Critically Engaging the 21st Century Learner in Visual Worlds and Virtual Environments

Critically Engaging the 21st Century Learner in Visual Worlds and Virtual Environments
41st Annual Conference
International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA)

CALL for PROPOSALS
Proposals due: April 8 2009 (this is a special deadline available only for SIGTE members-please indicate on your proposal that you are a SIGTE member!)

DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois- USA
October 6-9, 2009

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You are cordially invited to submit a proposal for the 41st Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA), October 6-9, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois.  IVLA’s annual conference provides scholars and researchers, teachers and students, artists, and other professionals with interests and activities relating to the multi-disciplinary field of Visual Literacy, an opportunity to present their work, and constructively interact with peers. The conference facilitates exchange of best and innovative practices, presentation of research results, discussion of work in progress, and showcase of art installations. Paper presentations, symposia and panel sessions, roundtable discussions, workshops and demonstrations, poster sessions, and visual exhibits are invited.

NEW! Teacher Session: This year, IVLA is organizing a special half-day session for K-12 educators who can also earn CPDUs through their attendance. This half-day session will be filled with useful and practical information about visual literacy. Teachers will have the opportunity to learn more about visual literacy and how it can be integrated into the curriculum, as well as receive practical advice and suggestions for projects. For this session, we are looking for lively, captivating topics, hands-on activities, instructional and learning strategies, standards-based projects, quality resources, and clear evaluation rubrics that teachers can put to immediate use with their students. Topics need to be short, creative, and directly related to K-12 education. If you feel that you have a topic that will fit into this special session, please submit your proposal as a teacher session. NB SIGTE members please identify yourselves in your proposal submission!

Conference Sub-themes
Sub-themes include (but are not limited to):
�         Teaching and Assessing Visual Literacy
�         Visual Literacy in the Content Areas
�         The Role of Visual Literacy in Educating Digital Natives
�         Visual Literacy and Instructional/Training Material Development
�         Visual Arts and Visual Literacy
�         Digital Literacies, Multimodality, and Visual Literacy
�         Visual Literacy Skills in and for Multi-User Virtual Environments, Distance and Blended learning, Web-based Learning, e-Learning, contextual and m-Learning
�         Web 2.0, Emerging Technologies, and Visual Literacy
�         Globalization, Social and Cultural Identity, and Visual Literacy
�         Visual Culture, Media, Communication and Visual Literacy
�         Film, Television, and Visual Literacy
�         Information Design, Graphic Design, and Visual Literacy
�         Service Industries and Visual Literacy
�         Visual/Image-Based Research and the Scholarly Use of Visual Material
�         Visual Literacy/Visual Learning/Visual Perception/Cognition Research: New Developments, Current Trends and Approaches, and Future Directions

Invited Speakers
�         Gunther Kress, University of London- UK
�          Susan Metros, University of South California, LA- US

Conference Session Formats
�         Paper Presentation
�         Round Table Presentation
�         Research Symposium
�         Panel Session
�         Workshop/Demonstration
�         Poster
�         Installation/Art Show

Types of Delivery

 *   on-site (conference venue) presentations
 *   on-line (virtual) presentations

Highlights
�         Papers presented at IVLA2009 (on-site, and on-line) are eligible to be considered for publication in IVLA’s refereed collection of Selected Readings (to be published in March 2010); submission deadline for the Selected Readings is November 9th, 2009.
�         Papers accepted for publication in the Selected Readings, will be considered for the Editors’ Award, and the Braden and Beauchamp Visual Literacy Award.
�         Papers discussing Visual Literacy in Science Education will be considered for publication in the Science Education International Journal, the official journal of ICASE (International Council of Associations for Science Education).

Sponsors & Vendors
We welcome sponsors and vendors to apply for spots in our exhibitor area and/or to have their logo and URL added to our conference material. Please contact ivla09@gmail.com for more information.

Important Dates
�         Deadline for Proposal Submission: March 21st 2009
�         Author/Presenter Notification: April 25th 2009
�         Deadline for Early Bird Registration: May 5th 2009
�         Deadline for Author/Presenter Registration and Confirmation of Attendance: September 5th 2009
�         Deadline for Material Submission by Virtual Author/Presenter: September 5th 2009
�         Deadline for Conference Hotel Room Reservations: September 5th 2009
�         Conference Dates: October 6-9, 2009

Conference Website: www.ivla.org/conference/2009 <http://www.ivla.org/conference/2009><http://www.ivla.org/conference/2009>  (coming soon!) For more detailed information on IVLA2009, please see attached.

Conference Contact
Maria D. Avgerinou
IVLA President, & IVLA2009 Conference Chair
Email: ivla09@gmail.com

 

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