=================================================== Smart Technology-based Education and Training 2014 (STET-14) 18-20 June 2014 Chania, Crete, Greece http://stet14.kesinternational.org/ ===================================================
**LAST CALL - DEADLINE THIS MONDAY 27th JAN 2014** STET-14 is a major international forum for the presentation of innovative ideas, approaches, technologies, systems, findings and outcomes of research and design and development projects in the emerging area of smart technology and its applications in education and training. The STET conference serves as a new and innovative incubator for smart technology, smart systems and smart education/training. The KES STET group will be focussed on the rapidly growing fusion of three areas:- - smart technology, intelligent systems, computer science and computer engineering. - engineering of advanced educational software and hardware systems. - technology-based teaching, learning strategies and methodologies. If you would like to become a member of the STET group on the KES community portal then please contact: [email protected] and she will add you to the Smart Technology-based Education and Training group. Or log in to the portal to add yourself to the new group. The first KES international conference on Smart Technology based Education and Training will take place as part of the Smart Digital Futures multi-theme conference which also feature our IDT, IIMSS and AMSTA conferences on the island of Crete in Greece. Registration gives access to all of these conferences, together with a paper published in one set of proceedings Please see the Smart Digital Futures website http://smartfutures.kesinternational.org for more information. The conference proceedings will be published by IOS Press as book chapters in the Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence and Applications (FAIA) series, submitted for abstracting/indexing* in SciVerse Scopus, ACM Digital Library, DBLP, Google Scholar and Zentralblatt MATH, ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - CPCi. (*publisher's information) Authors of selected papers presented at the conference may be invited to submit an extended and enhanced version for publication in the Springer KES Smart Innovation Systems and Technologies series (TBC). =============== Conference Scope =============== Main groups of conference topics include but are not limited to:- 1. Smart technology and intelligent systems' educational applications area: Educational applications of smart technology and intelligent systems Smart technology-based educational software and hardware systems Fusion of smart technology and serious gaming (gamification) Fusion of smart technology and rich multimedia technology Fusion of smart technology and mobile technology 2. Smart classroom area: Smart classroom (features, characteristics, infrastructure, etc.) Smart technology-based pedagogy Innovative smart technology-based teaching and learning strategies Smart technology-based assessment systems Smart technology and intelligent systems for student/learner modeling 3. Smart university, smart education and smart corporate training area: Smart academic/corporate university (concepts, features, infrastructure) Smart e-learning and smart e-universities Smart technology-based curriculum and courseware University-wide smart systems for teaching, learning, research, collaboration, communication, management, security Faculty development and instructor's skills for smart education/training Best practices and case studies on smart education/training National and international projects on smart education/training Smart technology-based blended, distance, online and open education Standards and policies in smart technology-based education/training 4. Smart educational society area: Smart educational society (concepts, features, infrastructure, etc.) From smart technology to smart education and smart society ========================= Conference Dates & Deadlines ========================= General Track Papers Submission of Papers: 27 January 2014 Notification of Acceptance: 24 February 2014 Upload of Final Publication Files: 10 March 2014 Invited Session and Workshops Submission of Invited Session Proposals: Continue to submit Submission of Papers: Set by Session Chair Upload of Final Publication Files: 10 March 2014 (Publication files are the word processor source in MS Word or LaTeX together with a final PDF.) Early Registration Deadline All delegates to main conference: 14 March 2014 Inclusion in Proceedings Every paper for inclusion in the published proceedings must have at least one author who has registered for the conference with payment by: 14 March 2014. Conference Sessions: 18 - 20 June 2014 ======= Location ======= The conference venue is 15km from Chania, the second largest city in Crete, a place where different civilisations have flourished throughout the centuries. Wandering around the Old Town’s maze-like alleys with the beautiful Venetian mansions, the fountains and the elaborate churches will help you discover well-preserved historical monuments. The perfect place to mix business and pleasure! =============== Further Information =============== Please note that the above deadlines are provisional and subject to change. For further information on all the above, please visit the conference website at the top of the page. 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