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<br>Invite your students to live the fantastic experience of the third
<br>edition of the
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<br>**International Student Design Contest (2019)*
<br>“PEOPLE CENTERED SMART LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS”
<br>*/@//
<br>//4th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional
<br>Development//
<br>//Project and design literacy as cornerstones of smart education/
<br>
<br>May 22-24, 2019
<br>Rome, Italy (CNR - ISIA - QDU)
<br>
<br>slerd2019.uniroma2.it
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<br>Contact: aslerd.org@gmail.com
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<br>Link
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<br>to the abstracts of the finalist projects of the first edition.
<br>2017 Winner: /Raffaele Di Fuccio (University of Naples Federico II)
<br>/
<br>Link to the abstracts of the
<br>finalist projects of the second edition.
<br>2018 Winner: /Bibeg Limbu (Open University NL)/
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<br>Deadline for ideas submission: *February 15, 2019*
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<br>*Call for ideas and proofs of concept
<br>
<br>*
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<br>The call invites students to submit ideas (first phase of the contest)
<br>and proofs of concept/prototype (second phase of the contest) on how to
<br>make learning ecosystems smarter. It is open to individuals and groups
<br>of students (bachelor, master and PhD students). *The winner (individual
<br>or group) will be awarded with 500 €*. Three individuals or groups
<br>(finalists) will be selected to present their proofs of concept at SLERD
<br>2019 and attend the conference for free. ASLERD will cover also stay
<br>expenses (hotel and meals) for two representatives per finalist.
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<br>*DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT and GOALS*
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<br>Smart Learning Ecosystems should perform at best on all the dimensions
<br>that contribute to the well-being of students and all players involved
<br>in the development of a learning process: /infrastructures, food,
<br>environment, info/admin services, mobility, safety, social interaction,
<br>satisfaction, challenges, self-fulfillment/. Being inspired by the flow
<br>theory and by the Maslow’s pyramid, we can state that: ecosystems are
<br>smart when /“individuals that take part in the local processes achieve a
<br>high level of skills and, at the same time, are also strongly motivated
<br>and engaged by continuous and adequate challenges, provided that their
<br>primary needs are reasonably satisfied”./
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<br>The smartness of learning ecosystems, thus, is not created merely
<br>through the availability of digital infrastructures and applications.
<br>When technologies are both available and adopted enthusiastically, they
<br>can start to make a difference in both simplifying and accelerating
<br>progress toward the achievement of system smartness. One has to keep in
<br>mind, however, that technologies are smart not because they are capable
<br>of replacing human reasoning but, rather because they can help towards
<br>achieving a people centered smartness, through streamlining mundane
<br>organisational tasks, and enhancing the skills of all actors involved in
<br>learning processes.
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<br>Our duty, with the help of technology, is to support learning ecosystems
<br>(formal, informal, non-formal) to develop their people centered
<br>smartness towards becoming incubators of social innovation and engines
<br>of sustainable regional development./Smartness is a goal/ and we can
<br>support our learning ecosystems along the process to achieve it by
<br>proposing solutions capable to solve or mitigate problems that prevent
<br>the learning ecosystems to be people centered.
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<br>We expect students, wishing to take part in the contest, to analyze
<br>their learning ecosystem, detect problems and find solutions that can
<br>help their, and as well other learning ecosystems, to get smarter.
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<br>Important dates:
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<br>• Deadline for ideas submission to aslerd.org@gmail.com: *February 15,
<br>2019 *
<br>• Selection of best ideas: March 15, 2019
<br>• Submission of final proofs of concept and prototypes: March 30, 2019
<br>• Selection of the best 3 proofs of concepts and prototypes: April 15, 2019
<br>• Presentation and demo at SLERD 2019 and winner announcement: May 23
<br>and 24, 2019
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<br>Join ALSLERD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASLERD)
<br>and share our vision on the future of Smart Learning Ecosystems:
<br>Timisoara declaration
<br>
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<br>See ASLERD website (www.aslerd.org) for
<br>Request of membership, membership fees and legal
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