[EDLING:48] 2nd call for COSELLO

[Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir]

COSELLO

2nd Call for Papers and Deadline Extension!

Conference on Open Source in Education and Language Learning Online

Special Theme: The problem of language learning online – Is Moodle the
answer?

Friday 28th to Saturday 29th September 2007
University of Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland

Invited Speaker:
Carole A. Chapelle
Professor of TESL and Applied Linguistics
Iowa State University



6th May 2007 – extended deadline for submission of abstracts



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.

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.

We therefore welcome papers in either of these two domains:

(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;

(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.

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.

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.

Information on registration plus other practical information will be
available shortly via http://covcell.org <http://covcell.org/> . There
will be no registration fee for this conference.

Important dates:

6th May 2007 – extended deadline for submission of abstracts

27th June 2007 – notification of acceptance

28-29th September 2007 - conference

(The Covcell Project is funded by the Minerva Fund of the European Union:
for more information see covcell.org).



Requirements for abstract submission:

The abstract should be anonymous, include the title of the paper and be
written in English.

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.

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 name is the name of the author or of the
contact person in the case

of multiple authors), e.g. whelpton-abstract.pdf

The abstract should be e-mailed no later than 6th May 2007 to BOTH of the
following addresses:

whelpton at hi.is

mgu at hi.is

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.

The subject line of the e-mail should be “COSELLO”.

Submission is limited to one single authored paper and one joint authored
paper.




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