Dear Colleagues
The SOLSTICE Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning at Edge Hill
University is pleased to announce its 3rd international conference:
SOLSTICE 2008
eLearning and Learning Environments for the Future
Thursday 5th June 2008, Edge Hill University, UK
Building on the success of the 2007 conference, which attracted over 200
delegates from across the UK and as far away as Russia and New Zealand,
the 2008 conference will focus on the relationships between research,
innovation, and development. There will be a distinct spotlight on the
concepts of learning environments and their elearning components - as they
exist now, and as they might transpire as time progresses.
Keynote Speakers:
Les Watson, Freelance Educational Adviser, Interim Director of Information
Services at the Royal Holloway University of London and Consultant to the
Joint Information Systems Committee e-learning programme on Technology
Enhanced Learning Environments
Eric Hamilton, Research Professor and Director, Centre for Research on
Learning and Teaching, Institute for Information Technology Applications,
US Air Force Academy
Call for Abstracts:
Deadline for receipt of abstracts Friday 15th February 2008
We welcome papers, presentations and workshops/demonstrations on the
following themes:
- Research methods
- Theoretical bases of elearning and learning environments
- Technologies and learning environments - physical and virtual spaces
- Impacting on students’ learning - cause and effect
Abstracts (up to 300 words) should be submitted via the online electronic
proposal form
(http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/Sites/SOLSTICE/Form/Conference/Proposal.htm) by
Friday 15th February 2008.
Call for Registration:
The conference is open to everyone working in further and higher
education, both nationally and internationally. You can register a place
at the conference by completing the online electronic registration form
(http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/Sites/SOLSTICE/Form/Conference/Registration.htm)
. Fees for the conference and evening seminar are detailed on the
website.
For further details and a more detailed call for abstracts please visit
the conference website at www.edgehill.ac.uk/solstice/conference2008.
Regards,
John
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