WG2 + WG3 Workshop, Zagreb

ELN WGs 2 and 3 met in Zagreb to coordinate and advance their joint projects and activities.

University of Zagreb

The meeting took place at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb.

The FHSS is the largest higher education institution in Croatia, which carries out research activities and executes university programs in the field of humanities and social sciences, as well as a significant cultural institution with a great impact on Croatian culture and society. The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is part of the University of Zagreb, the oldest university in Croatia and one of the oldest universities in Europe. In addition to teaching activities, members of Faculty perform research activities in special scientific areas. The main research activities are in the field of psychology, sociology, information and communication sciences, philosophy, linguistics, history, art history, archaeology, ethnology and cultural anthropology, and many philological groups. In some scientific aspects in the field of humanities and social sciences it can be safely said that the FHSS is a point of reference at the European level.

Keynote speakers

Sarah Huffman (Iowa State University, USA)

Tomas Tjus (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

Thursday, March 30

09h | Parallel meetings on methods, tools and experiments:

WG2 Academic Writing team. Presentations by: Mira Bekar, Montserrat Castelló, Tiane Donohue and Claudia Doroholschi

WG2 Development of reader/writer team

WG3 Developing an inventory or tools for supporting learning to write Team

Societal Team meeting
11h00 | Coffee Break
11h30 | Parallel meetings

WG2 Academic Writing Team. Presentations by: Alma Jahic, Tanja Memisevic, Bojana Petric and Karl-Heinz Pogner

WG2 Development of reader/writer Team. Roundtable on reading-writing assessments and interventions: methodological issues. Invented presentations:
  • Reading comprehension and writing in the content areas – Assessments to interventions. Kay Wijekumar (Texas A&M University).
  • Tailored support addressing diversity in reading skills: The importance of assessment as a foundation for evidence-based interventions. Susanne Seifert, Katharina Maria Maitz and Lisa Paleczek (University of Graz)
WG3 Developing an inventory or tools for supporting learning to write Team
Societal Team meeting
13h00 | Lunch Break
14h30 | Parallel meetings 

WG2 Academic Writing Team

WG2 Development of reader/writer Team

WG3 Developing an inventory or tools for supporting learning to write Team

Societal Team meeting
16h30 | Coffee Break
17h00 | Parallel meetings
WG2 Academic Writing Team

WG2 Development of reader/writer Team

WG3 Developing an inventory or tools for supporting learning to write Team

Societal Team meeting

Friday, March 31

09h | Move analysis for automated writing evaluation. Sarah Huffman (Iowa State University)
10h00 | Digital provision to academic writing: Approaches, technologies, uses. Christian Rapp (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
10h30 | Introducing innovation action iRead: Foundations and next steps. Mina Vasalou (University College London)
11h00 | Coffee Break
11h30 | Digital literacy and learning solutions: Country based examples. Maria José Brites (University of Minho) and Luís Pereira (Coventry University)
12h00 | Dissertation/thesis writing across Europe: Exploring student writers’ experiences. Bojana Petric (University of Essex)
12h30 | Presentation of good practices in promotion of reading – short presentations
Let Me Read You a Book: Presentation of a National Reading Project. Kristina Čunović (Karlovac Public Library Ivan Goran Kovačić)
Let Me Tell You a Story: Volunteer project based on using storytelling with hospitalized children. Antonia Ćosić (Center for Psychological Support and Development Talk To Me)
Home Reading: From Cesarić to Shakespeare. Đurđica Jelačić (Elementary school Dobriša Cesarić)
13h30 | Lunch Break
15h00 | Training reading skills with the use of computer programs encompassing bottom-up and top-down strategies. Tomas Tjus (University of Gothenburg)
16h00 | From Critical Reader to Critical Citizen. Anita Peti-Stantić (University of Zagreb)
16h30 | STSM to IBBY Lampedusa Library: Reading with (migrant) families on the island of Lampedusa. Helen Limon (Newcastle University)
17h00 | Coffee Break
17h30 | Discussion of ELN Charter and closing session. Societal team.