[AISWorld] IFIP SaITE 2016 conference - Stakeholders and Information Technology in Education

[João Alvaro Carvalho]

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SaITE 2016

IFIP TC3 Joint Open Conference
Stakeholders and Information Technology in Education

6th to 8th July 2016, Guimarães, Portugal
5th July 2016 – doctoral consortium
http://saite2016.dsi.uminho.pt/

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Deadline for submissions:
- 29 February 2016 for papers
- 18 March 2016 for other submissions

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We invite you to submit your work to SaITE 2016 (the 2016 IFIP TC3 Joint Conference). This is a conference open to all interested parties, aiming at:

- Bringing together researchers, policy makers, educational management, teachers and other educational practitioners to consider and explore the theme of the conference;
- Enabling research, policy and practice findings to be shared and discussed;
- Drawing together a variety of contributions to meet the needs of the different audiences;
- Producing publications that provide contemporary perspectives from which to develop further;
- Stimulating discussion and thinking in this field.

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Themes of the conference

Submissions should cover one or more of the five key themes within the main topic of the conference ‘Stakeholders and information technology in education’:
- linking formal and informal education;
- researching transformation of applications of technologies in educational contexts;
- exploring implications of computer science education;
- preparing a new generation of computer professionals;
- strategic use and professional development in policy and management.

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Symposia:

SaITE 2016 includes several thematic symposia:
- Stakeholders of Education in ICT4D: STI (Science, Technology and Innovation) for the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals);
- Roles of CS/ Informatics in the curriculum – why, what, how?
- The role of educators in preparing ICT professionals, and encouraging lifelong learning;
- Education for Digital Equity;
- Information Security Education and solidarity.
  

For more information on SaITE 2016 go to http://saite2016.dsi.uminho.pt/.