ICICTE 2020 will seek to address the many challenges and new directions presented by technological innovations in educational settings. With the keynote speaker, plenary sessions, workshops, and forums examining the integration of technology into all facets of education, the conference will provide participants with a forum for intensive interdisciplinary interaction and collegial debate. Those attending ICICTE 2020 will leave with an excellent overview of current thinking and practices in applications of technology to education. Thematic streams will include alternative processes, procedures, techniques and tools for creating learning environments appropriate for the twenty-first century.

 

General conference themes include:

• Pedagogy in the evolving tech environment
• The architecture of learning; accessibility; the evolution of the classroom
• Instructional design and delivery; evaluation and assessment
• Strategies and tools for teaching and learning, simulations and gaming
• Informal, non formal and formal adult education
• Multi-grade education
• Open/Distance learning
• Impacts on educational institutions: effects on faculty, staff, administration, and students; curriculum and program development
• Teacher training
• Building communities of teachers/educators; cooperative learning
• The internationalization of institutions and of education
• Political economy and educational technology: Intersections
• Effects on training institutions and industry
• Ethical considerations in the use of information technology in teaching and learning
• The use of technology in education to promote democratic ideals, freedom, equality
• Arts education
• Technology in creative arts education
• Ethics, human rights and access to open educational resources
• The application of psychology to learning mediated by technology
• Blockchain in education.