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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>ooops! typo! The speaker´s first name is “Carol”
not “Carole”! Could you correct before you send!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Matthew.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>____________________________________________________________</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Dr. Matthew Whelpton<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in
English Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Department of English – Faculty of
Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=3
color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Iceland</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>IS-101 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Reykjavík</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iceland</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Tel: +354 525 4451<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Fax: +354 525 4410 (Faculty Office) </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
Matthew Whelpton [mailto:whelpton@hi.is] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 17. apríl 2007 10:36<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> 2nd call for COSELLO</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Birna,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Here is the second call – could you
post again to the various euro lists and CC to me?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Matthew.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Dr. Matthew Whelpton<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in
English Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Department of English – Faculty of
Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=3
color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Iceland</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>IS-101 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Reykjavík</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iceland</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Tel: +354 525 4451<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Fax: +354 525 4410 (Faculty Office) </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=IS style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>COSELLO</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>2nd Call for Papers and Deadline Extension!</span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a
name="OLE_LINK2"></a><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Conference on Open Source in
Education and Language Learning Online</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Special Theme: The problem of
language learning online – Is Moodle the answer?</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Friday 28<sup>th</sup> to Saturday 29<sup>th</sup> September
2007<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Iceland</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Reykjav<span lang=IS>ík</span></st1:City><span
lang=IS>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iceland</st1:country-region></span></st1:place></span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Invited Speaker:<br>
Carole A. Chapelle<br>
Professor of TESL and Applied Linguistics<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Iowa</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>6th May 2007 – extended
deadline for submission of abstracts </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt'>This
conference is the final event in a two-year European project (Covcell), aimed
at supporting language learning and teaching in an online environment by adding
tools which support collaboration and co-operation to the functionlities
already provided by the Moodle learning management system.</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt'>As
well as showcasing the collaborative tools developed by the project, the
conference seeks to address critical issues in the field of online language
learning from two perspectives: (1) the pedagogical perspective of the
effectiveness of cohort-oriented, task-based approaches to language learning
and teaching in an online environment; (2) the technical perspective of open
source development of tools which support online language learning and
teaching.</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt'>We
therefore welcome papers in either of these two domains:</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt'>(1) papers
concerning current issues in the pedagogy of online language learning and
teaching, especially the effectiveness of approaches that allow students to
learn language while collaborating on tasks in cohort-supported environments;</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt'>(2) papers
concerning the development of open source tools which support language learning
and teaching in an online environment and especially the suitability of such
tools for use with established open-source learning management systems such as Moodle.</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt'>Papers
that address the special theme of the effectiveness of Moodle for language
learning and teaching are particularly welcome. See below for instructions on
paper submission.</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt'>Papers
accepted for presentation at the conference will also be eligible for
consideration for publication in a book related to the theme of the conference.</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Information on registration plus other practical
information will be available shortly via <a href="http://covcell.org/">http://covcell.org</a>.
There will be no registration fee for this conference. </span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt'>Important
dates:</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>6th May 2007 – extended deadline for submission of
abstracts</span><o:p></o:p></font></b></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt'>27th
June 2007 – notification of acceptance</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt'>28-29th
September 2007 - conference</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=IS style='font-size:12.0pt'>(The
Covcell Project is funded by the Minerva Fund of the European Union: for more
information see covcell.org).</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Requirements
for abstract submission:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
abstract should be anonymous, include the title of the paper and be written in
English.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
abstract should be no more than than 2 pages of A4 including all references,
data and/or illustrations. Font should be 12-point and margins 2.5cm.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
abstract should be saved as a pdf file (though rtf, doc, and odt formats can be
accepted if absolutely necessary) and the file should be called
name-abstract.pdf (where <em><i><font face="Times New Roman">name</font></i></em>
is the name of the author or of the contact person in the case<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>of
multiple authors), e.g. whelpton-abstract.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
abstract should be e-mailed no later than 6th May 2007 to BOTH of the following
addresses:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:%77h%65l%70%74o%6e%40%68%69.%69%73">whelpton@hi.is</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:mg%75@%68i%2e%69%73">mgu@hi.is</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The main
body of the e-mail should include: title of paper; name of author(s);
affiliation; e-mail address for correspondence; indication of whether the
author wishes their paper to be considered for publication in the book
associated with the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
subject line of the e-mail should be “COSELLO”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Submission
is limited to one single authored paper and one joint authored paper.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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