e-Learning: the horizon and beyond An International Conference on the Use of Technologies in K-12 and Post-Secondary Educatio

  • Du mardi 12 octobre 2010 au vendredi 15 octobre 2010
  • Delta Hotel, St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, CANADA

http://www.mun.ca/edge2010/?page_id=40


Description

Call for papers

Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador, invites you to the beautiful and exciting city of St. John’s to participate in an international dialogue on new, emerging, and immersive technologies in education.  The edge conference will bring together researchers, university and college educators, cooperating teachers and teacher mentors, school district and ministry of education professionals, teacher association leaders,  and graduate students to share research and innovative practices in the field of new and emerging technologies in education. The conference program is intended to be broad, encompassing K-12 and post-secondary education and aims to provide a constructive forum for the presentation and discussion of new ideas, research and best practices relating to use of new and emerging technologies in education.  Sessions will focus on the application of technologies in teaching, learning, research, and educational leadership.  Themes will include such topics as Web 2.0 and 3.0, assistive technologies, fine arts and culture, skills training and trades education, second language, professional development, leadership, and aboriginal education.

Conference Themes and Topics

Submissions are welcome in these and related areas (Note that these topics are indicative only):

Technologies for teaching and learning

  • current issues related to the scholarship of e-teaching and e-learning from primary to post-secondary educational contexts
  • innovative and inspiring research and practice
  • technologies in skills and trades education
  • technologies in aboriginal education
  • field experiences
  • second language education
  • Web 2.0 and 3.0
  • virtual schooling
  • assistive technologies

Policy and Leadership

  • using technology for administration and planning
  • professional learning
  • technology infrastructure
  • cost-effectiveness
  • strategic planning
  • policy-relevant research, theory, practice and administration
  • school/institutional improvement
  • ethics and equity
  • evaluation
  • educational programs and policies
  • succession planning