ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide
9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK
Second call for papers and abstracts – deadline, 29 February 2008
Keynote speakers:
* David Cavallo, Chief Learning Architect for One Laptop per Child, and Head of the Future of Learning Research Group at MIT Media Lab;
* Dr Itiel Dror, Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Southampton;
* Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute, Sweden, and Director of the Gapminder Foundation.
Proposals should address up to three of the conference dimensions:
global or local; institutional or individual; pedagogy or technology; access or exclusion; open or proprietary; private or public; for the learner or by the learner.
For more detail on these, see:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/papers.html
The online submission system for ALT-C 2008 is now open at:
https://alt.conference-services.net/.
Prior to submitting please read the Guidelines for Research Papers and for Abstracts – http://www.alt.ac.uk/guidelines_papers.html – and download the Research Paper Template if you intend to to submit a
research paper.
*Important note*
Some projects or teams will have more to report in September 2008 than they can summarise in an abstract written in February 2008. To take account of this, the Co-Chairs of the Conference Committee emphasise that: “in judging proposals, ALT Reviewers will take an understanding attitude regarding proposals referring to or reporting on work taking place between now and the date of the conference”.
Key dates:
Submissions close 29 February 2008
Presenters’ registration deadline: 6 June 2008
Early bird registration deadline: 30 June 2008
Registrations close: 15 August 2008
For sponsorship and exhibition opportunities got to:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/sponsor_information.html or contact Hayley Willis, Events Administrator: hayley.willis@alt.ac.uk
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