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IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference

"Learning Environments and Ecosystems in Engineering Education"

EDUCON2011

Princess Sumaya University for Technology

Amman, Jordan

4-6 April 2011

www.educon-conference.org

The IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference is the second of a series of conferences that will rotate among central locations in IEEE Region 8, Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The theme of this second EDUCON2011 conference will be “Learning Environments and Ecosystems in Engineering Education”. It will be hosted by Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan in the period 4-6 April 2011.

Main Conference Topics

Area 1: Educational Methods and Learning Mechanisms in Engineering Education

Rethinking Pedagogy in Engineering Education ● E-Assessment and new Assessment Theories and Methodologies ● Active Learning ● Learning Models ● Pedagogies ● Lifelong Learning and Non-traditional Students ● E-learning in the Workplace ● K-12 Initiatives and Partnerships ● Study Abroad Programs ● Attracting and retaining practices in Engineering Education ● Technology Enhanced Learning for students with special needs ● Accessibility in On-Line and Technology Enhanced Learning ● Gender and Cultural Issues in Engineering Education

Area 2 : Learning in Transition and Engineering Education Ecosystems

Educational Ecosystems ● Adaptive and Personalized Technology-Enhanced Learning ● Collaborative and Social Technologies ● Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments for Learning ● Affective and Pervasive Computing for Learning

Area 3: Infrastructure and Technologies for Engineering Education

Learning Systems Platforms and Architectures ● Intelligent Learning Systems ● Computer Supported Collaborative Learning ● Open Source, Open Standards, and Federated Systems ● Standardization, Reusability and Interoperability Issues ● Learning Objects Re-usability and Digital Repositories ● Experiences in OpenCourseWare Engineering Education ● Computer and Web based Software ● Uses of Technology in the Classroom ● Semantic Web and Ontologies for Learning Systems ● Web 2.0 and Social Computing for Learning and Knowledge Sharing ● Data Mining and Web Mining in Education ● Synchronous and Asynchronous Technologies ● Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning ● Standardization, Reusability and Interoperability Issues

Area 4: Innovative Materials, Teaching and Learning Experiences in Engineering Education

Laboratory Experiences: On-site and Remote Environments ● Undergraduate Research Experiences

Design Experiences ● Innovative Engineering Courses and Labs ● Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning ● Human-Centered Web Science and its Applications to Technology-enhanced Learning ● E-Assessment ● Virtual Worlds for Academic, Organizational, Life-long Learning and training ● Innovative Competitions and Laboratories

Area 5: Excellence in Engineering Education

Models of Excellence in Education ● Attracting, Engaging and Retaining Human Talent to Engineering ● Gifted Education ● Competencies, Individual Differences, Intervention and Development ● Building Creative Climates

Area 6: Knowledge and Competencies in Engineering Education

Knowledge and Competencies Management ● Accreditation Issues ● Assessment and Feedback

Degree Programs and Curricula ● First Year Courses and Programs ● General Issues in Engineering Education ● Specific Engineering Disciplines ● Faculty Development ● Globalization: Preparing Faculty and Students ● Graduate Curricula and Programs ● New Frameworks for Engineering Education ● Skills Development: Technical Writing, Presentation, Teamwork

General Chairs

A.Y. Al-Zoubi, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan

Michael E. Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute Villach, Austria

Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

EDUCON2011 International Advisory Board

●Rob Reilly, Chair, Secretary, IEEE Education Society, MIT Media Lab, USA●Susan Lord, President IEEE Education Society, University of San Diego, USA●Salah Al-Sharhan, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait●Adel M. Alimi, University of Sfax, Tunisia ●Ali Yazici, AtilimUniversity, Turkey●Nicolas Beute, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa●Rafael Calvo, University of Sydney, Australia●Melany Ciampi, Council of Researchers in Education and Sciences, Brazil●Trond Clausen, IEEE EdSoc, Norway●Paloma Diaz, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain ●Charles B. Fleddermann, Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Education, University of New Mexico, USA ●Regina Hannemann, University of Kentucky, USA ●Sabina Jeschke, ZLW/IMA der RWTH Aachen, Germany●Kinshuk, Athabasca University, Canada●Paul Lefrere, Open University, UK●Martin Llamas, University of Vigo, Spain●Osama Mimi, Birzeit University, Palestine ●Wolfgang Nejdl, Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, University of Hannover, Germany●Akinori Nishihara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan●Hamadou Saliah-Hassane, Télé-Université/UQAM, Canada●Cornel Samoila, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania●Howie Southworth, The George Washington University, USA●Aleksandar Szabo, University of Zagreb, Croatia

EDUCON2011 Program Committee Chairs

A. Y. Al-Zoubi, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan

Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Publication, Publicity and Dissemination Chair:Wejdan Abu Elhaija, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan

Finance Chair:Yazan Al-Quda, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan

Technical Program Chair:Danilo Garbi Zutin, Carinthia Tech Institute, Villach, Austria

Special Sessions and Panels Chair:Andreas Pester, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Villach, Austria

Workshops Chair:Christian Guetl, Graz University of Technology, Austria

New Faculty Fellows Chair:Mohamed Ben Ammar, ISIG Kairouan, Tunisia,

Special Activities Chair:Ahmad Khasawneh, Hashemite University, Jordan

Awards Chair:Faruq Al-Omari, Yarmouk University, Jordan

Exhibits Chair:Osama Abu Sharkh, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan

Other Related Societies Chair:Ali El-Mousa, University of Jordan, Jordan,

Region 8 - Europe Chair:Arnold Pears, Uppsala University, Sweden

Region 8 - Middle East Chair:Amr Ibrahim, American University-Cairo, Egypt

Region 8 - Africa Chair:Mona Laroussi, Centre Urbain Tunis, Tunisia

International - North America Chair:Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA

International - South America Chair:Rosa M. Vicari, UFGRS, Brazil

International - Asia Chair:Diane Salter, University of Hong Kong, China

International - Australia Chair:Vanessa Chang, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Web and Electronic Media Chair:Sebastian Schreiter, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), France

Important Dates

15 September 2010 Abstract Submission

10 October 2010 Notification of Acceptance

15 November 2010 Full paper Submission

10 December 2010 Notification of Acceptance

15 January 2011 Author Registration

30 January 2011 EDUCON2011 Program Ready

05 February 2011 Final Paper Due

Contact:info@educon-conference.org