AACE - ED MEDIA 2008

If you're not attending NECC in San Antonio, Texas then plan on attending AACE - ED-MEDIA 2008 World Conference on Educational Mutimedia, Hypermedia, & Telecommunications in Vienna, Austria June 30- July 5th. ED MEDIA 2008 will be hosted by the Vienna University of Technology.

This annual conference gathering is the perfect conduit for the exchange of informational research on the latest topics in new media, telecommunications and distance education.

Attendees can choose from a large selection of workshops, panels, round-table discussions, corporate showcases and demos. Be sure to attend the poster demonstrations where a very large number of presenters will be presenting their latest research and projects.

Keynote speakers include:

• Alan Amory, University of Johannesburg- "Playing Games: Hegemony as Enemy"
• Geetha Narayanan, Srishti School of Art, Design, and Technology, India "Moving beyond the Plentitude: An Indian Fable"
• Peter J. Scott, Open University, UK "Where is the Mentor?" New Ways of Supporting Learning"
  
• Patricia Manson, European Commission, Luxembourg- "Technology Enhanced Learning in the 21st Century- The Role of European Research"

Invited Speakers include:

• Peter Purgathofer- Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• James Dalziel- Macquarie University, Australia
  
• Rob Koper- Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
  
• Rob Phillips- Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia
• Lizbeth Goodman- University of East London, UK

Follow the Ed-Media Blog to keep up-to-date on conference events.

ED MEDIA is truly a gathering of great minds in the world-wide Educational Technology Community. Learning is social; you will learn from the company you keep at ED MEDIA 2008.