The ‘Mobile learning: Crossing boundaries in convergent environments’ Conference, taking place in Bremen (Germany) from Monday to Tuesday, March 21st to 22nd, 2011.

1. ‘Mobile learning: Crossing boundaries
in convergent environments‘
Conference
March 21st to 22nd, 2011, Bremen (Germany)
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The ‘Mobile learning: Crossing boundaries in
convergent environments’ Conference builds on a
series of mobile learning research symposia hosted
by the WLE Centre for Excellence at the Ins�tute of
ABOUT MOBILE LEARNING Educa�on, University of London between 2007 and
Recent years have seen an increasing interest in 2009. It will focus on the challenges of developing new
the poten�al of mobile learning: Project orientated pedagogic approaches and on the poten�al of mobile
research, theory building, technological developments devices for learning in formal and informal contexts. As
and pedagogically informed approaches to mobile mobile learning is not only about learning with mobile
technologies in a range of educa�onal and work-based technologies, but also considered to be “new” learning,
contexts are evidence for a fast growing discipline. The the conference will look at challenges for research
current transforma�ons in social and technological and prac�ce in understanding the changing social and
structures, changing cultural prac�ces of learning technological structures allowing the use of technology
as well as changing ins�tu�onal cultures pose new for learning that are present in our personal lives, in
challenges for learning - be it ins�tu�onal (e.g. school, school and in work places. Thus mobile learning crosses
university) or work-based, formal or informal. Mobile, the boundary of ins�tu�onal learning and looks at
networked media play an increasingly important role prac�cal fields like work-based learning and medicine,
for meaning-making and appropria�on in users’ life- too. Also, the conference will look at the latest
worlds which calls for new understandings in, and developments in hardware and so�ware which can
approaches to formal learning. As mobile devices offer support personalised learning. By focusing on theory
flexible access to the internet and communica�on and prac�ce, development and use, teaching and
tools for learning within and outside of the classroom, learning, formal and informal contexts, the conference
and as they support learning experiences that are intends to offer spaces for researchers, prac��oners,
personalised as well as collabora�ve, accessible and developers, the industry and policy makers to exchange
integrated within the world beyond the classroom, ideas, experiences and research around issues and
mobile learning can open up new contexts for learning, approaches to mobile learning, including sociological
with ubiquitous connec�vity allowing interac�ve and and educa�onal issues and their effec�veness and
connected learning in school and university, in the desirability as learning spaces as well as the design of
workplace, in the home and in the community. As environments.
for technological developments, the rise of an ‘app The conference is preceded by the EduCamp, a
culture’ marks a large commercial market, driving BarCamp for people interested in media and learning,
a new wave of crea�vity in the design of learning which will take place in Bremen from March 19-20,
applica�ons. 2011. In collabora�on with MirandaNet, the conference
is running a MirandaMod on March 21-22, 2011 which
REGISTRATION addresses teachers and prac��oners who are interested
Registra�on for the conference is open from October in teaching and learning with new technologies.
31st, 2010 to March 6th, 2011.
The conference is hosted by the University of Bremen,
IMPORTANT DATES run by the Department for Media Educa�on and Design
October 31, 2010: registra�on and submission opens of Mul�modal Learning Environments and by the
December 5, 2010: submission closes Ins�tute Technology and Educa�on (ITB) in associa�on
March 6, 2011: registra�on closes with the London Mobile Learning Group (LMLG),
March 21-22, 2011: conference Pontydysgu and MirandaNet.
Further dates, deadlines and informa�on can be
accessed via h�p://bremen.londonmobilelearning.net.
Version 1 - October 15th, 2010.