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announces the The STELLAR Mobility Fellowship - Call for applicants (Formerly known as the “doctoral mobility programme” and the “STELLAR incubators”) What is STELLAR? STELLAR (http://www.stellarnet.eu/) is a Network of Excellence, supported by the European Commission, which aims to unify the diverse research community in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in Europe. As such, STELLAR offers many opportunities for researchers in the field to exchange views, ideas and practices. What is the Mobility Fellowship? STELLAR has set up the Mobility Fellowship in order to foster dialogue and collaboration between the young generation of TEL research and experienced researchers from either academia or industry. In practice, this is achieved by creating a mechanism for targeted scholarships for doctoral candidates and young researchers to spend time in core labs, hence promoting mobility. Fellows will make a visit of 2 months to a host site with similar or complementary research interests (duration of visits may vary from 1-3 months; however the preferred time of stay is 2 months). The work in this period will follow a plan agreed on by the host, the guest and his/her supervisor, and the STELLAR Fellowship Board. Funding A Scholarship of up to €2,000 will be granted to top-ranked applicants to support travel and accommodation expenses. The amount will be reimbursed based on presentation of receipts. Evaluation process The application will be evaluated by the STELLAR Fellowship board, as well as by reviewers external to STELLAR. The main evaluation criteria will be: Candidates will need to demonstrate how their proposed research will benefit from exposure to expertise and knowledge in the host institutions. They should explain how the host institution will be able to make a contribution to their research and vice versa. Important dates The exact timing of the visit will depend on the circumstances of the host and the applicant. However, visits will start no earlier than February 2011 and finish no later than end of October 2011. ||
 * **Description of the call** || **URL of the call** || **Deadlines** || **Description** ||
 * One to check for all your call for paper needs || http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/ || depending on the conference || A wide range of conferences are listed here. ||
 * **Stellar Mobility Fellowship** || http://www.stellarnet.eu/index.php?cID=386 || Deadline for submission of applications: 15/01/2011 || The STELLAR Network of Excellence
 * scientific quality of the proposal
 * contribution to the STELLAR grand challenges and overall objectives
 * innovative character and relevance in the field of TEL
 * appropriateness of the budget applied for
 * Publication of call: 26/11/2010.
 * Deadline for submission of applications: 15/01/2011 (23:59 CET).
 * Acceptance will be announced by 15/02/2011.
 * **IADIS mobile learning conference** || http://www.mlearning-conf.org/prel/cfp.asp || extended deadline:

26 January 2011 ||  The IADIS Mobile Learning 2011 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the discussion and presentation of mobile learning research. In particular, but not exclusively, we aim to explore the theme of mobile learning under the following:

• Pedagogical approaches and theories for mobile lifelong learning. For instance, situated, contextual and authentic mobile lifelong learning • Social software for mobile learning • Gaming, simulations and augmented reality for mobile learning • Mobile learning in formal educational institutions • Mobile learning in informal setting • Tools, technologies, and platforms for mobile learning • User studies of mobile learning • Research methodologies and evaluation of mobile learning • Ethical issues regarding mobile learning
 * Topics**

**Conference special theme: Mobile Lifelong Learning (mL3)**

 Lifelong learning (L3) has been defined as “All learning activity undertaken throughout life, with the aim of improving knowledge, skills and competencies within a personal, civic, social and/or employment-related perspective” (European Commission, 2002 p. 7). L3 qualifies a society as a context in which there are learning possibilities for those who want to learn (Fischer, 2001) and implies a shift from “provider-driven ‘education’ toward individualised learning” UNESCO (1999). Lifelong learning is: often self-directed, interest and needs driven; it occurs predominantly in informal and too-rich environments; and frequently implies a collaborative activity (Fischer & Sugimoto 2006) among learners transiting through learning events in life.

 Early research in the design of mobile technologies for lifelong learning (Sharples, 2000) pointed to highly portable, individual, unobtrusive, available anywhere, adaptable to the learner's development, persistent, useful for everyday needs, and intuitive personal tools. Technological advancements have delivered mobile devices and applications which meet and surpassed early requirements and which have position mobile technologies as an essential part of the new ecology for lifelong learning.

 **References:** European Commission (2002). European Report on Quality Indicators of Lifelong Learning. Brussels: European Commission. Fischer, G. (2001) Lifelong Learning and its support with new media. International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Discipline “Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science”, Section Editor: W. Kintsch, Contribution No 41. Fischer G. & Sugimoto M. (2006) Supporting self-directed learners and learning communities with sociotechnical environments. International Journal of Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL) 1, 31–64. Sharples, M. (2000) The design of personal mobile technologies for lifelong learning. Computers & Education 34, 177 – 193. UNESCO Institute for Education (1999) Glossary of Adult Learning in Europe. UNESCO

 The Conference will be composed of several types of contributions: >  Doctoral Consortium Contributions should have a maximum 2,500 words (4 pages). > || Full Paper Submissions || 10 June, 2011 Notification of Acceptance 26 July, 2011 Last Date for Early-bird Registration 1 September, 2011 Full Paper and/or Slide Show for Technology Showcases 30 November, 2011 Submission of full papers to special issues of the SSCI-indexed Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (JCAL) and the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) ||
 *  **Full Papers** – These include mainly accomplished research results and have 8 pages at the maximum (5,000 words).
 *  **Short Papers** – These are mostly composed of work in progress reports or fresh developments and have 4 pages at maximum (2,500 words).
 *  **Reflection Papers** – These might review recent research literature pertaining to a particular problem or approach, indicate what the findings suggest, and/or provide a suggestion - with rationale and justification - for a different approach or perspective on that problem. Reflection papers might also analyze general trends or discuss important issues in topics related to Mobile Learning. These have 4 pages at maximum (2,500 words).
 *  **Posters / Demonstrations** – These have one page at the maximum (625 words) besides the poster itself (or demonstration) that will be exposed at the conference.
 *  **Tutorials** – Tutorials can be proposed by scholars or company representatives. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
 *  **Panels** – Discussions on selected topics will be held. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
 * <span style="color: #000066; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> **Invited Talks** – These will be made of contributions from well-known scholars and company representatives. An abstract will be included in the conference proceedings.
 * <span style="color: #000066; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> **Doctoral Consortium** - The Doctoral Consortium will discuss on going work of PhD students in an informal and formative atmosphere. Contributions to the consortium should take the form of either:
 * <span style="color: #000066; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 39.5pt; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> a critical literature review of the research topic providing the rationale for the relevance and interest of the research topic; or
 * <span style="color: #000066; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 39.5pt; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -18pt;"> a short paper discussing the research question(s), research objectives, research methodology and work done so far.
 * <span style="color: #000066; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **Corporate Showcases & Exhibitions** – The former enables companies to present recent developments and applications, inform a large and qualified audience of your future directions and showcase company’s noteworthy products and services. There will be a time slot for companies to make their presentation in a room. The latter enables companies the opportunity to display its latest offerings of hardware, software, tools, services and books, through an exhibit booth. For further details please contact the publicity chair - secretariat@mlearning-conf.org.
 * **mLearn 2011 call for papers** || http://mlearn.bnu.edu.cn/ || 5 May, 2011