LINQ and EFQUEL

Extension of Call for Contributions on Open Education

Brussels (BE), January 2014 - The organising committee of the EFQUEL/LINQ 2014 conference, being held 07-09 May, 2014 on Crete, has extended the submission deadline for papers, projects, and workshops to 10 February 2014. Bringing together experts and practitioners from the public as well as corporate education and training world, such as higher education, VET, schools, and other education sectors, the Conference invites submissions of research papers, project overviews, and workshop proposals.

Submissions for papers and projects on the following topics are sought.

  • quality indicators and methods to describe, measure, and evaluate quality for open education, OER, and MOOCs
  • conceptual contributions on new and innovative quality models, methodologies, standards, and approaches for eLearning and open education
  • practical experiences and reports with implementation of quality approaches for open education
  • required competences by institutions as well as by learners for designing, practicing, and improving high-quality open learning
  • local, national, regional, and international quality projects in the field of the Conference
  • methodologies for and experience of increased recognition of open learning in formal education and training
  • certification of eLearning and open education in institutions, programs, and courses
  • integrated innovation and quality approaches
  • global aspects of high-quality open education (e.g. collaborations, comparative studies, cultural aspects)

All papers and project submissions will be reviewed by the International Scientific Programme Committee in a hybrid review process: an open review process and double-blind review combination. Authors and project submitters will be informed of their acceptance by 10 March 2014. All accepted papers and selected projects may be presented at the Conference, will be published in the official proceedings of the Conference (with ISBN), and will be and distributed to all conference participants, as well as throughout Europe.

Overview of the important dates:

  • Paper submission deadline:             10 February 2014
  • Notification of acceptance:               10 March 2014
  • Camera-ready submission:               31 March 2014
  • Deadline for author registration:       31 March 2014
  • Conference days:                              07 - 09 May 2014 on Crete