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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-GB">Conference
announcement and call for papers<b><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-GB"><b>"Mobile learning:
Crossing boundaries in convergent environments" Conference</b><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-GB">Monday to Tuesday,
March 21st to 22nd, 2011 in Bremen, Germany<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-GB"><span lang="en-GB">Submission
deadline:</span><span lang="en-GB"> January 7, 2011<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-GB">The conference is
hosted by the University of Bremen, run by the Department for
Media Education and Design of Multimodal Learning Environments
and by the Institute Technology and Education (ITB) in
association with the London Mobile Learning Group (LMLG),
Pontydysgu and MirandaNet.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-GB">The 'Mobile learning:
Crossing boundaries in convergent environments' Conference
builds on a series of mobile learning research symposia hosted
by the WLE Centre for Excellence at the Institute of Education,
University of London between 2007 and 2009. It will focus on the
challenges of developing new pedagogic approaches and on the
potential of mobile devices for learning in formal and informal
contexts. As mobile learning is not only about learning with
mobile technologies, but also considered to be "new" learning,
the conference will look at challenges for research and practice
in understanding the changing social and technological
structures allowing the use of technology for learning that are
present in our personal lives, in school and in work places.
Thus mobile learning crosses the boundary of institutional
learning and looks at practical fields like work-based learning
and medicine, too. Also, the conference will look at the latest
developments in hardware and software which can support
personalised learning. By focusing on theory and practice,
development and use, teaching and learning, formal and informal
contexts, the conference intends to offer spaces for
researchers, practitioners, developers, the industry and policy
makers to exchange ideas, experiences and research around issues
and approaches to mobile learning, including sociological and
educational issues and their effectiveness and desirability as
learning spaces as well as the design of environments.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The conference is preceded by the
EduCamp, a BarCamp for people interested in media and learning,
which will take place in Bremen from March 19-20, 2011. In
collaboration with MirandaNet, the conference is running a
MirandaMod on March 21-22, 2011 which addresses teachers and
practitioners who are interested in teaching and learning with
new technologies. Pontydysgu will broadcast their live internet
radio show "Sounds of the Bazaar LIVE Radio Programme" from the
conference.<span lang="en-GB"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-GB"><span lang="en-GB">The
call for papers and further information is available at the
conference website: </span><font color="#0000ff"><u><a
href="http://bremen.londonmobilelearning.net/"
target="_blank"><span lang="en-GB">http://bremen.londonmobilelearning.net</span></a></u></font><span
lang="en-GB">.</span><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-GB">The conference fee is
50 EUR (students and unemployed are free)<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-GB">Important dates:<span
lang="en-GB"><br>
* October 31, 2010: submission opens<br>
* December N.N., 2010: registration opens<br>
* January 7, 2011: submission closes<br>
* March 6, 2011: registration closes<br>
* March 21-22, 2011: conference</span><br>
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We look forward to seeing you in Bremen.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The Organising Committee<br>
* Klaus Rummler (LMLG; University of Bremen, FB12, Department
for Media Education and Design of Multimodal Learning
Environments)<span lang="en-GB"><br>
* Judith Seipold (LMLG; Bremen)<br>
* Prof. Karsten Wolf (University of Bremen, FB12, Department
for Media Education and Design of Multimodal Learning
Environments)<br>
* Prof. Norbert Pachler (LMLG; Institute of Education,
University of London)<br>
* Dr. Eileen Lübcke (University of Bremen, Institute
Technology and Education (ITB))<br>
* Graham Attwell (LMLG; Pontydysgu)</span></p>
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