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ANNOUNCEMENT
Ninth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning
(EC-TEL 2014)
Open Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities
16-19 September, 2014
Graz, Austria
http://ectel2014.httc.de
We are happy to announce first information about EC-TEL 2014.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
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The European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL) is a
unique opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to
address current challenges and advances in the field. Through EC-TEL,
established and emerging researchers as well as practitioners,
entrepreneurs, and technology developers explore new collaborations,
strengthen networks, and complement their core expertise.
VENUE
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EC-TEL 2014 will take place between 16 and 19 September 2014 in Graz.
Graz – the second largest city in Austria – offers ideal conditions for
academic conferences set in beautiful countryside. Guests are always
enthusiastic about the picturesque Old Town, the attractive cultural
program and the quality and diversity of the cuisine.
THEME
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Educational arrangements in our modern society are increasingly
characterized by openness in terms of participation, of
institutionalisation as well as of tools, devices and resources used. We
see shifts between formal, non-formal and informal learning. Learners
come together in different social settings and communities (such as in
groups in schools, teams in a company, or in informal communities of
learners). They share and co-create educational resources and interact
with an ever increasing number of open educational resources. Learning
communities differ in dimension from local ones, through distributed
groups up to global communities (as witnessed by the emerging MOOCs
paradigm). The learners use multiple computational tools and devices,
often at the same time (e.g. tablets and smartphones for individual
learning, interactive tables and electronic whiteboards for
collaboration, or mobile technologies for taking learning outside the
classroom). Access to the open educational arrangements takes place in a
mobile ubiquitous fashion.
There is a pressing need to understand how learning in such open
educational communities happens and how learning and teaching technology
can support in this context. To address these challenges the theme of
EC-TEL 2014 is "Open Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities".
EC-TEL 2014 is collocated with the 14th International Conference on
Knowledge Management and Knowledge Computing (I-KNOW 2014). The focus of
I-KNOW is on knowledge management and knowledge computing. I-KNOW will
consider technologies and methods which are of high relevance to support
smart learning.
CONFERENCE TOPICS AND CALL FOR PAPERS
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Conference Topics and Call for Papers will be announced in mid-January.
DATES
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Papers, Short Papers, Posters & Demonstrations:
Mandatory submission of an abstract 24 March 2014
Submission of full version 2 April 2014
Notification of acceptance 4 June 2014
Conference:
Workshops 16-17 September 2014
Doctoral Consortium 16-17 September 2014
Main conference 17-19 September 2014
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CONFERENCE ORGANISATION
General Chair:
Tobias Ley, Tallinn University, Estonia
Program Chairs:
Sara de Freitas, Curtin University, Australia
Christoph Rensing, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Demo an Poster Chair:
Pedro J. Muñoz Merino, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Local Organization Chair:
Stefanie Lindstaedt, Know Center Graz, Austria
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Find all details at http://ectel2014.httc.de
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