1st Int'l Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning set

MANILA, Philippines - Educators, scholars and practitioners are invited to submit abstracts for paper and poster presentations at the first International Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning: Creating Spaces and Possibilities on Feb. 22 to 24, 2012 at the Century Park Hotel, Manila. Dubbed ICODeL 2012, the conference focuses on the convergence of philosophies, pedagogies and technologies in open and distance e-learning (ODeL), the opportunities opened up by this convergence, and the issues and challenges arising from the practice of ODeL in various contexts, including among others, education, public service and development. International experts Curtis Bonk of Indiana University and Denise Kirkpatrick of the UK’s Open University will speak at the conference. The proposed paper or poster should be relevant to one of the conference’s four sub-themes: The State of the Art in ODeL; Innovations and Best Practices in ODeL; Problems, Barriers, Reforms and Solutions; and Future Directions, Spaces and Possibilities in ODeL. The deadline for abstract submission is Nov. 15. Participants can register until Feb. 16, 2012. For details, log on to icodel.upou.edu.ph or e-mail at [email protected]. ICODeL 2012 is co-organized by the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), Philippine Society for Distance Learning and UPOU Foundation, Inc.