Mobile Learning 2013 (2nd call) - submissions until 28 December 2012

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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (2nd call): 28 December
2012 --

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2013
Lisbon, Portugal, 14 to 16 March 2013
(http://www.mlearning-conf.org/)


* Keynote Speaker (confirmed):
Professor Frans Mäyrä, INFIM/TRIM/Game Research Lab & School of
Information Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland

* Conference background and goals

Free as Birds Learning in the Cloud

Mobile learning is concerned with a society on the move. In
particular, with the study of “…how the mobility of learners augmented
by personal and public
technology can contribute to the process of gaining new knowledge,
skills and experience” (Sharples et al. 2007).

A growing understanding of the learning and instructional affordances
of mobile technologies (alongside technological developments), have
enabled the design
and investigation of mobile learning experiences across contexts and
dimensions of mobile learning. For instance, the literature in the
field is rich in
studies which investigate how learners move physical locations,
utilising several devices/technologies, interacting with various
social networks (perhaps
across formal and informal learning settings), as they pursuit a
learning path or event.

There is much appreciation of learning principles, such as contextual,
situated, augmented and collaborative among others, particularly
suited to mobile
learning. There is a well of studies reporting on how these principles
can be best applied in the field. There are also always new
technologies being
implemented in the context of mobile learning for example, ‘smarter’
phones, e-readers, tablet and augmented reality applications. However,
the evaluation
of mobile learning is an area that has lagged behind.

The mobile nature of mobile learners and the application of
traditional evaluation strategies and tools, have often limited the
scope of investigation to
what can be observed by researchers or captured by external recording
devices (such as video or sound). Thus, a challenge remains to
understand what happens
while learners are on the move.

The advent of cloud computing and learning analytics offer potential
for exploring innovative mobile learning experiences and alternative
evaluation
strategies which may in turn, shade light into what learning happens
in the move.

The IADIS Mobile Learning 2013 International Conference seeks to
provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of mobile learning
research which
illustrate developments in the field.

* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations.
The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a
book and CD-ROM
with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital Library
(accessible on-line).
Authors of the best published papers in the Mobile Learning 2013
proceedings will be invited to publish extended versions of their
papers in the
"International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (ISSN:
1941-8647)"and also in other selected Journals.
The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC,
EI Compendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services.

* Types of submissions
Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations,
Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject
to a blind
refereeing process.

* Topics

We invite researchers, practitioners, developers and all those working
in the mobile learning arena to submit work under the following
topics:
• Learning analytics and mobile learning
• Cloud computing and mobile learning
• Pedagogical approaches, models and theories for mLearning
• mLearning in and across formal and informal settings
• Strategies and challenges for integrating mLearning in broader
educational scenarios
• User Studies in mLearning
• Learner mobility and transitions afforded by mlearning
• Socio-cultural context and implications of mLearning
• Mobile social media and user generated content
• Enabling mLearning technologies, applications and uses
• Evaluation and assessment of mLearning
• Research methods, ethics and implementation of mLearning
• Innovative mLearning approaches
• Tools, technologies and platforms for mLearning
• mlearning: where to next and how?

* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline (2nd call): 28 December 2012
- Notification to Authors (2nd call): 21 January 2013
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call):
Until 8 February 2013
- Late Registration (2nd call): After 8 February 2013
- Conference: Lisbon, Portugal, 14 to 16 March 2013

* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal.

* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING
2013
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secre...@mlearning-conf.org
Web site: http://www.mlearning-conf.org/

* Program Committee
Mobile Learning 2013 Program Chair
Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Mobile Learning 2013 Conference Chair
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University),
Portugal


Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to http://www.mlearning-conf.org/committees

* Co-located events
Please also check the co-located events:
e-Society 2013 (http://www.esociety-conf.org/) - 13-16 March 2013
Information Systems 2013 (http://www.is-conf.org/) - 13-15 March 2013

* Registered participants in the Mobile Learning’ conference may
attend e-Society and Information Systems conferences’ sessions free of
charge.