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e/merge 2006 - Learning Landscapes in Southern
Africa is the second virtual conference on educational technology
in the SADC region and builds on the e/merge
2004 conference. e/merge 2006 will take place online from
10 - 21 July 2006 and may include associated face to face events
in a number of cities.
This conference focuses on online collaborative learning in
our regional context of unequal access to technology and to
education. This could involve both online and face to face
interaction. We will prioritise high quality papers and presentations
which demonstrate responsiveness to the context of learning
in Southern African tertiary education including issues of
digital divide, differential access to education, and diversity.
We would envisage papers in the following areas:
- Research Methodologies
- Access to Learning Technologies
- Theories and models of computer supported collaborative
learning
- Learning Communities
- Staff Development
- Learning Environments
We are also interested in receiving proposals for technology
demonstrations and online workshops focused on the regional
context.
All abstracts will be peer reviewed to ensure that an appropriate
range of high quality presentations will be selected. There
will be a maximum of 32 presentations in the formal programme.
Presentations will be accepted in forms such as full text papers,
slide-show presentations, web pages and narrated slide-show
presentations. Presenters are encouraged to explore innovative
technologies and methods of online presentation.
Each paper will be discussed online over a period of 3-4 days.
Papers on similar themes may be grouped for discussion. Conference
papers in the peer reviewed publication track may also be submitted
for a peer reviewed special issue of The International Journal
of Education and Development using Information and Communication
Technology (IJEDICT).
e/merge 2006 will incorporate several tracks including:
- Peer Reviewed Publication Track
- Peer Reviewed Proposal
- Invited presentations and workshops
- Panel Discussions
Authors will retain copyright to submitted papers, while granting
permission to the Centre for Educational Technology and the
e/merge 2006 conference to publish the papers online and in
print. The conference proceedings will become a publicly accessible
online resource for the broader community after the conference.
Conference delegates will receive a CD of the conference proceedings.
Proposals of up to 500 words should be submitted by email
to proposals@emerge2006.net by
30 January 2006. Early submissions will be greatly appreciated
as this will facilitate the review process.
Deadlines
- Proposals of up to 500 words: Monday 30 January 2006
- Notification of acceptance: Tuesday 28 February 2006
- Peer reviewed papers of up to 4000 words submitted for
review: Friday 28 April 2006
- Acceptance of Final Peer Reviewed Papers: Wednesday June
14 2006
- Conference Site open for Introductions: Friday 7 July
2006
- Conference dates: Monday 10 July - Friday 21 July 2006
Review Panel
The Programme Advisory Committee will also be drawn
from this panel.
- Chair: Tony Carr, Staff Development Co-ordinator: Centre
for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town
- Chair: Associate Professor Laura Czerniewicz, Director:
Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town
- Professor Alan Amory, Director, Centre for Information
Technology in Higher Education, University of KwaZulu Natal
- Professor Johannes Cronje, Professor of E-Learning, Department
of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education, University of
Pretoria
- Dr Kitty den Boogert, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of
Education, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
- Ms Alice Goodwin-Davey, University of South Africa
- Professor Elizabeth Henning, Faculty of Education, University
of Johannesburg
- Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson, Education Department, Rhodes
University
- Ms Catherine Kell, Learning Designer, Centre for Flexible
and Distance Learning (CFDL), University of Auckland
- Mr Elisha Kujeke, Principal Instructional Materials, Distance
Education Primary Level, Department of Lifelong Education,
Zimbabwe Government Correspondence Schools
- Dr Pam Miller, Cape Town facilitator of the M.Ed in Computer
Assisted Education, University of Pretoria and Computer Studies
teacher at Pinelands High School, Cape Town
- Dr Ton Mooij, Radboud University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Associate Professor Andrew Morrison, Intermedia, University
of Oslo
- Dr Dick N'gambi, Research Coordinator, Centre for Educational
Technology, University of Cape Town
- Dr Martin Oliver, Senior Lecturer in ICT in Education,
London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, University
of London
- Mr Fred Opali, Head of Department of Communication at the
Polytechnic of Namibia
- Mr Andrew Scholtz, Academic Computing Support Manager,
University of Limpopo
- Mr Geoffrey Seleka, Lecturer in Information Systems, University
of Botswana
- Professor Thomson Sinkala, School of Mines, University
of Zambia
- Ms Juliet Stoltenkamp, E-Learning Manager, E-Learning Division,
University of the Western Cape
- Ms Bronwyn Stuckey, Researcher, Department of Education,
University of Wollongong, Australia
- Associate Professor Martin Terre Blanche, Department of
Psychology, University of South Africa
- Dr Antoinette van der Merwe, Deputy Director, Centre for
Teaching and Learning, Stellenbosch University
- Associate Professor Duan van der Westhuizen, Dept. of Mathematics,
Science,Technology & Computer Education, University of
Johannesburg
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