[HERDSA] News on Wednesday 26th March

[mbell at uow.edu.au]

Dear HERDSA List Members

Roger Landbeck is taking a well-earned break and I am administering the HERDSA E-LIST until 2nd May. Please send any messages for posting to me, Maureen Bell, at mbell at uow.edu.au.

This week we have six postings:
the Carrick Institute alert; 
an extension on the deadline for ISSOTL conference submissions;
call for papers for the EDU-COM 2008 International Conference in Thailand 
call for papers for the Emerging Technologies: Supporting a Learning Community conference at University of Wollongong; 
call for papers for the NZ Applied Business Education Conference in Auckland 
information about the DEAZ Conference in New Zealand.

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Carrick Alert - Carrick Institute Website Update
Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2008 10:08 AM

Carrick Institute News Update
20 March 2008 
 
March edition of Carrick Communiqué
The March edition of Carrick Communiqué is now available to download from the Carrick Institute Website. 

Carrick Institute Competitive Grants Program 2008 
Closing date for Expressions of Interest and Full Proposals is 27 March 2008.  Applications should be submitted directly via our grants application system at http://www.carrickinstitute.edu.au/carrick/go/home/grants/pid/53 

A sample application form and instructions for its completion are available to download. We recommend that you allow sufficient time to complete your online application so that Grants Scheme staff will be able to assist with any queries.  

Applications must be received by 5pm (AEST) on the closing date. 

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Reminder! International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL) 2008 Call for Proposals

Apologies for cross postings.

ISSoTL has been contacted by a number of people who have been unable to meet the March 17th deadline for submission of proposals.  In an effort to provide all scholars with an opportunity to share their knowledge and research the ISSoTL Board and Conference Organizers have agreed to extend the deadline to Tuesday, March 31st.

Please visit the conference website to submit your proposal and for further information: http://www.indiana.edu/~issotl08/ 

Registration information will be posted on the conference website shortly.

We look forward to seeing you all here in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in October 2008!  

Things to see and do in Edmonton: http://www.edmonton.com/tourism/page.asp?page=18 

Edmonton Art and Culture: http://www.movetoedmonton.com/living/artsculture/

Canada’s Festival City 2007: http://www.festivalcity.ca/

Canadian Rockies: http://www.canadianrockies.net/ 


Posted by Sarah Smyth [mailto:sarah.smyth at ualberta.ca] 

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CALL FOR PAPERS
EDU-COM 2008 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
19-21 NOVEMBER 2008
KHON KAEN, THAILAND

Website: http://educom2008.scis.ecu.edu.au

Edith Cowan University, Khon Kaen University and Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University take pleasure in announcing the fourth in the series of EDU-COM conferences to be held in Khon Kaen, Thailand from 19-21 November 2008.

Enforcing the previous conferences, the theme this year is Sustainability in Higher Education: Directions for Change. Conference sub-themes to be covered in concurrent sessions include:

*	Community as a Resource for Sustainability
*	Interdisciplinary Initiatives for Sustainability
*	Innovations in Learning and Teaching for Sustainability
*	Entrepreneurship for Sustainability in Higher Education

EDU-COM has secured inspiring keynote speakers from four countries.

You have an opportunity to publish your paper/articles in an international refereed proceedings (ISBN 0-7298-0654-5). Abstracts are to be submitted directly via the conference website.  All papers will be double blind peer reviewed. Please take a few moments to visit the conference website where further details of the conference and instructions for authors are available.

The conference is being held at the magnificent Sofitel Raja Orchid Hotel in Khon Kaen, a popular conference venue.  EDU-COM 2004 was held at this venue and was regarded very highly.

For further information please visit the conference website at http://educom2008.scis.ecu.edu.au or email educom2008 at ecu.edu.au 

Posted by Lisa McCormack [l.mccormack at ecu.edu.au]
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Emerging technologies: Supporting a learning community
University of Wollongong
18-20th June 2008

For more information please contact Gerry Lefoe [glefoe at uow.edu.au]  or Jan
Herrington, [janh at uow.edu.au].

NOTE FROM HERDSA LIST ADMINISTRATOR-
[THE NOTICE OF THIS CONFERENCE CONTAINED DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PAPERS WHICH COULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THIS POST. Members who wish to know more should contact the conference organisers - see above and for further details on the paper submission process, members should contact the email below]

The Centre for Educational Development & Interactive Resources(CEDIR) and
the Research Centre for Interactive Learning Environments (RILE) Conference
Committee invites the submission of papers for presentation at the 2008
Conference.

Please consider sharing your teaching and research ideas with your
colleagues. We invite papers on the following themes:

.  Using technology to create community in your learning environments
.  Sharing your innovative use of technology in your teaching
.  Researching your own practice in higher education
.  Mobile learning

There are two categories of papers:
.  Refereed papers (to DEST requirements)
.  Non-refereed papers, reviewed by Abstract

Important Dates

Submit papers for review  - Monday, 31st March 2008
Submit abstracts for non-refereed presentations - Monday, 31st March 2008
Submit final papers for online publication - Monday, 5th May

Conference papers will be published on the web.

Refereed papers will be peer reviewed in a double blind process.

For further details on the paper submission process, please contact:
Jessica Mantei (jessicam at uow.edu.au) or
Jan Herrington (janh at uow.edu.au)

Conference registration fees
Registration for full conference: $100
Registration for one day: $50
Registration includes refreshments and lunch on Day 1 and 2.

Posted by Gerry Lefoe [glefoe at uow.edu.au]
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CALL FOR PAPERS
NZ Applied Business Education Conference Waipuna Conference Centre Auckland 1/2/3 October 2008
Co-hosted by: Manukau Institute of Technology and Unitec New Zealand


NOTE FROM HERDSA LIST ADMINISTRATOR-
[THE NOTICE OF THIS CONFERENCE CONTAINED MUCH DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PAPERS WHICH COULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THIS POST. Members who wish to know more should contact the conference organisers -see below]

All papers are double blind refereed and accepted papers will be published in the 2008 Conference Proceedings, made available to conference participants as a CD. The review process will pay attention to: the importance of the paper topic, relevance of the literature cited, paper aims and objectives, research methodology and research question (if relevant to the paper type), level of analysis, findings, readability and citation support. 

Deadlines:

.	Date for final submission of full paper is 18 July 2008
.	Notification of acceptance/rejection 18 August 2008 
.	Submission changes to be received by 1 September 2008

Additional related correspondence may be emailed to the NZABE 2008 Paper Peer-review Chair, Dr Noel Burchell, nburchell at unitec.ac.nz

Contacts

NZABE 2008 Peer-review Programme Chair
Dr Noel Burchell
nburchell at unitec.ac.nz

NZABE 2008 Conference Chair
Frank Weterman
frank.weterman at manukau.ac.nz

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2008 DEANZ Conference 
17 - 20 August Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand
Website http://www.deanz.org.nz/conf2008/.

DEANZ, the New Zealand association for professionals working in flexible, open and networked education, would like to invite you all to its 2008 conference. 

My Place, My Space, My Learning - Distance and Virtual Education Sunday 17 August - Wednesday 20 August Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand

We are delighted to have Nancy White, from the USA, an expert in the creation and facilitation of interactive online communities as a keynote speaker. Check out Nancy's website at http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/about/about-nancy-white/ . Details of the programme will be added to the website as they are confirmed http://www.deanz.org.nz/conf2008/. 

You are invited to develop proposals for reviewed papers, non-reviewed papers, and posters around the themes:

My Place (Distance) Focus on issues associated with the geographic and physical separation of learner(s) and teacher(s) - distribution of resources, student support, and issues of time (zones).

My Space (Virtual) Focus is on the use of online environments, synchronous and asynchronous tools and Web2.0 applications as "spaces" for learning.
Also the emergence of Personal Learning Environments (PLEs), along with conventional LMS and VLE applications are a focus.

My Learning (Education) Focusing on issues of pedagogy and learning theory, curriculum, and learning design. This includes formal and informal learning as well as issues of quality and personalising learning.

The submission deadline for papers and workshops is 30 July 2008. Details about the each kind of presentation and publication format is available on the Conference's website http://www.deanz.org.nz/conf2008/ . 

Posted by Anna Weatherstone.

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HERDSA E-list posted by Maureen Bell
Centre for Educational Development and Interactive Resources
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, NSW, 2522
Australia
ph: (+61 2) 4221 3946
fax: (+61 2) 4225 8312
email: mbell at uow.edu.au