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Preface to the 2014 Proceedings |
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Dear Friends, On behalf of the Scientific Committee, we welcome all presenters and participants to the 14th annual International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 2014. Building on the success of years past, we gather on Kos from diverse locations and professions related to the role of Information Communication Technologies in Education to engage in dialogue and collegial debate. Bigger is not always better. Our experience tells us that there is a critical mass beyond which conferences are unavoidably impeded in their attempts to create meaningful discussion and engagement. ICICTE strives to maintain a venue that fosters a community of scholarship that allows knowledge dissemination, information exchange, and lasting relationships to develop. Many have worked tirelessly to produce these Proceedings from the first review of proposals, to the thorough reading and review of full papers by Scientific Review Committee members, to the skillful editing by Dr. Linda Morris. Program development, classification of presentations occur in the background by committee members to deliver a final draft to Dr. Ġorġ Mallia - the wizard - who, with the rare combination of artistic and technical professional talent, generates a collection of proceedings that captures the essence of each conference. Ġorġ also chairs the ICICTE Publications and Promotions Committee, and co-ordinates all communications about the conference. As you journey through the Proceedings you will likely capture the flavor of this annual event - the little conference that could - that draws colleagues from many diverse countries and continents. Whether you are or have been on Kos with us, or are reading these Proceedings from afar long after the conference has concluded, we urge you to reach out to the presenters with whose paper you find resonance. The legacy of the conference is captured here within these Proceedings and is testament of the many partnerships that have formed during our collegial meetings. Again this year this conference is the result of successful collaboration between Southampton Solent University (UK), represented by Dr. Chris Barlow, who chairs the Steering Committee and the Justice Institute of British Columbia, Canada, represented by myself. I also chair the Scientific Committee. We are aided and abetted by Dr. Costas Tsolakidis of the University of the Aegean. With the continued support of the indefatigable Nancy Pyrini, the Conference Director, the conference continues to support new and seasoned scholars, first time and returning delegates, sustaining a global learning community with deep and stable roots in educational and scientific excellence. And, if we can twist an old expression, behind every good woman is an amazingly competent man, then I would be remiss in not mentioning the continued dedication of George Sarrigeorgiou. I hope you thoroughly enjoy the conference, the people, the island of Kos, and find richness in the Proceedings that so many people have had a hand in generating to capture the essence of the conference while expanding our understanding of the use of information communication technologies in education. We look forward to your active participation in our learning community, and hope to see you at the conference again next year.
Dr Greg Anderson |
