3rd international conference on ubiquitous learning

2 day event - 10 December 2010 until 11 December 2010

The Ubiquitous Learning Conference investigates the uses of technologies in learning, including devices with sophisticated computing and networking capacities that are now pervasively part of our everyday lives, including laptops, mobile phones, games, digital music players, personal digital assistants and cameras. The conference explores the possibilities of new forms of learning using these devices not only in the classroom, but in a wider range of places and times than was conventionally the case for education. Ubiquitous learning is made possible in part by the affordances of the new digital media. What's new about it? What's not so new? What are the main challenges of access to these new learning opportunities? These are the key themes and scope and concerns of the conference and its companion journal.

This conference has evolved from e-Learning Symposia held in Melbourne, Australia in 2006 and 2007, connected with the International Conference on Learning. It is an activity of the Ubiquitous Learning Institute in the College of Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. In 2008, the Ubiquitous Learning Conference was held in Chicago at the University of Illinois' Illini Center. Last year, the Ubiquitous Learning Conference was held at Northeastern University, Boston, USA.

The Ubiquitous Learning Conference includes plenary presentations by leading thinkers in the field of technology-in-learning, and parallel paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, professions and fields of study. Participants are invited to submit a presentation proposal for a 30-minute paper, 60-minute workshop, or a jointly presented 90-minute colloquium session.

Presenters may also choose to submit their written papers for publication in the peer-refereed "Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal". Those who are unable to attend the conference in person are welcome to submit a virtual registration, which allows for submission of a paper for refereeing and possible publication in the journal, as well as an option to upload a video presentation to the conference YouTube channel.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 8 April 2010. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the conference website: www.ULConference.com.

http://www.ULConference.com | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Papers call closes: 08 April 2010