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Learning Conference – Share Your Photos

Published on August 12, 2010 in Conference. 0 Comments

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To those of you that joined us at the 2010 Learning Conference in Hong Kong, or if you’ve participated in a previous conference, please share your photos of the conference with your friends and colleagues that you met while at the conference. Pictures of the conference sessions, dinner, tours and ‘down time’ are all welcome!

Join our Learning Conference Flickr group here, and upload your pictures to easily share. Once you’ve joined, simply click on ‘Add something?’, and upload your photos or videos of the conference.

For information on sharing your photos with Flickr, please read more here.

18th International Conference on Learning

Published on July 29, 2010 in Conference and Newsletter. 0 Comments

mauritiusThe 2011 Learning Conference will take place at the University of Mauritius, Mauritius from 5-8 July. For more information please visit www.LearningConference.com

Call for Papers

If you intend to present a paper at the conference, your participation begins with submission of a paper proposal. For information on proposals, presentation types, and other options, see: http://thelearner.com/conference-2011/call-for-papers/#ppt. To submit a proposal, see: http://thelearner.com/conference-2011/call-for-papers/. If your proposal is accepted, you will then need to register for the Conference.

Registration

Those who submit paper proposals should register following the acceptance of the proposal. Conference delegates who do not intend to present may register at any time. For registration options, or to register for the 2011 Learning Conference, see: http://thelearner.com/conference-2011/register/.

Themes

For more information on our themes, please click here.

Delegate Information Pack Now Available

Published on June 27, 2010 in Conference. 0 Comments

For those of you who are joining us in Hong Kong for the 2010 International Conference on Learning, please note that there is more detailed information available for download on the locations page of the conference website here.

We know that you will continue to have questions as the conference draws near. Please feel free to contact us at support@thelearner.com with any inquiries or concerns that you may have.

We wish you safe and happy travels!

About the Hong Kong Institute of Education

Published on May 6, 2010 in Conference. 0 Comments

hkiedplaza-1About the Hong Kong Institute of Education, the host of our 2010 Learning Conference:

Established in 1994 and with a heritage of 70 years of teacher training dating to the former colleges of education, the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) is the only University Grants Committee-funded institution dedicated solely to professional teacher education in Hong Kong. The HKIEd was formally established by statute in April 1994 – upon recommendation by the Education Commission in 1992 – by uniting the former Northcote College of Education, Grantham College of Education, Sir Robert Black College of Education, the Hong Kong Technical Teachers’ College and the Institute of Language in Education.

To read more…

For a virtual tour of the campus, please visit this link.

For more information on the vision and mission of HKIED, please click here.

We are very grateful to the faculty of HKIED who have helped to make the 2010 Learning Conference possible. We hope to see you there in July.

17th International Conference on Learning

Published on April 6, 2010 in Conference. 0 Comments

The 2010 Learning Conference will take place at the Hong Kong Institute of Education in Hong Kong from July 6-9, 2010. For more information please visit www.LearningConference.com

Plenary Speakers

http://thelearner.com/conference-2010/plenary-speakers/

  • David Barton, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • Katerine Bielaczyc, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Kathy Chan, Management and Strategic planning, Bossini
  • Yasmin B. Kafai, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
  • Kerry Kennedy, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
  • Carmen K. M. Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Knong
  • Samuel Leong, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
  • Angel Lin, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Bob Lingard, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Call for Papers

If you intend to present a paper at the Conference, your participation begins with submission of a paper proposal. For information on proposals, presentation types, and other options, see: http://thelearner.com/conference-2010/call-for-papers/#ppt. To submit a proposal, see: http://thelearner.com/conference-2010/call-for-papers/. If your proposal is accepted, you will then need to register for the Conference.

Registration

Those who submit paper proposals should register following the acceptance of the proposal. Conference delegates who do not intend to present may register at any time. For registration options, or to register for the 2010 Learning Conference, see: http://thelearner.com/conference-2010/register/.

Themes

http://thelearner.com/ideas/themes/

Accommodation

http://thelearner.com/conference-2010/accommodation/

Conference Dinner and Tours

http://thelearner.com/conference-2010/activities-and-extras/

2010 Learning Conference – Plenary Speaker Added

Published on July 24, 2009 in Conference. 0 Comments

Bob Lingard, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Professor Bob Lingard has been Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Education at The University of Queensland since June, 2008. He has also been Professor at the University of Edinburgh (2006-2008), where he held the Andrew Bell Chair of Education, and the University of Sheffield (2003-2006) in the UK. From 1989-2003, he worked in the School of Education at The University of Queensland, where he was professor and for a period, Head of School. Bob has an international research reputation in the areas of sociology of education and education policy. He is the author/editor of 15 books and about 100 journal articles and book chapters. His most recent book is Educating Boys: beyond structural reform (Palgrave, 2009), co-authored with Wayne Martino and Martin Mills. He has an in-press book co-authored with Fazal Rizvi, Globalizing Education Policy (Routledge, 2009). He is editor of the journal Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education and editor of two books series, Studies in Education (Allen & Unwin, Australia) and Keys Ideas and Education with Greg Dimitriadis (Routledge, New York). He is also on the editorial boards of six international journals. More…

2010 Learning Conference – Plenary Speaker Added

Published on July 17, 2009 in Conference. 0 Comments

Kerry Kennedy, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
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Professor Kerry Kennedy joined the Hong Kong Institute of Education in 2001. He came from the University of Canberra in Australia where he had been Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic). He has an MA and PhD from Stanford University, both in Education. He has an MEd degree from the University of New South Wales in Australia and a Master of Letters degree in History from the University of New England.

Prior to joining the Institute, Professor Kennedy had successively been Dean of Education at the University of Southern Queensland and the University of Canberra. He had also been Director of the Centre for Continuing Education at The Australian National University. While he has been at the Institute, he has been Head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Dean of the Faculty of Professional and Early Childhood Education. He has won two Public Policy Research Grants, one Competitive Earmarked Research Grant and one Quality Education Fund Grant during his time at the Institute. More…

2010 Learning Conference – Plenary Speaker Added

Published on July 15, 2009 in Conference. 0 Comments

Yasmin B. Kafai, Journal of the Learning Sciences
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Yasmin B. Kafai Born in Germany, Dr. Kafai undertook her studies on learning theories and technologies in France, Germany, and the United States. She received her doctorate from Harvard University while working with Seymour Papert at the MIT Media Laboratory. From 1994 to 2008, she was on the faculty of the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.

Her research on children’s learning as designers of games, simulations, and virtual worlds has received generous funding from the National Science Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation. She was one of the first educators to receive an Early Career Award from the National Science Foundation in addition to a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Academy of Education. More…

2010 Learning Conference – Plenary Speaker Added

Published on July 10, 2009 in Conference. 0 Comments
Katerine Bielaczyc, National Institute of Education in Singapore, Singapore
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Dr. Bielaczyc is currently an Associate Professor in the Learning Sciences Lab at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. Kate was formerly an Assistant Professor at Harvard University in Technology in Education and Teacher Education; a Senior Scientist at Bolt, Beranek, and Newman; and Director of the Learning Communities Research Group at Boston College. Kate has worked as a cognitive researcher and systems designer at the Learning Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh and at universities in France and Italy. She has been a visiting scholar at the Open University, UK, and at the Ecole Normale Superior in Lyon, France. Kate was the Director of Research on a large-scale school reform effort through the NSF Vanguard for Learning project, and also worked with colleagues at the Harvard Institute for International Development and the Secretary of Education in Bogota, Colombia, on the evaluation of an ICT project in the Bogota School District. Kate’s research centers on individual and collective metacognition, teacher and student learning and epistemic change within contexts of classroom innovation, and exploring new methodologies for classroom assessment.

2010 Learning Conference – Plenary Speaker Added

Published on July 9, 2009 in Conference. 0 Comments
Samuel Leong, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
www.LearningConference.com
Professor Samuel Leong joined the Hong Kong Institute of Education in early 2006 after completing the National Review of School Music Education (2004-5) for the Australian government as the project co-director. Over the past 30 years, he has had a multifarious career working in range of positions including at the Singapore Ministry of Education, Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, Centre for Life Enrichment, University of Michigan, Edith Cowan University and the University of Western Australia. He has authored and edited a number of publications including Using Music Technology in Music Education, Music in Schools and Teacher Education: a Global Perspective, and Musicianship in the 21st century and has given invited presentations in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. More…