IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2008

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Soumis par Caprotti, Olga le mar, 2007/12/04 - 11:09.
2007/12/21 - 18:00
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CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline for submissions (extended): 21 December 2007

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2008 Algarve, Portugal, 11 to 13 April 2008 (http://www.mlearning-conf.org/)

Conference background and goals

The Intricacies of Mobility

Early definitions of mobile learning focused on the mobility of the technology. They described mobile learning as: “elearning through mobile computational devices: Palms, Windows CE machines, even your digital cell phone.” (Quinn 2000).

Recently, definitions of mobile learning have shifted their focus from the mobility of the technology to the mobility of the learner. Accordingly, researching mobile learning requires studying: “…how the mobility of learners augmented by personal and public technology can contribute to the process of gaining new knowledge, skills, and experience” (Sharples et al. 2007).

The change in emphasis from the mobility of the technology to the mobility of the learner is a significant one in that it signifies a broadening of the many dimensions of mobility that interplay in enabling learning.

This provides us with a more comprehensive outlook into the inherent complexity of the notion of mobility in mobile learning. Such complexity encompasses among others, mobility in physical space, mobility in conceptual space, mobility in social space and mobility of technology (Sharples et al. 2007).

This multidimensional view of mobility enriches the discourse in this area of research and poses additional challenges. The IADIS Mobile Learning 2008 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the discussion and presentation of mobile learning research. In particular, we aim to further our understanding of mobile learning from the standpoint of learner mobility. We seek to explore how the multiple perspectives of mobility and the interactions among these influence and enhance current definitions, design, and evaluation of mobile learning.

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.