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NMC Symposium on Mashups - Call for Proposals is Open

Posted February 11th, 2008 by Nancy Reeves
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NMC Symposium on Mashups -- April 1 - 3, 2008
Call for Proposals is Open!

The call for proposals for the NMC Symposium on Mashups is open! This Symposium is the eleventh in the NMC's Series of Online Symposia and will take place April 1-3, 2008 in both 3D and flat web environments. The theme of this symposium draws from the 2008 Horizon Report and will focus on the topics of scholarly uses of mashups. The deadline for proposals is Monday, February 18.

White Paper on Mashups

As part of a recent addition to how we design our online conferences, a topical paper is released in advance of each symposium for comment. The discussion draft for this symposium has been posted as a Comment Press version and in Adobe Acrobat format. Your comments and suggestions are encouraged; the final version of the white paper will be released at the upcoming NMC Symposium on Mashups. The hope is that this whitepaper will prove helpful as you consider a porposal submission, and that the series as a whole will spark discussion, discourse, and especially critical thinking on the topic.

Symposium Format and Topics

The symposium will be conducted either in the virtual world of Second Life as well as the LearningTimes web environment. Sessions will be conducted live and will incorporate a variety of visuals and rich media, and are generally about 45 minutes in length, with about one-third to one-half that time devoted to dialog with participants using Second Life voice chat or the LearningTimes chat space.

Proposals are encouraged on the topic in any of the following areas, but this list is not exhaustive and selections are not limited to these categories:

  • Tools and methods for creating educational mashups
  • Projects which demonstrate creative use of data mashups
  • New approaches to data visualizations based on mashups
  • Strategies for encouraging development of mashups
  • Applications of data mashups. especially learning applications

Proposals may be submitted online at http://www.nmc.org/2008-spring-symposium/call

Please note: All presenters will be required to do a technical run-through of their session with conference staff in advance of the Symposium. If your proposal is accepted, you will receive further information with the acceptance notice.

For complete information on the NMC Symposium on Mashups please see http://www.nmc.org/2008-spring-symposium

If you have any questions, please contact the NMC headquarters at 512-445-4200.