<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">CALL FOR
CONTRIBUTIONS</span></b></p>

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2.0, 2013</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Brunel
University, UK</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">July 31, 2013</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070c0">eLearning
2.0</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
is an international conference exploring Technology-Enhanced Learning and social
media technologies including Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Wikis and YouTube. The
main theme of this year’s conference is Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and
social media for teaching. The conference will consider evolving pedagogical
approaches and raise the profile of research in technology-enhanced learning;
spread good practice in the use of Web 2.0 technologies for learning; and
facilitate collaboration between practitioners, researchers, and policy makers.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">CONFERENCE
CHAIRS</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chris
Evans & Ray Hackney, Brunel University, UK</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">OBJECTIVES</span></b></p>

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consider the development and potential of MOOCs</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">-
explore the potential impact of social media on technology-enhanced learning</span></p>

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spread good practice in the use of social media in technology-enhanced learning</span></p>

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consider evolving pedagogical approaches using social media</span></p>

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raise the profile of research on social media and technology-enhanced learning</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Topics
of Interest include, but are not limited to: massive open online courses
(MOOCs), use of social media for teaching, evolving pedagogies for Web 2.0,
security, privacy, social networking, podcasting, wikis, blogging, video
sharing, screencasting, folksonomies, eLearning 2.0 and people with
disabilities, the potential impact of eLearning 2.0 on the Third World,
creativity and Web 2.0, Human-Computer Interaction, and Business.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FORMAT</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070c0">eLearning
2.0</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
will comprise invited keynote speakers and individual presentations. The
presentations will be recorded and published online as a series of screencasts.
There are no full papers published or required.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">KEYNOTE SPEAKER</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Prof.
Steven Warburton, Head of Department of Technology Enhanced Learning, University
of Surrey, UK</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">PARTICIPANTS</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">All
welcome but presenters must submit a <b>500
word ABSTRACT</b> and <b>TITLE</b> for
BLIND REVIEW. Submission indicates consent for your presentation to be <a name="_GoBack"></a>screen recorded.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">SUBMISSION</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:chris.evans@brunel.ac.uk">chris.evans@brunel.ac.uk</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> with "<b><span style="color:#0070c0">eLearning2.0</span></b>"
in the subject line.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">IMPORTANT DATES</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>


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of title and abstract of presentation DEADLINE: <b>JUNE 17, 2013</b></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">CONFERENCE
LOCATION</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Brunel
Business School (Eastern Gateway building), Brunel University, West London, UK.
Brunel University is in Uxbridge on the western edge of London. Uxbridge is in
a prime location for reaching the transport network that embraces London and
South-east England. It is a short drive from the M4, M40 and M25 and has the
added benefit of being on the edge of the London Underground network. It is a
25-minute drive from London's Heathrow airport.</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><br>