The Social Learning Conference

We are pleased to announce OpenLearning first annual conference, hosted in collaboration with the Malaysian Public Universities e-Learning Council (MEIPTA), which will take place at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. The event will be held at Tyree Room, University of New South Wales on November 27th - 28th, 2017. The conference will explore social constructivism in computer supported collaborative learning. The four main themes will be: • ​Community, Contribution & Connectedness -- Fostering communities of practice, designing for social presence, and informing effective online facilitation • Beyond Content & Quizzes -- Moving beyond content transmission and testing towards creating online learning environments for active learning, co-construction of knowledge, and social constructivism. • Behavioural Learning Analytics -- Using analytics to analyse student interaction, and to inform design, effective online facilitation, and tools for self-regulation. It... Read more

We are pleased to announce OpenLearning first annual conference, hosted in collaboration with the Malaysian Public Universities e-Learning Council (MEIPTA), which will take place at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. The event will be held at Tyree Room, University of New South Wales on November 27th - 28th, 2017. The conference will explore social constructivism in computer supported collaborative learning. The four main themes will be: • ​Community, Contribution & Connectedness -- Fostering communities of practice, designing for social presence, and informing effective online facilitation • Beyond Content & Quizzes -- Moving beyond content transmission and testing towards creating online learning environments for active learning, co-construction of knowledge, and social constructivism. • Behavioural Learning Analytics -- Using analytics to analyse student interaction, and to inform design, effective online facilitation, and tools for self-regulation. It may also encompass designing analytics to effectively support academic research. ​​• Rethinking Assessment -- Moving towards authentic assessment and documenting online learning experiences in e-portfolios. We welcome submissions from anyone involved within the education space to contribute to the conference through research findings, abstracts, constructive, experimental, and empirical work relating to Social Learning. Submissions will be assessed by a diverse panel of reviewers who may invite authors to speak, run workshops or be part of panel discussions. Selected submissions will be collected and published in an academic journal. ​​• Abstract deadline: 27th October 2017 (Please submit abstract along with your full paper) ​​• Paper deadline: 27th October 2017 ​​• Paper review: 27th October - 17th November 2017 ​​• Journal publication: TBA ​​• For more information, please go to https://www.sociallearningconference.com | email: conference@openlearning.com.