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Subject: Virtual Learning Conference - continuing-education

Dear continuing-education Moderator

We would appreciate it if you could post the conference 
announcement below on your discussion list if you consider 
it appropriate.

Kind regards

Helen Terre Blanche (Conference Alerts)
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2nd Global Conference Virtual Learning and Higher Education
12 to 13 September 2003, Mansfield College, Oxford, United 
Kingdom

Call for Papers
(please cross post where appropriate)

Higher Education institutions have been criticized for 
living in the past; some have even proclaimed that the 
University has lost its relevance. In the midst of these 
analyses and criticisms, the advent of Information and 
Communication Technologies in today's 
universities/colleges is seen as a promising 
development. What future has Higher Education when the 
virtual world of on-line education has so much more to 
offer? The aim of this conference will be to examine 
Virtuality within Higher Education in an attempt to  
critique both its essential characteristics and its future 
possibilities to influence the education of adult learners.

Being such a broad topic, Virtuality defies a definitive  
list of sub-topics but the following list is indicative 
of the envisaged topics covered within this Call for 
Papers:

* Emerging technologies within Higher Education
* International technology challenges 
* Organizational issues/strategies in Virtual education
* Financial issues (faculty pay/timetabling/benefits) 
* Part-time staff/ adjuncts' role between traditional and 
virtual universities 
* Contemporary best teaching practices 
* International educational experiences/lessons 
* Case studies of experimental projects
* Blended Learning approaches
* Professional development/support structures

All papers presented at the inaugural conference are in 
the process of being published in a themed volume. All 
papers accepted for and presented at this conference will 
be published in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers will be 
developed and published in a themed hard copy book. 

The organisers intend the conference to have the 
atmosphere of a working group who engage in a focused 
and rigorous manner with the issues raised in the papers 
selected for presentation. Consequently it is envisaged 
that numbers attending the conference will be capped.
In particular, we warmly invite projects-in-process who 
would like the benefit of presenting and receiving 
feedback from the inter-disciplinary perspectives of those 
present.

Important Dates:
300 word abstract - Friday 6th June 2003
Full Draft Papers - Friday 15th August 2003
Conference - 12th - 13th September 2003
eBook (ISBN) published - 1st November 2003
Themed hard copy published - 1st June 2004

300 word abstracts should be submitted to both the 
Organising Joint Chairs:

Dr David Seth Preston
BRG
92 Colney Hatch Lane
London N10 1EA
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Dr Rob Fisher
c/o Learning Solutions
Priory House
149B Wroslyn Road
Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
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The conference is sponsored by BRG and Learning 
Solutions. For further details and information please visit 
the conference web site: 
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/vlhe03cfp.htm
or contact the Organising Joint Chairs.

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