International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2012

Submit & Register

Important Dates

2012
Feb 21 Registration is open (closes June 1)
Week of April 23rd A program is available, and will be updated periodically up to the conference
Mid May Pre-Conference Workshop participation and proceeding notifications for workshops which require pre-participation.
Jun 1 Last date to register for Pre-Conference Workshops (Note: registration for some specific workshops may close at different times - please see the Workshops listing (pdf) for details. If a date is not specified, registration closes 1 June.)
Jun 1 Deadline for conference (online) registration
Jul 2-3 Conference: Workshops and Doctoral Consortium
Jul 3-6 Conference: Main program including keynotes and parallel sessions

Registration

Conference registration is open, please see the types and cost below. Before registering, we recommend that you take the time to look over the information on the website, especially the pre-conference workshops and social events. You register and pay for workshops, and optional social events, at the time of registration.

You can register to attend the conference without a submission. All prices are in AUD.

In order to attend the conference you must be a current International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) member.

  1. It is highly encouraged that you become a member before registering for the conference. This can be done through the society website: http://www.isls.org/membership.html
  2. You may register for the conference at Member rates only if you have paid your 2012 ISLS membership fee of $109USD. ($60USD for students)
  3. If you are not currently a member of ISLS, your conference registration fee will include a one-year ISLS membership. This incurs a built-in administration fee of $125AUD ($75AUD for students) and may also incur exchange rate fees - this is significantly higher than joining via the ISLS website. You will be required to specify whether you would like to receive Journal of the Learning Sciences or the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning.
  4. ICLS will inform ISLS about the registration details of these types after the conference and you will receive membership details from ISLS.

ICLS 2012 Registration types, fees and inclusions

For every participant, the basic registration fee for the main conference includes:

  1. Participation in all conference sessions from Tuesday July 3rd to Friday July 6th, 2012.
  2. Conference pack (including access to proceedings, program, conference bag and other conference give-aways)
  3. Access to the Gala Opening Reception on the night of Tuesday July 2, 2011. (If you require additional guests for this reception, these can be purchased during the registration process.)
  4. A light breakfast on arrival, and morning and afternoon tea breaks in each session from July 3rd to July 6th.

The basic registration does not include the following, which can be paid for separately during the registration process:

  1. Participation in optional ICLS Workshops (pdf). ($50 half day, $100 full day).
  2. The conference Dinner and Cruise night on Thursday July 5th ($90).
  3. Registration fee does not include your hotel accommodation.

Registration will close on June 1st. Registration may be available at an increased rate at the conference.

For student registrations, proof of student status is required and student registration will also be noted on your badge.

  1. If you register as a “student”, you must email us with proof of your full time/part-time student status in the form of a scan of a valid student card / transcript / certifying letter from your institution. Post-docs are not considered to be students.
  2. Participants who fail who to provide such proof are required to pay the full fee.
  3. Student Registration will be noted on your badge.

Please note you must wear your delegate badge at all times at the conference. You will not be admitted to sessions, including social events, without it.

To register, please click here to the ICLS2012 online registration site.

Registration closes midnight June 1st (HAST - Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, GMT-10).

Submission

The deadline for final revisions has passed.

To access information on your submissions, go to the conference management system, log in, and click on “submissions in progress”. (https://precisionconference.com/~icls)

For formatting guidelines for accepted submissions, please see the guidelines (doc). If you are having difficulty getting this file, please email coco@sydney.edu.au with your email in the body of the text and we will email out a copy.

For information on the submission types and process, see Submissions information for ICLS2012 (pdf).

Theme

On this, its tenth anniversary, the theme for ICLS 2012 is "the future of learning". Submissions that address the theme, looking forward at the innovations and technologies that will influence the learning sciences in the near and far future, are particularly welcome. We encourage researchers in the learning sciences and related areas to reflect on our principled understandings of learning so far, and then to seriously consider new and/or iterated theoretical and empirical directions for the field. Given the ongoing and dramatic transformations of society, affected by a variety of digital media and communications technologies, fast paced societal changes, and significant global challenges, we further hope that advances in our scientific understanding of learning will in turn inform policy as well as the formal and informal educational experiences of students.

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