Keynote Speaker (confirmed):
Professor John Traxler, Director, Learning Lab, University of
Wolverhampton, UK
Conference background and goals
Mobile Learning, a Retrospective Outlook
Since its inauguration in 2005, the IADIS Mobile Learning conference
series has provided a forum to present, discuss and promote international
mobile learning research.
Past conference themes have focused on pedagogical approaches most suited
for mobile learning such as collaborative, contextual, and constructivist
which support data collection, context & location awareness and
distributed activities. In 2007 the conference aimed to harness an
international perspective on the 'big issues' in mobile learning by
discussing topics such as the conflict between personal informal learning
and traditional classroom education, the evaluation of mobile learning and
appropriate methods for this setting, the design of mobile learning
activities and the integration of mobile devices in the broader
educational scenarios, among others. In 2008, our concern was to explore
various dimensions of the learners' mobility for example, physical,
conceptual and social, to discern how these in conjunction with mobile and
fix technologies may support learning. Last year, the conference debated
the increasing phenomenon of user generated content, in particular mobile
media.
Five years on, the IADIS Mobile Learning 2010 International Conference
seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of mobile
learning research which provides a retrospective outlook of the field. We
seek contributions under the topics below which illustrate developments in
the field.
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
(accessible on-line).
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.
Topics
We invite researchers, practitioners, developers and all those working in
the mobile learning arena to submit work under the following topics:
. Pedagogical approaches and theories for mLearning
. mLearning in formal educational institutions
. Integrating mLearning with broader educational scenarios
. Informal and lifelong mLearning
. Learner mobility & transitions across physical, conceptual, social space
and technologies
. User Studies in mLearning
. Mobile social media & user generated content
. Enabling mLearning technologies, applications & uses
. Evaluation and evaluation methodologies for mLearning
. Tools, technologies and platforms for mLearning
. Mobile Web 2.0 applications for mLearning
. Mobile game-based learning
Important Dates:
- Submission deadline (1st call extension): 4 December 2009
- Notification to Authors (1st call extension): 6 January 2010
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st call
extension): Until 27 January 2010
- Late Registration (1st call extension): After 27 January 2010
- Conference: Porto, Portugal, 19 to 21 March 2010
Conference Location
The conference will be held in Porto, Portugal.
Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2010
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat@mlearning-conf.org
Web site: http://www.mlearning-conf.org/
Program Committee
Mobile Learning 2010 Program Chair
Inmaculada Arnedillo Sαnchez, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Mobile Learning 2010 Conference Chair
Pedro Isaνas, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
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