CFP

LINC 2019: MIT LINC 2019 Conference

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA, United States, June 17-20, 2019

Conference website	https://jwel.mit.edu/linc-2019
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=linc2019
Submission deadline	February 15, 2019

Topics: inclusive education digital learning education learning

LINC 2019 provides a framework for a meaningful discussion about education 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, especially in developing nations and emerging markets. Since 2002, LINC conference participants have been sharing research in education, including technology-enabled educational innovations. We invite scholars, practitioners, students, corporate executives, government officials, foundation professionals, EdTech companies, and startups to gather and share research on and insight into learning engineering at LINC 2019.

How to Thrive in a New Learning Society

Over the past decade, a new generation has emerged of mobile, diverse learners, all with disparate levels of educational preparation, motivation, and interest. These learners include traditional students, disrupted learners such as the 68.5 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, and the 262 million children and youth across the globe 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 the “new learning society,” a generation whose lives are being reshaped by social, economic and political shifts, and whose educational opportunities are being redesigned/reconfigured by developments in wide-ranging fields, including artificial intelligence, digital learning, and brain and cognitive science.

With a view on these transformational influences, the MIT LINC 2019 Conference has identified “How to Thrive in the 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 addresses novel and challenging ideas in learning and/or reports on real applications with concrete results. In particular, we invite submissions that address these topics across national, cultural, 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

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

The new learning society: What are the current key challenges and innovations in pK-12, Higher Education, and Workplace Learning?

Inclusivity: How do we promote education that is inclusive and beneficial to all learners, including non-traditional learners, learners with disabilities, and others?

Meeting the need: Addressing the increasing demand for education, including higher education, across demographics and in the developing world.

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?

Ethical grounding: How do we ensure in a world of fragmented and vocationally-focused education that learning takes place in a framework of values?

Learning sciences: What role do they play in the new learning society? How can we utilize their findings? How are they already being used?

Scientific merit and rigor: How do we ensure that educational practices and policies are grounded in facts?

Sharing the fruits of disruptive change: How do we diffuse research findings to make a broader impact? How do we convince key stakeholders of their importance? How do we support the translation of research to practice?

For the first time, we welcome members of the new Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) to LINC and invite paper submissions related to educational changes coming out of collaboration with MIT J-WEL.

Additional Guidelines

In order to be considered, please submit an extended abstract by February 1 (i.e., do not submit a full paper). If your abstract is selected, you will be notified and invited to submit a full paper. Anyone is welcome to make a submission, as long as the submission meets all of the guidelines outlined in this CFP.

Extended abstracts must not exceed 4 pages and full papers should not exceed 10 single-spaced pages in length. The 4-page limit includes both the title page and reference list. The extended abstract is a short version of the full paper. It should include details of the work, theoretical background, research methods, results, and any other relevant information. Submissions must use the following format, available in Word. Use the "submission link" near the top of this page to make a submission.

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. Do not include your name or affiliation anywhere in the extended abstract submission. These will only be included in the "final version" (i.e., the full paper) if you are selected to present at the conference.

Acceptance: After a double-blind peer review of extended abstracts, qualifying submissions may be accepted as full papers, due in late April, and should address recommendations of the reviewers.

Important dates

Call for submissions opens: December 19, 2018
Extended abstract submission deadline: ***extended to February 15, 2019***
Notification of acceptance/suggestions for modifications: Early April 2019
Full paper versions incorporating reviewers’ modifications due: Late April
Early Bird conference registration: Open until April 19, 2019

Venue

The conference will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA, USA.

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