From: Michael Thomas <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Conference: Massive Open Online Courses in the Arts and Humanities Date: November 16, 2013 1:50:56 PM CST To: Michael Thomas <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Massive Open Online Courses in the Arts and Humanities: Opportunities, Implications and Challenges Across UK Higher Education Date: 25th April 2014 Start Time: 09:45am Location/venue: Scholars Suite, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Supported by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) The symposium on "Massive Open Online Courses in the Arts and Humanities" will take place on 25th April 2014 (10:00-17:00) at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. A call for papers is currently open and participants are requested to send abstracts of no more than 300 words to the organiser, Dr Michael Thomas ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) on a topic related to the following areas: * The historical context of online learning * Scalability and quality assurance * Pedagogy * Accreditation * Future implications of MOOCs in the Arts and Humanities The closing date for abstract submissions is 15th January 2013. Further details on the event can be found on the HEA website: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2014/Seminars/AH/GEN911_UCLAN<https://mail.uclan.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=WVev97icokev6EVuxckvtJ8QOimRttAIUtSf96pwFud-PVt8wgUWLLPgQ5DvIVhG8UhhOFNXZog.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.heacademy.ac.uk%2fevents%2fdetail%2f2014%2fSeminars%2fAH%2fGEN911_UCLAN> --------------- Dr Michael Thomas BA (Hons) M.Ed. MBA Ph.D. FHEA University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 1772 893148 E: [log in to unmask]<https://mail.uclan.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=WVev97icokev6EVuxckvtJ8QOimRttAIUtSf96pwFud-PVt8wgUWLLPgQ5DvIVhG8UhhOFNXZog.&URL=mailto%3amthomas4%40uclan.ac.uk> Skype: mthomas69 Principal Investigator, EU FP7 CAMELOT Project (2013-2015) Affiliate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University<https://mail.uclan.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=WVev97icokev6EVuxckvtJ8QOimRttAIUtSf96pwFud-PVt8wgUWLLPgQ5DvIVhG8UhhOFNXZog.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fcyber.law.harvard.edu%2fpeople%2fmthomas> Series Editor: Digital Education & Learning<https://mail.uclan.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=WVev97icokev6EVuxckvtJ8QOimRttAIUtSf96pwFud-PVt8wgUWLLPgQ5DvIVhG8UhhOFNXZog.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fus.macmillan.com%2fseries%2fDigitalEducationandLearning> (Palgrave) Series Editor: Advances in Digital Language Learning & Teaching<https://mail.uclan.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=WVev97icokev6EVuxckvtJ8QOimRttAIUtSf96pwFud-PVt8wgUWLLPgQ5DvIVhG8UhhOFNXZog.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bloomsbury.com%2fuk%2fseries%2fadvances-in-digital-language-learning-and-teaching%2f> (Bloomsbury) ************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technologies (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org<http://iallt.org/>. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) **************************************************************************
