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AIMS AND THEMES
ICICTE 2011
will seek to address the many challenges and new directions
presented by technological innovations in education
especially
teacher training, adult training/education, and
lifelong learning. 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 2011 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.
Other
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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The use of
technology in education to promote democratic ideals,
freedom, equality.
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