Archive for January, 2010
London International Conference on Education (LICE 2010)
January 31st, 2010
Education
LONDON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION (LICE 2010)
CALL FOR PAPERS
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London International Conference on Education (LICE-2010)
September 6-8, 2010, London, UK
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The London International Conference on Education (LICE) is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education. The LICE promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from Education.
The aim of LICE is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various educational fields with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research esteem and the evolution of pedagogy. The LICE-2010 invites research papers that encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance evaluation. All accepted papers will appear in the proceedings and modified version of selected papers will be published in special issues peer reviewed journals.
The topics in LICE-2010 include but are not confined to
the following areas:
*Academic Advising and Counselling
*Art Education
*Adult Education
*APD/Listening and Acoustics in Education Environment
*Business Education
*Counsellor Education
*Curriculum, Research and Development
*Distance Education
*Early Childhood Education
*Educational Administration
*Educational Foundations
*Educational Psychology
*Educational Technology
*Education Policy and Leadership
*Elementary Education
*E-Learning
*ESL/TESL
*Health Education
*Higher Education
*History
*Human Resource Development
*Indigenous Education
*ICT Education
*Kinesiology & Leisure Science
*K12
*Language Education
*Mathematics Education
*Multi-Virtual Environment
*Music Education
*Pedagogy
*Physical Education (PE)
*Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
*Reading Education
*Religion and Education Studies
*Rural Education
*Science Education
*Secondary Education
*Second life Educators
*Social Studies Education
*Special Education
*Student Affairs
*Teacher Education
*Cross-disciplinary areas of Education
*E-Society
*Other Areas of Education
IMPORTANT DATES:
Extended Abstract (Work in Progress) Submission Date: March 01, 2010
Research Paper, Case Study, Report Submission Date: March 30, 2010
Proposal for Workshops: February 15, 2010
Notification of Workshop Acceptance/Rejection: February 15, 2010
Notification of Extended Abstract (Work in Progress) Acceptance/Rejection: March 15, 2010
Notification of Research Paper, Case Study, Report Acceptance /Rejection: April 15, 2010
Camera Ready Paper Due: June 01, 2010
Participant(s) Registration (Open): January 2010
Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 31, 2010
Late Bird Registration Deadline: September 06, 2010
Conference Dates: September 06-08, 2010
For further information please visit LICE-2010 at:
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An Educational Extinction Event?
January 30th, 2010
My colleague, Dick Lipton, asks a really interesting question in his blog: Could Georgia Tech (GIT = Georgia Institute of Technology) and all other universities simply disappear?
I think there is a danger that GIT as we know it today could disappear by 2035. Not just GIT, but all schools, colleges, and universities—at all levels. I think that there is a chance that they could all be gone. They will be replaced by something, but that something may be very different from GIT.
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His belief is that the University (Uns) will be replaced by On-Line University (Ons). I have significant concerns about that., by flunking out or . On-line courses tend to, and mostly at the lower-knowledge and poor levels.
I think it’s , in terms of improving learning and engaging a broader range of students. CMU has done it in . Computer science is a great . The work has to happen first. If Uns disappear in favor of Ons, before we make Ons better, will lead to worse education for society, especially for weaker students.
[DEOS-L] New Distance Education Research Centre
January 21st, 2010
Association for Learning Technology conference: call for proposals
January 21st, 2010
I’m an ex officio member of the Programme Committee for the Association for Learning Technology’s annual conference, ALT-C (September 2010), and thought some of you might be interested in submitting a proposal for the conference. This year’s theme is “Into something rich and strange” – making sense of the sea-change.
The call closes on Feb 15th at midnight GMT. We are keen to attract a good spread of submissions addressing the “Into something rich and strange” theme. Recent events in the funding area such as the Mandelson letter to HEFCE and the JISC announcements on capital funding make it even clearer that there is a sea change underway. While the tide may be out on which one is rich and which one is strange, there is no doubt that the theme is topical.
We are highlighting the following themes:
1. the changing paradigms and structures for learning;
2. increasing productivity and effectiveness, whilst mitigating risks;
3. responding to and shaping the organisational landscape;
4. meeting the changing expectations and needs of learners, employers, and society;
5. the changing design skills and knowledge needed to support learning and teaching with technology
Visit to find out more about the conference and to to make a submission.
Posted by Catherine Dhanjal, Managing Editor, Multimedia Information and Technology journal
MUST High School Is Fake - No Way!
January 20th, 2010
It is a common perception about online schools that most of them are fake. The same concerns were shown by a friend of mine while having a chat with me about status of online schools. He was of the view that these online schools only work to earn money and they mislead students by offering them bogus degrees which are not accepted by the employers. I accept that the majority of online schools are bogus but when we talk about MUST we find it superior over its competitors.
Job hunting in NZ or Australia?
January 20th, 2010
Happy New Year!
I’ll start by saying that one of my New Year resolutions is to add more posts here than I did in 2009.
As a start, here’s a useful link for you if you’re a student or graduate looking for work in New Zealand or Australia. It takes you to the web site for a Virtual Careers Fair that will run on-line for three days from 29-31 March. You can preview the event 22-28 March, plan your visits, and register for scheduled chats.
During the event participating employers appear in expo halls by discipline making it easy to find them and you can engage with them one-on-one; attend employer presentations and group chats; access and download material and subscribe to employer newsletters.
You’ll have to register but the event is free to you. Register at
Furthermore, remember that we’re coming in to career expos and fairs season. If you’re a student or graduate you can find out about the events we’re organising by going to
First Day {sort of}
January 20th, 2010
School started today but I don’t have any “regular” classes yet, just online. The first week in online classes is really just about getting used to the software and introducing yourself to the class. I go to the real campus tomorrow night for one of my classes. I can already tell that this semester is gonna be a killer! The amount of work is insane and its all writing. One of my professors is the head of the honors department so I guess that explains it. LOL. This semester is going to be tough but I knew that it would be. When you are so close to graduating, there are no more EASY classes left.
In other news:
My period is late and its kinda freaking me out. I am engaged to the guy I’ve been with for the past 5 yrs, but now is not the time for a baby LOL. I think there’s like no way that I’m pregnant but we are just using condoms so it is possible. Obviously condoms are not 100%. It might just be late for no reason or maybe its because of stress, I’ll give it one more day before really freaking out.
Jaime Yanez - The Uncut Story
January 17th, 2010
Belford High School, the leader in online education is one of the prime-choice institution for all the students, who want to enroll themselves for receiving online education.
Quality education is the hall mark of Belford High School. We bet that not a single institution, engaged in online education industry is capable of providing the facilities that are being provided here at Belford High School.
The success story of Belford has enticed its so-called critics to embark upon a totally disgusting defamation campaign that is not going to benefit them any way. The other side of the picture is that a mafia-minded law firms, such as Googasian – a legal firm is using innocent students as a shield for their heinous acts.
Jaime Yanez is one such example, who has unintentionally succumbed to such heinous conspiracy. I can only advise her to turn a deaf ear to such criminal activity and rather focus on the completion of diploma studies. Otherwise, no one would help Jaime Yanez in any way thus incurring heavy damages upon her that will eventually lead her to terminate her study program and would made her liable for legal action.
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New Money Menders on the Block Lawsuits
January 15th, 2010
Social activists lawfully raised uproar when academic industry became a lucrative venue for entrepreneurs to make money on, and ever since, every new idea is met with fierce disapproval and attacked by opportunists. Online academic institutions also went through the same hard work to earn gratitude and recognition in scholastic and expert circles.
Where Is MUST University….???
January 13th, 2010
Online learning involves the delivery of courses and learning components via the Internet. MUST University’s courses and course components are delivered online to a student. Most of all, online learning environment at MUST University is fast, fluid, and flexible; and it provides for different ways of learning and greater access to learning, and as such, the curriculum becomes a part of every learning activity in education, at home, and in the workplace.
Success for MUST University in online learning depends crucially on thoughtful planning and sound research. Above all, it requires broad academic and administrative participation. Perhaps the most significant predictor of success is institutional commitment—financial, technical, and legal—in an atmosphere that supports and encourages online education.
Learning at MUST University is conceptually different from classroom learning. Because the boundaries of the classroom do not exist in cyberspace, it is possible for students to interact throughout the week at their convenience. Increasingly, the form of interaction is collaborative. On the one hand, the collaboration is a result of the technology itself: Students can read online course materials, and are able to assess their academic performance just with a click.
The learning environment at MUST University supports regular contact and cooperation, active learning, and outcomes that profit from the collective wisdom of the participants. The medium encourages attention to differences in learning styles and levels of experience. It suggests a pedagogy that is quite different from the traditional classroom.