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CELDA 2013 - 2nd call extension

13 Máj 2013
eLearning2.0., education learning cognitive, collaborative learning, collaborative learning, Accessibility, active learning, higher education resources, Information Technology, Education
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Final Countdown for LINQ 2013 Registration - Absolute Deadline on May 8th

06 Máj 2013
conference, collaborative learning, collaborative learning, computer-based educational tools, Information Technology, innovation, quality, elearning resources, Competence
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Conference Programme for Learning Innovations and Quality: The Future of Digital Resources Available

29 Apríl 2013

LINQ event hosts from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany have published the final conference programme for LINQ 2013. The conference in Rome will be supported by a variety of prominent figures vital to the fields of technology-enhanced learning, open educational resources, and vocational education in Europe and worldwide. Furthermore, their presence will further the highlight of LINQ 2013: the launch of ICORE, the International Council for Open Research and Education (www.icore-online.org). Registration for LINQ 2013 is still open for all interested parties until May 8th, but seats are limited and should be reserved as quick as possible.

On May 16th, Learning experts and pioneers such as Dr. Tony Bates of Tony Bates Associates, Dr. Ignasi Labastida, director of the OCW Consortium and Creative Commons, and António Silva Mendes, Director of Education and Vocational Training at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture will take part as keynote speakers at LINQ 2013. They will join the already confirmed Prof. Dr. Rory McGreal and Prof. Dr. Fred Mulder, both UNESCO chairs for Open Educational Resources (OER), as well as Christian-Friedrich Lettmayr, Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP). Together these esteemed speakers will establish the greater context of international learning innovations for LINQ 2013.

 

Complementing the established experts, selected researchers from over 150 submissions will also present new and innovative research papers and projects. Four parallel sessions, divided into three parts each, will provide the structure for presentations. The 1st Parallel Session will consist of invited European speakers as well as two workshops respectively on the co-hosting VOA3R project and the innovative ODS project. The 2nd Parallel Session will consist of the selected papers from the LINQ 2013 call. These papers in turn fit into three thematic sections: “Digital Resources & Online Repositories”, “TEL for Schools, Universities, & Lifelong Learning”, and “Innovations & Future Trends in LET”. In addition, the 3rd and 4th Parallel Sessions will be dedicated to the presentations of selected European and international projects, thematically divided into “Quality Management: Evaluation, Standards & Certification”, “Open Access & Open Educational Resources: Policies, Tools and Content”, and “New Knowledge Networks – Ideas & Innovation for LLL” on the one hand, and “VET, New Skills & Quality”, “Teachers in Focus: Competence & Skill Development”, and “Innovation in TEL” on the other. The final conference programme is available on the LINQ 2013 conference website at www.learning-innovations.eu/2013/programme.

 

Registration for LINQ 2013 is still available for all interested groups until May 8th – only a few seats remain, so please register as soon as possible to ensure your chance to participate. Further information on registration is available at the conference website at www.learning-innovations.eu/registration. For the latest updates on LINQ and related initiatives, follow @LINQ_Conference on Twitter and like www.facebook.com/LINQConference on Facebook.

conference, collaborative learning, collaborative learning, innovation, quality, management, Information Technology, digital, educational materials, elearning resources, eLearning programme, lifelong learning
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What is the Future of Digital Resources for Learning & Teaching?

08 Apríl 2013

Essen, April 2013 - To discuss this matter, the University of Duisburg-Essen invites educators and researchers to a European conference on May 16 and 17, 2013. Some main points of dialogue will include defining quality in learning and innovations in learning resources.

Recently Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have shaken up the blogosphere and media reports on higher education. These courses make use of open digital resources for learning and have attracted hundreds of thousands of online learners at no cost. A digital resource for learning can be a written text, pictures, slides, videos, a 3-D simulation or a website combining all of them into ready-made curricula including tools for (self-)assessment for educators or learners. More and more digital resources with open licenses facilitate educators and learners in editing, improving, and adapting to different learning situations inside or outside of the classroom and in turn share their own work with the online community. These open digital resources provide the foundation for a borderless exchange of teaching and learning methods in many different fields. But a potential conflict exists between open learning resources and the quality of those resources. Restrictions on the certification of the creators of such content or the access to learning materials through paywalls have to some degree defended the quality of those resources in the past. How can creators ensure that their digital resources meet an appropriate level of quality and how can users be certain that said resources are worth their time?

 

The LINQ conference will bring together current initiatives from all areas of education - schooling, adult learning, informal and on-the-job learning - to demonstrate their online resources and methods of quality development and thereby address this potential conflict. An example of such an initiative is VOA3R (Virtual Open Access Agriculture and Aquaculture Repository), a European research project consortium of a variety universities and research centres. This group is building a hub for resources in agriculture and aqua-science through a social network in which researchers can share, comment and rate content. Through the VOA3R platform advances are being made in the sharing, reciprocal reviewing, and rating of learning innovations in the aforementioned fields, thereby addressing the important aspect of learning quality which should accompany learning development.  These advances have proven of great interest to the Global Headquarter of United Nations' organization Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - LINQ conference host and supporter of the VOA3R project.

 

In Rome, discussions will deal with the following questions:

·   How can the quality of resources be improved and what does “quality” actually mean for teachers, learners and institutions?

·   Are teachers and educational institutions ready to make use of the wealth of resources and how do they find the “right” thing?

·   Will the future of digital resources be determined by metadata, i.e. the data about data, feeding databases and search engines?

·   What must be done to ensure that we can still access valuable resources in 15 years from now (think about your files from 1998)?

·   Do more easy-to-find resources lead to better learning?

 

Especially but not exclusively for those who do not plan to travel to Rome in May, the University of Duisburg-Essen is inviting interested parties to exchange views on the future of digital resources on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LINQConference. Two conference fee waivers will be given away to Facebook-Followers.

event, conference, innovation, Information Technology, elearning resources, computer-based educational tools, vocational education, quality, e-learning standards, lifelong learning
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LINQ 2013 at the UN FAO Headquarters in Rome

13 Marec 2013

The 2nd European Conference on "Learning Innovations and Quality" (LINQ 2013) will take place at the Global Headquarters of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy, on 16-17 May 2013.

The Global Headquarters of the FAO stands near the impressive Circus Maximus, the first and largest stadium in the Roman Empire, and its expansive facilities will provide ample space to the participants of LINQ 2013. Furthermore, the FAO’s development of global standards in food and agriculture-related policies (including training and education) makes it an ideal venue for LINQ 2013.

 

This year's LINQ 2013 has "Innovations and Quality: The Future of Digital Resources" as its motto, and addresses and invites experts who are active in the field of Innovations and Quality in Lifelong Learning (LLL).

 

The LINQ 2013 conference fee will remain reduced at the early-bird rate of 90€ until the 31st of March 2013, after which it will rise to 150€. For further information about conference fees, requirements, and other details about LINQ 2013, please visit the conference website.  

 

conference, computer-based educational tools, e-learning standards, innovation, Information Technology, educational materials, vocational education, Competence
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CeBIT 2013 - Heart of the Digital World

27 Február 2013
CeBIT, the world's largest digital IT and telecommunications trade fair will be held in Hannover, from the 5th to the 9th of March.
CeBIT aims to provide strategic support to a variety of market players involved in developing and supplying digital solutions, and helping them overcome global challenges they face. It features four platforms, each of which caters to a specific audience, gathering top-level decision makers from the industry (Pro), professionals from the public sector (gov), senior policymakers and an ICT research platform (lab), as well as professionals working where consumers and ICT meet (life). 
 
This year's CeBIT will also offer a series of conferences and interactive transfer of know-how, and will promote innovation and start-ups. Some of the topics addressed will be: the shortage of skilled labor, the recruitment of next-generation employees, and the need for more women in senior management.
CeBIT creates a space for innovative start-ups to offer their vision and solutions, for potential employers to meet with job candidates, and the Recruiting Business Center for confidential talks and negotiations.
 
innovation, digital, Information Technology
Udalosti

CeBIT 2013

22 Február 2013

 

CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. The key target groups are users from industry, the wholesale/retail sector, skilled trades, banks, the services sector, government agencies, science and all users passionate about technology.
CeBIT offers an international platform for comparing notes on current industry trends, networking, and product presentations. Deutsche Messe AG has organized CeBIT in Hannover each spring since 1986.

 

Hannover, Germany. With some three months yet to go before the gates open on CeBIT 2013 (5–9 March), the organizers at Deutsche Messe are already confident of a successful event which is bound to attract solid attendance thanks to an outstanding program. This was the message conveyed by Frank Pörschmann, the member Deutsche Messe’s Managing Board responible for CeBIT, when he spoke in Hannover on 27 November: “We expect a high-powered CeBIT 2013 which will consolidate its position as the world’s leading high-tech event. This time we are putting an increased focus on interactivity as we invest in enhancements designed to add even more quality to this premium event.”
 
“Making ‘Shareconomy’ the lead theme puts the spotlight on one of the sector’s most pivotal trends”, remarked Pörschmann. Shareconomy addresses the sharing the collective benefits of knowledge, expertise and contacts, as well as the shared use of documents, infrastructures, products and services. Internet and the sweeping wave of social communication have facilitated the sharing of information and goods, and made it more proftitable. The Shareconomy leads to greater transparency, encourages participation and is responsible for the creation of numerous new business models. Many businesses find themselves on the cusp of redefining themselves. Processes and channels of communcation – both internal and external – need to be reshaped to accommodate new patterns and realities, and this, in turn, calls for changes in corporate culture and approach. This obviously takes time and trust, however the outlook for those who take action is positive. The many new ideas emerging in today’s Shareconomy era are destined to fundamentally change the world we live in.
 
As Pörschmann continued: “The keynote themes addressed by CeBIT reflect all of today’s hottest industry trends.” Building on the success of recent years, the upcoming show will retain its four-pillared approach and feature another high-caliber round of CeBIT Global Conferences. Of course, Shareconomy is only one of several core themes. Considerable attention will also be paid to sweeping trends such as Mobility, the Cloud, Big Data, Social Business and the Internet of Things. Pörschmann explained: “The huge upsurge in mobility would be unthinkable without cloud technology. The volume of data which needs to be transmitted is going to skyrocket, not least due to social business and the Internet of Things. Consequently, we can expect exponential growth in the challenges which will need to be tackled by the ICT industry. CeBIT is the only trade fair which gives attendees a total grasp of the fast-changing world of digital technology. The mix of themes covered is right on target, and this is one of the reasons why CeBIT continues to hold steady despite ongoing global economic turbulence.
 
By self-definition, CeBIT is positioned to serve both the developers and suppliers of digital solutions as well as their users. One of the show’s main objectives is to provide the best possible strategic support to the various market players and help them overcome the global challenges they face. Knowledge transfer and cross-sector polination play a major role, as does the acquisition of all the right talent.
 
Alongside its four platforms (pro, gov, lab and life), CeBIT 2013 will place a stronger-than-ever focus on its lineup of conferences and the interactive transfer of know-how. The show will also place greater emphasis on promoting innovations and start-ups. As in the past, CeBIT 2013 will address such highly topical issues as the shortage of skilled labor, the recruitment of next-generation employees and the need for more women in senior management. One addition to the CeBIT Global Conferences program will be the so-called Open Stage presentations. Another new addition is the CeBIT Innovation Award given by Deutsche Messe and the German Ministry of Education and Research in recogniation of highly intuitive, user-friendly solutions. In 2013 the start-up competition Code_n is expected to build on the success of its premiere. This time round it will take place under the motto “Smart Solutions for Global Challenges”. 250 participants from 35 countries have already registered for the competition. The 50 most innovative start-ups will have the opportunity to present their solutions to CeBIT’s highly international audience next March. Furthermore, CeBIT 2013 will offer more opportunites than ever for potential employers and promising job candidates to get together, also thanks to the brand-new Recruiting Business Center for confidential talks and negotiations. The TectoYou initiative designed to get young people interested in technical careers will also be making its debut at CeBIT.
 
For added appeal to the many top managers from various disciplines who attend the show, tailored programs are now being offered especially for marketing, HR and financial executives, and the House of CIOs will be hosting some 500 leading figures from around the world.
 
The Partner Country to be honored at CeBIT 2013 is Poland, which will be presenting over 200 companies and organizations on more than 3,000 square meters of space across a total of eight exhibition halls. “Visitors to CeBIT can look forward to an impressive and surprising showcase by Poland”, remarked Pörschmann.
innovation, Information Technology, networks
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HANNOVER MESSE 2013

22 Február 2013

The success of HANNOVER MESSE 2012 confirms once again that the world’s most important technology show is a powerful driver of investment in new technology and automation. Global megatrends such as dwindling resources, sustainability, mobility and urbanization are forcing industry to embrace change and invest for the future. In 2013 our line-up of 11 leading trade fairs will focus on recent developments in each of the featured sectors.

 

The upcoming HANNOVER MESSE 2013 will be staged under the banner of "Integrated Industry." The lead theme signals the fair's key focus on the growing integration of all areas of industry. "Machines, industrial equipment, work pieces and system components will soon be capable of exchanging data in real-time. This will significantly boost efficiency, safety and resource sustainability in production and logistics," said Dr. Jochen Köckler, a member of the Deutsche Messe Board of Management. "The experts have dubbed this technological development the fourth industrial revolution, coming, as it does, after the steam engine, mass production and automation."
 
"Integrated Industry" not only could be defined in terms of technical and electronic integration, but also in terms of the challenge faced by all areas of industry as they seek to cooperate across corporate and sector boundaries. Integration would shorten communication channels and make collaboration more efficient.
 
The goal of rapidly integrating all systems necessitates a fundamental restructuring of production processes. In the future, intelligent materials will tell machines how they want to be processed and formed. Parts and assemblies will have autonomous digital product memories that will facilitate continuous documentation throughout their entire lifecycles. Components will initiate their own maintenance and repair requests. And intelligent components in complex equipment will independently report faults to monitoring systems, thereby instantly triggering the remedial measures necessary to prevent further damage and initiate repair work.
innovation, Future-Oriented Technology, Information Technology
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The 6th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions

19 Máj 2011

The 6th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2011) is Technical Co-sponsored by IEEE UAE Computer Chapter. The ICITST is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practical implementation of secured Internet transactions and to fostering discussions on information technology evolution. The ICITST aims to provide a highly professional and comparative academic research forum that promotes collaborative excellence between academia and industry.                                     


For more details, please contact info@icitst.org

Information Technology, Internet Security, web-based environment, Infonomics, Cloud Computing