MATURE Project News

People Tagging Tool / SOBOLEO release as open source

Submitted by Andreas.Schmidt on April 27, 2012 - 23:55

The people tagging tool, which is based on the SOBOLEO framework, has been released as open source under GPLv3. We offer hosting, development, and consulting services that facilitate the customization and opereration of the system at the workplace.

Recent and forthcoming 2012 LTRI dissemination of MATURE outcomes

Submitted by john.cook on April 19, 2012 - 10:27

Journals:
Cook, J. and Pachler, N. (2012). Online People Tagging: Social (Mobile) Network(ing) Services and Work-based Learning. British Journal of Education Technology. Due Summer 2012. (email john.cook@londonmet.ac.uk for final draft)

Ravenscroft, A., Schmidt, A., Cook, J. & Bradley, (2012). Designing Socio-Technical Systems for Informal Learning and Knowledge Maturing in the ‘Web 2.0 Workplace’. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (JCAL).

Invited talks:

New LTRI publication on our innovative work at the European work-based learning level

Submitted by john.cook on February 21, 2012 - 15:45

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to feature two European projects that have explored innovative approaches to using Educational Technology to mediate “informal learning” in a variety of contexts. The paper is structured as follows. Firstly, it briefly delineate what the author means by “informal learning”, opting for the term ‘task-conscious learning’.

"A refreshing new perspective on learning": MATURE raises interest at Learntec 2012

Submitted by Andreas.Schmidt on February 5, 2012 - 00:09

 

Learntec 2012 was a surprising success for MATURE. Both the knowledge maturing model and the tools, especially the people tagging solution, has attracted considerable interest by fair visitors. MATURE has been able to show well-grounded and practically relevant approaches to knowledge management and learning that set a refreshing antipole to many products and services offered by other exhibitors: while these solutions often appear to be stuck in the last decade, the discussions and reactions from visitors have shown that MATURE has been able to incorporate the lessons learnt from previous approaches.

LTRI pitches MATURE to Prince Andrew in Shoreditch, London

Submitted by john.cook on February 1, 2012 - 16:35

Just had a surprisingly engaging visit to Shoreditch Accelerator #AccTheDuke & Learning Technology Research Institute #LTRI by HRH the Duke of York, Prince Andrew. I made a 2 minute elevator pitch for #mature-ip http://slidesha.re/y9nyqW But wide ranging discussions were had with our Vice-Chancellor looking on. Here is the text of my 2 minute pitch (from a People Tagging perspective):

knowledge-maturing.com launched for releasing MATURE results

Submitted by Andreas.Schmidt on January 31, 2012 - 13:40

knowledge-maturing.com 

Right for the LearnTec 2012, we have launched the first version of our knowledge-maturing.com web site that presents the offerings of our project to interested companies and other organizations. It shows our offering in terms of technology solutions (most of which are or will be available as open source), consulting approaches and training offerings as well as publications for the scientific community.

New Flyer on Knowledge Maturing Model

Submitted by Andreas.Schmidt on January 24, 2012 - 15:01

Two journal articles accepted

Submitted by Andreas.Schmidt on January 23, 2012 - 15:53

Recently, two journal articles have been accepted after a lengthy reviewing process. They summarize two major areas of contribution of MATURE: iterative and agile design processes/design-based research and agile competence management and ontology maturing.

Simone Braun, Christine Kunzmann, Andreas Schmidt
Semantic People Tagging & Ontology Maturing: An Enterprise Social Media Approach to Competence Management
International Journal on Knowledge and Learning

STELLAR Roundtable on Social Mobile Networking for Informal Learning (SoMobNet)

Submitted by Andreas.Schmidt on December 4, 2011 - 21:12

MATURE contributed to the STELLAR (The European Network of Excellence in TEL) Theme Team on “Social Mobile Networking for Informal Learning” (SoMobNet) International Roundtable at the Institute of Education in London on 21st November 2011. Both John Cook and Graham Attwell presented results from the MATURE demonstrators.   

Graham Attwell: Using Mobiles for Networked Learning and Knowledge Sharing for Careers Information, Advice and Guidance

Knowledge Maturing for Organizational Development: A Workshop with IFIP

Submitted by Andreas.Schmidt on November 30, 2011 - 23:14

 

MATURE organized a joint workshop together with the IFIP AGORA initiative to explore the potential of applying the knowledge maturing model landscape to organizational development problems.
 
The International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) is a world wide acting umbrella organization to the National Societies of Computer Science. IFIP is associated to UNESCO and is also part of the Associated Partner Network of MATURE. IFIP’s president Leon Strous, who emphatically invited the representatives of the different technical committees of IFIP to participate in the workshop, stressed that there is a growing need for collaboration between the various IFIP groups and with international acting partners (international bodies and institutions, industry and business, key decision makers, member societies). In order to accommodate such collaboration, TC-3 of IFIP launched the AGORA initiative that aimed to implement a dynamic methodology for initiating cooperative projects for individual competence development in conjunction with Lifelong Learning. 
 
Together with MATURE the workshop in Barcelona should support those goals. Furthermore, the workshop should contribute to a process of evolutionary change inside IFIP in order to improve the cooperation between the TCs and to generate synergy of action especially with regard to transversal themes of the information and knowledge society, that are not just technology based. Examples are besides Lifelong Learning e.g. the themes of Security and Trust, E-Governance and Ethics that have been also discussed at the Summits on the Information Society during the last years.