CallForPapers #edtech #elearning

The Future is Now! So come and tell us about it…

Do you make innovative use of technology in language teaching and learning? Have you been experimenting with MOOCs and wish to share your experiences? Do you use social networking sites, virtual worlds or mobile technology with your language students? Are you engaging students in the creation or use of open educational resources? If so, then the LLAS community would like to hear from you!

LLAS, Centre for Languages, Linguistics, and Area Studies welcomes proposals for presentations, workshops and posters at the 9th annual elearning symposium, on 23/4 January, 2014. Abstracts for proposed presentations or workshops should be no more than 400 words.

Topics may include but are not limited to, the use in language teaching or research of:

social networking sitesmobile technologyMOOCs and open learningblogs or wikisopen educational resourcesvirtual worlds, such as Second Lifevirtual learning environmentsonline tools or coursesinnovative online learning designs or environmentsautonomous learningblended learningsocial media, e.g. micro-blogging (e.g. Twitter)student-generated digital content

Submissions deadline: Friday, 4th October, 2013
Submissions to: llas@soton.ac.uk, using the downloadable submission form

Presentations (20+10 mins) should describe and evaluate an innovative use of technology with students in higher education. Our focus is the LLAS subject areas; however, we also welcome proposals related to other disciplines, if the ideas can be generally applied cross-discipline. This might include examples of student engagement for academic purposes with virtual worlds, social networking websites, open educational resources or other Web.2.0 tools; use of innovative learning designs or creative elearning environments and methods. Presentations can be delivered in person or by video link. Accepted speakers are also welcome to bring a poster for display in the poster area, and to take part in a lunchtime showcase of tools/projects.

Workshops (60 mins) should introduce a way of using technology in the higher education classroom. They should be highly practical and involve participants in discussion and hands-on use of tools/methods introduced.

Posters should present work on a particular project or topic. They should summarise the key points and give enough appropriate information for the topic/project to be understood in 5-15 minutes. They should be visually interesting and designed to provoke informal discussion of the topic/project amongst colleagues.

Successful applicants will be notified by 31st October, 2013 and will be assigned a session on receipt of conference registration and fee. If you have any questions about this call or would like feedback on your draft abstract please contact K.Borthwick@soton.ac.uk before 1st October 2013.

More information about the event:
LLAS, Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies will hold its 9th annual elearning symposium on 23/4th January 2014. The aim of the symposium is to seek to bridge the gap between the ‘techie’ and the teacher, giving educators ideas to help them integrate elearning into their practice but also to inspire them to see where the online future could lead. The symposium is always well-attended by practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and institutions, and keynote speakers are live-streamed. Following last year’s successful event, the two-day symposium comprises a practical mix of workshops on authoring tools and elearning techniques and presentations to inspire the mind with exciting ideas about the possibilities that online learning offers. We offer attendees a range of content from areas of more specific interest to our core LLAS community, to topics of wider interest to educators involved in elearning. We highlight best practice in using elearning and feature an exciting mixture of research and reports from practice to inspire our community.

Via LLAS Centre