From Ideas to SIGs: "EATEL SIG Incubator" Building New TEL Groups

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From Ideas to SIGs: "EATEL SIG Incubator" Building New TEL Groups 📅 Wednesday 20/05 12:00-13:00h 📍 Main Hall 🔎 Needs Analysis EATEL aims to promote the creation of Special Interest Groups, and this workshop provides a structured way for TEL PhD candidates to propose and launch them. It meets a

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Maria Perifanou
University of Macedonia, Greece
Mikhail Fominykh
Mikhail Fominykh
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

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From Ideas to SIGs: “EATEL SIG Incubator” Building New TEL Groups

📅 Wednesday 20/05 12:00-13:00h
📍 Main Hall
🔎 Needs Analysis

EATEL aims to promote the creation of Special Interest Groups, and this workshop provides a structured way for TEL PhD candidates to propose and launch them. It meets a clear need for community-building in a diverse, fast-changing field by helping early-career researchers find peers, focus shared topics, and translate ideas into concrete SIG plans (aims, activities, and next steps), strengthening EATEL’s collaboration and continuity across TEL/EdTech themes.

📒 Session Description

This workshop is an EATEL SIG incubator where participants co-create new Special Interest Groups in TEL/EdTech. We’ll begin with a brief introduction to SIGs and then run interactive activities to map participants’ interests, cluster shared themes, and identify gaps or emerging topics worth organizing around, using short “prompt → small-group work → share-back” cycles facilitated by the two organisers.

Participants will produce a draft SIG proposal (topic, scope, goals, and audience) plus a simple activity plan and next-steps roadmap. Groups will give a short pitch and receive peer feedback, discussing questions like what makes a SIG valuable and sustainable, how it connects to TEL/EdTech priorities, and what concrete outcomes (events, collaborations) it can deliver.

💡 Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Articulate the innovation concept beyond technology
  • Provide an overview of existing EATEL Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and their roles in TEL.
  • Facilitate discussions on emerging topics and new potential SIGs.
  • Map existing SIGs and identify gaps, overlaps, and collaboration opportunities.
  • Guide participants in drafting new SIG proposals and exploring EATEL support mechanisms.
🧩 Pre-activities and prerequisites

None



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