Between 2nd and 5th October 2012 the Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC) will be held at Wesley College in South Perth.  The focus will be on using Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) to improve K-12 education.

This conference will provide opportunities for school leaders, teachers, tertiary students, teacher educators, researchers and school IT support to share knowledge and experience in the use of new technologies to support learning.This is a rare opportunity to access a range of top international and national keynote and major presenters.  The likely line-up includes …

Professor Jean-Michel Boucheix Laboratory for the Study of Learning and Development, Université de Bourgogne, France
Professor Sasha Barab Learning Sciences Institute, Arizona State University
Dr Milton Chen
Edutopia, George Lucas Education Foundation
Dr Christine (Chris) Stephenson Executive director of Computer Science Teachers Association in USA
Dr Neil Selwyn Senior Lecturer in IT, education and society, London Knowledge Laboratory
Professor Jan Herrington Murdoch University
Professor Ron Oliver Edith Cowan University
Mr Kim Flintoff  Curtin University
Mr Trevor Galbraith  Corpus Christi College
Dr Ramona Pierson Chief Science Officer for Promethean – Neuroscientist, enterprise level software developer
Mr Mark Nieker President and executive director of the Pearson Foundation, the non-profit arm.

Register as soon as possible to get the lowest fees and/or to secure support from your University or school.

For further information go to the conference website http://acec2012.acce.edu.au/

 

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