{"id":675,"date":"2018-02-27T16:57:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T16:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/?page_id=675"},"modified":"2018-02-27T17:00:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T17:00:59","slug":"calrg-2018-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/calrg-2018-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"CALRG 2017 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 38th Annual CALRG Conference will be held\u00a0on the\u00a0<strong>14th \u2013 16th\u00a0June 2017<\/strong>\u00a0in the Open University\u2019s Jennie Lee Building in\u00a0<strong>Meeting Room 1, ground floor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>CALRG\u2019s annual conference provides a forum for CALRG members, including staff and research students at the Open University, to present and discuss their research and projects.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The conference programme for Weds 14th and Thurs 15th June can now be downloaded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CALRG2017-schedule-14-15_final3.pdf\"style=\"color: #ff0000;\"  >here<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The programme for the FLAN day &#8211; Friday 16th June &#8211; is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/FLAN-Meeting-Programme-16-June-2017-FINAL.pdf\"style=\"color: #ff0000;\"  >here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All paper abstracts for the three days can be found on this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cloudworks.ac.uk\/cloudscape\/view\/2996\" >Cloudworks site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>*NEW*\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Alternatively, a full conference programme including the keynotes, all abstracts and conference schedule for the whole three days can also be downloaded as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CALRG-2017-Conference-proceedings.pdf\" >PDF<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the first time this year,\u00a0<strong>we are asking attendees to register<\/strong>\u00a0if they are intending to come along, to help us manage seating and catering arrangements.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For Weds 14th\/Thurs 15th June &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Please register by filling in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/YnKNgsKnfY0OQM0e2\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/goo.gl');\">this registration form<\/a>. Please register\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">by 09.00hrs Weds 7 June 2017<\/span>\u00a0and send any cancellations to calrg@open.ac.uk<\/li>\n<li><strong>For Fri 16th June (FLAN day)<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Please register by\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:michelle.stannard@futurelearn.com\">emailing Michelle Stannard<\/a>\u00a0directly (<a href=\"mailto:michelle.stannard@futurelearn.com%29\">michelle.stannard@futurelearn.com).<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, for attendance on\u00a0<strong>Weds 14th June,\u00a0<\/strong>please note that one of the people attending the event has a severe long-standing respiratory condition that means they can be vulnerable to environmental triggers. To ensure their safety\u00a0<strong>it would be appreciated if you could avoid using perfumes and aftershaves on this day.<\/strong>\u00a0We apologise\u00a0for any inconvenience this may cause.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Keynotes and discussant:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Keynote 1: Weds 14th June:<\/strong><br \/>\nSi\u00e2n Bayne, University of Edinburgh:\u00a0<em>The death of a network: Yik\u00a0<\/em><em>Yak and the value of anonymous social media in universities<\/em>\u00a0(10.10-11.10hrs)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynotes 2 &amp; 3: Thursday 15th June:<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 Jennifer Preece, University of Maryland:\u00a0<em>Biodiversity Citizen Science:\u00a0 New Research Challenges for Human Computer Interaction (HCI)<\/em>\u00a0(10.00-11.00hrs)<br \/>\n&#8211; Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland :\u00a0<em>The New ABCs of Research: Achieving Breakthrough Collaborations<\/em>\u00a0(13.30-14.30hrs)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussant: Friday 16th June:<\/strong><br \/>\nRupert Wegerif, University of Cambridge<\/p>\n<p>Abstracts and biographies for all keynotes can be downloaded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/CALRG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CALRG2017-keynotes_SBupdated.pdf\" ><strong>here<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(NEW &#8211; updated Sian Bayne title\/abstract)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Posters<\/h2>\n<p>Poster sessions will be held during lunchtimes and coffee breaks on 14\/15th June. Posters being displayed at the conference include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andrew Brasher, Wayne Holmes and Denise Whitelock<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Creating an Online Dimension for University Rankings<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jake Hilliard, Karen Kear, Helen Donelan and Caroline Heaney\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Students\u2019 experiences and perceptions of anxiety in online collaborative learning (OCL)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tiberio Feliz and Ana Bel\u00e9n Andreu<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The services to support students with disabilities at UNED<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anne Adams and Gill Clough<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Evidence Cafes for developing research and practice<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesley Boyd<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Can technology-enabled learning networks help to achieve practical organisational improvement outcomes?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rob Janes, Elaine Moore, Elizabeth FitzGerald and Jo Iacovides<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Identifying and addressing Tricky Topics in OU modules<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pinsuda Srisontisuk\u00a0<\/strong><em>&#8211;\u00a0<\/em>Parental perspective on young children\u2019s use of touch-screen technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please address all correspondence and enquiries about the CALRG 2017 conference to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:calrg@open.ac.uk\">calrg@open.ac.uk.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Twitter hashtag for the conference is #CALRG2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 38th Annual CALRG Conference will be held\u00a0on the\u00a014th \u2013 16th\u00a0June 2017\u00a0in the Open University\u2019s Jennie Lee Building in\u00a0Meeting Room 1, ground floor. 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