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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL-BE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt'>Serious games: The challenge<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt'>19<sup>th</sup> – 21<sup>st</sup> of October 2011, <span style='color:red'>Ghent</span>, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This conference is the result of a combined effort of the</span><span lang=EN-GB> Scientific Network (WO.002.07N) on ’Critical and flexible thinking’ </span><span lang=EN-US>lead by the Center for Instructional Psychology and Technology of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Interdisciplinary research group on Technology, Education and Communication of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – Kulak. The aim is to bring scholars together who study the use of games in educational settings from different perspectives, such as instructional design, domain specific didactics, cognitive and computer science,….. With serious games we mean a game designed with a primary focus on learning, although they can still be entertaining, this is not their prime focus. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>From October 19 through 21, 20111 C.IP.&T. and Itec will host a conference on serious games and gaming. During this three day–conference different key-note speakers will address various aspects of serious gaming <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Already confirmed: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=EN-GB>Prof. dr. </span><span lang=EN-US>Ton de Jong (University of Twente; </span><span lang=EN-GB><a href="http://users.edte.utwente.nl/jong"><span lang=EN-US>http://users.edte.utwente.nl/jong</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US>)</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Prof. dr. Steve Thorne (Pennsylvania State University; <a href="http://language.la.psy.edu/~thorne">http://language.la.psy.edu/~thorne</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-US> Prof.dr. Sigmund Tobias (University at Albany, State University of New York; <a href="http://www.albany.edu/educational_psychology/faculty/tobias.shtml">http://www.albany.edu/educational_psychology/faculty/tobias.shtml</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A preliminary program can be found on <a href="https://ppw.kuleuven.be/o_en_o/CIPenT/seriousgames/programme">https://ppw.kuleuven.be/o_en_o/CIPenT/seriousgames/programme</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span lang=EN-US><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span lang=EN-US>As from today, it is possible to register</span></u></b><span lang=EN-US>. </span><span lang=EN-GB>While the absolute deadline for registration is August 31, it is a good idea to register as soon as possible. </span><span lang=EN-US>You can do this on: <a href="https://ppw.kuleuven.be/o_en_o/CIPenT/seriousgames/registratieformulier">https://ppw.kuleuven.be/o_en_o/CIPenT/seriousgames/registratieformulier</a>. </span><span lang=EN-GB>Please also carefully read the </span><a href="https://ppw.kuleuven.be/o_en_o/CIPenT/seriousgames/payment"><span lang=EN-GB>information with regard to the payment</span></a><span lang=EN-GB>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB>Venue<span style='color:#1F497D'> (CHANGE IN LOCATION FROM KORTRIJK TO GHENT!)</span>: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Katholieke Hogeschool Sint Lieven <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gebroeders Desmetstraat 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9000 Gent<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.kahosl.be/site/index.php?p=/nl/page/262/technologiecampus/">http://www.kahosl.be/site/index.php?p=/nl/page/262/technologiecampus/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US>More information <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://ppw.kuleuven.be/o_en_o/CIPenT/seriousgames/seriousgameshome">https://ppw.kuleuven.be/o_en_o/CIPenT/seriousgames/seriousgameshome</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Scientific Committee<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jeroen Bourgonjon (Universiteit Gent)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Geraldine Clarebout (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – Kulak)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stefan De Wannemacker (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – Kulak)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jan Elen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>David Gijbels (Universiteit Antwerpen)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Paul Kirschner (CELSTEC – Open Universiteit – Heerlen)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Erno Lethinen (University of Turku)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bram De Wever (Universiteit Gent)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt;text-indent:-35.4pt'>Sylke Vandercruysse (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – Kulak)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#31849B'>­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­</span><span lang=NL style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'>______­­______________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'>Sylke Vandercruysse | University of Leuven - Campus Kortrijk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'>E. Sabbelaan 53 | Be - 8500 Kortrijk |</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'> Lokaal C 755 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'><a href="mailto:mieke.vandewaetere@kuleuven-kortrijk.be"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#548DD4'>sylke.vandercruysse@kuleuven-kortrijk.be</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'>|</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'>Tel.: 0032 (0)56 24 62 73 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'>ITEC – </span><span lang=NL style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'><a href="http://www.itec-research.eu/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#548DD4'>http://www.itec-research.eu</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'> | CIP&T – </span><span lang=NL style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'><a href="http://ppw.kuleuven.be/cipt"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#548DD4'>http://ppw.kuleuven.be/cipt</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'>| OWK –<a href="http://www.kuleuven-kortrijk.be/"><span style='color:#548DD4'>www.kuleuven-kortrijk.be/ppw</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=100 height=71 id="Afbeelding_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC3BB3.09030780" alt="think-before-u-print (400x282)"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>