[AISWorld] Announcement of EC-TEL 2014 | 16-19 September 2014 | Graz

[Christoph Rensing]

(Apologies for cross-posting)

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