MOBILITYSHIFTS 2011 - MobilityShifts: An International Future of Learning Summit

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Category MOBILITYSHIFTS 2011

Deadline: July 04, 2011 | Date: October 10, 2011-October 16, 2011

Venue/Country: New York, U.S.A

Updated: 2011-05-14 21:47:33 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Call for Workshops, Demonstrations, Panel Discussions and Short Talks

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS JULY 1, 2011

11:59pm (EST)

MobilityShifts

When: October 10-16, 2011

Where: The New School, New York City

http://mobilityshifts.org

MOBILITYSHIFTS IS: provocative conversations, original ideas, engaging

performances, workshops and art projects about digital learning. Where,

when, how, and even what we are learning is changing. Digital learning

is not only taking place online or in the university classroom but is

also situated in museums, after school programs, living rooms, public

libraries and peer-to-peer universities. The future of learning will not

be solely determined by digital culture but by the re-organization of

power relationships and institutional protocols. MobilityShifts will

bring together leading scholars, artists, web developers, technologists,

teachers, librarians, policy makers, critical legal scholars and

learning activists to discuss how digital media can play a positive role

in this process of transformation.

Comprised of a conference, exhibition, workshops, project demos and a

theater performance, this summit will add an international layer to the

existing debate about digital fluencies for a mobile world and learning

outside the bounds of traditional institutions of higher education.

Drawing on New York City’s strengths as a global hub for learning,

innovation and design, the summit will showcase theories, people and

projects making unexpected connections between self-learning, mobile

platforms and the Open Web. Learn, discuss, laugh, write

mini-manifestos, record videos, conduct interviews and meet future

collaborators.

APPLICATION GUIDELINES

MobilityShifts is now accepting applications in the following formats:

1) Hands-on Workshops and Demonstrations

(They will take place October 10-13.)

Workshops and Demonstrations should provide an opportunity for hands-on

exploration. They will be scheduled for two hours and should invite

audience participation.

2) Panel Discussions and Short Talks

(October 13-16)

Panel Discussions should bring together four panelists to include a mix

of individuals working in diverse areas of research, theory and

practice.

Short Talks of up to ten minutes should focus on presenting work or

research on a particular subject relevant to one of the three subthemes

of the Summit.

MOBILITYSHIFTS SUBTHEMES:

DIGITAL FLUENCIES FOR A MOBILE WORLD

- New pedagogical approaches for learning with mobile platforms;

- Mobile media for the creation of rich social contexts around learning

activities;

- Revisiting the myth of the digital native;

- Histories of media literacy, the book, reading, and writing;

- Teaching user rights;

- Limitations of the “digital literacies" paradigm;

- Remix and responsibility; the ethics of database culture;

- Using locative media to expand learning beyond the classroom;

- Ubiquitous computing inside the traditional classroom;

- Collaborative learning as a fundamental model of pedagogy;

- Texts, tweets, and chats as new modes of writing;

- Smartphone video capture and the art of witnessing;

- Flash-mobbing, spontaneous gathering, and collective learning in a

mobile world;

- Nostalgia for pre-mobile learning spaces

DO IT YOURSELF UNIVERSITIES: LEARNING WITHOUT A SCHOOL?

- The future of peer-to-peer learning networks, learning without

walls/blended learning, sustainability, methods and social practices;

- Insertions, rearrangements and revamping within existing institutional

frameworks: the Twenty-first Century University as global learning

network;

- Failure of self-learning projects, barriers to the success of DIY U;

- Technical systems that facilitate relationships between non-monetary

or reputation economies and DIY U (OpenBadges project);

- Challenges of selective and non-selective models of admission;

- Producing, locating and using openly accessible resources for le-

Reframing knowledge, the educational turn in art;

- Histories of DIY learning;

- For-profit and non-profit education: certification for self-learning,

mass customization of education, open access as business model;

- Models of peer-grading, updated visions of peer review, and

peer-produced curriculum;

- Student occupations: Struggle as DIY learning

INNOVATIVE DIGITAL LEARNING PROJECTS WORLDWIDE

- Expand the definition of digital learning informed by projects from

outside the United States;

- Examples of practitioners in countries outside of North America and

Europe serving as digital innovators;

- Reshape our curricula and pedagogical practices for a transnational

digital fluency;

- The Twenty-first Century University as global learning network

PROPOSAL FORMAT

PROPOSALS FOR WORKSHOPS, DEMONSTRATIONS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS SHOULD

INCLUDE:

1) Names of key presenters or panelists

2) Institutional affiliations

3) 150 word biography for Workshop/Panel Chair

4) Identification of conference subtheme to be covered (Digital

Fluencies for a Mobile World, DIY U: Learning Without a School?, or

Digital Learning Projects Globally)

5) Narrative describing topical orientation, format (e.g., panel

discussion, presentation followed by group activity and discussion), as

well as how the session addresses the overall conference focus and/or

one of the three conference subthemes. Narrative should be 500 words or

less.

6) MobilityShifts explores the summit as a site of production. What will

be the outcome of your contribution (e.g., mini-manifestos, sprint

publications, video interviews and other documents)?

7) Submissions will be accepted in Word document format (.doc or .docx)

ONLY.

8) Submit to digitalculture [at] newschool.edu with the chosen subtheme

in the subject line

PROPOSAL FOR SHORT TALKS SHOULD INCLUDE:

1) Name of key presenter

2) Institutional affiliations

3) 150 word biography for key presenter

4) Identification of conference subtheme to be covered (Digital

Fluencies for a Mobile World, DIY U: Learning Without a School?, or

Digital Learning Projects Globally)

5) Narrative describing theme, format (e.g., panel discussion,

presentation followed by interactivity and discussion), as well as how

the session addresses the overall conference focus and/or one of the

three conference subthemes. The narrative should be 250 words or less.

6) Submissions will be accepted in Word document format ONLY (.doc or

.docx) .

7) Submit to digitalculture [at] newschool.edu with the chosen subtheme

in the subject heading. (Ex.: Digital Fluencies for a Mobile World

Proposal)

8) Each individual will be limited to participation on no more than two

panels at the Summit. Participants will be expected to fund their own

travel and accommodation. The registration fee will not be waived.

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JULY 1, 2011, 11:59pm (EST).

AUGUST 15 - PROPOSAL NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE SENT.

Chair: Trebor Scholz

Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Losh, Edward Keller, David Theo Goldberg, Matthew

K. Gold, Sean Dockray

Steering Committee: Arien Mack, Katie Salen, McKenzie Wark

Sponsors: The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Eugene Lang

College The New School for Liberal Arts, The New School, Parsons The New

School for Design, The New School for General Studies, The New School

for Social Research, and the Mozilla Foundation

MobilityShifts is part of The New School’s Politics of Digital Culture

conference series. The summit builds on two previous events: The

Drumbeat Festival in Barcelona (2010) and Digital Media and Learning

2011 in Los Angeles.

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