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: www.oer15.oerconf.org<http://www.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 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 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 Anna Comas-Quinn on behalf of the OER15 Planning Committee ************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technologies (http://iallt.org/), and Dartmouth College 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]>) **************************************************************************