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Submission System Open*

The 19th international conference of the Association for Learning
Technology will be held at the University of Manchester, UK, 11-13
September 2012.

Please forward this to any interested colleagues in your own networks
and if you are a Twitter user, you may wish to use the following
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The submission system for abstracts and papers for #altc2012 is now
live at http://goo.gl/RuUEu

Before submitting a proposal please refer to the calls and guidelines
which can be found at http://goo.gl/lYgY5 and http://goo.gl/btuIr.

Submissions will close at midnight GMT on 27 February 2012.

The conference title is "A confrontation with reality" and the
conference themes are Problem solving, Mainstreaming, Openness and
sharing, Sustainability, and Entrepreneurialism.

Whether you have been involved in ALT for years, you are new to the
learning technology domain, or you are an experienced researcher or
practitioner from other fields with innovation to report, please take
the time to review the call and guidelines documents. With your help,
the 2012 ALT Conference will be a truly inspirational, influential,
and enjoyable event.

*Categories of submissions*
We welcome submissions of two broad types:

1. An abstract of up to 350 words describing either a Short
Presentation (10 minutes), Short Paper (20 minutes), Demonstration (30
minutes), Symposium (up to 60 minutes), Workshop (up to 60 minutes) or
a Hybrid (up to 60 minutes combining features of the others into a
single session). All accepted abstracts will appear in the Conference
Abstracts.

2. A full Proceedings Paper of up to 5000 words, for publication in
the peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings of ALT-C 2011 including a
traditional 200 word abstract. The paper, if accepted, will be
published in the conference proceedings which will be a journal
supplement to the ALT journal "Research in Learning Technology". In
addition, authors of proceedings papers should provide a 350 word long
abstract (serving the same purpose as other abstracts and appearing in
the published Conference Abstracts).

Best wishes,
Caroline Greves, Events Manager
Association for Learning Technology
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Poster Submission Deadline Reminder: February 1, 2012

Leveraging Uncertainty:
Toward a New Generation of Undergraduate Research

In current crises of economic viability, urban decline, environmental degradation, and cultural meaning, we face deep and broad-based concerns, both for personal prospects and larger social contracts. We can be swept along by those changes, or we can use them as opportunities for positive transformation. We know that research must inform our responses to these new conditions. And we know that undergraduate research offers experiences and skills that our students can draw on for successful future study, meaningful work lives, and social engagement. This conference will ask us to consider new models of undergraduate research that create possibilities where others might see peril.

The subthemes for the 2012 CUR National Conference are as follows:

• Research Transcending Historic Disciplinary Boundaries
• Sustaining Undergraduate Research in an Era of Fiscal Uncertainty
• Online Technology in Undergraduate Research: Possibilities, Threats and Challenges
• The Challenges and Opportunities of Undergraduate Research in a Broad Global Context
• Other non-theme proposals are also welcome
  

For more information, including the link to submit a proposal, please visit: http://www.cur.org/conferences/tcnj/proposals.html

NMC is excited to announce that the 2012 NMC Summer Conference at MIT - Call for Proposals is now open!  The deadline to submit your proposal is January 31, 2012.

This year, the conference will have around 40 breakout sessions, compared to over 90 that we have had in the past.  The proposal review committee will be much more selective due to the limited sessions.   Please ensure that your proposal submission is compelling, creative, thought provoking, and complete.  Expert sessions and panels representing a pro/con type of debate are strongly encouraged.

We have several changes for the 2012 NMC Summer Conference that I would also like to share with you!

New schedule - the conference schedule format will be Tuesday through Friday (formerly Wednesday through Saturday).

New session paths - created around six verbs, to create a fresh, new experience that is also deep with insights. We hope you find it as exciting to contemplate as we have!  Imagine, Explore, Play, Create, Transform, Reflect!

Conference highlights this year include:

Opening Keynote: Joichi Ito, Director of the MIT New Media Lab; the MIT New Media Lab is where we will also have our Wednesday night Reception and Dance.

NMC Fellows Award: presented to Lord David Puttnam, at the closing plenary on Friday, which will also include a keynote presentation from Lord Puttnam.

Complete details on the 2012 NMC Summer Conference can be found here.

All of us at NMC look forward to seeing you in Boston in June 2012!

Happy holidays!

Best,
Nancy

--
Nancy E. Reeves, CMP
Senior Director, Member Services

The New Media Consortium
6101 West Courtyard Dr.
Building One, Suite 100
Austin, TX  78730
512-445-4200
512-445-4205 fax
www.nmc.org

The Journal of Learning Spaces is now accepting submissions for Volume 1, issue 2. 

 

The Journal of Learning Spaces provides a scholarly, multidisciplinary forum for research articles, case studies, book reviews, and position pieces related to all aspects of learning space design, operation, pedagogy, and assessment. Submissions should focus primarily on learning spaces and their impact on or relationship to teaching and learning.  Please visit our Focus and Scope page for more information.

 

All submissions are due on or before April 2, 2012.

 

All  submissions must be:

·  Original, unpublished works not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

·  Written in English.

·  Formatted and referenced using the most current APA Style.

·  Submitted as MS Word, RTF, or Acrobat PDF documents.

·  Submitted through the Journal home page. To submit, you must first login or register as an Author with the Journal, then follow the link and steps to Start A New Submission.

 

Types of submissions sought:

 

Research manuscripts. Peer-reviewed.

4,000-7,000 words, including bibliography.

Research manuscripts present and describe original, primary research (broadly defined) on topics of current importance that may impact learning space research and practice in higher education. Manuscripts provide clear and complete methodology and include all necessary figures, tables, and illustrations. See additional formatting requirements below. Registered Journal of Learning Spaces readers are free to post comments and questions to these submissions. 

 

Case studies. Peer-reviewed.

3,000-5,000 words.

Case studies describe mature projects and programs that describe or demonstrate innovative, instructive learning space designs, programs, or practices in higher education. Case studies dealing with pedagogy, assessment, or unique partnerships and collaborations will receive greatest preference. Registered Journal of Learning Spaces readers are free to post comments and questions to these submissions.

 

Position pieces. Peer-reviewed.

2,000-4,000 words, including bibliography.

Position pieces are essays intended to inform readers of, or to stimulate discussion about, significant issues in current learning space research and practices in higher education. Position pieces may be primary or secondary research and will provide complete references. Registered Journal of Learning Spaces readers are free to post comments and questions to these submissions. 

 

Field Reports.

1,000-2,000 words.

Field Reports are thoughtful summaries of recent conferences, meetings, colloquium, etc. on topics relevant to learning space research and design. Submissions should present the ideas and insights generated during the event being reported, rather than simply detailing the topics covered. Field Reports should underscore the value or importance of the ideas being summarized to the readership. Registered Journal of Learning Spaces readers are free to post comments and questions to these submissions.

 

Book reviews.

300-500 words.

Book reviews provide concise summaries and evaluations of current (published within the last 12 months) books related to learning space research or practices in higher education. Book review authors select and procure books to review, based on their professional view of the book's real or potential impact and relevance to current research and practice. Authors are encouraged to cite other notable books related to the one being reviewed. Registered Journal of Learning Spaces readers are free to post comments and questions to these submissions.

 

Learning Space Spotlight.

300-500 words.

Spotlight submissions highlight innovative learning spaces in higher education -- formal or informal, physical or virtual. These brief profiles describe a space's vision, key features, technologies, staffing, and innovative features or uses.  Photos, floor plans, and links to related media are highly encouraged. Registered Journal of Learning Spaces readers are free to post comments and questions to these submissions.

 

Please visit the Journal home page page for more details.

 

(Net)Working Conference & Gathering
Women in Literacy: Access Technology, Build Connections, Create Networks

March 9-10, 2012
(Special Pre-Conference, March 8, 2012)

University of Rhode Island / Feinstein Providence Campus
Providence, Rhode Island

Website - Details (http://welearnwomen.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80&Itemid=178)

Online Application also available from website

Download Information & Form (http://welearnwomen.org/files/conference/CALL2012-full.pdf)

Form only in Word (http://welearnwomen.org/files/conference/FORM2012-only.doc)

DEADLINE EXTENDED
Thurs. Dec. 8, 2011

Please send all proposals electronically!

For more information, contact: info@welearnwomen.org (mailto:info@welearnwomen.org?subject=WE%20LEARN%20Conference)

We Learn 182 Riverside Ave. | Cranston, RI 02910 US



Mev Miller, Ed.D., Director

WE LEARN
(Women Expanding Literacy Education Action Resource Network)
conference@welearnwomen.org
welearnwomen.org
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March 10-12, 2012 - Berlin, Germany
(http://www.is-conf.org/)
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* Keynote Speaker (confirmed):
Prof. Dr. Egon Berghout, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

* Conference background and goals
A new paradigm is sweeping the society, organisations and the business
environment.  In fact, society and business world alike are moving from
its tangible bases to
intangible ones based on knowledge and information systems (IS) to support
its management, use and sharing.  In this emerging paradigm, terms like
information,
communication, knowledge, and learning have acquired a critical relevance
to the understanding of the nature of contemporary business.  This led
authors such as
Drucker (1993) to state that "we are entering the knowledge society in
which the basic economic resource... is knowledge".
In fact, since the mid-1980s, there has been a sudden avalanche of a new
kind of vocabulary. Corporations, which so far had been economic entities,
are being described
as 'information-based organizations', 'learning organizations',
'knowledge-creating companies' or knowledge intensive organisations.
Instead of product-market
strategies, the fashionable business discourse invokes core competencies,
intangible assets, knowledge-based capabilities, intellectual capital,
knowledge management
etc.  Consequently, in this 21st century of ours, terms such as
intellectual capital, knowledge management, and knowledge mapping have
increasingly become part of the
corporate landscape.
However, none of this apparent revolution would be possible without the
underlying technological support provided by IS. The IADIS Information
Systems Conference
(IS 2012) aims to provide a forum for the discussion of IS taking a
socio-technological perspective.  It aims to address the issues related to
design, development and
use of IS in organisations from a socio-technological perspective, as well
as to discuss IS professional practice, research and teaching.

* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise invited talks and oral presentations. The
proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book. The
best paper authors
will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in specific
journals, and in the IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and
Information Systems.
The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC, EI
Compendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services.

* Types of submissions
Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations,
Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to
a blind refereeing process.

* A set of key issues has been identified (see below). However, these do
not aim at being prescriptive, or set in stone, and any innovative
contributions that do not
fit into these areas will also be considered. Areas and Topics of the
conference will focus on:

IS in Practice, Technology Infrastructures and Organisational Processes
• Power, Cultural, Behavioural and Political issues
• New  Organisational Forms
• Dilution of Organisational Boundaries
• The centrality of IS and  IT in Organisational Processes
• IS Management
• Information Management
• Knowledge Management
• IS and SMEs
• Innovation and IS
• Innovation and Knowledge Management
• IS and Change Management
• IS and Organisation Development
• Enterprise Application Integration
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Business Process Change

IS Design, Development and Management Issues and Methodologies
• Design and Development Methodologies and Frameworks
• Iterative and Incremental Methodologies
• Agile Methodologies
• IS Design and Development  as a Component-Based Process
• IS Design and Development as Social Negotiation Process
• IS D Design and Development as a Global and Distributed Process
• Outsourcing in IS
• Outsourcing Risks, Barriers and Opportunities
• IS Project Management
• IS Quality Management and Assurance
• IS Standards and Compliance Issues
• Risk Management in IS
• Risk Management in IS Design and Development

IS Professional Issues
• Ethical, social, privacy, security and moral issues in an e-society
• The role of information in the information society
• Myths, taboos and misconceptions in IS
• Practitioner and Research Relationship, Projects and Links
• Validity, Usefulness and  Applicability of IS Academic Research
• Industrial Research versus Academic Research Issues
• Industry Innovation and Leadership and Academic Laggards
• IS consultancy as a profession
• Organisational IS  Roles
• Communities of practice and Knowledge Sharing

IS Research
• Core Theories, Conceptualisations and Paradigms in IS Research
• Ontological Assumptions in IS Research
• IS Research Constraints, Limitations and Opportunities
• IS vs Computer Science Research
• IS vs Business Studies
• Positivist, Interpretivist and Critical Approaches to IS Research
• Quantitative vs. Qualitative Methods
• Deductive vs Inductive Approaches
• Multi-method Approaches and Triangulations in IS Research
• Design Research and the Sciences of the Artificial in IS
• Multidisciplinary Views and Multi Methodological Approaches
• New and alternative approaches to IS research
• Examples of experimental research designs in IS

IS Learning and Teaching
• Patterns of Demand for IS Teaching Provision
• Fads, Fashions and Fetishes in IS Curricula
• Pedagogic practice in Teaching IS
• E-Learning in IS
• Instructional Design for IS
• National Cultures and Approaches to Pedagogy
• Multiculturality and Diversity Issues in IS Learning and Teaching

* Important Dates:
- Submission deadline (2nd call): 30 December 2011
- Notification to Authors (2nd call): 30 January 2012
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call): Until
15 February 2012
- Late Registration (2nd call): After 15 February 2012
- Conference: Berlin, Germany, 10 to 12 March 2012

* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Berlin, Germany.

* Secretariat
IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2012
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3, 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat@is-conf.org Web site: http://www.is-conf.org/

* Program Committee
Conference Chair
Professor Philip Powell, Deputy Dean, University of Bath, UK

Program Co-Chairs
Miguel Baptista Nunes, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal

Committee Members:
for the full Committee Members list please access
http://www.is-conf.org/committees.asp

* Co-located events
Please also check the co-located events:
e-Society 2012 (http://www.esociety-conf.org/) - 10-13 March 2012
Mobile Learning 2012 (http://www.mlearning-conf.org/) - 11-13 March 2012

* Registered participants in the Information Systems' conference may
attend Mobile Learning and e-Society conferences' sessions free of charge.

JELIS, the Journal of Education for Library & Information Science, is soliciting manuscripts for a special section entitled "Teaching and Learning in iSchools," guest edited by Toni Carbo of the Drexel iSchool. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2012. Please see the complete CFP at the link below:
http://jelis.org/for-authors/call-for-papers/cfp-teaching-and-learning-in-ischools-special-section/

The Journal of Library and Information Service for Distance Learning, a peer-reviewed journal published by Routledge, welcomes the submission of manuscripts.

 

The journal is devoted to the issues and concerns of librarians and information specialists involved with distance education and delivering library resources and services to this growing community of students. 

 

Topics can include but are not limited to:

• Faculty/librarian cooperation and collaboration
• Information literacy
• Instructional service techniques
• Information delivery
• Reference services
• Document delivery
• Developing collections

If you are interested in submitting an article, this journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the "Guide for ScholarOne Authors" at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/submission/ScholarOne.asp before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1533-290X or can be emailed to you directly. WLIS receives all manuscript submissions electronically via their ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/WLIS. ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support can be accessed via http://scholarone.com/services/support/.

Inquiries and questions are welcome and can be sent directly to the editor, Jodi Poe, at jpoe@jsu.edu.

Please note: We accept manuscript submissions through the year. The deadline to have your article appear in our next issue, if accepted, is January 1, 2012. Accepted and approved manuscripts received after this date have no guarantee of being included in the next published issue.

Call for 'Virtual' Participation: LITA Mobile Computing IG meeting
for ALA Midwinter 2012
Online, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 at noon EST

The LITA Mobile Computing IG seeks 4-5 short presentations (10-15
minutes) on mobile computing for the upcoming 2012 ALA Midwinter.

The meeting will be held online. So no physical attendance for the ALA
Midwinter is required for the presentation and/or attendance for this
meeting.

The LITA MCIG is also seeking the suggestions for discussion topics,
things you have been working on, plan to work, or want to work on in
terms of mobile computing. All suggestions and presentation topics are
welcome and will be given consideration for presentation and
discussion.

Feel free to email me off-the-list (kimb@fiu.edu) and/or post your
topic suggestions and any other comments at ALA Connect :
http://connect.ala.org/node/161337

--
Bohyun Kim
LITA MCIG chair
http://bohyunkim.net

The Information Ethics Roundtable
Conference on Privacy and the Challenge of Technology
Hunter College
New York, New York
April 27, 2012

Keynote Speaker: Helen Nissenbaum, (Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU), author of Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life (Stanford Law, 2010)

Invited speaker: James Stacey Taylor (Philosophy, Religion, and Classical Studies, College of New Jersey), author of Stakes and Kidneys: Why Markets in Human Body Parts are a Moral Imperative (Ashgate, 2005).

In one sense information technology has been a boon for privacy. For instance, ATMs and online banking mean that we seldom have to present ourselves to a teller. Online shopping offers similar benefits. However, technology can also pose a serious threat to privacy, since so much of what we now do leaves an enduring digital record. This information can then be recombined to create detailed personal profiles that could not have emerged in pre-digital days. Moreover, this information can be distributed far, wide, and immediately without our consent or even knowledge.

Information ethics studies the value questions that arise from the creation, control, and access to information. The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together philosophers, information scientists, librarians, and social scientists to discuss ethical issues such as intellectual property, intellectual freedom, and censorship. This year's conference will address conceptual, empirical, and ethical issues related to privacy and the connection between privacy and information technology. Questions addressed will include:

• Is privacy valuable?
• To what extent does privacy benefit from technology?
• To what extent is privacy threatened by technology?
• When is the sharing of others' personal information appropriate or inappropriate?
• To what extent is privacy law keeping up with changes in technology?
• Should people generally enjoy a high degree of anonymity when in public?
• Does privacy have a future?

Submit an abstract of up to 500 words on any of the above or closely related topics.  E-mail submissions to tdoyle@hunter.cuny.edu.  Include your full name, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address.  Address any queries about the conference to Tony Doyle at the address given above.

 

Submission Deadline: January 2, 2012

Acceptance Notification: January 31, 2012