CONFERENCE PROGRAM

    ICL2008 Program (116 kB)

Wednesday, 24 September 2008



09:00 onwards
 Registration
09:00 - 12:00

 Pre-conference Tutorials/Workshops

WS01  Next Generation e-Learning
Vassil Alexandrov, University of Reading, UK

WS02  Developing Sustainable E-Learning Programmes
Rhena Delport, University of Pretoria, ZA

WS03  The European eLearning Management Certificate
Dietmar Treichel, Overpar Solutions Est., FL

WS04  The Role of Learning Industries in Near East and Northern                          Africa (ELIG/ETF Project)
Ulrike Damyanovic, European Training Foundation

WS05  Computer aided language learning (CALL); New learning models
  and applications (canceled by the presenter)
John Paul Loucky, Seinan Women`s University, JP

WS06  Learning 2.0: Using the Social Web to promote collaborative
     Learning
Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, UK

WS07  Promoting and Implementing Best Practice in Blended
               Learning: Integrating Classroom Based Education and
               E-Learning with Virtual Conferences
Franc Lobnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia


13:00 Opening of the Conference
13:15 - 15:30 Keynote Speeches 

Erhard Busek, former Austrian Vice-Chancellor, President of the European Forum Alpbach, Chairman of the "Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe", Austria
"Education for Europe – the real future of the continent"

Muriel Dunbar, Director European Training Foundation, EU
"eLearning in the Near East and northern Africa:
Challenges and Solutions"

Richard Straub, Secretary General, European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) and Advisor of the Chairman IBM EMEA
"The Global Human Capital Challenge"

  Coffee break
13:00 - 19:30 Poster Presentation
16:00 - 17:30
 Parallel Sessions

1A Knowledge Management and Learning (Full Papers)
1B Learning on the Workplace (Full Papers)
1C Collaborative Learning(Full Papers)
2D Special Session OCG (Austrian Computer Society)
1E Special Track "ePortfolio"

Coffee break
18:00 - 19:30 Parallel Sessions
2A Applications of the Semantic Web (Full Papers)
2B Life Long Learning (Full Papers)
2C Adaptive and Intuitive Environments (Full Papers)
2D Web Based Learning (Short Papers)
2E Special Track "ePortfolio"

20:00 Speakers' Reception

Thursday, 25 September 2008


08:00 onwards Registration
09:00 - 19:30
 Poster presentation
09:00 - 11:00 Keynote speeches

Judson Harward, MIT Center for Educational Computing Initiatives, USA
"Building an Ecology of Online Labs"
 
Torsten Fransson, KTH Stockholm, Vice-Dean School of Energy and Environmental Technology, Sweden
"Interactive Teaching and Learning Platform in Energy Technology"

 Nikitas Kastis, President of the European innovation and research network MENON, Director Lambrakis Foundation, Greece

"Sharing a School Education Foresight Exercise"

Coffee break
11:30 - 13:30  Parallel sessions
3A New Learning Models and Applications (Full Papers)
3B CALL (Full Papers)
3C Online Laboratories 1 (Full Papers)
3D CALL and new Pedagogic Issues (Short Papers)
3E Special Track"CAF2008"
  Lunch buffet
14:30 - 15:30




 Special Guest Speeches

Kun-woo Park, President Kyung Hee Cyber University, Korea
"E-Learning in Korea"

 Jose M. Santana, Ambassador Dominican Republic Presidency, Executive Director International Science & Technology Commission
"Democracy & Education - New Learning Challenges"

16:00 - 17:30
Parallel sessions
4A Web Based Learning (Full Papers)
4B Mobile Environments and Applications 1 (Full Papers)
4C Online Laboratories 2 (Full Papers)
4D Laboratories and Collaborative Work(Short Papers)
4E Special Track"CAF2008"
  Coffee break
18:00 - 19:30 Parallel sessions
5A Real World Experiences (Full Papers)
5B Mobile Environments and Applications 2 (Full Papers)
5C Online Laboratories 3 (Full Papers)
5D Knowledge Management (Short Papers)
5E Special Track"CAF2008"

20:30 Reception of the Mayor of Villach

Friday, 26 September 2008


08:30 onwards
 Registration
09:00 - 17:00 Poster presentation
09:00 - 10:30




 Keynote speeches

Bernd Kreissig, CEO Brockhaus Duden Neue Medien GmbH, Germany
"Modelling and Managing Encyclopedic Knowledge with Semantic Technologies"

 P. Tapio Varis, University of Tampere, Professor of Vocational and Professional Education with special emphasis on global learning environments, and UNESCO Chair in Global e-learning, Finland
"Global University in the Knowledge Societies - Finnish Experience for Global Application?"
  Coffee break

11:00 - 13:00

Parallel Sessions
6A Platforms and Authoring Tools (Full Papers)
6B Multimedia and Virtual Reality (Full Papers)
6C Evaluation and Outcomes Assesment (Full Papers)
6D Special Track"School & IT"
6E Special Track"CAF2008"
  Lunch buffet
14:00 - 15:30 Parallel sessions
7A Pilot Projects (Full Papers)
7B Intelligent Content (Full Papers)
7C Real World Experiences (Full Papers)
7D Special Track"School & IT"

       Round Table Sessions (RT1 ... RT7)
RT1 Life Long Learning
RT2 Knowledge Management and Learning
RT3 Virtual Environments
RT4 Collaborative Learning
RT5 New Learning Models
RT6 Real World Experiences
RT7 Web Based Learning

Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00









Keynote Panel

Rob Reilly, Member of the Executive Committee of the IEEE Education Society; MIT Media Lab

“The Future of Learning – Globalizing in Education”

With:
Torsten Fransson, Judson Harward, Nikitas Kastis, Bernd Kreissig, Jose M. Santana
  Farewell Coffee

Saturday, 27 September 2008



Day Trip to Venice
07:00
 Departure from Villach (Holiday Inn Hotel)
09:30 Coffee break
11:45 Arrival in Venice (with boat)
17:00 Departure from Venice
20:00 Candlelight Dinner in Osopo Italy
23:00 Arrival in Villach