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</div>Call for participation: Summer school on Gamifying Spatial Collaboration 2014</b><br><br><br><br>To
mark the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the Institute for
Geoinformatics (IfGI) at the University of Münster is organizing a
summer school to be held from the <b>11th to the 17th</b> <b>of June 2014</b>,
subsequent to the anniversary event itself (June 10th to 11th). <b>The
scientific symposium</b> of the anniversary, which will be held on the 11th
at the Münster Palace, is also the first day of the summer school. The
goals of the summer school will be to explore both the theory and
practice of gamification and spatial collaboration in geoinformatics,
and how<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div> we can move towards applying gamification to enhance collaborative data acquisition in geoinformatics.<br><br><br><br><b>Course content</b><br><br>The
summer school will take a close look at the opportunities and
challenges that arise through combining geoinformatic technology with
gamification for spatial collaboration. Two particular questions
addressed during the school will be: How can gamification improve
geoinformation technology? and, What are the opportunities offered by
gamification to enhance collaborative data acquisition and the gathering
of feedback? The summer school will consist of a 6-day program at the
intersection of spatial collaboration<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div>, gamification and geoinformation
technology. It will be held in the stimulating and creative environment
of the Institute for Geoinformatics. The school is aimed primarily at
graduate students, and we anticipate around 30 attendees.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div><br><br><br><br><b>Course program</b><div><b><br></b>The
six days of the course will comprise two full-day tutorials, one on
gamification and one on spatial collaboration; a social event; a
hackathon and field work day; a tutorial day on combining gamification
and spatial collaboration tools; and an interactive session on future
developments. All tutorials will be given in English.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div>Days will finish with social events including a tour of the city, a
summer school dinner, a party, and a bar game. The sequence of the six
days will be:<br><br>1. (June 12th): Spatial collaboration<br>
<br>2. (June 13th): Gamification<br><br>3. (June 14th): Social event<br><br>4. (June 15th): Field work and hackathon<br><br>5. (June 16th): Gamifying spatial collaboration<br><br>6. (June 17th): Future perspectives<br>
<br><br><br><b>Lecturers</b><br><br>Prof. Dr. Barbara Grüter, Gangs of Bremen, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Applied Sciences, Bremen<br>
<br>Dr. Peter Kiefer, Geoinformation Engineering, ETH Zurich<br><br>Kate Chapman, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (H.O.T.), Washington D.C.<br>
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</div>Venue<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> and</div> Accommodation</b><br><br>The summer school will take place in the lecture rooms of the new GEO 1 building, Heisenbergstraße 2, D-48149 Münster (<a href="http://www.uni-muenster.de/Geoinformatics/en/" target="_blank">http://www.uni-muenster.de/Geoinformatics/en/</a>). Fees include<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div>catering, lunch,<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> and</div> a gala dinner and <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div>amount to 200 € per student. Accommodation needs to be paid separately. <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">Further information is available on the website. </div>
We strongly recommend renting a bike from the Radstation Münster (<a href="http://www.radstation-ms.de/" target="_blank">http://www.radstation-ms.de/</a>), located directly in front of the main station, in order to facilitate mobility between <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
the </div>various summer school events. In case you need any help<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> or assistance</div>, please contact us.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
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<br><br><br><b>Application process</b><br>
<br>Interested people should submit a statement of motivation of about
500 words, briefly describing how the summer school might contribute to
or enrich their own work.<br>
<br>Application deadline: <b><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">15 April 2014</div></b><b><br></b><br>Notification of acceptance: <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div><b><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">30 April 2014</div></b><b><br></b><br><br>After the notification of acceptance, participants will be contacted with registration details. Attendees <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
are encouraged</div> to present their own work or an idea related to the
summer school in the form of a poster at the end of the symposium on
the 11th of June.<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<b>Registration</b></div><br><br>Please register online and submit <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">your </div>application at:<br>
<br><a href="http://www.uni-muenster.de/Geoinformatics/en/anniversary/summerschool/" target="_blank">http://www.uni-muenster.de/Geoinformatics/en/anniversary/summerschool/</a><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div><b>Contact</b><br><br><a href="mailto:ifgi.summerschool@uni-muenster.de" target="_blank">ifgi.summerschool@uni-muenster.de</a><br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font><span><font color="#888888">Christian Knoth<br>
<span>Research</span> <span>Associate</span><br>Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster<br><br>Heisenbergstraße 2<br>D-48149 Muenster<br>
Germany<br><br><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">Phone: </span></font></span><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">+49 251 83-33056<br>Fax: +49 251 83-39763</span><br><span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span><span style="background-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><span style="background-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span></span></span></font></div>
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