[EDLING:2401] CFP: COSELLO - Conference on Open Source in Education and Language Learning Online

[Birna Arnbjornsdottir]

Call for papers
COSELLO - 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
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.  There will be no registration fee
for this conference.
Important dates:
15th April 2007 – 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 15th April 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.