EARLI Biennial Conference 2009

Kindly note that EARLI members who pay their membership fees for 2008* can benefit from reduced conference fees when registering for the EARLI conference in 2009.
*membership applications and payments should be received by 30 November at the latest. 

The University of Amsterdam (UvA)
and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)

welcome you to the EARLI 2009 meeting in Amsterdam.

The University of Amsterdam (the Graduate School of Teaching and Learning (GSTL) and the SCO Kohnstamm Institute) and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Centre for Educational Training, Assessments and Research - CETAR) have joined forces in organising the biennial EARLI conference in 2009. The conference will take place at the Vrije Universiteit complex.
The collaboration between these three institutes is reflected in the organisation of the local organising committee:
Prof. dr.Jos Beishuizen, chair (CETAR, VU)
Prof. dr. Gert Rijlaarsdam, programme manager (GSTL, UvA)
Dr. Thea Peetsma, social programme and sponsoring affairs (SCO Kohnstamm Institute, UvA)
Dr. Ron Oostdam, social programme and sponsoring affairs (SCO Kohnstamm Institute, UvA)
Gerrie Buijze, location manager (CETAR, VU)

Both universities have members in the Local Scientific Programme Committee.

The conference theme will be Communities of learners. Brown and Campione (1996) laid out the framework for the educational concept of the community of learners. In a community of learners students are treated as partners in the process of knowledge building. Together with teachers and researchers they work on conducting research in order to shed light on questions related to core concepts or big ideas in the domain of interest. Students become members of the community of learners as soon as they learn to adopt and apply the methods of research and rules for co-operation and communication which are generally adhered to in the community. Through the process of reflection students become aware of these methods and rules, which enables them to apply the methods and rules in new situations. In a community of learners students are allowed to access and use the same resources as teachers and researchers.

Your next EARLI 2009 deadline:
31st October, 2008. (24.00 hours Greenwich time)

Final Call

Full details can be obtained from the conference website


Gerrie Buyze
Conference Manager

Jos Beishuizen
Conference President