3^rd International Conference on e-Learning
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
26-27 June 2008

Conference Chair:          Laura Czerniewicz, Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Programme Chair:          Tony Carr, Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Keynote Speakers:         Dr. Max Price, Vice-Chancellor Designate, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Martin Owen, Smalti, UK     “The future is closer than you think”

( How do technologies mediate people's lives and produce profound and unexpected consequences.  When we set things out into the wild, new formulations and the unexpected can happen. I was born about the time of the first stored program computer. The inventors of these devices had no thoughts about eLearning or Grand Theft Auto.  Although the computer is about to reach its 60th birthday,  ICT in education still seems adolescent and it is late developer and slow learner - but teenagers seem to be quick to pick up new technology. What is between now and the horizon?  What are the technologies that are now  setting out into the wild and how might learners  and designers of learning react to them?)

The International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL-2008) invites researchers, practitioners and academics to present their research findings, work in progress, case studies and conceptual advances in areas of work where education and technology intersect. The conference brings together varied groups of people with different perspectives, experiences and knowledge in one location. It aims to help practitioners find ways of putting research into practice and researchers to gain an understanding of real-world problems, needs and aspirations.

In it’s third year, we are delighted to be bringing the conference to The University of Cape Town. UCT’s mission is to be an outstanding teaching and research university, educating for life and addressing the challenges facing our society. At UCT we are committed to academic freedom, critical scholarship, rational and creative thought, and free enquiry. It is part of our mission to ensure that these ideals live; this necessarily requires a dynamic process of finding the balance between freedom and responsibility, rights and obligations, autonomy and accountability, transparency and efficiency, and permanence and transience; and of doing this through consultation and debate.

Located at the very tip of Africa, Cape Town is the home of four universities within a 20km radius of one another, and the gateway to diverse cultural attractions. In addition to a formal conference programme, pre-conference workshops and cultural programmes will also be available to enable visitors to benefit from the artistic, scientific, historical, political and craft richness available in the area.

In the spirit of facilitating knowledge transfer and exchange, the organisers of the conference have agreed to subsidize attendance for non-presenting students and academics from African nations. For further information about sponsorship please contact Sue Nugus.

UCT looks forward to welcoming participants from all over the world and I hope that you will be able to join us. Learn more about the Centre for Educational Technology here.

Of special interest, a series of pre-conference workshops organized by the Center for Educational Technology will take place on the 24-25 June. Click here for further details.


Laura Czerniewicz
Conference Chair
Centre for Educational Technology.
University of Cape Town.

Your contacts for this conference are:
Academic enquiries:       Professor Dan Remenyi
Submission enquiries:    Elaine Hayne
Registration enquiries:    Charl Walters
Join the mailing list:       Mandy Butler
Other enquiries:             info@academic-conferences.org

Important Dates

Registration News

Earlybird registrations are now closed. Standard registration is available until 12 June 2008.

Special reduced rates for Supervisors and Students attending together

Special reduced rates for group bookings

Special subsidised rate* for non-presenting students and academics from African developing nations. Proof of status and affiliation is required.

*subsidised by the organisers. The subsidised fee includes a complimentary drink at pre-conference registration, entrance to all sessions of the conference, refreshments and lunch on both days of the conference, a place at the conference dinner, an electronic copy of the conference proceedings, a conference bag and related materials. It does not include accommodation, travel costs or meals not mentioned above.

Publication Opportunity

Papers presented at the Conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Electronic Journal of e-Learning  (the latest issue, Volume 5, Issue 3 is now available online)

Conference status

The conference was officially launched at ICEL 2007. The closing date for abstract submissions is 6 December 2007.


Note to Authors: Due to the large number of papers expected for this conference, the committee only allows an author to present one paper. Therefore if multiple papers are accepted for presentation different co-authors need to present each paper.

Purchase previous conference proceedings  The proceedings for this conference are listed in the Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings (ISTP),  the Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings (ISTP/ISI Proceedings), the Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP) and the Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP/ISI Proceedings)

Cape Town from the air

University of Cape Town


Laura Czerniewicz


Max Price


Martin Owen

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