Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Join us at our Digital Literacies Symposium
ELESIG - the Special Interest Group for those interested in Evaluating the Learner Experience of elearning is having one of its occasional face to face events on November 20th in Birmingham. here are the details:Impact of learner experience research – digital literacies
Thursday, 20th November 2008
Evolution Suite, Longbridge Technology Park, 1 Devon Way Birmingham B31 2TS
http://www.longbridgetechnologypark.org/innovation.html
Building on previous successful on-line and face-to-face events, ELESIG is now organising a series of ‘Impact Symposia’ in collaboration with colleagues currently undertaking research into selected areas of the student experience. At each of these events, as well as receiving input from key researchers in the field and engaging in developmental activities, there will be opportunities to share your own research and practice related to the topic under investigation. The first of these symposia concerns digital literacies.
The event is free to members of ELESIG and membership is free to anyone interested in the learner experience and the learner voice.
Labels: birmingham, conferences, elearning, elesig, learner_voice, seminars
posted by Helen Whitehead 2:44 PM
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Call for papers: ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide
ALT-c 2008 conference: 9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK
First call for papers and abstracts
The online submission system for ALT-C 2008 is now open:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/papers.html
Please read the submission guidelines for Research Papers and for Abstracts - http://www.alt.ac.uk/guidelines_papers.html
- and download the Research Paper Template if you wish to submit a research paper.
Submit your proposal on the new submission system at https://alt.conference-services.net/
Key dates:
Submissions open 14 December 2007
Submissions close 28 February 2008
Presenters’ registration deadline: 6 June 2008 Early bird registration deadline: 30 June 2008 Registrations close: 15 August 2008
Keynote speakers:
David Cavallo, Chief Learning Architect for One Laptop per Child, and Head of the Future of Learning Research Group at MIT Media Lab; Dr Itiel Dror, Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Southampton; Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute, Sweden, and Director of the Gapminder Foundation.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/Labels: ALT, ALTC2008, conferences
posted by Helen Whitehead 3:06 PM
