2nd CALL for PAPERS

62nd Annual conference of the International Council for Educational Media 2012

In conjunction with the 5th Innovative Learning Environments 2012

http://icem2012.cardet.org

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CONFERENCE THEME: Design Thinking in Education, Media, and Society

DATE AND LOCATION: 26-29, September 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

ORGANIZERS: CARDET, ICEM, UNIC

Extended Deadline for Abstracts: March 12, 2012

The theme of the conference is “Design thinking”. All humans have an inherent ability to design. When planning a dinner, a trip, a building, a learning activity, a new product, we engage in design. Everything that we have around us (with the exception of the untouched nature) has been designed. However, the process of design was poorly understood for a long time. Design thinking is an interdisciplinary framework that draws from the fields of cognition, creativity, engineering, arts, and the social sciences. Design thinking uses the sensibilities of a designer to develop human-centered innovative solutions to problems. During the ICEM2012 conference we will explore the various applications of design thinking and discuss challenges and opportunities that might arise when applying such a framework to solve problems faced in education, media and society.

Topics of interest to this international event include, but are not limited to the following:
– Design thinking and its application across contexts
– Arts-based approaches to education, design and problem solving
– E-learning theory, design, and practice
– Learning design (theory and practice)
– Games in education and training
– Mobile learning applications
– Visual and media literacy
– Design research across disciplines
– Accessibility and assistive technologies
– Technology and social justice
– Distance education and online environments
– Educational media production and distribution
– Research and evaluation methods in educational technology
– Teacher education and lifelong learning
– Applications of technology in business, government, and medicine
We encourage the submission of a variety of papers and work including but not limited to empirical research, case studies, classroom implementations, case studies with applications of technology, theoretical discussions, and critical reviews of literature.