EDUCON 2012 - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference - EDUCON2012

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Category EDUCON 2012

Deadline: November 21, 2011 | Date: April 17, 2012-April 20, 2012

Venue/Country: Marrakesh, Morocco

Updated: 2011-07-14 23:07:29 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Marrakesh, Morocco, 17-20 April 2012

http://www.educon-conference.org

The IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference is the third of a series of conferences that rotates among central locations in IEEE Region 8, Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The theme of this third EDUCON2012 conference will be

“Collaborative Learning & New Pedagogic Approaches in Engineering Education”.

It will be hosted by University Mohammed V Souissi, Morocco in the period 17-20 April 2012.

General Chairs

? Rachida Ajhoun, ENSIAS, University Mohammed V Souissi, Morocco

? Michael E. Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute Villach, Austria

? Martin Llamas, University of Vigo, Spain

Main Conference Topics

We invite submissions of papers in the categories of: research, development, evaluation and best practices that deal with Engineering Education in academic, organizational, and life-long learning settings including, but not limited to the following areas.

Area 1: Educational Methods and Learning Mechanisms in Engineering Education

Rethinking Pedagogy in Engineering Education ● E-Assessment and new Assessment Theories and Methodologies ● Active Learning ● Learning Models ● Pedagogies ● Lifelong Learning and Non-traditional Students ● E-learning in the Workplace ● Study Abroad Programs ● Attracting and retaining practices in Engineering Education ● Technology Enhanced Learning for students with special needs ● Accessibility in On-Line and Technology Enhanced Learning

Area 2: Infrastructure and Technologies for Engineering Education

Learning Systems Platforms and Architectures ● Intelligent Learning Systems ● Computer Supported Collaborative Learning ● Open Source, Open Standards, and Federated Systems ● Standardization, Reusability and Interoperability Issues ● Learning Objects reusability and digital repositories ● Experiences in OpenCourseWare Engineering Education ● Computer and Web based Software ● Uses of Technology in the Classroom ● Semantic Web and Ontologies for Learning Systems ● Web 2.0 and Social Computing for Learning and Knowledge Sharing ● Data Mining and Web Mining in Education ● Synchronous and Asynchronous Technologies ● Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning ● Standardization, Reusability and Interoperability Issues

Area 3: Innovative Materials, Teaching and Learning Experiences in Engineering Education

Laboratory Experiences: on-site and remote environments ● Undergraduate Research Experiences

Design Experiences ● Innovative Engineering Courses and Labs ● Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning ● Human-Centered Web Science and its Applications to Technology-enhanced Learning ● E-Assessment ● Virtual Worlds for Academic, Organizational, Life-long Learning and training ● Innovative Competitions and Laboratories

Area 4: Excellence in Engineering Education

Models of Excellence in Education ● Attracting, Engaging and Retaining Human Talent to Engineering ● Gifted Education ● Competencies, Individual Differences, Intervention and Development ● Building Creative Climates

Area 5: Knowledge and Competencies in Engineering Education

Knowledge and Competencies Management ● Accreditation Issues ● Assessment and Feedback

● Degree Programs and Curricula ● First Year Courses and Programs ● General Issues in Engineering Education ● Specific Engineering Disciplines ● Faculty Development ● Globalization: Preparing Faculty and Students

● Graduate Curricula and Programs ● New Frameworks for Engineering Education ● Skills Development: Technical Writing, Presentation, Teamwork

Program Committee Chairs

Local Arrangements Chair & Treasurer: Amine Berqia, IEEE, ENSIAS, LeRMA, E-NGN, Morroco

Technical Program Chair: Danilo Garbi Zutin, IEEE, CUAS Villach, Austria

Special Sessions and Panels Chair: Ahlame Begdouri, IEEE, FSTF, E-NGN, Morocco

Special Activities Chair: Abdelkrim Haqiq, IEEE, FSTS, E-NGN , Morocco

Awards Chair: Russ Meier, IEEE, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA

Web, Publication and Electronic Media Chair: Sebastian Schreiter, IAOE, Vallon Pont d'Arc, France

Financial Chairs: Manuel Castro, UNED, Sapin and Edmundo Tovar, UPM, Spain

Workshops and Exhibit Chair: Hamadou Saliah-Hassane, Télé-Université/UQAM, Canada

Region 8 - Europe Chair: Arnold Pears, Uppsala University, Sweden

Region 8 - Middle East Chair: Amr Ibrahim, American University-Cairo, Egypt

Region 8 - Africa Chair: Mona Laroussi, Centre Urbain Tunis, Tunisia

International - North America Chair: Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA

International - South America Chair: Rosa M. Vicari, UFGRS, Brazil

International - Asia Chair: Diane Salter, University of Hong Kong, China

International - Australia Chair: Vanessa Chang, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

IEEE Morocco Section Chair: Essaidi Mohamed, IEEE, Univ. Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Morocco

International Advisory Board

Rob Reilly, Chair, President IEEE Education Society, MIT CECI, USA ● Nicolas Beute, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa ● Rafael Calvo, The University of Sydney, Australia ● Melany Ciampi, Council of Researchers in Education and Sciences, Brazil ● Trond Clausen, IEEE EdSoc, Norway ● Paloma Diaz, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain ● Charles B. Fleddermann, Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Education, University of New Mexico, USA ● Regina Hannemann, University of Kentucky, USA ● Sabina Jeschke, ZLW/IMA der RWTH Aachen, Germany ● Kinshuk, Athabasca University, Canada ● Susan Lord, University of San Diego, USA ● Akinori Nishihara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan ● Cornel Samoila, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania ● Howie Southworth, The George Washington University, USA ● Aleksandar Szabo, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Important Dates

30 September 2011 Abstract Submission

19 October 2011 Notification of Acceptance

21 November 2011 Complete paper Submission

19 December 2011 Notification of Acceptance

23 January 2012 Author Registration Deadline

13 February 2012 Final Paper Due

17-20 April 2012 EDUCON 2012