Manchester Metropolitan University

International Conference Teaching and Learning 2009
Excellence and Quality: Timeless Challenges in Education
(www.iask-web.org)

December 07-09, 2009 | Porto, Portugal

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.

PUBLICATION 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)

ORGANIZATION
IASK – International Association for Scientific Knowledge

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

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

CONTACTS

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

Conference Website: www.iask-web.org

JISC’s new guide to Second Life is written by lecturers for lecturers, to help others to use virtual worlds for teaching.

‘Getting Started in Second Life’ answers some common questions like how to set up in Second Life, what the rules of the world are, how to plan lessons and how best to help students use it effectively for learning.

The aim of the guide is to present the basics in order to help lecturers experiment, rather than them getting lost in mastering the detail of the virtual environment.

For further information and to download or order the guide, visit the JISC web site.

From the HEA website

“This seminar will address issues to do with access to university and the experience of students with different types of qualification when at university. It will draw in particular on the HEPI studies of the different experiences of students with vocational and academic level 3 qualifications, and the HEFCE research on ‘Who does best at university’.”

Email UCAS to book a place