Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference March 3-7, 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada

Call for Presentations - Proposals Deadline: October 22, 2007

SITE 2008 is the 19th annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development. SITE is a society of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

SITE is unique as the only organization which has as its sole focus the integration of instructional technologies into teacher education programs. SITE promotes the development and dissemination of theoretical knowledge, conceptual research, and professional practice knowledge through conferences, books, projects, and the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE).

You are invited to attend and participate in this annual international forum which offer numerous opportunities to share your ideas, explore the research, development, and applications, and to network with the leaders in this important field of teacher education and technology.

There are over 1,500 presentations in 25 major topic areas!

Monday, October 15, 2007

Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Online Learning - Call for Papers

The Call for Papers for this symposium is now open. This Sloan-C conference is seeking presentations which illustrate the "next generation" of emerging technology applications for online learning from the perspective of the Sloan-C Pillars. The Sloan-C Pillars, quality principles for online learning include: access, student satisfaction, faculty satisfaction, learning effectiveness, and cost effectiveness/institutional commitment. Particularly desired are presentations which openly discuss the issues and complications of emerging technology applications to online learning as well as the positive uses. Please click here for more track information. Papers are due by December 3, 2007.

Friday, October 12, 2007

International Conference on Technology, Communication and Education - Kuwait - April 7-9, 2008

The purpose of the first International Conference on Technology, Communication and Education (i-TCE) is to create a link for experts in the fields of education, technology and communication. It also aims at using the latest technologies in learning academics, research, applications and commercial levels. Moreover, the conference aims to be the rendezvous of researchers in the field world wide to exchange ideas and to enrich the subject. Six simultaneous tracks will be held that cover different aspects of the conference including E-learning technology, Education and ethics, Organization and management, Evaluation and standards, Applications and E-learning curriculum issues.

Authors should highlight features and benefits of applying the latest advances in technology and communication to the area of educational and learning, with special emphasis on e-learning. Thus, papers describing advanced e-learning systems, tools, technologies and future directions of applying technology and communication advancement are welcomed. Papers describing original works are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the proceedings of i-TCE. Paper acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Submitted papers should be in English language and of maximum length of 6 pages using the format style indicated. The program committee will review all papers and notify the contact author, by email. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its contributions and problems or domains to which they are applicable. The paper must be carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling. Papers should be submitted using the i-TCE web-based submission facility.
The camera-ready format should be strictly used for all submitted papers. All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format only. Please check and carefully follow the instructions and templates provided in the i-TCE webpage. (Please refer to www.i-TCE.org).

International Conference on e-Learning in the Workplace - June 12-13 - Columbia Teacher's College, NYC

Who Should Present or Participate?

Anyone with a background in online learning in the workplace from any perspective, including researchers; consultants; and corporate trainers, managers, and directors.

Conference Topics and Formats:The ICELW program will explore a wide range of topics relating to e-learning in the workplace:
  • Online training methodologies (simulations, case-based learning and the like)
  • Performance support systems
  • Mobile learning
  • E-learning design and usability
  • Strategies for implementing e-learning
  • Authoring tools and Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS)
  • E-learning evaluation
  • Studies of e-learning in practice
  • Other pertinent topics from the ICELW community.

The conference will use a variety of engaging formats to convey knowledge and show application, such as presentations, panel discussions, demonstrations, and brainstorming sessions.

SubmissionsIf you're interested in presenting at ICELW, please submit an abstract of 500-1000 words that describes your session: what you'd like to present or discuss and what session format you envision.

Send your abstract by December 15, 2007 to: submissions@icelw.org.