This document outlines the Grand Research Challenges for Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) being prepared by a European group. It describes the STELLAR Network of Excellence, which received 5 million euros from the EU and 6.4 million euros total. It encourages readers to get involved. It then lists 10 top challenges rated by 40 experts, including using data to improve teaching/learning, new devices for young children's scientific expression, fostering engagement, e-assessment, and more. It provides more details on some challenges and notes more are challenging. It promotes joining its efforts to smooth the path to TEL2020.

1. The Grand Research
Challenges for TEL
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2. We are a European group of people who
are preparing the next break through in
technology-enhanced learning
The open Network of Excellence STELLAR:
5 Million EUR from the European
Union, 6.4 Million EUR in total.
foto: ESA

3. … be part of
it!
http://TELeurope.eu/pg/challeng

4. Alpine Rendez-Vous 2011

5. Grand Challenges
Understandable & significant
with a clearly stated compelling case for contributing
to long-term benefits for society
Challenging, timely, and achievable
with concerted, coordinated efforts
Clearly useful
in terms of impact and scale, if solved, with long-term
benefits for many people and international in scope
Measurable and incremental
with interim milestones that produce useful
benefits as they are reached

6. #TEL2020
The problem?
Main activities required?
The timeframe?
Measurable progress & success indicators?
Capacities & resources needed?
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7. The top 10

8. ratings
• 40 experts (researchers, stakeholders)
• Consultation at London Big GC meeting
• rating (and comments)

9. #6
learning networked #7
Understanding how toddler apps
can support learning.
learning #10 early years
analytics ecologies
automated feedback using
interaction data to predict Interest-driven lifelong learning
in personal learning networks
technology
performance.
#4 #5 #1
#8
fostering dataTEL e- New devices for
engage- Utilising realtime data to improve
teaching and learning. assessment young children’s
expression of
ment
New forms of assessment
of learning in TEL
Increasing student motivation to
environments
scientific ideas
learn and engaging the CSCL in teacher training #3 Mouse and keyboard are a
blocker to natural mapping and
disengaged – using technology.
How can we detect (de-
)motivation? How can make use
and professional new modalities of interaction
(touch, gestures) can foster a
intrinsic/extrinsic reward
systems? development more tactile learning.
Bridging #2
Learning to
informal and read at home
formal with digital
Create a unified, seamless
#9
learning landscape with the help technologies

10. #1 New devices for young children’s
expression of scientific ideas
shortened version of http://bit.ly/scNHzv

11. #4 fostering
engagement
failure & frustration
success & enjoyme
11

12. #5 e-
assessment

13. #8: dataTEL

14. … more challenging

15. http://TELeurope.eu/pg/challenges

16. … be part of
ratings
it!
action planning
evidence hub
matchmaking
research 2.0
http://TELeurope.eu

17. Smoothing the path to
#TEL2020,
panel discussion, ICALT 2012, Rome: July
4-6