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AIMS AND THEMES
ICICTE
2009 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 2009 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.
Conference
themes include:
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Institutional and national
responses to technological change
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Political economy and educational technology: Intersections
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The architecture of learning;
accessibility; the evolution of the classroom
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Pedagogy in the evolving tech
environment
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Informal and formal adult
education
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Multi-grade education
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Instructional design and
delivery; evaluation and assessment
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Strategies and tools for
teaching and learning, simulations and gaming
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Effects on training institutions
and industry
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Impacts on educational
institutions: effects on faculty, staff, administration, and
students; curriculum and program development
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Intellectual property
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Ethical considerations in the
use of information technology in teaching and learning
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The internationalization of
institutions and of education
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Open/Distance learning
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Building communities of
teachers/educators; cooperative learning
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Teacher training
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The use of technology in
education to promote democratic ideals, freedom, equality.
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