Announcing:
Ubiquitous Learning: An International Conference 09
5-6 December 2009
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, in USA
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Ubiquitous Learning Conference 2008
Welcome to the website of the Ubiquitous Learning Conference. The Conference will be held at the University of Illinois’ Illini Centre, 17-19 November 2008, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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, games, digital music players, personal digital assistants 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 concerns of the Conference and its companion Journal.
Main 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.
We encourage all presenters to submit written papers to The International Journal of Ubiquitous Learning, a fully refereed academic Journal. Virtual participants may also submit papers for consideration by the Journal. All registered Conference participants will receive a complimentary online subscription to the Journal. This subscription is valid until one year after the Conference end date.
All are encouraged to register and attend this significant and timely Conference. Accommodation options are also available.
If you would like to know more about this Conference, bookmark the Ubiquitous Learning Conference site and return for further information as the site is regularly updated. You might also wish to subscribe to the Conference and Journal Newsletter.
For all inquiries, please contact the Conference secretariat.
Background
The International Conference on Ubiquitous Learning
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 also connected to the Ubiquitous Learning Institute in the College of Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
The International Journal of Ubiquitous Learning
Conference participants can submit papers to the Ubiquitous Learning Journal before the Conference and up until one month after the Conference. Papers submitted for publication will be fully refereed. The publication decision is based on the referees’ reports.
For those unable to attend the Conference in person, a virtual registration will provide participants access to the electronic version of the Journal, as well as the option to submit papers for refereeing and possible publication. For more information about the Journal please visit the Publish Your Paper page.
