Who: COHERE (Collaboration for Online Higher Education & Research) and the CSSHE (Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education)
Where: An ocean-to-ocean conference located in BOTH Victoria, British Columbia (Pacific) and Halifax, Nova Scotia (Atlantic). The conference format is intended to profile the tools and technologies that enable mult-access, distributed learning – including videoconference connectivity and web conferencing – to connect the two locations.
When: October 22-23, 2015
Keynote speakers:
- Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia
- Richard Schwier, Virtual Learning Communities Research Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan
- Matt Bower, Macquarie University, Sydney
- John Bell, Michigan State University
How: To submit a proposal, fill out the submission form available at: http://cohere.ca/2015-call-for-proposals-form/
Proposals will be accepted in the following streams:
- Building Community: Practice that leads to increased sense of trust, respect, and collaboration in blended and multi-access learning environments.
- Social Justice: Policy and successful practice that recognizes that face-to-face education promotes privilege in participation, and research that provides evidence that flexible learning designs promote participation from non-traditional student groups.
- Evidence-based research for multi-access and blended learning designs: From tracing learner interactions to configuration of room and interface designs for collaboration
- Open: The adoption of open learning practices to enhance post-secondary education through an increased global community of learners and leaders.
Proposals related to these and other issues related to flexible learning designs for community- enhanced multi-access and blended learning are invited.
No information is currently available regarding registration.
Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.
