*"Mobile learning: Crossing boundaries in convergent environments" Conference*
Monday to Tuesday, March 21st to 22nd, 2011 in Bremen, Germany
Register for the conference and / or for the MirandaModBremen at:
http://www.londonmobilelearning.net/registration_bremen.php
Preliminary programme:
http://www.londonmobilelearning.net/downloads/Bremen_prelim_programme_2011-03-03.pdf
Twitter #MLCB: http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23mlcb
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.
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.
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 (Twitter: #MirandaModBremen) on March 21, 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.
Further information is available at the conference website:
_http://bremen.londonmobilelearning.net
<http://bremen.londonmobilelearning.net/>_.
The conference fee is 50 EUR
We look forward to seeing you in Bremen.
The Organising Committee
* Klaus Rummler (LMLG; University of Bremen,
FB12, Department for Media Education and Design
of Multimodal Learning Environments)
* Judith Seipold (LMLG; Bremen)
* Prof. Karsten Wolf (University of Bremen,
FB12, Department for Media Education and Design
of Multimodal Learning Environments)
* Prof. Norbert Pachler (LMLG; Institute of Education, University of London)
* Dr. Eileen Lübcke (University of Bremen,
Institute Technology and Education (ITB))
* Graham Attwell (LMLG; Pontydysgu)
