  Mark Childs University of Warwick, UK |
Getting ready for DIVERSE 2005. Mark Childs discussed the latest
preparations for the 5th DIVERSE
conference |
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Mike: So only a month to go
to the conference - how is everything coming
along? Mark: Pretty well.
We've got an excellent range of papers and
Lori's signed up some very interesting keynote
speakers, which I'm sure she'll tell you more
about in her bit. Mike: What kind of
range? Mark: OK - we have 36
papers - and they include video in the
classroom, video streaming videoconferencing,
using mobile phones for learning, using virtual
reality, CD-ROMs. We have seminars, workshops,
demonstrations as well as the presentations. The
subjects covered include teaching video editing,
teaching Shakespeare, English as a second
language, counselling skills, tutoring
in-service teachers. And we've got presenters
from the Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark,
Portugal, France, the Czech Republic, Austria,
Germany, Norway, the UK and, of course, the USA.
It really is diverse. Mike: Any paper in particular
you'd like to mention? Mark: Well, I suppose
working and living in the UK Midlands I feel
some sort of proprietarial connection with the
Shakespeare paper. It's tough to make a choice
… they're all so interesting. I'm going to
learn so much from this conference. If I had to
pick one, I'd have to say Katrina Townes-Young's
presentation on linking schools with NASA
research. I mean, it's NASA, come on. Mike: How are the
registrations coming along? Mark: It's roughly on
schedule. There are still a few vacancies, so
anyone reading this who hasn't registered, or
knows someone who would like to attend - there's
still time. We've also got a half-day
registration of £45 or $90 for anyone who
wants to watch via videoconferencing. Lori's
also getting together a video of all of the
presentations, so anyone who registers will get
one of those free. We're trying to make the
conference as accessible as possible. Mike: Anything else you'd
like to add? Mark: Yes! That Lori
and her team have done an amazing amount of work
on this. To be honest, all I've done is a bit of
promotional work, oh - and editing down the
abstracts to a page apiece for the conference
proceedings (so it's my fault if it's been done
badly). Everything else, the programme, the
website, the planning, the registration, is the
work of the Vanderbilt crew. Kudos to them. |
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This document was prepared for the DIVERSE newsletter May 2005 - ref: www.diverse-net.org/diversenl0505mc1.htm |