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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions: 26 February 2007 --
IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2007
Lisbon, Portugal, 5 to 7 July 2007
(http://www.mlearning-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and
Information Systems (MCCSIS 2007)
Lisbon, Portugal, 3 to 8 July 2007
(http://www.mccsis.org)
* Keynote Speakers (confirmed):
Professor Martin Owen, Futurelab, United KingdomProfessor Elliot
Soloway, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan, USA
Professor Cathie Norris,University of North Texas in Denton, USA
* Conference background and goals
Big issues in Mobile Learning: An International Perspective
In June 2006, under the auspice of the Kaleidoscope Network of
Excellence Mobile Learning Initiative, European researchers convened
for the Big Issues in Mobile Learning Workshop. The Workshop aimed
to provide a forum for reflecting on the issues that have triggered
the staggering growth in mobile learning and for identifying what
are the big challenges facing mobile learning.
An outcome of the workshop is the Big Issues in Mobile Learning
Report which indicates that mobile learning is concerned with "a
society on the move". It is learning across contexts rather than
just learning with portable devices. The report points to the need
to move away from `porting' existing activities into mobile devices,
to design with evaluation in mind, to consider the complexity of the
dialectic relationship between learner & technology, to explore new
conditions & ways of learning supported by mobile technology, to
investigate innovation in a social context and to consider the
tensions between mobile technology and learning in schools, among
others (Sharples, 2006).
The IADIS Mobile Learning 2007 International Conference seeks to
provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of mobile
learning research. In particular, but not exclusively, we aim to
enrich the Big Issues in Mobile Learning debate with an
international perspective and with empirical research that will
further contribute to forge understanding of the Big Issues in
Mobile Learning.
Sharples, M. (Ed.) (2006) Big Issues in Mobile Learning: Report of a
workshop by the Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence Mobile Learning
Initiative. Available at http://telearn.noe-
kaleidoscope.org/warehouse/Sharples-2006.pdf
* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral
presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published
in the form of a book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available
also in the IADIS Digital Library (http://www.iadis.net/dl). The
best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of
their papers in the IADIS Journal on Computer Science and
Information Systems (ISSN: 1646-3692) and also in other selected
Journals.
* 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.
* We invite researchers, practitioners, developers and all those
working in the mobile learning arena to submit work under the
following Big Issues in Mobile Learning Themes (Sharples, 2006) and
topics:
Themes
How to Enhance the Experience without Interfering With It?
Affective Factors in Learning with Mobile Devices
How Can We Address the Conflicts between Personal Informal
Learning and Traditional Classroom Education?
Evaluating Mobile Learning: What are Appropriate Methods for
Evaluating in Mobile Environments?
How Should Learning Activities Using Mobile Technologies be
Designed to Support Innovative Educational Practice?
How Can We Integrate Mobile Devices with Broader Educational
Scenarios?
Other relevant themes to explore Big Issues in Mobile Learning
Topics
Pedagogical approaches and theories for mLearning
Collaborative, cooperative and Contextual mLearning
Creativity and mLearning
Gaming and simulations in mLearning
mLearning in educational institutions: primary, secondary and
third level
Informal and Lifelong mLearning
mLearning in developing countries
New tools, technologies and platforms for mLearning
User Studies in mLearning
The social phenomenon of mobile devices and mLearning
Speculative ideas in mLearning: where next?
* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: 26 February 2007
- Notification to Authors: Until 27 April 2007
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 18 May
2007
- Late Registration: After 18 May 2007
- Conference: Lisbon, Portugal, 5 to 7 July 2007
* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal.
* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING
2007
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat%40mlearning-conf.org">secretariat
mlearning-conf.org
Web site: http://www.mlearning-conf.org/
* Program Committee
Mobile Learning 2007 Program Chair
Inmaculada Arnedillo Sαnchez, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
General MCCSIS Conference Co-Chairs:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Pedro Isaνas, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University),
Portugal
Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Steering Committee
Mike Sharples, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Elliot Soloway, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan,
USA
Dan Sutch, Learning Researcher, Futurelab, United Kingdom
Josie Taylor, The Open University, United Kingdom
Tom Brown, Telematic Learning and Education Innovation, University
of Pretoria, South Africa
Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to http://www.mlearning-
conf.org/committees.asp
.