The conference aims to promote the development of Mobile Learning, encourage the study and implementation of mobile applications in teaching and learning and provide a forum for education and knowledge transfer. IMCL2008 will provide educators and researchers with an excellent opportunity to convene and discuss innovative ideas in the emerging fields of mLearning and online labs and the general eLearning discipline.
The
conference will also provide participants with the
newest state of the art on portable devices and
their role in university education and potential
benefits for learning purposes. Examples of the
implementation by laptops, palmtops, mobile
phones, PDA, smart phones, WAPs, GPS and a
navigational system, WWW-access via Bluetooth,
WLAN or GPRS will be presented, accompanied by
experimentations to demonstrate their coherence
and feasibility.
Conference dates 16-18 April, 2008
Important
Dates
15
October 2007, Submission of full paper,
15
December 2007, Notification of
acceptance,
15
January 2008, Author registration deadline,
15
February 2008, Camera-ready
papers.
Keynote
Speakers
1
Cathleen
Norris,
Regents Professor, Department of Technology and
Cognition, University of North Texas, USA,
2
Susan Patrick,
President and CEO, North American Council for
Online Learning, USA,
3 Rob
Reilly, MIT
Media Lab, USA, (to be confirmed),
4
Fabrizio Cardinali,
CEO, Giunti Labs, Chair, ELIG, European
Learning Industry
Group, Global Strategy Advisor, MIT OKI, Open
Knowledge Initiative, Italy,
5
Mike
Sharples,
Professor of Learning Sciences, Director, Learning
Sciences Research Institute, University of
Nottingham, UK, 6Josep
M. Duart,
Vice-Rector of Lifelong Learning of Open
University of Catalonia, Director of the
International Institute of Postgraduate and
Director of UNESCO Catedra of e-Learning,
Spain.
Venue
The
conference will be held at Princess Sumaya
University for Technology, (PSUT), which is
located in the town of Al-Jubaiha, North of Amman,
Jordan. The country has a combination of
Mediterranean and arid desert climates, with
Mediterranean prevailing in the North and West of
the country, while the majority of the country is
desert. Generally, the country has warm, dry
summers and mild, wet winters, with annual average
temperatures ranging from 12 to 25 C (54 to 77 F)
and summertime highs reaching the 40
C (105-115 F) in the desert regions. The
social activities of the conference will include a
half- day trip to the Roman city of Jerash, a day
trip to Petra at the end of the conference and a
special night under the beautiful skies of Wadi
Rum.
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