cfp: Int. Conf. on QUALITY OF TEACHING and REFORMING EDUCATION : Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation, Pedagogies- TECH-EDUCATION 2010

1st International Conference on REFORMING EDUCATION and QUALITY OF TEACHING: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation,Pedagogies- TECH-EDUCATION 2010 http://www.reform-education.org The 1st International Conference on REFORMING EDUCATION and QUALITY OF TEACHING: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation, Pedagogies- TECH-EDUCATION 2010 is a bold effort aiming to fostering the debate for the Global need in our turbulent times to invest in Education and to go beyond the verbalisms. Politicians, policy makers, educators, teachers, new learning technologies experts, lifelong learning managers, young people and open mids debating on the Educational Challenges of the 21st century, present fresh ideas, methodologies and strategies, as well as state-of-the-art and beyond applications for technology enhanced learning. The full conference program is organized around 6 general pillars: Track 1. Quality of EDUCATION / QUALITY OF TEACHING - A new vision Track 2. Technology Enhanced Learning - Learning Technologies - Personalization-Elearning Track 3. Educational Strategies / Teaching Strategies Track 4. The Collaborative/ Consructive/ Pedagogical/ Didactical Approaches Track 5. The Formal/ Informal/ and Life Long Learning Perspectives Track 6. The Contribution of Education to Sustainable Development Six general scientific pillars provide the constitutional elements of the 1st International Conference on REFORMING EDUCATION: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation, Pedagogies- TECH-EDUCATION 2010: Important Dates Submission of papers: 20th January 2010 Notification to authors: 5th February 2010 Camera ready papers: 15th February 2010 Conference Days: 19th-21st May 2010 SPECIAL ISSUES Special Issues in TOP ISI SCI/SSCI Journals Five special issues in ISI SCI/SSCI International Journals have been agreed for the conference. An Extended version submission will be required after invitation from program scientific committee. More information will be uploaded here shortly. Additionally 15 special issues have been agreen in the sponsoring journals: All the published papers will be invited to submit extended versions, 35% at least modified from the initial submission for publication in one of the following journals. o International Journal of Knowledge Society Research o International Journal of Knowledge and Learning o International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning o International Journal of Social and Humanistic Computing o International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies o International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital o More journals to be added soon Track 1: Quality of the Education / QUALITY OF TEACHING - A new vision * The School / University of the Future Challenges for the Higher Education in the 21st Century New Managerial Models for Education Financing the New Model for the Education of the 21st Century The Quality Milestones for the Education of the 21st Century Evaluation in Academia The Role of Teachers International Collaborations for Joint Programs/Degrees Industry - Academia Synergies Research Laboratories Management Diffusion of Scientific Research to the Society Innovative Models of Scientific Excellence in Education Cross-Continental Educational-Cultural coalitions Business Education Innovation Centers New Models of Human Development Integrating Social Needs in Educational Programs Interactive Collaboration Spaces Open Source and its Role in Education of the 21st Century Research Transfer to University Teaching The role of innovation in the School University of the Future The Economics of Education Models for Training of Teachers Track 2. Technology Enhanced Learning - Learning Technologies - Personalization-Elearning Technology Enhanced Learning: Applied ICT's for Effective Learning Technology Enhanced Learning: An Emerging Episteme * The technology enhanced learning domain: philosophical routes, demonstration of various communities, success stories, lessons learned * Technology enhanced learning key issues: effective strategies, learning models and theories * Deployment of ICTs in education, policy issues of TEL, integration issues, extensibility, interoperability Technology Enhanced Learning: The Theories * Pedagogical theories and models of TEL * Constructivist approaches to TEL * Collaborative/context aware/personalised TEL approaches * Communities of learners and TEL Technology Enhanced Learning: The Technologies * Web 2.0 and TEL * Semantic web and TEL * Adaptive and personalised hypermedia for TEL * Metadata and content standards and TEL * Free and open source software for TEL * Ubiquitous and pervasive technologies for TEL * Intelligent agents for TEL * Learning management systems * Emerging technologies * Grid technologies for learning Technology Enhanced Learning: The Practices * TEL practices in different educational/learning contexts * Surveys of TEL adoption in education * Future of TEL Technology Enhanced Learning: The Applications in Domains * TEL tools/emerging technologies and new generation TEL * Challenges for the future; specification of government policies for the promotion of TEL in education * Roadmaps for the future * Personalization of Learning Content Delivery Digital Libraries of Educational Content Open Educational Resources Collaborative Learning, Learning Communities, and Knowledge and Learning Networking Applications of Mobile Technologies and Wireless Networks Assistive Technology Semantic Web and Web 2.0 for Education Connectivism and Constructivism in Education Surveys for the Adoption of ICT's in Education Micro-content - Educational Mashups Tagging and annotation of learning content Metadata and Semantics for Learning Content Track 3. The Strategies for the Education of the 21st Century / TEACHING STRATEGIES * Educational Policies for the New Era of Education Global Collaboration in Education Education for the Disabled and the Excluded Design of Educational Curricula Virtual and Corporate Universities Intellectual Capital Management in Education Innovation Management in Education Total Quality Management in Education New Learning Technologies Management in Education Reengineering the Educational Structures Educational Social Networks, the Power of Micro-Content and Personalized Learning Paths Governance of Education Global Educational Visions Track 4. The Collaborative, Constructivist, Pedagogical, Teaching Approaches Collaborative Learning Learning Communities Knowledge and Learning Networking Connectivism and Constructivism in Education Learning Paths Social networks research Social software Collaborative platforms Personalisation and adaptation Usability studies Context awareness Community computing/community informatics Social informatics Participatory/cooperative design Participatory action research (PAR) methods Ubiquity and pervasiveness Emotional intelligence Interaction design in Education Track 5. The Formal, Informal, Professional, Corporate and Life Long Learning Perspectives * Workplace learning strategies Innovative Professional Learning models/methods Adults Education and Life Long Learning for the Knowledge society Advanced Learning Technologies for Life Long Learning Management Strategies for Life Long Learning and Adults education Life Long Learning: Revisiting Adults Education with ICTs Adults Education and Life Long Learning in the Knowledge society: Effective strategies – How to Do it. Informal learning perspectives Track 6. The Contribution of Education to Sustainable Development Education and Social Evolution Education and Sustainable Development Education and Learning as a response to the Social and Economic Crisis Scientific Program Committee General Chair Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras President, OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY, NGO 3Co-Chairs Dr. Ambjorn Naeve KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Professor Robert Tennyson University of Minnesota, USA 1 Program Chairs Miltiadis D. Lytras President, OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY, NGO Ambjorn Naeve, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweeden Miguel Angel Sicilia University of Alcala, Spain Scientific Program Committee Members: Peter Scott The Open University UK David Jonassen University of Missouri USA Bill Martin RMIT University AUSTRALIA Carmel McNaught Chinese University of Hong Kong HONG KONG (CHINA) Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams University of Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA Roger Lee Boston Houston Community College System USA Paul G. Mezey Memorial University of Newfoundland CANADA Piers Campbell United Arab Emirates University UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Zhiwen Yu Northwestern Polytechnical University P.R. CHINA Vladan Devedzic University of Belgrade SERBIA Joseph Feller University College Cork IRELAND Denis Gillet Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) SWITZERLAND Katherine Maillet Groupe des Ecoles de Telecommunications / Instiut National des Telecommunications FRANCE Gustaf Neumann Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration AUSTRIA Peter Twining Open University UK Ralf Klamma RWTH Aachen University GERMANY Kia C. Ng University of Leeds UK Gottfried Vossen University of Muenster GERMANY Mario Allegra CNR - Italian National Research Council ITALY Graham Attwell Pontydysgu UK Atta Badii University of Reading UK Matthias Bopp GERMANY Christos J. Bouras University Of Patras GREECE Tom Boyle London Metropolitan University UK Maria Braz Technical University of Lisbon PORTUGAL Christopher Brooks University of Saskatchewan CANADA Daniel Burgos ATOS Origin SPAIN Licia Calvi K.U.Leuven BELGIUM Alan Chamberlain University of Nottingham UK Dragan Cisic University of Rijek CROATIA Jody Clarke Harvard Graduate School of Education USA Alec Couros University of Regina CANADA Edward Dieterle Harvard University USA Ming Dong Wayne State University USA Scott Droege Western Kentucky University USA Apple W P Fok City University of Hong Kong HONG KONG (CHINA) Marc Alier Forment UPC, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya SPAIN Pascal Francq Universite libre de Bruxelles BELGIUM Laura Sαnchez Garcia Universidade Federal do Parana BRAZIL Dragan Gasevic Athabasca University CANADA Martin Groen University of Bristol UK Lynne Hall University of Sunderland UK Marek Hatala Simon Fraser Universit CANADA Christian Hoecht Technical University of Kaiserslautern GERMANY Margit Hofer Centre For Social Innovation - ZSI AUSTRIA Jing Hua Wayne State University USA Olu Jegede National Open University of Nigeria NIGERIA Borka Jerman-Blazic University of Ljubljana SLOVENIA Nory B. Jones University of Maine USA Alex Jonsson Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (KTH) SWEDEN Jelena Jovanovic University of Belgrade SERBIA Marco Kalz Open University of the Netherlands NETHERLANDS Pankaj Kamthan Concordia University CANADA Vana Kamtsiou NCSR Demokritos GREECE Alexander Karapidis Fraunhofer IAO GERMANY Barbara Kieslinger Centre For Social Innovation - ZSI AUSTRIA Claus Knudsen Lillehammer University College NORWAY Stefan Koch Vienna University of Economics and Business Adminisration AUSTRIA Rob Koper Open University of the Netherlands NETHERLANDS Tapio Koskinen Helsinki University of Technology FINLAND Matthias Kranz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen GERMANY Milos Kravcik Open Universiteit Nederland NETHERLANDS Effie Lai-Chong Law University of Leicester UK Paul Lefrere Open University UK Stefanie Lindstaedt Know-Center and Graz University of Technology AUSTRIA Ying Liu Hong Kong Polytechnic University HONG KONG (CHINA) Ronald Maier University of Innsbruck AUSTRIA Constantin Makropoulos NCSR Demokritos GREECE Yishay Mor Institute of Education, University of London UK Leonel Morgado University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro PORTUGAL Julian C. Newman Glasgow Caledonian University UK Lemai Nguyen Deakin University AUSTRALIA Mikael Nilsson Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) SWEDEN Emma O Brien University of Limerick IRELAND Claus Pahl Dublin City University IRELAND Matthias Palmer Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) SWEDEN Eric Ras Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering GERMANY Carl M. Rebman Jr. The University of San Diego USA Alison Ruth Griffith University AUSTRALIA Ndiwarr Sarr Universite Gaston Berger de Saint Louis SENEGAL Arno Scharl MODUL University Vienna AUSTRIA Yuanchun Shi Tsinghua University P.R. CHINA Goran Shimic Military Academ SERBIA Bernd Simon Knowledge Markets Consulting AUSTRIA Saurabh Sinha University of Pretoria SOUTH AFRICA Francois Therin U21 Global SINGAPORE Klaus Tochtermann Know-Center Graz & Graz University of Technology AUSTRIA M. Shane Tomblin Marshall University USA Marko Turpeinen Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (KTH) SWEDEN Christian Wernberg-Tougaard Unisys DENMARK Fridolin Wild Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration AUSTRIA Martin Wolpers Fraunhofer Gesellschaft GERMANY P.C. Wong The Chinese University of Hong Kong HONG KONG (CHINA) Pertti V.J. Yli-Luoma University of Oulu FINLAND Panayiotis Zaphiris City University UK Dongsong Zhang University of Maryland, Baltimore County USA Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras 3rd World Summit on the Knowledge Society http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm 1st International Conference on REFORMING EDUCATION and QUALITY OF TEACHING: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation, Pedagogies- TEACH-EDUCATION 2010 http://www.reform-education.org My Personal Web Site http://www.miltiadislytras.net