THE HANDSTAND

DECEMBER 2005


FIBRE CULTURE : A CALL FOR PAPERS, AN International 
Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education, 
which will take place in Rhodes, Greece, 6-8 July 2006.


Date: July 6-8, 2006


Venue: Rhodes, Greece


Description


ICICTE 2006 will seek to address the many challenges and new directions presented by technological innovations in educational settings. With the keynote speaker, plenary sessions, workshops, and forums examining the integration of technology into all facets of education, the 
conference will provide participants with a forum for intensive interdisciplinary interaction and collegial debate. Those attending ICICTE 2006 will leave with an excellent overview of current thinking and practices in  applications of technology in education. Thematic streams will include alternative processes, procedures, techniques and tools for creating learning environments appropriate for the twenty-first century.



Conference themes include:

§ Institutional and national responses to technological change

   a.. The architecture of learning; accessibility; the evolution of the classroom
   b.. Pedagogy in the evolving tech environment
   c.. Informal and formal adult education
   d.. Multi-grade education
   e.. Instructional design and delivery; evaluation and assessment
   f.. Strategies and tools for teaching and learning, simulations and gaming
   g.. Effects on training institutions and industry
   h.. Impacts on educational institutions: effects on faculty, staff, administration, students and  curriculum development  and teacher training
   i.. Intellectual property
   j.. Ethical considerations in the use of information technology in teaching and learning
   k.. The internationalization of institutions and of education
   l.. Open/Distance learning
   m.. Building communities of teachers/educators; cooperative learning
   n.. The use of technology in education to promote democratic ideals, freedom, equality.


Call for papers

This call is for papers for plenary sessions examining the  theoretical and practical applications of technology in education at all levels in  both the public and private sectors. If you wish to present at ICICTE 2006,  and have your paper published in the Conference Proceedings, please visit the
conference web site for details.


Web link
http://www.icicte.com

Contact:

Nancy Pyrini
Conference Director
nancy@icicte.com

Professor Ken Fernstrom
Chair
Publications and Promotions Committee
ken.fernstrom@ucfv.ca

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