[Open-education] Call for abstracts and contributions to the OER15 conference ‘Mainstreaming Open Education’

Mon Nov 3 10:49:38 UTC 2014

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Dear Colleagues,

Please see the call for OER15 contributions below and forward this message to any colleagues or groups you feel may be interested.

OER15 Conference: ‘Mainstreaming Open Education’

Call for abstracts, papers and other contributions: deadline 24th November 2014

Conference dates: 14-15 April 2015

Venue: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, South Wales

Conference website: http://oer15.oerconf.org/

Keynote Speakers: Josie Fraser, Dr. Cable Green, Sheila MacNeill and Professor Martin Weller (full details on website)

The Open Education Conference is an International Conference currently organised by a volunteer committee from the Open Education Community.  Wherever you are the world, and whatever your role e.g. staff, students or volunteers in schools, FE, HE, ACL, WBL or the third sector, we warmly invite all of you to share your open experiences and practices with us at OER15 which is being hosted by OER Wales Cymru, Universities Wales and the Association for Learning Technology (ALT).

Conference Themes

Please reflect the conference focus ‘Mainstreaming Open Education’ and the relevant sub-theme(s) in your submissions.

◦   Impact Research

◦   Open Education across Languages and Cultures

◦   Learners and Other Communities

◦   Open Educational Practice (OEP) and Policy

◦   Open Courses

◦   Open Education in Colleges and Schools

Submissions

The word limit for abstracts is 500 words, including references.

OER15 welcomes contributions for the following types of submission:

◦   Oral presentations (short papers): Oral presentations lasting 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes discussion, will normally report research studies and evaluations. Substantial case studies of significant original innovations may also be presented orally.

◦   Lightning talks: Oral presentations lasting 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes questions with follow-up discussion will normally report a work in progress, exploratory or small scale innovations and case studies.

◦   Interactive workshops: 60-90 minute interactive workshops will help delegates to experience and explore practice-based facets of OER, or approaches to associated scholarship and research.

◦   Poster presentations: Posters reporting innovations or scholarship will be exhibited.

◦   Alternative Formats: Suggest a format for your contribution if it does not fit the options above, indicating timing and other requirements (location, equipment, etc.).

All abstracts must be submitted online following which they will undergo a peer review process.

To submit an abstract:

Please use the link below to access the online submission where you will find full instructions on how to create an account and submit your abstract:

http://ocs.sfu.ca/alt/index.php/conferences/OER15

Queries

If you would like to speak to someone before submitting your extract or having difficulty with your submission please email helpdesk at alt.ac.uk<mailto:helpdesk at alt.ac.uk>.

Publication

The best abstracts within a theme may be selected for inclusion in a special edition open publication.

Key Dates

◦   24 November 2014: Call for abstracts closes

◦   01 December: Conference registration opens

◦   22 December 2014: Notification of paper acceptance

◦   27 March 2015: Short papers submission deadline

◦   10 April 2015:  All presentations & posters to be uploaded

◦   14-15 April 2015: Conference takes place

Interact with us on Social media

Follow us on Twitter @oerconf .

Use #oer15 to tweet about the conference Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oerconference

Join the conversation on Google+ at OER15 http://bit.ly/oer15conf

Thank you for supporting this conference. We look forward to seeing you in Wales.

Kind regards
Lis Parcell on behalf of the OER15 Committee

Lis Parcell

Senior E-learning Advisor | Cynghorydd E-ddysgu Uwch
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