As some of you will remember as a small group of people from New Zealand we established the Independent Learning Organisation in 2003 and organised its first conference in Melbourne. Since the there have been conferences in Auckland and Japan and, next year, in Hong Kong. This will be a great event so I encourage you to read the call for papers below and consider going. You can find more information on its website.
ILAC 2009 has the following goals:
1. Expand our understanding of learner autonomy in language learning by engaging academics from around the world in interdisciplinary discussion.
2. Review achievements in the field and examine the experiences of learners and teachers thereby gaining new perspectives that will enable us to expand our present understanding and improve practice.
3. Promote pedagogical innovation and best management practices in classrooms and in self-access centres with the aim of fostering learner autonomy and independent learning.
4. Support and consolidate growing interest in self-access learning and learner autonomy worldwide.
5. Expand our understanding of the relationship between e-learning initiatives, learner autonomy and independent learning.
6. Explore the role of teacher education programmes in preparing educators to work in learning environments that foster learner autonomy and independent learning.
Proposals are invited for papers, workshops and posters in the following areas:
* assessment in self-directed learning
* autonomy and teacher education
* autonomy in the classroom
* developing life-long learners
* e-learning initiatives
* learner and teacher experiences
* managing independent learning centres
* self-directed and self-access learning
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