General Notice

44th Distance Education Association of Southern Africa Annual Conference
18 – 20 September 2009 Maseru, Lesotho

Conference Theme

The Distance Education Association of Southern Africa (DEASA)’s general objective, as stated in its Constitution, is to ‘enable members to share information and expertise, collaborate in research; develop quality distance education courses; identify areas of need through research and organize relevant professional development activities”.  Through its linkages, both professional and informal, with other regional and international ODL organizations and statutory bodies, DEASA has become a key driver of ODL initiatives to further develop knowledge sharing and collaboration in the region.  Cognizance to its role in the transformation of SADC educational landscape, DEASA is working hard to bridge the gap identified by ODL research and publication in the region. DEASA is striving for creation of knowledge through capacity building in research and dissemination of information.

Sub-themes

1. Digital scholarship
   • On-line publication;
   • Open educational resources
   • Copyrights.
2. leadership for sustainable ODL Scholarship
3. Praxis of ODL Scholarship
4. Life histories on ODL Scholarship
   • Guidelines on Submission of abstracts

Abstracts for the conference should not be more than 200 words, and should include the following:

• Title
• Name of Author(s)
• E-mail and postal addresses
• Telephone, cellphone and  fax numbers

The abstracts should indicate the specific sub-themes that will be addressed in the paper/report, and should, for instance, describe the purpose of the study, methodology used , results obtained and conclusions. The title of the paper shuould not be more than fifteen (15 words).

Abstracts should be typed using 12 New Roman style font and Single line spacing.

Full Paper Length

The full papers should be 10 – 15 pages; 12 New Roman style font; One and half line spacing and strictly in APA Style

Deadlines:

Abstracts must be sent electronically to:
 
E-mail: dm.mohapi@nul.ls OR      
E-mail: mutangi@uniswacc.uniswa.sz