[HERDSA]:News on Wed 11th April 2007

[Roger Landbeck]

Dear List Members

This week we have

* HERDSA Office hours.
* Articles from the Australian Higher Education Supplement.
* The Asssociation for Acdemic Language and Learning website address
* New Edition of Learning in Groups.
* April additions to database on international education.
* Call for papers Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia conference.
* Last call for Papers/Abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals for
Info-CybernEthics 2007, (Orlando, Florida, USA. July 8-11, 2007) 


Contacting the HERDSA Office.

The HERDSA Office Manager, Jennifer Ungaro, can be contacted by telephone
(02 9773 3911 in Australia) between the hours of 4-8PM, AEST, from Monday to
Friday, and all day Saturday. At other times leave messages. The fax number
of the HERDSA Office is 02 9773 4299 and the email address is
office at herdsa.org.au

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The Higher Education section of the Australian newspaper has a number of
interesting articles this week which can be accessed at

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/index/0,,12332,00.html

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The Association for Academic Language & Learning (AALL) website address is
 
http://www.aall.org.au/

The President is Alex Barthel at the University of Technology, Sydney
<alex.barthel at uts.edu.au>

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New Edition of `Learning in Groups.'

This book has been around for a long tine and is now out in 4th edition. Its
new title is Learning in Groups - a Handbook for face-to-face and online
environments by David Jacques and Gilly Salmon as co-author for the new
edition. 

The website URL http://www.atimod.com/learning-in-groups/index.html gives
full details.

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Stuart Hughes from the Cunningham Library Australian Council for Educational
Research writes:

The Database of Research on International Education has been updated with 73
new records. The latest entries can be browsed from the New Additions page
at:

http://aei.dest.gov.au/AEI/PublicationsAndResearch/ResearchDatabase/ 

I thought I'd also take the opportunity to mention that the Australasian
Education Directory 2007 is out now and is available for purchase online at

http://shop.acer.edu.au/acer-shop/product/A1065BK - or ask your librarian
about access to the AED. 

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The Philosophy Society of Australasia, Conference

`Creativity, Enterprise, Policy- New Directions in Education.
Wellington, New Zealand, 6-9th December 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS.

Closing Date, 15 May 2007, contact J.A.Clark at massey.ac.nz with title and 100
word abstract.

Website www.pesa.org.au

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Last Call for Papers/Abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals for
Info-CybernEthics 2007, (Orlando, Florida, USA. July 8-11, 2007):
http://www.iiis-cyber.org/wmsci2007/website/Info-CybernEthics.asp

Deadlines:
Papers/Abstract Submissions and Invited Sessions Proposal: April 30th
Authors Notification: May 17th Camera-ready, full papers: May 31st
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All Submitted papers will be reviewed by a double-blind (at least three
reviewers), non-blind, and participative peer review. These three kinds of
review will support the selection process of those that will be accepted for
their presentation at the conference, as well as those to be selected for
their publication in JSCI Journal.

Authors of the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference will
be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of
Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (JSCI), with no additional cost. The
libraries of JSCI's authors will receive a complimentary subscription for at
least one year (six issues).

There will be electronic (virtual pre-conference and post-conference
sessions) for each one of the conference sessions, so the authors can
interact with each other, providing comment and constructive feedback,
before and after the conference days.

The registration fee of effective invited session organizers will be waived
and they will receive at the registration desk, for free, a package of 4
DVDs and one CD containing the 6-hour tutorial "Fundamentals and History of
Cybernetics: Development of the Theory of Complex Adaptive Systems". The
market price of this package is US $ 295. Twelve more benefits for invited
session organizers are listed at WMSCI 2007 web page.

For submissions or Invited Sessions Proposals, please go to the conference
web site (the menu's option "Invited Sessions/Invited Session Organizers").

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Roger Landbeck
List Moderator