TBLers: FYI
UBIQUITOUS LEARNING: FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Clark Kerr Conference Center
University of California in Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA
11-12 November, 2011
www.ubi-learn.com
The Ubiquitous Learning Conference investigates the uses of technologies in learning, including devices with sophisticated computing and networking capacities which are now pervasively part of our everyday lives, from laptops to mobile phones, ebook readers, game consoles, digital music players, and cameras. The conference explores the possibilities of new forms of learning using these devices not only in the classroom, but in a wider range of places and times than was conventionally the case for education. Ubiquitous Learning is made possible in part by the affordances of the new, digital media. What's new about it? What's not-so-new? What are the main challenges of access to these new learning opportunities? These are the key themes and scope and concerns of the conference and its companion Journal.
This conference is has evolved from e-Learning Symposia held in Melbourne, Australia in 2006 and 2007, connected with the International Conference on Learning. It is a project of the Ubiquitous Learning Institute in the College of Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In 2008, the Ubiquitous Learning Conference held at the University of Illinois in Chicago; in 2009 at Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts; and in 2010, at the University of British Columbia's in Vancouver.
Plenary speakers will include some of the world's leading thinkers in the field of technology-in-learning and they will be complemented by numerous parallel paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and practitioners. Participants are invited to submit a presentation proposal either for a 30-minute paper, 60-minute workshop, or a jointly presented 90-minute colloquium session. Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into streams reflecting different perspectives or disciplines. Each stream also has its own talking circle, a forum for focused discussion of issues. For those unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual participation is also available.
In addition to Plenary Presentations from leading speakers in the field, the Ubiquitous Learning Conference includes parallel presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We invite you to respond to the conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters submit their written papers for publication in the peer refereed 'Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal'. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in the journal as well as the option of uploading a video presentation to our YouTube channel.
The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 15 March 2011. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the conference website: www.ubi-learn.com/conference .
We look forward to seeing you in Berkeley in 2011!
Yours Sincerely,
Garett Gietzen
College of Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Illinois, USA
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