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The conference aims to promote the development of Mobile Learning in the Middle East, provide a forum for education and knowledge transfer, expose students to latest ICT technologies and encourage the study and implementation of mobile applications in teaching and learning. The conference will also present an opportunity for educators to develop new skills and to stimulate critical debate on theories, approaches, principles and applications of m-learning, hence facilitate dialogue, sharing and networking between diverse cultures with regard to the optimal use of emerging technologies.
Kaleidoscope partner the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, is co-organising this conference, which aims to promote the development of mobile learning in the Middle East. Kaleidoscope member Elizabeth Hartnell-Young (University of Nottingham, UK) is on the International Programme Committee.
The conference is hosted by the Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Amman, Jordan on 18 - 20 April 2007. It aims to promote the development of Mobile Learning in the Middle East, provide a forum for education and knowledge transfer, expose students to latest ICT technologies and encourage the study and implementation of mobile applications in teaching and learning. The deadline for paper abstracts is 15 November 2006.