Sylvia Currie

Just in case some of you have not joined the Collaborative Book Project mailing list, I'm copying this meeting invitation here.

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February 16th ? Draft Meeting Agenda:  
Moderator - Dr. Randy Labonte
Facilitator - Sandy Hirtz
Project Synopsis - Dr. David Harper
Style guide - Sandra Mackenzie
Progress Reports - Chapter Mayors
Wiki ? Blog Update - Tasha Alfonso
Collaborative Conclusion ? Niki Lambropoulus
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Dear colleagues

The submission deadline of WMUTE2006 is June 1, 2006. Please find below Call for papers. Please submit your research work. Please also help me By forwarding it to those who may have research work to submit.

4th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies in Education (WMUTE 2006)
November 16-17, 2006, Athens, Greece
 http://www.ask.iti.gr/wmte/2006/

** Sponsored by IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology

The Workshop Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.

** Topics of Interest

The topics of interest related to the conference theme include but are not limited to:

- Adaptive and adaptable learning environments using mobile and ubiquitous devices
- Agent support for mobile and ubiquitous learning
- Amalgamating individual and collaborative learning in mobile and ubiquitous learning environments
- Architectures and infrastructures for ubiquitous learning systems
- Architectures and implementations of context-aware learning technology systems
- Designs for wireless, mobile and ubiquitous technologies in education
- Design of learner-supportive interfaces of ubiquitous learning applications
- Digital tangibles or wireless sensor networks for learning
- Entertainment computing for ubiquitous learning
- Evaluation and evaluation methodologies for ubiquitous learning environments
- Game-based learning in mobile and ubiquitous learning environments
- Innovative and practical use of wireless, mobile and ubiquitous technologies for education, learning and training
- Mobile and ubiquitous computing support for collaborative learning
- New pedagogical theories for ubiquitous learning environments and society

* Conference Co-Chairs:

Demetrios G. Sampson,  University of Piraeus and Center for Research and Technology - Hellas, Greece
Tak-Wai Chan, National Central University, Taiwan

* Program Co-Chairs:

Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zealand
Sherry Hsi, Exploratorium, USA

** Important dates:

Submissions due: June 1, 2006
Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2006
Final articles due: August 15, 2006
Workshop: November 16-17, 2006

** Submissions
Submissions are invited in following categories:
Full papers: 8 pages
Short papers: 5 pages
Posters: 3 pages

** For more details, please see the website:
http://www.ask.iti.gr/wmte/2006/

** For queries, please contact:

Kinshuk (kinshuk@ieee.org)
Sherry Hsi (sherryh@exploratorium.edu)

Regards.

Kinshuk
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Information Systems Dept., Massey Univ., Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Tel: +64 6 3505799 ext. 2090 Fax: +64 6 355 4334 http://infosys.massey.ac.nz/~kinshuk

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I'm beginning a separate thread for Chapter 3 reference materials. Let's share our favourite books, websites, and articles related to online course design. 

Hello everyone,
I'm a Mayor for chapter 3 in the Communal Book Project. I'm really exciting about the topic, as well as the process of writing a book together. I have some experience designing online courses, and my education background is in the right field. But I'm by no means an expert! And this is a pretty fat chapter!  I will be relying on YOU to help make this work.

There are many ways to contribute. You could take on a subsection, review drafts, provide feedback, introduce new subsections, offer resources, help with research... well, you get the idea. There are many ways to contribute.

If you're interested in participating, post a note and we'll be on our way.

Sylvia Currie

Live and pre-recorded Webcasts seem to be commonplace these days but people always seems to be struggling with how to prepare them effectively. Could we learn something from stand-up comedians? What goes into the preparation of a good monologue?