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Computer-Based Learning in Science (CBLIS) is an international group of people and organisations who are actively involved in using computer-based methods to support the teaching of science (in all its various forms) and scientific methods within establishments of higher education. CBLIS came into existence in the early 1990s when it organised its first international conference (CBLIS 93) which was held at the Technical University of Vienna in Austria. Since then, CBLIS has organised a number of other major conferences. Details of these can be found by selecting the 'Conferences' option in the menu bar at the top of this page.

Every two years since its inception CBLIS has organised an international conference. Each conference gives rise to a prestigous conference proceedings that contains bound copies of the papers that are presented. In addition, CBLIS now acts as an international forum for the exchange of ideas and resources to support the teaching of science and the study of computer-based learning within a scientific context.

One of the major aims of CBLIS is to promote the use of computer-based methods for supporting the teaching of scientific disciplines within institutions of higher education. It attempts to achieve this goal by means of the conferences that it organises and the international collaboration that arises as a result of these.

We believe that CBLIS plays an important role in fostering international collaboration between teachers, instructors and researchers who are involved in using and/or developing computer-based learning techniques within higher education. It accomplishes this both through the organisation of face-to-face meetings and by the electronic exchange of material via the Internet and the World Wide Web.

CBLIS is essentially a 'conference-orientated' group. Its main activities are therefore organised by two main committees: an Organising Committee and a Programme Committee. The Organising Committee is mainly responsible for the local organisation of a particular CBLIS conference. This usually takes place within a university setting within the country that hosts it. Both the academic and social programmes are orgamised by the local organising committee. The Program Committee is primarily concerned with selecting papers, posters and demonstrationsl for presentation at a particular conference and the production of the conference proceedings that arise from that conference. The two main activities of the Programme Committee are: refereeing submitted material; and helping authors produce their final submissions.

Membership of CBLIS is open to anyone with an interest in using computers as a mechanism for supporting the teaching of a scientific discipline. Naturally, our definition of 'science' is quite a broad one. It encompasses pure science (for example, biology, botany, chemistry, physics and zoology), engineering sciences (such as electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and computing), social sciences - involving disciplines like psychology - and applied sciences (such as medical science, sports science, and so on).

CBLIS has an international network of people who can be contacted by electronic mail. If you would like to find out more, send a message to one of the contacts listed in the table below.

Responsiblity	Contact Person
CBLIS Web Site Maintenance	Professor Philip Barker
CBLIS 99 Proceedings Editor	Professor Graham Chapman
CBLIS 99 Chairperson	Dr Imme de Bruijn
CBLIS 2001 Programme Committee Chair	Professor Graham Chapman
CBLIS 2001 Organising Committee Chair	Dr Jana Kapounová
CBLIS 2003 Programme Committee Chair and Proceedings Editor	Dr Costas Constantinou

Alternatively, you can use the 'Contacts' button at the top of this page in order to gain access to an international list of CBLIS contacts within individual countries.

This Web site is intended both for established members of CBLIS and for 'newcomers'. It can be used as a source of information about CBLIS and its activities - particularly, the arrangements for forthcoming conferences and details of previous ones. It can also be used as a communication vehicle to facilitate contact with other 'like-minded' people who are involved in using computers to support learning activities within scientific disciplines.

If you have an interest in Computer-Based Learning (CBL) and/or its application for teaching and learning within a scientific discipline, then explore this site further using the navigation bar at the top of this page.

Alternatively, get in touch with a CBLIS member and express your interest in participating in our activities - you can do this using the 'Contacts' option in the navigation bar. We will then send you details of our next major conference - CBLIS 2007. You can also find details of this conference by clicking on the 'CBLIS 2007' button in the navigation bar at the top of this page.

The CBLIS Web site is maintained by Professor Philip Barker, School of Computing andMathematics, University of Teesside, UK.

Any comments that you have or suggestions for improving this site should be sent by email to: Philip.Barker@tees.ac.uk