higher education
Networked Learning Conference 2014
Ninth International Conference on Networked Learning in Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Professional Development hosted by the University of Edinburgh.
Keynote Speakers: Professor Neil Selwyn & Professor Steve Fuller
This conference is considered a major event in the international 'technology enhanced learning' conference circuit, and provides a friendly, collegiate context for meeting researchers and practitioners in networked learning. All submissions are peer reviewed, and accepted papers published in conference proceedings
Further details on submission at:
http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/call/themes.htm
Pre-conference online Hot Seats will run from September 2013 to March 2014: Details of Hot Seat hosts can be found at: http://networkedlearningconference.ning.com/
VI International GUIDE Conference
The VI International GUIDE Conference 2013, "The Global Economic Crisis and its consequences on the national educational systems: Can online education contribute to overcome the crisis?", organized under the patronage of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Greece, will provide a comparative analysis of the effects of governmental policies on new training and research strategies in response to the economic crisis. In particular, the Conference will highlight the role of digital technologies in providing cost-effective equal learning opportunities, while maintaining a high quality university education.
Main themes
• Reforming national higher educational agenda
• Pedagogical Innovation in course design and delivery
• Higher Education in a time of economic crisis
• Social Implications of Distance Learning
For further information, please contact us at info@guideassociation.org
Student guidance at university for inclusion
STAY IN – Student guidance at university for inclusion is a two-year project co-funded under the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning programme, Erasmus Multilateral Projects. The project aims to provide a comprehensive on-going guidance service, including e-guidance, to students in higher education to contribute to increasing their educational achievement.
Guidance services at university are generally focused on access (learning guidance), and exit (placement, career services). Support for students during their studies is less well-addressed, or not addressed at all. However, most students dropping out from university, point to the need for continuous support during the study lifecycle. This is particularly the case for distance students, given the fact that support services are often available only at the universities’ premises.
STAY IN therefore seeks to design and develop a service capable of supporting students in higher education during their academic career, by offering guidance and e-guidance to access available opportunities within the universities and in the communities where the universities are active. Guidance is conceived of as personalised support for each student to tackle potential obstacles that lead to disengagement and drop-out. Key expected results include:
- an integrated guidance and counselling system for universities, covering processes, methods, tools;
- an eGuidance platform for European universities, designed and developed in order to address the specific needs of higher education institutions and higher education students for of guidance and counselling services, and suitable for supporting on-going guidance and counselling;
- an updated picture of the practices across Europe on guidance for inclusion, and of the student’s point of view on guidance and e-guidance needs during their educational experience.
1st International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education
The 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (CISPEE) will take place in Porto on October 31st and November 1st, under the theme "Education in Engineering: Challenges for Innovation". Technically sponsored by the IEEE, IGIP, SEFI, ASCE, ABENGE, and the Portuguese Engineers Association, this event will be a key opportunity to gather - in Portugal - a number of national and international experts in the area of engineering education, under the topics of the present working groups of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education, namely Engineering Ethics; ICT in Engineering Education; Continuing Engineering Education; Tools to Develop Higher Order Thinking Skills; and Mathematics in Engineering Education.
StudyWorld 2013 8th International Fair for Higher and Continuing Education
StudyWorld 2013, the international fair for higher and continuing education, provides first-hand information about Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Germany and abroad. Further topics include internships worldwide, scholarships and other funding sources. Exhibitors include public and private universities from around the world, scholarship and financial aid institutions, student information and consultation services, internship agencies, academic exchange organisations and foundations. The fair's extensive seminar programme comprises around 50 presentations dealing with all aspects of study and careers. Some 170 exhibitors from 25 countries are expected at StudyWorld 2013.
The fair attracts visitors from all over Germany, primarily senior high school students, undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate university students as well as young professionals.
Open Praxis: Openness in Higher Education
OER in the Dutch educational landscape
ICT Role for next generation universities
EUNIS Congress is leading ICT conference in Higher education in Europe since 1998 that attract a large audience (300-400 professionals).
It represents an opportunity for sharing of experience amongst international specialists, users, researchers, decision-makers, and teaching staff from all over Europe. Moreover, it is a very good event to present and publish the latest results of research, development, and deployment of Information Technology in HEIs.
Riga Technical University, located in Riga, Latvia, will host the 19th EUNIS Congress.