INTED 2008 -  VALENCIA, 3rd 5th March 2008

INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

We would like to strongly encourage you to submit your abstracts and participate at INTED 2008 in order to share your achievements in the fields of education and international collaboration. The deadline for submitting abstracts is November 15th, 2007. The scope of inted2008 includes the following topics: General Issues: Education and Globalization Organizational, legal and financial issues Intellectual Property on Education Digital Rights Management Diversity issues and women and minorities in science and technology Barriers to Learning (e.g.: age, psychosocial factors, ethnicity…) Student Support in Education Increasing affordability and access to the Internet Experiences in Education: New projects and innovations Enhancing learning and the undergraduate experience Education practice trends and issues Transferring disciplines Competence Evaluation Student Selection Criteria in interdisciplinary studies Curriculum Design and Innovation: New Experiences for Curriculum Design Strategies, Principles and Challenges Forecasting of labour market and skill needs in Europe Generic skills and their development European Higher Education Area: The Bologna Declaration process Erasmus Thematic Networks Accreditation /assessment issues New challenges for the European Higher Education Area ETCS experiences Erasmus experiences in the universities Research in Education: Engineering Research Centres. Education Initiatives Research on Technology in Education Research on Innovation in Education Research Methodologies Academic Research Projects Quality assurance in Education: Academic experiences and best practice contributions Accreditation Quality processes at national and international level International Projects: New experiences for the international cooperation Project outcomes and conclusions Virtual Universities: The internationalization of Universities Experiences in virtual universities Pedagogical & Didactical Innovations: Learning and Teaching Methodologies NewLearning/TeachingModels LanguageLearningInnovations EvaluationandAssessment TutoringandCoaching Transferableskills Complimentaryskillsprogrammes Technological Issues: E-learning M-learning Blended Learning Web classroom applications WebLab Systems Advanced Classroom Technology Classroom and Laboratory: Integration Emerging Technologies: Internet based technologies (e.g. blogs) Mobile/Wireless Educational Software: Computer software on Education Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Animation and 3D systems Simulation and Remote Control Educational Software experiences Computer Supported Collaborative Work: Collaborative Virtual environments (CVEs) Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) Educational/Serious Games: Sciences & Mathematics Languages HealthCare University-Industry Collaboration: Collaborative Learning and Work Employability Continuous Education University/Industry Partnership University/Industry Programs University/Industry Experiences Knowledge Management: Content-based multimedia indexing and retrieval Frameworks for knowledge portals Personalization Business Intelligence Management of distributed knowledge Semantic web infrastructures and ontologies Experiences in knowledge management projects CALL FOR PAPERS The Scientific Committee encourages you to submit your abstracts to INTED 2008 Conference. The abstracts should be written in English, the official language of the event. The abstract should be submitted preferably via the on-line form, which will be available in this website next 20th of September 2007. Deadlines: Abstract Submission Deadline: November 15th 2007 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: December 5th, 2007 Final Paper Submission Deadline: January 15th, 2008 Submission guidelines: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 1. The abstract should be submitted preferably via the on-line form, which will be available in this website from next 20th of September 2007. 2. Abstracts should be based on any of the topic areas listed in the section “topics” of this website or related areas. 3. The deadline for abstract submission is 15th of November 2007. 4. There is a limit of two contributed submissions per lead author. 5. The Notification of acceptance/rejection of abstracts submitted will be sent to you via e-mail by December 5th, 2007. FINAL PAPER SUBMISSION: 1. If your abstract has been accepted, you should submit your Final Paper preferably via the on-line form. 2. Contributions will only be published at INTED 2008 publications if at least one of the authors of the paper is registered before the 1st of February 2008. (in person or virtual) 3. If you wish to be a session chair, please e-mail your request to inted2008@iated.org and indicate the topic area in which you are interested. Registration for the conference is required to be a session chair. Types of contributions: In person: Oral presentation: each presentation will last for 15 minutes and will be presented in parallel thematic sessions. We will inform you about the reference of your session and the time of your presentation once the abstract has been accepted. Poster presentation: Your poster will be exhibited during the conference poster session. Poster sessions will provide an opportunity for authors to display the results and conclusions of the presented paper. Poster sessions offer an opportunity for face to face presentations to individuals and small groups. Not-attending: Virtual presentation: If you wish your paper to be published in the inted 2008 Abstracts Book and CD Proceedings, but you are not able to attend inted 2008 Conference in person, you can register for a “virtual presentation”. Each virtual paper shall be published in the Abstracts Book and CD Proceedings. Virtual participants will receive a copy of the publications (Abstract book and CD Proceedings), and a participation and author certificate by post. [url=http://www.iated.org/inted2008/index.php?section=1]http://www.iated.org/inted2008/index.php?section=1[/url]