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Please distribute widely.<br>=<br><br>MobilityShifts: An
International Future of Learning Summit<br>Call for Workshops,
Demonstrations, Panel Discussions and Short Talks<br>DEADLINE FOR
SUBMISSIONS JULY 1, 2011 <br>11:59pm (EST)<br><br>MobilityShifts<br>When:
October 10-16, 2011<br>Where: The New School, New York City<br><a href="http://mobilityshifts.org/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),
"e9cd11sbHjEq33YvAXQljCcBheQ", event, bagof({}));" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mobilityshifts.org/</a><br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>APPLICATION
GUIDELINES<br>MobilityShifts is now accepting applications in the
following formats:<br><br>1) Hands-on Workshops and Demonstrations <br>(They
will take place October 10-13.)<br>Workshops and Demonstrations should
provide an opportunity for hands-on exploration. They will be scheduled
for two hours and should invite audience participation.<br><br>2) Panel
Discussions and Short Talks <br>(October 13-16) <br>Panel Discussions
should bring together four panelists to include a mix of individuals
working in diverse areas of research, theory and practice. <br><br>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.<br><br>MOBILITYSHIFTS SUBTHEMES:<br><br>DIGITAL FLUENCIES FOR A
MOBILE WORLD<br>- New pedagogical approaches for learning with mobile
platforms;<br>- Mobile media for the creation of rich social contexts
around learning activities;<br>- Revisiting the myth of the digital
native;<br>- Histories of media literacy, the book, reading, and
writing;<br>- Teaching user rights;<br>- Limitations of the �digital
literacies" paradigm;<br>- Remix and responsibility; the ethics of
database culture;<br>- Using locative media to expand learning beyond
the classroom;<br>- Ubiquitous computing inside the traditional
classroom; <br>- Collaborative learning as a fundamental model of
pedagogy;<br>- Texts, tweets, and chats as new modes of writing;<br>-
Smartphone video capture and the art of witnessing;<br>- Flash-mobbing,
spontaneous gathering, and collective learning in a mobile world;<br>-
Nostalgia for pre-mobile learning spaces<br><br>DO IT YOURSELF
UNIVERSITIES: LEARNING WITHOUT A SCHOOL?<br>- The future of peer-to-peer
learning networks, learning without walls/blended learning,
sustainability, methods and social practices;<br>- Insertions,
rearrangements and revamping within existing institutional frameworks:
the Twenty-first Century University as global learning network;<br>-
Failure of self-learning projects, barriers to the success of DIY U;<br>-
Technical systems that facilitate relationships between non-monetary or
reputation economies and DIY U (OpenBadges project);<br>- Challenges of
selective and non-selective models of admission;<br>- Producing,
locating and using openly accessible resources for learning such as
public digital libraries, building educational digital infrastructures;<br>-
Reframing knowledge, the educational turn in art;<br>- Histories of DIY
learning;<br>- For-profit and non-profit education: certification for
self-learning, mass customization of education, open access as business
model;<br>- Models of peer-grading, updated visions of peer review, and
peer-produced curriculum;<br>- Student occupations: Struggle as DIY
learning <br><br>INNOVATIVE DIGITAL LEARNING PROJECTS WORLDWIDE<br>-
Expand the definition of digital learning informed by projects from
outside the United States; <br>- Examples of practitioners in countries
outside of North America and Europe serving as digital innovators;<br>-
Reshape our curricula and pedagogical practices for a transnational
digital fluency;<br>- The Twenty-first Century University as global
learning network<br><br>PROPOSAL FORMAT<br>PROPOSALS FOR WORKSHOPS,
DEMONSTRATIONS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS SHOULD INCLUDE:<br>1) Names of
key presenters or panelists<br><br>2) Institutional affiliations<br><br>3)
150 word biography for Workshop/Panel Chair<br><br>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)<br><br>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.<br><br>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)?<br><br>7) Submissions will be accepted in Word document
format (.doc or .docx) ONLY.<br><br>8) Submit to digitalculture [at]
<a href="http://newschool.edu">newschool.edu</a> with the chosen subtheme in the subject line<br><br>PROPOSAL
FOR SHORT TALKS SHOULD INCLUDE:<br>1) Name of key presenter<br><br>2)
Institutional affiliations<br><br>3) 150 word biography for key
presenter<br><br>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)<br><br>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.<br><br>6)
Submissions will be accepted in Word document format ONLY (.doc or
.docx) .<br><br>7) Submit to digitalculture [at] <a href="http://newschool.edu">newschool.edu</a> with the
chosen subtheme in the subject heading. (Ex.: Digital Fluencies for a
Mobile World Proposal)<br><br>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.<br><br>APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JULY
1, 2011, 11:59pm (EST).<br><br>AUGUST 15 - PROPOSAL NOTIFICATIONS WILL
BE SENT.<br><br>------------------------<br>Chair: Trebor Scholz<br>Co-Chairs:
Elizabeth Losh, Edward Keller, David Theo Goldberg, Matthew K. Gold,
Sean Dockray<br>Steering Committee: Arien Mack, Katie Salen, McKenzie
Wark<br>Producer: Jennifer Conley Darling<br><br>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 <br><br>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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