Call for Papers - ALT-C 2009: “In dreams begins responsibility” – choice, evidence , and change

ALT welcomes paper submissions for ALT-C 2009: “In dreams begins responsibility” – choice, evidence, and change. In preparation for when the submission system opens in late December 2008, please find details below of the research paper guidelines (including the research paper
template) and guidelines for other paper types e.g symposia, workshops, short papers etc.

First call for papers and abstracts for:

ALT-C 2009: “In dreams begins responsibility” – choice, evidence, and change 8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/

Keynote speakers:
Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, USA.
Terry Anderson, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University, Canada.

Submission guidelines for Research Papers and for Abstracts are available from:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/guidelines_papers.html
- a Research Paper Template is also available from this webpage and is a word document so it can be downloaded and used to submit your research paper proposal.

ALT welcome submissions of two broad types:
- Full 5000 word Research Papers, for publication in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of ALT-C 2009, with a 350 word abstract (taken from the
paper) and a 200 word presentation overview both of which will appear in the conference Abstracts Handbook, and online.
- 350 word abstracts describing 30 minute Demonstrations, Posters, 20 minute Short Papers, 90 minute Symposia, and 90 minute Workshops. All abstracts will appear in the conference Abstracts Handbook, and online.

Key dates:
Proposals accepted from late December 2008 (the link to the submission system will be available from http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/) Deadline for receipt of proposals: midnight UK time on 16 February 2009 Bookings open during May 2009 Presenters' registration deadline 29 June 2009 Earlybird registration deadline is 6 July 2009 Bookings close on 14 August 2009