[ecrea] CFP Transmedia Literacy International Conference

    *CFP **Transmedia Literacy International Conference - **March 22-24,
    2018 - Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona.*

This event brings together a vibrant and global community of media and 
education researchers and innovators. The conference is organized as a 
part of the dissemination activities of the TRANSLITERACY H2020 action 
<https://transmedialiteracy.org/>, a project that involves researchers 
from Europe, Latin America and Australia. Beyond the paper sessions and 
the keynotes the *Transmedia Literacy International Conference *will 
include workshops and short presentations by education innovation 
leaders. The main objective of the conference is to share research 
outputs and practices around the following topics:

  * /Transmedia literacy/
  * /Transmedia education/
  * /Transmedia skills and informal learning strategies/
  * /Media literacy/
  * /Educommunication/
  * /Student-generated contents/
  * /Collaborative cultures and education/
  * /Fan cultures and education/

*Transmedia Literacy International Conference *will be held at the 
*Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona,* and will feature a series of 
workshops for teachers as well as two days of paper sessions and a 
special event around Transmedia Literacy. Please, check our website for 
more details: https://transmedialiteracy.org/the-conference/

*Deadlines*

  * *Proposals submission*: *October 31, 2017*
  * *Notifications*: *December 15, 2017*

*Registration*:

  * With accepted proposals: *from December 15 to February 15, 2017*
  * Other participants:* from February 16, 2017*

*Keynote speakers*

  * *David Buckingham <https://davidbuckingham.net/> – University of
    Loughborough (United Kingdom)*
  * *Divina Frau-Meigs <http://www.divina-frau-meigs.fr/> –* *Université
    Sorbonne Nouvelle (France)*
  * *Alejandro Piscitelli <http://www.filosofitis.com.ar/about/>–
    Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)*
  * Other keynote speakers will be confirmed as soon as possible.

*PROPOSALS*

The *Transmedia Literacy Conference* will accept the following formats:

  * *Research Papers: *participants must send research papers
    (*extension:* 6,000 -8,000 words) before October 31, 2017. The
    *Transmedia Literacy International Conference *will accept proposals
    tailored to the diverse forms of research in the field of transmedia
    literacy, transmedia education, transmedia skills and informal
    learning strategies, media literacy, educommunication,
    student-generated contents, collaborative cultures and education,
    and fan cultures and education.
      o Paper parallel sessions will be held on March 22 (afternoon) and
        March 23 (morning & afternoon).
      o If you are interested in presenting a Research Paper, please
        fill and *submit a proposal in English* (download the Paper
        Guidelines

<https://transliteracydotnet.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/paper_guidelines.docx>)
        to the following email: (transliteracyconference /at/ upf.edu)
        <mailto:(transliteracyconferenceonference /at/ upf.edu)>, clearly
        indicating that is a Research Paper proposal in the subject.
        Please send a MS Word file (.doc, or .docx); *do not send PDF
        documents.*
      o Conference proceedings will only include selected abstracts.
        *Authors are free to submit their full papers to other
        publications.*
      o *Deadline: October 31, 2017.*

  * *Innovative Educational Practices: *participants must send before
    October 31, 2017 an extended abstract (*extension*: 1,200-1,500
    words) describing a real educational experience in primary/secondary
    schools involving transmedia storytelling, collaborative practices
    in social media, student-generated contents o any other
    educommunicational activity.
      o Innovative educational practices sessions will be held on March
        22 (afternoon) and March 23 (morning & afternoon).
      o If you are interested in presenting an Innovative Educational
        Practice, please fill and *submit a proposal in English
        *(download the specific guidelines here

<https://transliteracydotnet.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/innovative-and-education-practices_guidelines.docx>)
        to the following email: (transliteracyconference /at/ upf.edu)
        <mailto:(transliteracyconferenceonference /at/ upf.edu)>, clearly
        indicating that is an Innovative Educational Practice proposal
        in the subject. Please send a MS Word file (.doc, or .docx); *do
        not send PDF documents.*
      o *Deadline: October 31, 2017.*

  * *Workshops: *the *Transmedia Literacy International Conference *will
    accept a short number of *workshops oriented to high-school
    teachers/professors.* The workshops should be designed for short
    groups (no more than 20 people) and the duration should be 4 hours
    (240 minutes including a break); they could explore different uses
    and experiences around transmedia storytelling and collaborative
    cultures in the classroom.
      o Workshops will be held on March 23 (morning & afternoon) and,
        eventually, on March 24 (morning).
      o *Workshops can be in English, Spanish or Catalan (Los talleres
        pueden ser en inglés, castellano o catalán / Els tallers poden
        ser en anglès, castellà o català).*
          + *English*: If you are interested in organizing a Workshop,
            please fill the following* Workshop proposal *(*extension*:
            1,500-2,000 words) (download the specific guidelines here

<https://transliteracydotnet.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/workshop_guidelines1.docx>)
            and *submit *it to: (transliteracyconference /at/ upf.edu)
            <mailto:(transliteracyconference /at/ upf.edu)>, clearly indicating
            that is a Workshop proposal in the subject. Please send a MS
            Word file (.doc, or .docx); *do not send PDF documents.*
          + *Castellano*: Si estás interesado en organizar un Taller,
            por favor completa la siguiente *propuesta* (descargar la
            guía

<https://transliteracydotnet.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/taller_guia_espanol.docx>)
            (*extensión*: 1.500-2.000 palabras) y envíala a:
            (transliteracyconference /at/ upf.edu)
            <mailto:(transliteracyconference /at/ upf.edu)>, indicando
            claramente que es una propuesta de Taller. Por favor, envía
            un archivo MS Word (.doc o .docx); *no envíes documentos PDF.*
          + *Catalán*: Si estàs interessat a organitzar un Taller, per
            favor completa la següent *proposta* (descarregar la guia

<https://transliteracydotnet.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/taller_guia_catala.docx>)
            (extensió: 1.500-2.000 paraules) i *envia-la* a:
            (transliteracyconference /at/ upf.edu)
            <mailto:(transliteracyconference /at/ upf.edu)>, indicant clarament
            que és una proposta de Taller. Per favor, envia un arxiu MS
            Word (.doc o .docx); *no enviïs documents PDF.*
      o *Deadline: October 31, 2017.*


*Important details*

  * This conference is supported by the TRANSLITERACY Project / H2020
    Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No.
    645238.* The registration is free and includes coffee breaks.*
  * Participants with accepted papers, innovative experiences or
    workshops *will have priority for registration*. The registration
    will then be opened to other participants.
  * All conference rooms will be equipped with standard Wi-Fi broadband
    service, PC, Power Point / Adobe PDF software, AV projection, sound,
    and VGA adapters. We will not provide additional bandwidth capacity
    or provide other special equipment.

*COMMITTEES*

*Scientific Committee*

  * *Carlos A. Scolari* – Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain)
  * *Elisenda Ardévol* –Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain)
  * *Rosalía Winocur* – Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
  * *Gladys Ceretta* – Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
  * *Sara Pereira* – Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
  * *Raine Koskimaa* – University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
  * *Rebecca Enyon* – Oxford Internet Institute (United Kingdom)
  * *Simona Tirocchi* – Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy)
  * *Carlos Barreneche* – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)
  * *Gabriella Taddeo* – Istituto Nazionale Documentazione Innovazione
    Ricerca Educativa (Italy)
  * *Heather Horst* – University of Sidney (Australia)
  * *Sarah Pink* – RMIT University (Australia)

*Organization Committee*

  * *Carlos A. Scolari* – Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  * *Maria-Jose Masanet* – Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  * *Mar Guerrero-Pico* – Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  * *María-José Establés* – Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  * *Elisenda Ardèvol* – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
  * *Israel Márquez* – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
  * *Débora Lanzeni* – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
  * *Arnau Gifreu* – Universitat de Vic
  * *Ruth Contreras* – Universitat de Vic

*VENUE*

*Universitat Pompeu Fabra
*Campus of Communication – Poblenou
138 Roc Boronat Street, Barcelona (Spain).


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