Dear Colleague,
13 October 2007 is the proposal deadline in the call for papers for the:
E-LEARNING SYMPOSIUM
RMIT University, Melbourne, 9-11 December 2007
http://www.LearningSymposium.com
This Symposium will bring together educators from all sectors (teachers, principals, teacher educators and researchers) to explore new directions in e-learning. Main speakers at the Symposium will include leading thinkers and in the field of e-learning, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations. Key questions will be addressed about the nature of learning using digital media and tools:
* What is the impact of the new information and communications technologies on learners? What do they already know? What do they need to know? What is the role of education or formal learning?
* How can existing teaching practices and learning content be mapped onto the digital environment? Or should they?
* How can the digital environment be used to create new and more powerful forms of learning?
* When do we know it's working? Evaluating digital, multimedia and online learning environments.
The Symposium will have both a research and a practice focus:
* Research and theory: what technologies? what pedagogies? what works?
* Practices: a marketplace in which teachers showcase their best work and e-learning developers demonstrate their applications.
Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication before or after the Symposium in the fully refereed International Journal of Learning. If you are unable to attend the Symposium 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 access to the electronic version of the Symposium proceedings.
This Symposium is associated with the International Conference on Learning. The fifteenth annual Learning Conference is to be held at the University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 3-6 June 2008 . Details may be found at http://www.LearningConference.com
We do hope you will be able to join us at the e-Learning Symposium in Melbourne in December this year, and at the Learning Conference in Chicago next year.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr Helen Smith
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Nicola Yelland
Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Mary Kalantzis
Dean, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
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If you have any inquiries about this Symposium, please send them by reply to this email. All emails are answered in person by one of our Symposium administrators within two working days. Helen Smith
