Friday 20 June 2014
Join us on Twitter
Follow us on Twitter @elearning2 and join the discussion using the tag #elearning2
Keynote Speaker - John Carter McKnight
Our second #elearning2 Keynote Speaker this year is John Carter McKnight.
John Carter McKnight is a postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University in the U.K. His research focuses on emergent community governance, ethics and social norm enforcement in technologically-mediated spaces from internet gaming communities to spacecraft.
John Carter McKnight is a postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University in the U.K. His research focuses on emergent community governance, ethics and social norm enforcement in technologically-mediated spaces from internet gaming communities to spacecraft.
You can visit his website.
Thursday 19 June 2014
Keynote Speaker - Peter Bryant
Our first #elearning2 Keynote Speaker this year is Peter Bryant.
Peter Bryant is the Head of Learning Technology and Innovation at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was previously a Principal Lecturer in Educational Technology at the University of Greenwich where he led the innovative Greenwich Connect project, which was designed to transform learning and teaching with technology at institutional level. His interests lie in the area of developing and implementing digital pedagogies, using and integrating students as producers and creators through social media and supporting innovation in higher education teaching. He also publishes in the area of community and network development in the arts.
You can visit his blog.
Peter Bryant is the Head of Learning Technology and Innovation at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was previously a Principal Lecturer in Educational Technology at the University of Greenwich where he led the innovative Greenwich Connect project, which was designed to transform learning and teaching with technology at institutional level. His interests lie in the area of developing and implementing digital pedagogies, using and integrating students as producers and creators through social media and supporting innovation in higher education teaching. He also publishes in the area of community and network development in the arts.
You can visit his blog.
Monday 16 June 2014
Call for Contributions - Deadline 26 June
2nd CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
eLEARNING 2.0
Brunel University, UK
July 23, 2014
www.elearning2.org
eLearning 2.0 is a lively international conference exploring Technology-Enhanced Learning and social media technologies including Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Wikis, MOOCs and YouTube. The main theme of this year’s conference is “flipping the classroom” and social media for teaching. Flipping the classroom involves delivering digital material outside the classroom and then using class sessions to make sense of the material. The conference will consider evolving pedagogical approaches and raise the profile of research in technology-enhanced learning; spread good practice in the use of Web 2.0 technologies for learning; and facilitate collaboration between practitioners, researchers, and policy makers.
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Chris Evans – Brunel University, UK
&
Jennifer Killham, University of Cincinnati, USA
OBJECTIVES
- consider the pedagogy and implementation of “flipping the classroom”
- explore the potential impact of social media on technology-enhanced learning
- spread good practice in the use of social media in technology-enhanced learning
- consider evolving pedagogical approaches using social media
- raise the profile of research on social media and technology-enhanced learning
Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to: flipping the classroom, use of social media for teaching, evolving pedagogies for Web 2.0, security, privacy, social networking, podcasting, wikis, blogging, video sharing, screencasting, folksonomies, MOOCs, eLearning 2.0 and people with disabilities, the potential impact of eLearning 2.0 on the Third World, creativity and Web 2.0, Human-Computer Interaction, and Business.
FORMAT
eLearning 2.0 will comprise invited keynote speakers and individual presentations. The presentations will be recorded and published online as a series of screencasts. There are no full papers published or required.
PARTICIPANTS
All welcome but presenters must submit a 500 word ABSTRACT and TITLE for BLIND REVIEW. Submission indicates consent for your presentation to be screen recorded.
SUBMISSION
chris.evans@brunel.ac.uk with "eLearning2.0" in the subject line.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of title and abstract DEADLINE: June 26, 2014
Tuesday 10 June 2014
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)