The 5th DIVERSE International Conference on Video and Videoconferencing
in Education, 5th to 7th July, 2005

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Nashville, Tennessee.
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/DIVERSE2005/


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, virtual
reality and 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 aims to combine technology and pedagogy, and is intended 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. DIVERSE attracts presenters and delegates from all over the
globe and will be both a showcase and a critical forum on all aspects of
video in education - through plenary and themed parallel sessions.

Call for papers

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

These may be presented face-to-face or via videoconference


Contributors should identify one of the following themes.

1) Videoconferencing and telepresence teaching (including audio and text
where they inform these practices)

2) Video, pedagogy and research into the effective use of video in
learning and teaching

3) Video and interactive learning

4) Students learning by making and using video

5) Interactive television

6) Making and/or using video recordings and video archives

7) Digital video, the Internet (eg streaming), video via wireless and
handheld devices

8) Enriching e-learning using video and multimedia (both face-to-face
and at a distance)

9) The use of virtual reality and computer games techniques to enrich
learning

Submitting your proposal

You should submit your proposal as an attached file to either Mark
Childs [log in to unmask] or Lori Schneiders
[log in to unmask] Receipt will be acknowledged with a reply.

Proposals should be received by Friday 17 December 2004

Contributors will be notified by Friday January 14th, 2005.

All selected presenters must register as conference delegates for at
least the day on which their session takes place. Deadline for early
bird registration at a reduced rate is 31st March 2005. The final
deadline for registration is May 30th, although on-site registration
will be permitted if space permits.  More information on registering,
including fees and accommodation, will follow soon.

Full written papers are not obligatory. However, you may wish to offer a
full paper for the conference proceedings, the deadline for which is
also 31 March 2005.


Venue and accommodation

The conference venue will be Vanderbilt University, and conference
accommodation will be provided in heart of Nashville. Further
information on the venue and on registering for the conference will
follow as soon as possible. Please join the JISCmail video mailing list
for updates (see information below) or go to the conference website at www.vanderbilt.edu/DIVERSE2005/

Keep up to date

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 The conference committee looks forward to receiving you proposals.

Best wishes on behalf of conference committee,

Mark Childs (Chair, University of Warwick)

Lori Schneiders  (Host, Vanderbilt University)