First Call for Papers - 10th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning. Beijing, China 18 -21 October 2011. Submission deadline: 18 March 2011
mLearn was the first conference on Mobile Learning and is
widely recognised as the premiere international conference
on learning with mobile technologies and learning across
contexts. Each year, it attracts a great number of
participants from more than 60 countries representing all
continents, and acts as a forum for knowledge sharing and
transfer across cultures.
The past mLearn conferences were held in the UK, Italy,
Australia, South Africa, Canada, the USA, and Malta ( http://www.iamlearn.org/resources/).
It is the first time that mLearn comes to East Asia. This
tenth annual conference will be hosted by Beijing Normal
University (http://www.bnu.edu.cn/eng/)
in collaboration with IAMLearn - the International
Association for Mobile Learning (http://www.iamlearn.org/).
CONFERENCE THEME: Mobile and
Contextual Learning: Culture and Change
The conference aims to stimulate critical debate on and
research into theories, approaches, and applications of
mobile and contextual learning; to bring together
researchers and practitioners from all over the world to
share their knowledge, experience and research in the
field of mobile learning; and to create dialogue and
networking for knowledge sharing and transfer across the
globe.
The conference is now open for submission, and we welcome
contributions from academic researchers, developers,
professionals, practitioners, and educators from school
education, higher education, industry, government,
international organisations, etc.
Topics of interest are
· mobile learning across formal and informal
settings
· ubiquitous and ambient learning and technology
· models for learning in a mobile context
· open and distance education with mobile devices
· interoperability and standards for mobile
learning
· socio-cultural context of mobile learning
· assessment for learning with mobile devices.
· challenges for mobile learning in developing
countries
· strategies of mobile learning in schools,
higher institutions, industry, and organizations
· ethics of researching and implementing mobile
learning
· adaptive, virtual or collaborative environments
for mobile learning
· mobile learning: theory, design and pedagogy
· innovative approaches to learning by means of
current and emerging mobile technologies
· mobile learning across cultures and
sub-cultures
· research methods in mobile and contextual
learning
· mobile and contextual aspects of social media
and user-generated content
· mobile learning: yesterday, today and tomorrow
The conference programme will highlight keynote talks,
symposia/workshops, plenary sessions, parallel
presentations, roundtables and debates, special focus
sessions, poster sessions, technology and product/service
demonstrations.
Submissions are invited for
- Long papers (8 pages)
- Short papers (3 pages)
- Workshops (2 pages)
- Posters (300 words)
- Panels (500 words)
- Industry showcase
&presentation (1-2 page)
- Doctoral Consortium (4 pages)
All submitted papers will be blind reviewed by at least
three members of an international panel of research leaders
in the area of mobile and contextual learning. Accepted
papers of at least one registered author will be published
in the printed and the CD versions of the proceedings. The
proceedings will also be published via the web for Full Open
Access. Authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity
to have their submissions considered for special issues of
the SSI-indexed Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (JCAL)
and the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning
(IJMBL).
Important dates: · Closing date for the submission of abstracts
- 18 March 2011
· Last date for early-bird registration - 26 July
2011
· Notification of acceptance - 30 April 2011
· Full paper submission - 26 July 2011
· Full paper and/or slide show for Technology
Showcases - 1 September 2011
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