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<font face='Lucida Grande' size='4'><b>*** Last Mile ***<br><br></b>16th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning<br><br>mLearn 2017<br><br>Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus<br><br>30 October - 1 November, 2017<br><br><a href="http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=c2NlLmNhcmxldG9uLmNhICwJCQlmZy1hcmNAbGlzdHMudW5pLXBhZGVyYm9ybi5kZQkxNnRoIFdvcmxkIENvbmZlcmVuY2Ugb24gTW9iaWxlIGFuZCBDb250ZXh0dWFsIExlYXJuaW5nIChtTGVhcm4gMjAxNyk6IExhc3QgTWlsZQkxMTcJTGlzdHMJMTc2CWNsaWNrCXllcwlubw==&url=http%3A%2F%2Fiamlearn.org%2Fmlearn%2F">http://iamlearn.org/mlearn/</a><br></font><font face='Lucida Grande'><br></font><font face='Lucida Grande' size='4'>In Cooperation with ACM SIGAPP (proceedings in ACM ICPS)<br></font><font face='Lucida Grande'><br></font><font face='Lucida Grande' size='4'><b>*** Submission Deadline: 20th July 2017 (final and firm) ***<br></b></font><font face='Lucida Grande'><br><br>The International Association for Mobile Learning (IAmLearn)<br>(www.iamlearn.org) is the custodian of the mLearn conference series.<br>mLearn is the leading annual international conference for researchers,<br>policy makers, educators, developers and solutions providers in the fields<br>of mobile, ubiquitous and contextual learning, as well as learning with<br>emerging ambient and wearable technologies. mLearn attracts a large<br>number of participants from more than 60 countries representing all<br>continents, and is, therefore, the world's largest international conference<br>on mLearning and emerging ambient technologies.<br><br><br><b>Conference Themes<br><br></b>The overarching conference theme is 'mLearning<i> and Design for Social<br>Change and Innovation</i>'. Higher education institutions are called upon to<br>provide for the competencies and skills that foster design for social<br>change and innovation. In addition, knowledge and skills alliances are<br>encouraged by funding bodies to cultivate, share and disseminate<br>competencies that foster social entrepreneurship and innovation. However,<br>little is known on how mlearning can facilitate this process, how it can<br>contribute towards social change, innovation and entrepreneurship.<br><br>The topics of interest can go beyond the conference theme, and can<br>include any of the following:<br><br>· The development, deployment and implementation of mlearning in the<br>context of social entrepreneurship, innovation and social change<br>· mLearning as a tool that fosters social change and social entrepreneurship<br>· Innovations in mlearning theory and pedagogy<br>· From pilot projects to mainstream implementation: strategies for the<br>deployment of mLearning<br>· Mobile technology to support open and distance learning<br>· Mobile technology for teaching and learning support<br>· Assessment techniques and practices in mLearning<br>· Design and development of learning material for mLearning<br>· Learning objects and metadata for mLearning<br>· Informal and lifelong learning with the aid of mobile technologies<br>· Challenges for mLearning in developing countries<br>· Building and implementing mLearning strategies in educational<br>institutions, companies and public sector organisations<br>· mLearning management systems (mLMSs)<br>· Computer tablets<br>· Creating interactive and collaborative mLearning environments<br>· Future trends in mLearning technology, including the impact of emerging<br>technologies<br>· Emerging hardware and software for mLearning including wearable<br>technologies<br>· Location-aware technologies<br>· Contextual and situated learning<br>· Augmented reality<br>· Serious gaming and simulations<br>· Ambient intelligence and ubiquitous learning <br><br><br><b>Submission Information<br><br></b>The conference solicits regular papers (no more than 8 pages), short papers<br>(no more than 4 pages), as well as posters (no more than 2 pages). The<br>Program Committee may require an accepted paper to be adapted into a<br>short paper or poster. All papers must be prepared according to the<br>ACM SIG Proceedings Template format (see the conference web site for<br>further information). The papers must be original contributions not submitted<br>or accepted for publication elsewhere. A submitted contribution should<br>clearly indicate the conference topics it targets. For an accepted contribution<br>to be included in the proceedings, at least one author must register and<br>present the paper at the conference. For further information, see the<br>submission guidelines on the conference web site. The conference<br>proceedings will be published by ACM ICPS and archived in the ACM<br>Digital Library.<br><br><br><b>Important Dates<br><br></b>· Submission Deadline for Conference Papers: 20 July 2017 (firm)<br>· Accept/Reject Notification for Conference Papers: 28 August 2017<br>· Camera-Ready Submission of all Papers: 11 September 2017<br><br>Information on registration categories and registration fees for the mLearn<br>2017 is available online at: <a href="http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=c2NlLmNhcmxldG9uLmNhICwJCQlmZy1hcmNAbGlzdHMudW5pLXBhZGVyYm9ybi5kZQkxNnRoIFdvcmxkIENvbmZlcmVuY2Ugb24gTW9iaWxlIGFuZCBDb250ZXh0dWFsIExlYXJuaW5nIChtTGVhcm4gMjAxNyk6IExhc3QgTWlsZQkxMTcJTGlzdHMJMTc2CWNsaWNrCXllcwlubw==&url=http%3A%2F%2Fiamlearn.org%2Fmlearn%2F.">http://iamlearn.org/mlearn/.</a><br><br><br><b>Organization<br></b><br><u>General Chair</u><br>· George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus<br><br><u>Program Chairs<br></u>· Fernando Loizides, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom<br>· Nicos Souleles, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus<br><br><u>Program Committee<br></u><a href="http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=c2NlLmNhcmxldG9uLmNhICwJCQlmZy1hcmNAbGlzdHMudW5pLXBhZGVyYm9ybi5kZQkxNnRoIFdvcmxkIENvbmZlcmVuY2Ugb24gTW9iaWxlIGFuZCBDb250ZXh0dWFsIExlYXJuaW5nIChtTGVhcm4gMjAxNyk6IExhc3QgTWlsZQkxMTcJTGlzdHMJMTc2CWNsaWNrCXllcwlubw==&url=http%3A%2F%2Fiamlearn.org%2Fmlearn%2Fcommittees.php">http://iamlearn.org/mlearn/committees.php</a><br></font><font face='Lucida Grande' size='4'><b><u><br></u></b></font>
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