LINC 2018: LINC 2018 MIT Cambridge, MA, United States, June 18-20, 2018 |
Conference website | https://linc.mit.edu/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=linc2018 |
Submission deadline | March 30, 2018 |
The LINC Conference is an international gathering of individuals and organizations that focus on how digital learning can play the role of providing quality education at scale, particularly in developing nations and emerging markets. LINC invites scholars, practitioners, students, corporate executives, government officials, foundation professionals, EdTech companies, and startups to gather and share research on and insight into digital learning engineering. This year, the LINC Conference brings this international community together with members of the J-WEL Community.
LINC 2018 provides a framework for a meaningful discussion about access, adoption, and application, allowing speakers and presenters to share their views and findings on the key technological, social, and cultural challenges we face in the new learning society. LINC participants who have been sharing research in education, including technology-enabled educational innovations, at LINC conferences since 2002.
How to Thrive in a New Learning Society
A new generation of mobile, diverse learners facing critical challenges—and with disparate levels of educational preparation, motivation, and interest—has emerged over the past decade. These learners include traditional students, disrupted learners such as refugees, and the 260 million children and youth around the world who do not go to school. This generation also includes workers who need to adapt to recent and forthcoming changes in the labor market. These learners are part of what we view as a “new learning society,” a generation whose lives are being reshaped by economic and political shifts, and whose educational opportunities are being reshaped by developments in wide-ranging fields, including artificial intelligence, digital learning, and brain and cognitive science. Advances in these fields are both disrupting educational systems and offering new opportunities for transformational change.
Considering these developments, the MIT LINC 2018 conference has selected “How to Thrive in a New Learning Society” as this year’s theme. The conference will focus on learning and learners internationally at three levels: pK-12, Higher Education, and the Workplace. We seek work that address novel and challenging ideas in learning and/or report on real applications with concrete results. In particular, we invite submissions that address these topics in the across countries, cultures and economic contexts. In an increasingly connected world, we look for papers that place particular emphasis on research that has clear international relevance as well as local applicability.
Submission Guidelines
For the first time, we welcome members of the new Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) to LINC, and welcome submissions related to educational changes coming out of collaboration with MIT J-WEL.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
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The new learning society: What are its key components in pK-12, Higher Education, and Workplace Learning?
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How do we promote education that is inclusive and beneficial to all learners, including non-traditional learners, disabled learners, and others?
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The increasing demand for education, including higher education, in the developing world.
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The educational locus of responsibility: Who or what is responsible for pursuing education? Does primary responsibility lie with individuals, organizations, or the societies in which individuals and organizations live?
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Learning sciences: What role do they play in the new learning society? How can we utilize their findings? How are they already being used?
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Scientific merit and rigor: How do we ensure that education practices and policies are grounded in fact?
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Sharing the fruits of disruptive change (i.e., how do we diffuse research findings to make a broader impact? How do we convince key stakeholders of their importance?)
Important dates
- Call for submissions opens: February 13, 2018
- Extended abstract submission date: March 30, 2018 (Date extended)
- Notification of acceptance: April 25, 2018 (Reviewers may suggest modifications)
- Versions incorporating reviewers’ modifications: April 28, 2018
- Final version of the Papers: May 20, 2018
Guidelines
Acceptance: After a double-blind peer review of extended abstracts. Qualifying papers may be accepted as Full Papers, due on May 20, 2018, and should address recommendations of the reviewers.
Extended abstracts must not exceed 4 pages (shorter is fine) and Full Papers should not exceed 10 single-spaced pages in length. Submissions must use the following format, available in Word. Submissions must be in PDF format, written in English, contain original work and not be under review for any other venue while under review for this conference.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to linc @ mit.edu