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Ubiquitous Learning Conference Welcomes Plenary Speaker Al Weiss

Published on September 20, 2011 in Conference, Headline, News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

We are pleased to announce Al Weiss will be joining us as a plenary speaker at this year’s Ubiquitous Learning Conference.

Al Weiss is the Director of Educational Technology and Curricular Innovation at Pacific University where he is leading and supporting initiatives to integrate digital technology into teaching and learning. Al has been engaged in teaching with technology since 1992 when he used a simple spreadsheet program to help teach math and science skills to seventh and eighth graders. Since then, he has used technology in a number of different classrooms and settings, including an elementary school in Hawaii, a junior high school in Japan, and when teaching a variety of graduate and undergraduate classes. Most recently, he coordinated the instructional development and faculty support programs for campus-wide e-learning platforms at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Al has given numerous workshops and presentations at regional and national conferences on e-learning and has published articles on virtual learning environments and gaming. His current research focuses on the relationship between physical and digital learning spaces.

To learn more about this year’s plenary speakers, please visit our website.

Ubiquitious Learning Journal Award Winner to Present at 2011 Conference

Published on September 4, 2011 in Conference, Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

The 2010 International Award for Excellence in the area of learning and education has been conferred on “Simple Technology Facilitating Complex Communities: A New Paradigm for Interprofessional Education?” and its authors Nancy Dalgarno, Lindsay Davidson, and Loretta Waltz.

We are very excited to welcome co-Author Dr. Lindsay Davidson, who will present this paper in a Plenary Session on behalf of the authors, to the 2011 conference in Berkeley.

Dr. Lindsay Davidson currently holds the Chair of Teaching and Learning at Queen’s university. She is a practicing pediatric orthopedic surgeon and Associate Professor at Queen’s School of Medicine where she also completed a Master’s of Education in 2009. She is the Director of the last two years of the undergraduate medical program. Dr. Davidson has been very active in the Queen’s community and has been on the forefront of bringing both technology-rich learning and active learning strategies to Queen’s Faculty and is currently developing a web-based community for like-minded teachers at www.adventuresinteaching.ca. Dr. Davidson has received two national teaching awards (Canadian Association for Medical Education Certificate of Merit, 2011; Provan Award for Undergraduate Surgical Education, 2005) for her educational work.

Announcing the winner of the International Award for Excellence

Published on August 29, 2011 in Headline, Journal and Newsletter. 0 Comments

Congratulations to Lindsay Davidson, Loretta Walz and Nancy Dalgarno the winners of the International Award for Excellence in the area of learning and education with their paper Simple Technology Facilitating Complex Communities: A New Paradigm for Interprofessional Education?

Abstract: The Internet, and social media in particular, have in many ways made the world a smaller place. One can share their thoughts and stories with people on the other side of the globe in an instant. Social media is often thought of in this context – connecting people at great distances in a visceral way that until fairly recently was pure science fiction. But one can also use these tools to build a strong local network and create networks to, and within local community environs. Used locally within existing communities or by linking disparate communities within a region, social media tools can help facilitate virtual face-to-face networking in a world full of timetable conflicts and “too busy to stop” professionals.  This paper will tell the story of how one interprofessional education (IPE) research project came to realize that exploiting the potential of social networking technology would ultimately create the effective relationships and synergies necessary for foundational change in real life context. Genuine collaboration through social networking at the faculty level was the necessary component that ultimately embedded interprofessional (IP) competencies in health professional education.

About the Award

The Ubiquitous Learning Journal will present an annual International Award for Excellence in the area of learning and education. All papers submitted for publication in the Ubiquitous Learning Journal are entered into consideration for this award.

The review committee for the award is the International Advisory Board for the Journal and the Conference, who will select the winning paper from the ten highest-ranked papers emerging from the referee process and according to the selection criteria outlined in the referee guidelines.

Announcing Plenary Speaker Kimiko Ryokai for 2011 Ubiquitous Learning Conference

Published on August 17, 2011 in Conference, Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

We are pleased to welcome Kimiko Ryokai to the 2011 Ubiquitous Learning Conference as one of our plenary speakers.

Kimiko Ryokai is an assistant professor at the School of Information and Center for New Media at UC Berkeley. She teaches courses on interface aesthetics and theory and practice of tangible user interfaces at UC Berkeley. Ryokai’s work on tangible user interfaces to support creative learning and storytelling has been presented at CHI, SIGGRAPH, CSCL, IUI (winning 4 best paper awards), as well as exhibited at international venues such as Ars Electronica Linz Austria, Children’s Museum Kyoto, Japan, AIGA, and IDSA (Gold Award). She has also conducted a number of human-centered design research projects at the internationally renowned design firm IDEO as an interaction design and human factors specialist. Ryokai received a B.A. in Linguistics and Psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (1997), M.S. degree (1999) and Ph.D. (2005) in Media Arts and Sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

An Anthology of Educational Innovation: Digital Frameworks of Understanding

Published on July 4, 2011 in Book, Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

An Anthology of Educational Innovation: Digital Frameworks of Understanding edited by Caroline M. Crawford is now available as part of the Ubiquitous Learning series.

As the Digital Age embraces the concepts related to online distance education environments, the importance of conceptually grounded and innovative impact upon the success of online education environment and support tools is realized. Dr. Crawford has focused a significant part of her career upon the conception of successful distance education learning environmental instruction and support. This anthology of various intriguing select works suggests the innovative ways through which quality instruction and the development of successful online learning environment communities can be supported.

Caroline M. Crawford, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Houston, Texas, USA. At this point in Dr. Crawford’s professional career, her main areas of interest focus upon communities of learning and the appropriate and successful integration of technologies into the learning environment.

Delegate Pack Now Available

Published on November 19, 2010 in Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

300px-robsonsquareWe are pleased to announce that a delegate information pack is now available on the Ubiquitous Learning: An International Conference website. This pdf document includes some helpful travel information as well as important conference information and can be found online here.

More information will be added to this document as it is made available so please check back for updates.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any additional questions that you may have at support@ubi-learn.com

Redesigned Newsletter: Launched Today

Published on May 5, 2010 in Headline. 0 Comments

Today the International Conference on Ubiquitous Learning Newsletter will be relaunched – marking the start of a new approach to connecting with and reaching out to our Ubiquitous Learning Community. The Ubiquitous Learning Newsletter will be sent out on a monthly basis and will contain important community news, conference updates, and publication information.

It is the hope of Common Ground Publishing that this newsletter will provide you with a more positive experience connecting with the Ubiquitous Learning Community.

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If you have inquiries, concerns, or general comments, please feel free to contact the newsletter team at support@ubi-learn.com