Final Reminder - Shock submissions close 9 January This is the final call for proposals for our annual educational technology conference Shock of the Old 8, which is on the 2nd April 2009. This year's conference theme is "Digital literacy: the place of new media in higher education". We currently have an open "Call for Papers and Posters" for the conference and the deadline for submission is Friday 9th January 2009 with notification to authors on 19th January 2009. Full details on submission are available via the web site at http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/shock2009 -------- First call - Bookings for Shock and Beyond are now open at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GAE7brd_2buDmnNTIw6qdevw_3d_3d or http://tinyurl.com/8nlzgq -------------------------------------- Beyond Walls - Making a University portable? April 3rd 2009 http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2009/ This year's Beyond conference will gather together experts in the field of multimedia and educational video to discuss issues surrounding the growth and expansion of institutional audio-visual work. Issues covered will include : * Institutional audio-visual initiatives * Podcasting and webcasting * Sustainable infrastructure and processes * Making lectures portable * Getting to No.1 in iTunes U * Adding pedagogical value to assets * Open Content We hope that you will find this information of interest and hope to see you again at the conferences. Kind regards Everett Sharp Conference Organiser ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Paul V Davis Deputy Head, Learning Technologies Group Oxford University Computing Services 13 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN Tel: 01865 283414 ***************** List information: ***************** Remember - replies go by default to the entire list. Access the list via the web on http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html To unsubscribe, email [log in to unmask] with the message: leave vle