28th - 30th June 2005 at Loughborough University, East
Midlands, UK.
eLit2006 is the 5th international conference examining the
challenge of eLiteracy. The conference is for all those interested
in eLiteracy issues, including information literacy, IT training and the
challenges of supporting the wide range of literacies which underpin online
education. It will draw together: Librarians and Information specialists, IT service
providers, IT trainers, Learning advisors, Learning technologists,
Staff developers, Educational researchers, Teachers and many others.
Keynote speakers are:
Hilda Kruger (Lecturer in Socio-Informatics, Centre for
Knowledge Dynamics and Decision-making, University of Stellenbosch)
Mark Stiles (Head of Learning Development and Innovation,
Staffordshire University)
John Traxler (Director of the Applied Innovative Digital
Technologies Research Group, School of Computing and IT, University of
Wolverhampton)
The main themes of the conference
are Digital literacies as a cultural
tool, Literacies for the Information
Society, Pedagogy for an e-literate world
and Synergies for empowerment.