SECOND UBIQUITOUS LEARNING CONFERENCE

Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, we would like to inform you of the:

SECOND UBIQUITOUS LEARNING CONFERENCE    
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA    
5 and 6 December 2009    

Boston is a city particularly well suited to the Ubiquitous Learning Conference.  It is the United States’ preeminent city for higher learning.  With over 100,000 college students, almost one out of every five people in Boston attends college; and scholars and researchers comprise a significant portion of the population.  A large number of students and researchers study and work in technological fields, and many find employment in Boston’s nationally-important technology sector.  This confluence of education and technology corresponds well to the Ubiquitous Learning Conference’s focus on the relationship between technological innovation and its impact on education.

The Ubiquitous Learning Conference investigates the uses of technologies in learning, including devices with sophisticated computing and networking capacities which are now pervasively part of our everyday lives – from laptops to mobile phones, games, digital music players, personal digital assistants and cameras. The Conference explores the possibilities of new forms of learning using these devices not only in the classroom, but in a wider range of places and times than was conventionally the case for education. Ubiquitous Learning is made possible in part by the affordances of the new, digital media. What’s new about it? What’s not-so-new? What are the main challenges of access to these new learning opportunities? These are the key themes and concerns of the Conference.

In addition, the Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 16 April 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the Conference website – http://www.ULConference.com.

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Boston in December.

Yours Sincerely,    
Michael Peters    
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA    
For the Advisory Board, Ubiquitous Learning Conference and Ubiquitous Learning Journal

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If you have any inquiries about this conference, please send them by reply to this email. All emails are answered in person by one of our conference administrators within two working days.

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