The Identity of Experience

Challenges for experiential learning

December 8th – 12th 2008 at the University of Technology Sydney

See the latest program including accepted Papers, Workshops, Poster Displays and Field Visits.

Our conference theme - The Identity of Experience - focuses on current and future challenges for experiential learning. These challenges include

1. the challenge of integration
2. the challenge of difference
3. the challenge of research investigation
4. the challenge of application

Each of these is described in more detail in Conference Themes

These challenges face everyone involved in experiential learning from outdoors education, to designers and users of simulations and online learning. The conference will provide opportunities for the exchange of ideas, sharing of practices and the creation of new frameworks for future developments in this broad field of education. The conference will also provide opportunities for experiencing learning in a variety of uniquely Australian contexts.

ICEL 2008 Conference and Exhibition builds on the success of previous ICEL conferences. It will provide further opportunities for the experiential learning community to discover and examine the latest research and educational advances, as well as discussing applications with developers and users.

The ICEL Steering Committee is once again proud to be the sponsor of this exciting international event. Each ICEL experience is a unique opportunity to exchange ideas on practice and research and the theme of the 2008 ICEL is well chosen for these times when education, training and learning are facing new challenges around the world.

The Organising Committee looks forward to seeing you in Sydney from 8th to 12th December 2008.

Dr Kate Collier - Convenor

Register for the conference

You are invited to submit a proposal

An invitation is extended to all members of the Australian and international experiential learning communities to submit proposals for the ICEL 2008 Conference.

We are using the START proposals submission process and arranging submissions in relation to the four challenges. This allows sessions with common elements to be grouped together, thus providing a relevant conference experience for delegates. There will be an interactive exhibition program which will provide an on-going visual display of presenters’ work.

Abstracts introducing all sessions will be included in the Program Handbook. Full papers will be provided in an electronic format, and published as the Conference Proceedings with ISBN registration.

We are especially interested in contributions that combine theory and practice, and provide a rich mixture of concepts, ideas and practical applications. Students are particularly encouraged to contribute as an opportunity to share their emergent ideas and research goals with a large international and well-qualified audience.

Dr Elyssebeth Leigh - Papers Convenor

Presentation Formats

ICEL offers the opportunity for proposing workshops, papers and contributions to an interactive poster exhibition.  All workshops, papers and posters must address one or more of the four conference themes and your proposal statement will nominate this/these.  All accepted presentations will be able to submit a paper for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

Paper Presentations (Closed)

Presenters have about 20 minutes to introduce their key points, and are encouraged to make the period as interactive as possible. Links between theory and practice must be made clear. The total time allocated for each paper (including moving in / out, introduction, presentation, Q&A) is 45 minutes.

Papers previously presented or published as well as marketing papers will not be accepted.

Workshops will be 45 or 90 Minutes long. More than 50% of workshop time must involve participants in practical activities that extend well beyond the discussion.

We will consider proposals for three-hour workshops. These will need to describe the proposed learning process in sufficient detail to support the request for an extended session.

All workshop proposals will be subject to a full reviewing process and feedback will be provided.

Posters (Closed)

You may elect, or the Review Committee may select, presentations to be given in a Poster format.

You may choose whether or not your poster is refereed. The submission dates for refereed and non-refereed posters are the same as for papers.

A large public area will be set aside for display of posters, and/or electronic displays. This area is central to most conference activities and some session time will be dedicated to allowing participants to interact with presenters.

Poster Presentation

Posters Poster presentation proposals should not exceed two pages. Poster display panels will cater for A1 size, 841 x 594 mm, and landscape orientation is recommended. Poster summaries will appear in the Proceedings.

Symposium proposals

If you are interested in coordinating a Symposium on one of the conference themes please contact Kate Collier or Elyssebeth Leigh for further information.

Conference Proceedings

Papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings if the presenter registers for the conference by November 17th.

Key Dates

Abstract Submission

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The following information is required to be submitted:

TITLE OF PAPER
      Not to exceed ten words in length

ABSTRACT
      Provide an overview/summary of the proposal between 200-300 words in length (refereed items up to 500 words)

AUTHOR/S
      Given name first, surname last (capitalized)

PRESENTER
      Given name first, surname last (capitalized)
      Presenter MUST register to attend ICEL 2008 by 26 September 2008 for papers to be published and presented

PRINCIPAL AUTHOR or CONTACT ADDRESS
      Full postal address, incl postcode/zip & country
      Full telephone number (incl country & area code)
      Email address (all correspondence sent via email)

Suggested Stream
      Non-refereed, refereed, student
Proposed Format
      Workshop, paper, poster
Suggested Keywords / nominated theme/s
      These will be used to assist in categorisation and programming

Paper Submission

Authors whose Abstracts have been accepted, will be advised by email for the URL for submitting their Papers.

If there is a problem with this process, please contact the Papers Co-ordinator, Dr Elyssebeth Leigh.

Paper Submission Requirements

Download this template* to use as the guide for your paper layout. All papers must be presented in this format. Papers must not be more than 10 pages long.

* The template is provided through the courtesy of the Simulations Industry Association of Australia (SIAA) and the annual SimTecT conference http://www.siaa.asn.au/simtect/2008/