Topics


The conference topics can be identified by, but are not limited to, the following subjects in the context of european transnational education:

DOMAIN APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES


- Mobility of lecturers and students
- Critical success factors in transnational education
- Interdisciplinary programs for transnational education
- Joint-degrees
- Virtual Labs: examples, architecture and organization
- Virtual universities and classrooms
- e-learning success cases
- Errors in e-learning


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRANSNATIONAL LEARNING


- Synchronous and asynchronous learning
- Mobile learning (M-learning)
- Web-based learning, wikis and blogs
- Virtual learning environments
- e-learning platforms and tools
- Authoring tools and content development
- Groupware tools
- Intelligent tutoring systems


LEARNING CONTEXT


- Language skills
- Learning organizations
- Collaborative learning
- International partnerships in teaching
- Community building
- Lifelong learning: continuing professional training & development
- Theoretical bases of transnational education environments
- Distance and e-learning in a global context
- Cooperation with industry in teaching
- Context dependent learning
- Accessibility to disabled users


TEACHING AND EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES


- Supervising and managing student projects
- Teaching to multicultural students
- Simulated communities and online mentoring
- Pedagogy enhancement with e-learning
- Educating the educators
- Immersive learning
- Blended learning
- Computer-aided assessment
- Metrics and performance measurement
- Assessment software tools
- e- testing and new test theories


QUALITY ASSESMENT


- Benchmark metrics for broad domain learning
- Standards and interoperability
- Course design and curriculae
- Emerging and best practices
- Managing quality in e-learning
- e-learning tactics and strategies
- Course/program evaluation
- Teacher evaluation
- Quality assurance, recognition, accreditation & certification
- Assessment and accreditation of courses and institutions