Intensive Interdisciplinary Interaction
Corfu (GR), June 2008 - ICICTE 2008, which will be held in the sublime Mediterranean environment on Corfu between 10 and 12 July, 2008, will address the many challenges and new directions presented by technological innovations in educational settings. Following in the tradition of previous ICICTE conferences, ICICTE 2008 will bring together an international community of scholars and practitioners in a forum setting.
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 venue for intensive interdisciplinary interaction and collegial debate. Those attending ICICTE 2008 will leave with an excellent overview of current thinking and practices in applications of technology to 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
- Political economy and educational technology: Intersections
- The architecture of learning, accessibility, and the evolution of the classroom
- Pedagogy in the evolving tech environment
- Informal and formal adult education
- Multi-grade education
- Instructional design and delivery; evaluation and assessment
- Strategies and tools for teaching and learning, simulations, and gaming
- Effects on training institutions and industry
- Impacts on educational institutions: effects on faculty, staff, administration, and students; curriculum and program development
- Intellectual property
- Ethical considerations in the use of information technology in teaching and learning
- The internationalization of institutions and of education
- Open/Distance learning
- Building communities of teachers/educators; cooperative learning
- Teacher training
- The use of technology in education to promote democratic ideals, freedom, and equality.