Dear Friends of ITHET 11th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, ITHET 2012, 21-23 June 2012, Istanbul, Turkey.
http://www.ithet.boun.edu.tr It is that time of the year again, and we are inviting you to submit a paper for this year's ITHET. It will be held in magical Istanbul. It is special in that it will coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Department at Bogazici University, who are hosting the event. Please download the CFP at http://www.ithet.boun.edu.tr for detailed information. The submission deadlines are: * Deadline for electronic submission of one page abstracts: March 31, 2012 * Notification of acceptance: May 5, 2012 * Submission of full papers: June 2, 2012 Paper submission is also via the website shown above. The Objectives of ITHET are: The convergence of current technologies provides the infrastructure for transmitting and storing information faster and cheaper. For information to be used in gaining knowledge, however, environments for collecting, storing, disseminating, sharing and constructing knowledge are needed. Such environments, knowledge media, brings together the telecommunication, computer and networking technologies, learning theories and cognitive sciences to form meaningful environments that provides for a variety of learner needs. The World Wide Web is one such technology that provides access to valuable educational resources such as e-mail, e-groups, bulletin board services, audio conferencing, video conferencing, e-journals, search engines and databases. ITHET 2012 aims to provide an environment for experts to discuss the current state of the art for learning both in industry and universities. Virtual environments, e-training and e-learning will be topics of particular interest. Paper Submission: Prospective participants are invited to electronically submit an extended abstract (min. 500 words, as PDF file), following the instructions available on the Conference web site. Accepted and presented papers will be copyrighted to IEEE and published in conference proceedings that will appear in IEEE Xplore and therefore customarily be indexed by EI Compendex. Some papers will be selected for expansion into journal papers and invited to participate in the normal peer review process of IEEE Transactions on Education or IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. Topics: The scope of the conference will cover but is not limited to: Asynchronous learning, WWW education tools, Distance learning, Multimedia tutorials, Blended learning, Intelligent training technology, Virtual student laboratories, Authoring technology, Virtual classroom, virtual universities, Second language education, Creating courses on-line, Industry-university partnership, Network based education and training, Learning and Assessment, Interactive learning modules, Accreditation issues, Development and use of IT Tools and Environments, Role of information society and global communication systems, New strategies for higher education and training, Quality management in higher education Special Sessions: Prospective participants of ITHET 2012 are encouraged to organize special sessions (5-6 papers) in a particular area within the symposium topics. Those interested should contact Okyay Kaynak at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> for details. Prof. Robin Braun, Chair of the Program Committee, Professor of Telecommunications Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Computing and Communications, and Centre for Real-time Information Networks (CRIN) http://crin.eng.uts.edu.au/~rob<http://crin.eng.uts.edu.au/%7Erob> UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email. _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
