As always plans for the Inclusive Learning Technologies 2012 Conference continue to progress at lightning speed! And we have more news to share with you this month!
Call for Papers – Six weeks to go
We continue to welcome submissions to contribute to the Conference program. If you are interested in contributing please note that there are now only six short weeks left to get your papers in! The Call for Papers will close on Wednesday 31st August, so please submit your abstracts online now. A FREE three-day Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference 2012 registration valued at $750 will be offered to all successful applicants!
200 FREE iPads available for loan!
New! As an enticing incentive to register early to attend the Conference, the first 200 delegates registered for the “I Want Everything” package will be offered use of an iPad free-of-charge for the full four days of the conference! If you don’t already have an iPad to bring with you to the Conference, this will provide a great opportunity to explore firsthand how the iPad might be of benefit to your students, your teaching, your therapy programs, or just for your own use.
There will be a focus on mobile learning in many of the sessions – with an iPad lab for hands-on learning sessions too. Free wireless Internet access will be available to all throughout the conference too of course to enhance this learning experience.
If you would like to take advantage of this exciting offer, complete your registration now!
Feedback from the last conference in 2010
Funding Grant Update
We have disappointing news regarding the popular National Disability Conference Funding. This year we are not eligible to apply for funds from FaHCSIA’s “National Disability Conference Initiative”. And despite our best efforts at explaining to FaHCSIA the importance of this funding to our industry and delegates, we apparently no longer meet the criteria to receive funding to support some of our delegates with disabilities and their parents/carers to attend.
Please feel free to provide any feedback or concerns you have regarding this change in funding distribution to the National Disability Conference Initiative Team at disability@fahcsia.gov.au.
Our team has collated a number of other grant possibilities – funding that you apply for on your own behalf. See the Conference Grant Possibilities page for the various links.
Program viewable online – watch us build it live!
Keep an eye on the program as it is fleshed out live, online over coming months!
Rather than hide it away until we have our program completed in October 2011, we are more than happy to share with you as we piece the program together. Things will change for sure but we are happy for you to watch, so check out the Conference Program page!
Dedicated ILT2012 Conference Facebook Group
The ILT2012 Facebook Group has been set up as an open forum for anyone who is taking part in the 2012 Conference as a presenter, exhibitor or delegate. And for anyone else who would like to be there! The members are growing so we’d love for you to join us! Please also feel free to add friends you think may be interested to the group. It will be a great medium to communicate with fellow delegates and supporters of the Conference before you get there!
