The Sixth Open Classroom Conference -real learning in virtual worlds

Teacher Professional Development and the Interchanging Role of Mentors and Avatars in Schooling 21C
Stockholm, 24-26 October 2007
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Scope
Surrounding evidence fostered by a number of developments coming with the pervasive impact of the Information & Communication Technologies on school education, is leading education researchers and pedagogists as well as policy makers and international agencies to adopt the hypothesis of an emerging Paradigm of Schooling, in the 21st century.

In the years to come we need to further intensify our joint efforts in order to better understand, plan and act upon the social evolutions, namely the social mobility, migration, internationalisation, multicultural societal structures, that are changing the mandate of School Education, in Schooling 21C.

Paper Submission
The Conference Committee will welcome papers, project experiences, policy and practice cases and surveys dealing with one or more of the above-mentioned topics, to be presented as one of the some 50 fifty 15/20-minute presentations, hosted in the three series of Parallel Sessions. It will also welcome suggestions concerning the participation of those interested to join the Conference Workshops (Tutorials).

The best papers submitted will be offered publication possibility in the European Journal of Open, Distance and E-learning (EURODL).

Schedule and Deadlines
Deadline for submission of papers: 20 July
Notification of authors: 7 September

You may contact the EDEN Secretariat if you have any paper submission related questions at secretariat@eden-online.org


ORGANIZED
in collaboration with:
EENet (European Experts Network for Educational Technology)
Stockholm Institute of Education
Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning

SUPPORTED by:
The City of Stockholm
The Knowledge Foundation
The MENON Network
The EPICT Group