Manchester Metropolitan University

Excellence and Quality: Timeless Challenges in Education

Conference website
December 07-09, 2009 | Porto – Portugal

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DEADLINES

September 1st, 2009. Papers submission

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CONFERENCE GOALS

The scope of the TL2009 conference is wide and covers all areas around Education from teaching to learning perspectives.

Papers, up a maximum of 7000 words, are invited on any of the topics below or related fields and should be submitted, via e-mail, to tl-submission@iask-web.org. Final camera-ready papers must conform to the author guidelines and must not exceed ten pages in length.

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PUBLICATIONS OF PAPERS

All submissions, except invited talks, are subject to a blind refereeing process. Selection will be done according to the score order obtained in the evaluation process.

All accepted papers will be published in the TL2009 Proceedings (book and CD) with ISBN.

Authors of the best papers will be invited to publish extended versions of their work in the following journals:
- International Journal of Intercultural Information Management (ISSN 1750-0028)
- International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education (ISSN 1744-2303)
- International Journal of Innovation and Learning (ISSN 1471-8197)
- International Journal of Learning and Change (ISSN 1740-2875)

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ORGANIZATION

IASK – International Association for Scientific Knowledge

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TOPICS

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

- Active Learning
- Adult Education
- Asynchronous Learning
- Blended Instruction
- Classroom Assessment
- Content Development
- Content Management Systems
- Digital Libraries
- Distance Learning
- E-Instruction
- E-Learning in Face-to-Face Environment
- E-Learning Strategies
- Innovative Teaching Strategies
- Instructional Design
- Knowledge Management
- Learning Disabilities
- Learning Management Systems
- Learning Objects
- Online Assessment
- Online Collaboration in Forum
- Online Forum Discussion
- Performance Assessment
- Quality Assurance
- Smart-Board Teaching
- Staff Training
- Student Diversity
- Student Motivation
- Table of Specifications
- Teaching Technologies
- Virtual Universities and Classroom

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IMPORTANT DATES

September 1st – Submission deadline
Until October 18th – Notification to authors
Until November 8th – Final camera-ready submission and early registration
After November 8th – Late registration (without paper publication)
December 07th to 09th – Conference

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CONTACTS

For further inquiries please contact: tl-secretariat@iask-web.org

Conference Website: www.iask-web.org

JISC press release:

There is also a simple editing service which allows users to create specific clips. These, as well as entire programmes or series can be added to playlists, for sharing with other students or research colleagues. Users can then comment, tag or rate these playlists, clips or programmes.

Commenting on the launch of BoB National, Keith Parry, programme leader for sports coaching and development, Bournemouth University, said: “It’s a fantastic resource which allows me to share content with students and staff alike. For example, students are encouraged to watch European football games as part of their coaching analysis module, and they appreciate the fact they can watch these as many times as they need, wherever they need. For sports history and sociology I use the service to link footage to the department’s Virtual Learning Environment – without BoB this would not be possible.

“BoB has given us the ability here at Bournemouth to be able to facilitate new and different learning styles which fit perfectly with today’s students’ consumption of learning material. And student feedback is that they enjoy the ability to view content off-campus and at a time of their choosing, which is particularly useful when it comes to revision time. BoB is already well-used among staff and researchers at Bournemouth and we look forward to it being opened up to peers at other institutions.”

Further information

* BoB National operates specifically within the terms of the ERA+ licensing scheme offered by the Educational Recording Agency. The head licensee for BoB is Bournemouth University and any institution given access to share the facility is required to be in membership of the BUFVC, and also to hold a current ERA+ licence. The ERA+ licence operates only within the territory of the United Kingdom and relates to off campus access to content acquired under Section 35 of the UK’s Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. The Educational Recording Agency (ERA) is a licensing and collecting agency which represents broadcasters, performers and rights holders, for more information please visit the ERA website.

 

 

 

 

Workshops include:

“Sync and swim: ensuring student participation with e-portfolio learning processes through integration of organisational systems”

“An e-Portfolio to support Work-Based Degrees: the UK experience”

“Expoliting tacit knowledge through knowledge management technologies”

Click here for full details

Paul Booth, the convenor of the MMU Second Life Community of Practice, has  organised a meeting to get together and discuss developments, ideas, and how we can assist each other.  Full details on the CoP page.

The following event is being organised by ESCalate:

Embedding Employability in Education
A one-day conference for staff in Education Studies and the Social Sciences
Date(s): Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Venue: University of Central Lancashire

For more details please visit the escalate website

Press Release from JISC:

Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World

12th May 2009: The Higher Education Academy and JISC welcome today’s publication of the HE in a Web 2.0 World report, which looks at the projected future trends in the use of technology in higher education.

A committee of inquiry was set up after discussions between the Academy and JISC examined the online experiences of young people currently entering higher education, and how this impacts on their studies.

Findings from the report show that students typically spend four hours a day online, a figure that looks set to rise as teenagers make increasing use of
Web 2.0 technology in their daily lives. One of the challenges for the higher education sector is therefore to ensure that staff can keep pace with the advancing technology which many of their students rely on every day, using the technology to enhance the student learning experience.

David Sadler, Director of Networks at the Academy, said: “This report provides a valuable insight into the knowledge and experience our students have of social web technologies.

“The Academy already undertakes significant work to enhance the student learning experience through the use of Web 2.0, and we work closely with institutions and their individual staff members to identify and share the most effective practice in its use.”

Through their collaborative work, the Academy and JISC will continue to support college and university staff in their use of Web 2.0 technology, to help them become proficient users of a range of appropriate technologies.

Dr Malcolm Read, executive secretary JISC, said: “This report highlights what needs to be done to maintain the UK’s position at the forefront of higher education. JISC will continue to deliver a world-class infrastructure to support the use of web 2.0 technologies giving access to over 18 million people across education to secure online resources.

“We will also build upon our work in giving training, advice and guidance on how learners and academics can re-use and re-purpose online content freely while respecting and recognising intellectual property rights – all of which will help to develop a digital and knowledge based economy.”

Read the full report

Listen to a podcast with members of the Committee of Inquiry

Take part in the discussions by Tagging your Blog Posts, Comments and Twitter Posts with the Tag: #clex09