Forum LAMS Newsletter: Newsletter 32, 25th Jun, 06

By: James Dalziel

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LAMS Conference Details Announced

The First International LAMS Conference: Designing the Future of Learning
6-8 December 2006
The Conservatorium, Sydney CBD, Australia

http://lamsfoundation.org/lams2006/index.htm

The LAMS Foundation and LAMS International are pleased to announce the first international LAMS Conference which will take place at the Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, 6 - 8 December 2006. It follows the ASCILITE Conference ( http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney06/ ) which is also being held at the same venue earlier in the week (3-6 December 2006).

Following welcome drinks (Wednesday evening, Dec 6th) the main conference sessions run from 9am Thursday 7th to 1pm Friday 8th of December. Optional workshops run from 2-5pm December 8th.

Keynote speakers:

Professor Ron Oliver
Edith Cowan University, Western Australia.

Penny Carnaby
Chief Executive/National Librarian
National Library of New Zealand

Professor James Dalziel
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

First call for papers: http://lamsfoundation.org/lams2006/papers.htm
Deadline for submission: 31 July 2006

Registration
$295 early bird (before 16 October 2006)
$350 standard (after 16 October 2006)
$195 Student discounted registration
Online registration will be available soon.
Workshops $95 (half day)

For further details, see the conference website:
http://lamsfoundation.org/lams2006/index.htm

LAMS V2 Workshop at London Knowledge Lab

A reminder that there is a LAMS V2 workshop at London Knowledge Lab from 10am-1pm on July 4th. For more details, see
http://www.lamscommunity.org/dotlrn/clubs/educationalcommunity/forums/message-view?message%5fid=242026

Following requests from around Australia, we plan to hold a similar LAMS V2 workshop in Sydney, probably in late July at Macquarie University - further details soon.

Sakai Guest Threads

Michael Feldstein has posted several starting threads about the issues of Learning Design, LAMS and workflow for e-learning which have grown from recent Sakai discussions. The purpose of this discussion is to help explore the different ways that Learning Design/LAMS/workflow can assist e-learning, especially for a platform like Sakai. All feedback welcome - see
http://www.lamscommunity.org/dotlrn/clubs/educationalcommunity/highered/forums/forum-view?forum_id=5158

Posted by James Dalziel