The 4th DIVERSE International Conference on Video and Videoconferencing
in Education, 28 - 30 June, 2004,

INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY Amsterdam, Netherlands.

You are cordially invited to attend the Fourth international DIVERSE
conference on Video and Videoconferencing in Education in Amsterdam,
June 27-28-29 2004. This year's event is a joint effort by The Dutch
Webstroom Community (supported by SURF Platform ICT in Education) and
the DIVERSE network. Below, you will find information on the scope of
the conference, on how to submit a proposal and other important
information.

Introduction

DIVERSE is the premier event in the world on all aspects of video and
videoconferencing in education - teaching, research, management etc -
including the convergence of these technologies with online
technologies, and the emergence of new possibilities such as
telepresence learning and teaching, interactive television, computer
games techniques, and wireless and handheld access to live or archived
moving images.

DIVERSE has established itself as a high quality event with excellent
opportunities for formal and informal networking with some of the
world's leading experts in the field.

DIVERSE is concerned to explore the interface between technology and
pedagogy, in the belief that there is an ongoing dialectic between the
two, with neither permanently in the driving seat of effective
educational innovation. It is less a conference for those simply
'entranced' by technology, and more for teachers, technical support
staff, researchers, staff and educational developers, project managers
and directors etc, who are concerned to embed video and
videoconferencing technologies within educational practice, as tools not
toys, as currants in the cake of learning and not as just the icing on
top.

DIVERSE attracts presenters and delegates from all over the globe, with
typically fifteen or more nations represented.

The conference will be both a showcase and a critical forum on all
aspects of video in education - through plenary and themed parallel
sessions.

Venue and accommodation

The conference venue will be the INHOLLAND University, based in Diemen,
just outside Amsterdam. Diversity and pluriformity are important
characteristics for the University because INHOLLAND University is an
institution with a broad palette consisting of higher professional
education programmes, almost 40,000 students, 3000 members of staff and
numerous sites.

Delegate accommodation will be offered in the centre of Amsterdam.

Information on registering for the conference will follow as soon as
possible. Please join the JISCmail video mailing list for updates (see
information below).

Call for contributions

Contributions should be either

-> A one hour workshop or seminar, with good interactivity

-> A 30 minute presentation allowing ample time for discussion, and
preferably with video examples.

-> A 60 or 90 minute panel session on a topic of particular
significance for the future use of video, or an international
videoconference demonstrating important features or practice.

Contributors should identify one of the following themes.

1) Videoconferencing (including audio conferencing and
text-conferencing, where these inform general conferencing practice)

2) Video and pedagogy

3) Interactive television and telepresence teaching

4) Making and/or using videorecordings

5) Digital video and the internet (eg streaming), the use of archives

6) Video and interactive learning

7) Students learning by making and using video

8) Researching the effective use of video

9) Enriching e-learning using video and multimedia

10) Video applications in distance learning

Submitting you proposal

Submissions should be in Times New Roman, in Word. The whole proposal
from title line (ie excluding 'type of session and duration') to last
line should not exceed 18 cm, and should be 16 cm wide, justified left
and right. It must have the following format, in 12 point except where
otherwise stated. Please follow the following guidelines concerning the
format of your proposals; this is what will appear in the Conference
Handbook for the information of delegates, helping them to make
decisions on which sessions to attend.


Heading

-> Statement of the type of session and duration eg Paper, 30 minutes

-> Session title in bold, centred, 16 point

-> Name(s) of the presenters, following the name of each presenter with
their institution and country, bold, centred. The main contact person
should be the first listed.

Summary:

-> summary of the session content. typically, the summary should not
exceed 300 words

Outcomes

-> The expected outcomes in terms of what the participants may learn,
experience etc.

Timing (optional)

A summary of the timing and activity of the session.) eg For a paper: 5
mins, introduction; 15 mins, presentation with video examples; 10 mins,
discussion. eg For a workshop: 5 mins, introduction of participants; 20
mins, presentation and examples; 20 mins, small group discussions of the
issues and problems; 15 mins, plenary session with feedback from
groups.

Biographical details

-> A sentence or two about the presenter(s), with email addresses.
Note, a list of all delegates, including presenters, with email
addresses will be distributed with the Conference Handbook)

You should submit your proposal as an attached file to either Professor
Christopher O'Hagan [log in to unmask] or Mr. Johan Oomen
[log in to unmask]

Receipt will be acknowledged with a reply.

Proposals should be received by Friday 27 February 2003

Contributors will be notified by April 9.

All selected presenters must register as conference delegates for at
least the day on which their session takes place. Deadline for
registration is 31 March. More information in registering will follow
soon.

Full written papers are not obligatory, and will not be included in the
Conference Handbook. However, you may wish to offer a full paper to the
participants, with a supply for those who cannot attend your particular
session.

 Keep up to date

For updates on the conference, please subscribe to the UK JISCmail
'video' discussion list. Send a message to [log in to unmask] The
message should be: join video X Y. Insert your first name for X and your
last name for Y. Note that there is a space between each word in the
message. Do not put anything else into the message.

Alternatively, visit: www.edusite.nl/webstroom/english for the latest
information on the conferece.

The conference committee looks forward to receiving you proposals.

Best wishes on behalf of conference committee,

Christopher O'Hagan (Chair, University of Derby)

Johan Oomen (Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision)

Pieter van Parreeren (INHOLLAND University)