ASCILITE NEWS
Invitation to join ASCILITE’s 2019 Community Mentoring Program
Have you thought about joining the ASCILITE Community Mentoring Program?
The closing date for applications has been extended to 11 February so there’s plenty of time to get your applications in. Everything you need to apply is on the ASCILITE Community Mentoring page at: https://ascilite.org/get-involved/community-mentoring-program/
And of course you can ask the CMP Chairperson, Sue Gregory if you need any further information. Last year, Helen Farley wrote a blog post reflecting on her experiences as a mentor and a mentee which you may find interesting.
This is a great opportunity so be sure to get your applications in. Mentees and mentors get a generous discount to the ASCILITE Conference to be held in Singapore on 3 – 5 December 2019.
New TELall Blog – ASCILITE’S Technology Enhanced Learning Accreditation Scheme Explained
In this latest post that kicks-off the 2019 blog year, Professor Dominique Parrish (ASCILITE President) and Allan Christie (Executive Member) explain the exciting TELAS initiative that has been in development for the last 2 years.
This post explains the scheme and plans for piloting the scheme in the second half of 2019. Read more >>
Special thank you and acknowledgement to our 2018 conference sponsors
Platinum Sponsor: Open Universities Australia
To explore Open University Australia, please visit https://www.open.edu.au/
Gold Sponsor: D2L Australia
To explore D2L Australia, please visit https://www.d2l.com/en-apac/
Bronze Sponsor: Cengage Australia
To explore Cengage Australia, please visit https://cengage.com.au/
Barista Bar Sponsor: Echo 360
To explore Echo 360, please visit https://echo360.com/
Name badge & lanyard sponsor: Mediasite
To explore Mediasite, please visit https://www.mediasite.com/
OTHER NEWS
Call for Proposals, ICICTE conference, Chania Greece 4 – 6 July 2019
The International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) has issued a Call for Proposals.
The call is for papers for plenary sessions examining the theoretical and practical applications of technology in education at all levels in both the public and private sectors. All proposals and papers are peer reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee. If you wish to present at ICICTE 2019 and have your paper published in the conference proceedings submit your proposal.
Proposals must be submitted by 16 February 2019. Each proposal will be double-blind reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Notification on whether the proposal has been accepted will be sent soon after receipt of the proposal. Please submit your proposal here.
Completed manuscripts must be submitted by 22 March 2019 and will be double-blind peer reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Comments will be forwarded to the authors, and final manuscripts, with editorial changes, must be received by 26 April 2019. Papers presented at the conference will be published in the proceedings under the title Information Communication Technologies in Education. Papers received after the deadline will not be included in the proceedings.
Further details are available on the website here: http://www.icicte.org/calls.html
Call for Entries in the ‘Learning with Digital Technologies’ section in the Encyclopedia of Educational Innovation
As editor of the section on ‘Learning with Digital Technologies’ in the Encyclopedia of Educational Innovation, published by Springer and edited by Michael A. Peters and Richard Heraud, I would like to invite interested authors to submit entries for the encyclopedia. Please note that contributions should not be written as a research paper. Content should be broadly descriptive of the known information in the area you are covering. Entries will be 3,000 words in length.
Please submit brief details of any proposed topics you would like to work on, and distribute this call to anyone else who you think may be interested. You can see more details about the requirements for submissions on the following web page:
The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2019. Please send all proposals to David Parsons.
Dr David Parsons
National Postgraduate Director
The Mind Lab
Auckland
www.mindlab.com
