mLearn2008 - Call for Papers

Introduction:

mLearn, the world's flagship mobile learning conference, will take place in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ironbridge in Shropshire, England, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in October 2008. The conference started in Birmingham and has since taken place in London, Rome, Cape Town, Banff and Melbourne.

The aims of the conference are to bring together leaders in mobile learning research, developers and practitioners in a environment that will stimulate discussion, innovation and excitement.

Formats and Deadlines:

·       Full papers: 8 pages, final date for submission for review is 14 April 2008 midnight GMT

·       Short papers: 1 page, final date for submission for review is 28 April 2008 midnight GMT

·       Posters: 1 page, final date for submission for review is 28 April 2008 midnight GMT

(other categories to follow)

Themes:

·       mobile learning, mobile knowledge, mobile societies: covering discourse, identity, knowledge and learning with pervasive, ubiquitous, mobile technologies; social, individual and cultural aspects of mobile learning

·       devices, systems, technology and standards: convergence, diversity, frontiers, and trends

·       mobile learning landscape: work-based, informal, subject-specific, context-aware, social

·       mobile learning for all: inclusion, assistivity, scalability, embedding, participation, development, evaluation, evidence, and assessment

Review Panel:

*Dr Mohamed Ally, Athabasca University, Canada

*Dr Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

*Jill Attewell, Research Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning, LSN, UK

*Dr Tom Brown, Midrand Graduate Institute, South Africa

*Professor Tak-Wai Chan, National Central University of Taiwan

*Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young, University of Nottingham, UK

*Dr Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Open University, UK

*Professor Chee-Kit Looi, National Institute of Education, Singapore

*Professor Angela McFarlane, University of Bristol, UK

*Dr Marcelo Milrad, Växjö University, Sweden

*Dr Dick Ng'ambi, University of Cape Town, South Africa

*Professor Roy Pea, Stanford University, USA

*Professor Mike Sharples, University of Nottingham, UK

*Dr Mark van't Hooft, Kent State University, USA

*Professor Herman van der Merwe, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

*Professor Earl Woodruff, University of Toronto, Canada

* Dr Jocelyn Wishart, University of Bristol, UK

We anticipate linking with two respected journal for special editions. Proceedings will have an ISBN number

The conference dates are: Wednesday 8th to Friday 10th October 2008.

Further details and templates: www.mlearn2008.org & www.mlearn2008.mobi

For informal queries on submissions, contact John Traxler, Brendan Riordan or Chris Dennett via the conference web-site.

Abi Redmond
mLearn 2008 - Conference Co-ordinator
University of Wolverhampton
School of Computing and IT, Technology Centre, MI Building, City Campus, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SB

Tel:  01902 322362/328596
Fax:  01902 323952
Website:  www.mlearn2008.org