========================================================= Smart Education and e-Learning 2016 (SEEL-16) Luxury 5* Hotel Botanico & The Oriental Spa Garden, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain 15th-17th June 2016 http://seel-16.kesinternational.org/ =========================================================
SEEL-16 is a major international forum for the presentation of innovative ideas, approaches, technologies, systems, findings and outcomes of research and design and development projects in the emerging area of smart technology and its applications in education and training. SEEL-16 will provide an excellent opportunity for research scientists, academics, engineers and practitioners to meet well-known experts from all over the world and to discuss innovative ideas and approaches, advances in smart technology and intelligent systems, state-of-the-art software and hardware systems, research findings and outcomes, best practices and case studies, national and international projects, institutional standards and policies, and many other topics related to smart education and e-Learning. Smart Education and e-Learning 2016 will be co-located under the KES Smart Digital Futures umbrella with our other intelligent systems conferences: IIMSS, AMSTA, IDT and the newly added InMED (Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare). Registration gives access to all of these conferences, together with a paper published in one set of proceedings. Please see: http://sdf-16.kesinternational.org/ for more information. ========== Proceedings ========== The conference proceedings will be published by Springer as book chapters in a volume of the KES Smart Innovation Systems and Technologies series, submitted for indexing in Scopus and Thomson-Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) and the Web of Science. =============== Conference Scope =============== Main groups of conference topics include but are not limited to:- 1. Smart Education (SmE Track) Conceptual frameworks for smart education Innovative smart teaching and learning technologies Best practices and case studies on smart education Smart pedagogy Smart classroom (features, characteristics, infrastructure, etc.) Smart curriculum and courseware design and development Smart assessment and testing Smart education analytics Faculty development and instructor's skills for smart education University-wide smart systems for teaching, learning, research, collaboration, communication, management, security Smart blended, distance, online and open education Partnerships, national and international projects on smart education Standards and policies in smart education Economics of smart education 2. Smart e-Learning (SmL Track) Smart e-learning: concepts, strategies and approaches Smart e-learning teaching strategies Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) Small Personal Online Courses (SPOC) Assessment and testing in smart e-learning Serious games-based smart e-learning Courseware design and development for smart e-learning Smart e-learning environments Hardware and software systems, portals and platforms for smart e-learning Smart e-learning pedagogy Smart e-learner modeling Smart e-learning management, analytics, and quality assurance Faculty development and instructor's skills for smart e-learning Best practices and case studies on smart e-learning Benefits and effectiveness of smart e-learning Partnerships, national and international projects on smart e-learning Standards and policies in smart e-learning Social, cultural, and ethical dimensions and challenges of smart e-learning Economics of smart e-learning 3. Smart Technology Applications in Education and e-Learning (SmT Track) Smart technology enhanced teaching and learning Internet-of-Things (IoT) in smart learning environments Smart phones and smart devices in education Smart technologies and systems for education and e-learning Educational applications of smart technology and smart systems Smart technology-based educational software and hardware systems Mobility, security, access and control in smart learning environments Smart gamification (fusion of smart technology and serious games) Smart multimedia (fusion of smart technology and rich multimedia technology) Smart mobility (fusion of smart technology and mobile technology) 4. "From Smart Education to Smart Society" Continuum (SmS Track) Smart school Applications of smart toys in education Smart management and administration Smart campus and smart university Economics of smart universities Smart house Smart healthcare Smart wealth Smart cities Smart society ============= Invited Sessions ============= An invited session consists of a presentation session of 6 to 12 or more papers on a specific conference topic, organised as half or full day mini-conference. We invite senior scientists who have a special interest in a specific conference topic to take responsibility for an invited session, gathering papers from a range of research expertise around the world. If you would like to submit a proposal for an Invited Session, please contact: ad...@kesinternational.org Here is a sample of an invited session this year: IS01: Smart Technology as a Resource to Improve Education and Professional Training. Chair: Prof. Natalya Victorovna Gerova Ryazan State University named for S. Yesenin; Russia ================ Dates and Deadlines ================ Submission Deadline: 18 January 2016 Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2016 Upload Final Publication Files: 7 March 2016 ================= Conference Awards ================= SEEL-16 is pleased to make a number of awards for contributions showing outstanding merit and deserving recognition. -Best Conference Paper award -Best Graduate/Ph.D. Student award -Best Software and/or Hardware System award ============ Organisation ============ CONFERENCE GENERAL CHAIR Prof. Vladimir Uskov, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems Co-Director, InterLabs Research Institute Bradley University, U.S.A. EXECUTIVE CHAIR Prof. Robert Howlett, Ph.D. KES International and University of Bournemouth, UK PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS (EUROPE) Prof. Jerzy Rutkowski Silesean University of Technology, Poland Prof. Danguole Rutkauskeine, Ph.D. Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Prof. Marina Lapyonok, Ed.D. Ural State Pedagogical University, Russia PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS (ASIA) Prof. Wernhuar Tarng, Ph.D. National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan Prof. Yoshimi Teshigawara, Ph.D. Tokyo Denki University, Japan PUBLICITY CO-CHAIR (AUSTRALIA) Prof. Demetrios Sampson, Ph.D. Curtin University, Australia COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS KES International InterLabs Research Institute, Bradley University (USA) Institut Superieur de l'Electronique et du Numerique ISEN-Brest (FRANCE) Silesian University of Technology (POLAND) Multimedia Apps D&R Center, University of Craiova (ROMANIA) ===== Venue ===== The venue will be the Hotel Botanico & The Oriental Spa Garden, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife. Puerto de la Cruz is a city and municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. There is plenty to see and do in this beautiful city so it is the perfect place to mix business and pleasure! We also have negotiated rates at the Hotel Botanico for our delegates here: http://seel-16.kesinternational.org/hotels.php =============== Further Information =============== Please note that the above deadlines are provisional and subject to change. For further information on all the above, please visit the conference website at the top of the page. For general enquiries about the conference, please contact: cont...@kesinternational.org For registration enquiries, please contact: registrat...@kesinternational.info You can follow us for updates on: Twitter: @KESIntl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KesInternational _______________________________________________ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
