From 24 June 2008 till 28 June 2008 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
ICLS2008 in the Netherlands: International Perspectives in the Learning Sciences
- Cre8ing a learning world
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Call for Papers: deadline: 19 November, 2007
Utrecht University is busy preparing for the 2008 International Conference for the Learning Sciences. The theme for the conference is International Perspectives in the Learning Sciences. This conference will attempt to broaden the geographical, cultural, and intellectual scope of the learning sciences community, while maintaining its focus on the innovative consideration of learning as it occurs in authentic contexts.
KEYNOTES:
• “Beyond design experiments: interventions for expansive learning” - Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki, Finland
• “The Game of the Future” - Mark H. Overmars, Utrecht University, The Netherlands,
• “Pop cosmopolitanism, cognition, and learning on the virtual frontier” - Constance Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
• “Conceptualizing systemic contextual differences for design research: Insights from International comparative studies of pedagogical
practices and technology use” - Nancy Law, University of Hong Kong
• “Pedagogical benchmarks: Does the homo zappiens need anything more than just good teaching?” - Theo Wubbels, Utrecht University, The
Netherlands
• “The Folksemantic Web: Tools for a Human-Centered Approach to the Semantic Web” - Shelley Johnson, Utah State University, USA
• “Internal and external scripts: Studies on the interplay of discourse, cognition, and instruction in computer-supported collaborative learning"
- Frank Fischer, Department of Psychology, University of Munich
• “Is Educational Investment in the Poor a Good Public Investment?” - Hank Levin, Columbia University, USA
• “Key elements for a framework to understand and conceptualise the social outcomes of learning” - Richard Desjardins, Danish University
of Education, Denmark
DATE: 24-28 June 2008 LOCATION: Utrecht, The Netherlands
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