (http://www.scienceineurope.net/) collects links to science web sites in all EU countries. European
Schoolnet News: e-Twinning in Europe For information contact: brigitte.parry@eun.org To know more about the eLearning programme, go to: http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/elearning/programme_en.html European
Schoolnet News: myEurope,
New Site http://myeurope.eun.org Watershed
Web, A new project developing tools to build a more
sustainable world. All are invited to participate:at http://WatershedWeb.net Alpmedia:
articles published here in French, German, Italian, Slovenian and
sometimes English. visit http://www.alpmedia.net. Making Better Places, a great Web site on Planning etc from CABE Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, http://www.cabe-education.org.uk/makingbetterplaces Journal of International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education (http://multilingual-matters.com/multi/journals/journals_irgee.asp), this site has free downloadable full articles up to 2003, useful for geography education research. Learning
and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives
is a refereed online teaching and learning journal published by
Zayed University in Dubai. Browse the current issue of the journal
at: http://www.zu.ac.ae/lthe/current.html,
and contribute to the online discussion. This issue includes papers
on: Mountain Research and Development, Volume 25 No 1 is now available. This issue focuses on "cultural diversity as an asset" in mountain regions. Subscription information is available at mrd-journal@giub.unibe.ch. MRD also offers subscriptions free of charge to institutions in developing countries. For information and application forms, please contact mrd-journal@giub.unibe.ch Free Access to European Statistics, many of Eurostat's products are available free of charge for the public via this Internet site. http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/ European Journal of Open and Distance Learning, free access to articles on http://www.eurodl.org Learning Sciences and Brain Research Website (http://www.teach-the-brain.org), A new interactive teacher forum has been set up by the OECD/CERI Learning Sciences and Brain Research project for teachers of all levels to join discussion with scientists on the new challenges of teaching and learning in the 21 Century. How much do emotions influence learning? Could neuroscience's discoveries help to improve teaching methods? ...these are just some of the types of questions that are discussed in the Forum. This site also includes extensive resources for teachers, such as learning primers on the brain, a section debunking the main myths that have evolved around the functioning of the brain to do with learning, scientific articles, pedagogic tools and more. European Commission's GI and GIS Web Portal (http://www.ec-gis.org/), Register to receive updated information. Water, Environment and Sanitation, (http://www.unicef.org/voy/speakout/speakout_564.html). This issue is dedicated to how young people on Voices of Youth see water, environment and sanitation impacting their lives. Children and adolescents are dedicated to ensuring that every child has access to clean water and sanitation, and call for everyone to work together to this end. UNICEF is responding to this call globally, and in particular through its continued efforts in emergencies situations. Visual Science Web Site, helps pupils learn using images (in French and English), http://www.infovisual.info/ Mountain areas in Europe, a Web site in english and french, http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/sources/docgener/studies/study_en.htm eSchoolnet is the pan European portal for teachers. The focus keep teachers informed about new projects, new documents, and new ways and means to deal with technologies and education. http://eschoolnet1.eun.org/ww/en/pub/eschoolnet/whatsnew.htm European
Mountain Forum Mediterranean Web site
is available at http://www.mtnforum.org/europe/mediterranean/
This represents the interests of the sustainable Mountain
Forum's on-line library can be visited at http://www.mtnforum.org,
includes Dax, T. 2002. Research on mountain development in Europe,
Overview of issues and priorities. Thessaloniki seminar, 17-18 March
2002. Innovative Structures for the Sustainable Development of Mountainous
Areas, ISDEMA Project. Polar
Foundation, Switzerland,
“participe futur” http://www.participefutur.org
is organising an expedition from the Mediterranean to Sptizberg.
In order to share this adventure, they will implement all kinds
of online activities, a competition and other interesting resources.
contact: Laurent Dubois, laurent.dubois@edu.ge.ch.
You can also visit (in
English, French and Dutch) European Space Agency has a new Web site for kids, available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. There are puzzles, quizzes, animated comics and more. http://kids.esa.int European Earth Observation Web Site, http://www.eduspace.esa.int/ offers a very rich portal covering topics of interest to teachers: Europe from space, global change, disaster monitoring and remote sensing principles. ESA image gallery Exploring the Environment site on Problem based learning, debates and Problem Solving Strategies It develops both problem solving strategies and skills by placing students in the active role of problem solvers http://www.cotf.edu/ete/teacher/teacherout.html Sustainable Development online library, a major online library of civil society documents that were produced in relation to the World Summit On Sustainable Development is launched. The libarary contains approximately 700 MB worth of documents. It is fully searchable. Each document is linked to the organisation that produced it, which can then be contacted for further information. You can access the documents at http://www.wssd-and-civil-society.org Naturopa: a free journal from the Council of Europe, latest issue - the European Landscape Convention, next issue War and Heritage, go to http://www.coe.int, email christian.meyer@coe.int Geography
in the News: free learning resources, news and views at
http:www.rgs.org LTSN-GEES Information or resources on learning and teaching in geography, earth or environmental sciences can be obtained from the LTSN-GEES Centre http://www.gees.ac.uk/ Bologna Teacher training grants The Geographical Association present awards to attend their Annual conference in the UK (normally in April) If you are interested in applying for one of these, then contact the Geographical Association. A range of RGS-IBG grants for fieldwork and research are available from http://www.rgs.org/grants, or contact Grants Office, RGS-IBG, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR, UK grants@rgs.org Summer
training in GIS
with USGS, learn to use spatial thinking and geographic data to
study geography in your classroom!. There are several opportunities
for teachers to learn how to useGeographic Information Systems (GIS),
GPS, and Remote Sensing in their classrooms this summer. 4th International Human Rights Academy will take place from 16-29 October 2005 in Cape Town South Africa. Courses at graduate and professional level include the Universal System of Protection of Human Rights, the Regional Systems of Protection of Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law and Transitional Law. Lectures are given by prominent academic and non-academic speakers from all continents. Application closing date: 1st June 2005, for more information see http://www.law.ugent.be/pub/humanrightsacademy/ |
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May, The Place of GIS in the Curriculum: 11 May, Leicester.
UK. Further information, including Word document flier to print
and post up in your Department, on GEES website at: 11-15
May, Warsaw Poland, T-Kit Seminar on European Citizenship.
It will 16-19 May 2005 4th Mainland Montane South-East Asia Conference, Sa Pa, Vietnam, Contact: MMSEA4_Vietnam@netnam.vn 20-21
May 2005, Ecological Chemistry-2005, 3rd International
Conference 22-28 May, 9th International Conference Women in Forestry (http://www.forest.lt/?1157196142). 26-28 May 2005, 8th AGILE Conference on GIScience, Estoril Congress Center, Estoril, Portugal, http://www.hellasgi.gr/AGILE8.html 30 May - 2 June 2005, GISPlanet, II conference and exhibition on geographic information, Lisbon, http://www.gisplanet.org/ 30 May- 4 June 2005, CSCL Computer-supported Collaborative Learning 2005: The Next 10 Years!, Taipei, Taiwan 12-14 June 2005, Charting New Territory - AAHE Assessment Conference, Toronto, Canada 14-17 June 14 - 17, 2005, World Conference on Cooperative Education, debate and discuss the future of the educational phenomenon that is revolutionising the way we develop the global workforce of the 21st century -- work-integrated learning (WIL). Location, Northeastern University, Boston, USA. http://www.wace2005.neu.edu 16-19 June, 11th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Östersund, Sweden, June 16-19, 2005, http://www.issrm2005.com 20-23 June 2005, EDEN: Annual Conference for the European Distance and E-learning Network, Helsinki, Finland 23-26 June 2005, What a Difference a Pedagogy Makes: Researching Lifelong Learning & Teaching - Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning (CRLL) 3rd International Conference, University of Stirling, UK June
2005 Green Week : Green Week 2004 intends to bring people
together to debate, as a follow-up to the World Summit on Sustainable
Development in Johannesburg on key environmental issues of sustainable
consumption and production, renewable energy and climate change
and water. You can now register on-line at 2-6
July 2005, Higher
Education in a Changing World
- Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
(HERDSA) Conference 2005, University of Sydney, Australia
2-6 July 2005, CBLIS 2005 - The 7th International Conference, Zilina, Slovakia, on Computer Based Learning in Science. More information about the conference with online registration form is available on the web site: http://cblis.utc.sk/ 10-13 July 2005, Internationalising Entrepreneurship Education and Training Conference - 15th IntEnt Conference, University of Surrey, UK 17
- 24 July 2005 iEARN Conference,
Dakar, Senegal. Watch http://www.iearn.org
for more information, or login to the 2005 Senegal Conference
Discussion Forum at: http://foro.iearn.org/.1dec18f9/ 27 August - 1 September 2005, Earthquake Engineering in 21st Century (EE-21C), for further details, please see: http://www.iziis.edu.mk/EE-21C 31 Aug- 2nd September 2005, RGS-IBG Anual Conference, Flows and Spaces in a Globalised World, London, UK 1-3 September 2005 RURALIA Conference (http://www.ruralia.org), an international association for rural buildings and landscape, event will be held in September 2005, in Val Borbera, Italy, a mountain region between Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria. 2 -5 September 2005 HERODOT International Conference to be held in Torun, Poland. FREE for HERODOT members. Registration Form click here (.rtf), Please send papers by 15th May 2005 together with your registration form by e-mail to: pecha@geo.uni.torun.pl. Further information 6-8 September 2005, ALT-C 2005: exploring the frontiers of e-learning - borders, outposts and migration, Manchester, UK 24-25 September 2005, Historical transhumance between the Alps and the Po-venetian plains, ASIAGO (VI), Italy. Contact: michele.corti@unimi.it, http://www.sozooalp.it 26-28 September 2005, Kuwait First Remote Sensing Conference and Exhibition The following topics for technical papers are strongly encouraged: Mineral and Petroleum Explorations, Desertification Assessment, Water Resources and Irrigation, Environmental Impact, Natural Resource Management, Disaster and Flood Monitoring, Geological Mapping, Historical and Archeological Excavation, Mapping from Space, Transportation and Traffic Planning, International Treaty Verification. For more information please visit http://www.kuwaitremotesensing.com, or contact Dr. Mohamad Al-Anezi, dr@promedia-international.com 26-29 September 2005, International LIFE-Symposium, Riverine Landscapes: Restoration, FloodProtection, Conservation in Reutte, Tyrol, Austria in collaboration with the University of Innsbruck, email wild-river@uibk.ac.at 1 - 5 October 2005, Open Science Conference: Global Change in Mountain Regions, Perth, Scotland, UK, Contact: martin.price@perth.uhi.ac.uk, http://www.mountain.conf.uhi.ac.uk 12-14 October 2005, Festival of Geography at Saint-Die-des-Vosges,France. Included is Cafe Geography, exhibitions, round tables, and a special invited country To find out more visit http://www.ville-saintdie.fr or http://fig-st-die.education.fr 21-25 November 2005, Science for Humanity, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, this is a Science on Stage event that will be held at CERN, there will be a topic for each day of the festival, around which presentations, demonstrations and workshops will be themed: Einstein Day, Sustainability Day, Space and Astronomy Day, Life Sciences Day and Science & Technology in Society Day. Contact: Mick Storr, Mick.Storr@cern.ch 21-26 January 2006, 1st iLEAPS Science Conference in Boulder, Colorado, USA, iLEAPS (Integrated Land Ecosystem - Atmosphere Processes Study), register online at https://www.atm.helsinki.fi/ileapsform. Schoolnet
Conferences and Events Page Mountain Forum events at http://www.mountainpartnership.org/events/calendar.asp If you have any news, are involved in events or are prepared to promote the network, then contact Karl Donert. up - top |
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