[Lib-helig-l] Fwd: [Emerge-l] e/merge 2012 Registration and Keynotes - with corrected link

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>>> "Tony Carr" <Tony.Carr@uct.ac.za> 6/19/2012 6:40 PM >>>

Corrected version with second link reset if you're intending to circulate this to other colleagues and networks

Thanks

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Tony

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Dear colleagues,

Registration for the e/merge 2012 online conference is open.

e/merge 2012 – Open to Change (9-20 July 2012) is the fourth online conference on educational technology in Africa. The conference is primarily designed to share good practice and knowledge about educational technology innovation within the further and higher education sectors in the Africa, as well as to strengthen communities of researchers and practitioners across the continent. Participate from anywhere with a reasonable Internet connection and engage with the presentations and discussions, live meetings, workshops, participant driven conversations and social media interactions that are most interesting to you.

Registration is free for all participants based in Africa and costs R750 (approximately $90) for  participants in other continents who are not presenters.  If you're based outside Africa and can't afford the registration fee then you are welcome to contact us on info@emerge2012.net and tell us about the value that you will bring to e/merge 2012.

Our keynote presenters are:

• Nnenna Nwakanma, Information and Communication Consultant - From Kilimanjaro to the Rift  Valley: A sneak view of openness in education through an African's eyes
• Professor Victor Mbarika, Executive Director, International Center for IT and Development, Southern University, USA -  A Good Farmer Should Not Complain of His/Her Tools:  Using A Hybrid E-Learning Approach at The ICT University to Reach Thousands in Developing Nations
• Associate Professor Yacine Atif, College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University - Instructional design patterns in a conversational learning model
• Professor David Theo Goldberg, Director of the University of California Humanities Research Institute -  Networking Knowledge: Globalizing Connected Learning
• Associate Professor Laura Czerniewicz, Director of Open UCT, University of Cape Town - Open Scholarship and what it means for African Universities

Presentations and papers at e/merge cover a wide range of topics including online learning environments, introducing elearning to universities, the eLearning Africa Report, gendered use of computers, peer to peer learning, open educational resources, teaching with social media, learning design, and innovative research methodologies. Experiences and learning from the PHEA:ETI project  involving seven African universities will be featured across e/merge.

e/merge 2012 online workshops include opportunities for participants to explore learning analytics, peer to peer learning, knowledge curation, online facilitation practices, and the use of social networks for teaching and professional networking.

Please circulate this announcement widely in your networks. In Twitter please use the hashtag #emergeafrica  in messages about e/merge.

I look forward to seeing you in e/merge 2012.

Best wishes
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Tony

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Contact details

Website: http://emerge2012.net
General Enquiries: info@emerge2012.net
e/merge 2012 Registration: http://emerge2012.net/registration/

Tony Carr
Staff Development and Curriculum Projects Coordinator

Centre for Educational Technology
University of Cape Town
phone: +27216505033
e-mail: tony.carr@uct.ac.za

Please note that as of 15th August 2011 Stephen Marquard is the Acting Director of CET. He can be contacted directly on stephen.marquard@uct.ac.za .

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