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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Hello </span><span style='color:black'>«First»</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>We are delighted to announce that the response to the call for papers for the</span><b> </b><b>8th European Conference on Games Based Learning at the University of Applied Sciences HTW Berlin, Germany on the 9-10 October 2014 </b>has<b> </b>been excellent. <span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>However due to a number of requests for extensions, we are keeping the call open until the<b> 4<sup>th</sup> of April 2014</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a name="OLE_LINK2">The conference committee welcomes contributions on a wide range of topics using a range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches. PhD Research, proposals for roundtable discussions, non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited<b>.</b><span style='color:black'> </span><b><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>To submit an abstract and for <span style='color:black'>more information please go to: </span><a href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecgbl/ecgbl2014/ecgbl14-call-papers.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecgbl/ecgbl2014/ecgbl14-call-papers.htm</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>Game competition<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>A competition for the best educational game will be held again at ECGBL 2014. In the first instance we are asking for abstracts describing the game and further information will be sent to applicants thereafter. More information can be found here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="http://academic-conferences.org/pdfs/ECGBL_2014-Call-for-Games.pdf">http://academic-conferences.org/pdfs/ECGBL_2014-Call-for-Games.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>Publication opportunities<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment. Papers that have been presented at the conference will also be considered for publication in the <a href="http://www.ejel.org/main.html"><b>Electronic Journal of e-Learning</b></a> the <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-game-based-learning/41019"><b>International Journal of Game-Based Learning</b></a> and <a href="http://eai.eu/transaction/serious-games" target="_blank" title="Click here to visit the Journal website"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Serious Games</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>published by the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) Endorsed Transactions.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>To become more involved with the conference please follow us <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/European-Conference-on-Game-Based-3713480?trk=my_groups-b-grp-v">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/ECGBL-European-Conference-on-Games-Based-Learning/421588061199628">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ECGBL">Twitter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Please feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues or contacts you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Sue Nugus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Conferences Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://111.academic-conferences.org/">http://www.academic-conferences.org</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:sue@academic-conferences.org">sue@academic-conferences.org</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/suenugus">Follow me on Twitter</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/sue-nugus/7/616/1b4">Connect with me on LinkedIn</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=105 height=158 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF475B.A64528A0"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Available from our Bookshop: <a href="http://academic-bookshop.com/">http://academic-bookshop.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br clear="both">
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