The European and International Conference LINQ 2013 is taking place on the 13^th and 14^thof May, 2013 in Rome, Italy. This year, LINQ 2013 and its motto "Innovations and Quality: The Future of Digital Resources" addresses and invites experts active in the field of Innovations and Quality in Lifelong Learning (LLL): potential points of access to this field include new learning methods and design, Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL), quality standards and certification, human resources development, competences and skills, digital resources, learning materials, and online collaboration and communities. Through these themes, LINQ 2013 will bring together an international audience of various academic and professional backgrounds, providing the foundation for a rewarding exchange of knowledge and experience. Interested researchers and organizations are thus welcome to submit their best work on the conference topics (in detail below) by the 4th of February 2013 (paper submission deadline).
For the latest information on the conference, please visit the conference website http://www.learning-innovations.eu/ and like the LINQ Conference Facebook page at www.facebook.com/LINQConference and follow the LINQ Conference Twitter account at www.twitter.com/LINQ_Conference. Direct enquiries and full papers can be sent to the LINQ Conference Manager Mrs Anne-Christin Tannhuser, at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany, via e-Mail to: anne.tannhaeuser (at) icb.uni-due.de. Website: LINQ 2013.

Call for papers: 12th European Conference on e-Learning ECEL-2013
This is a first call for papers for the 12th European Conference on e-Learning ECEL-2013 being held at The SKEMA Business School, Sophia Antipolis, France on 30-31 October 2013. This call will close on 11th April 2013.
At ECEL this year we want to go beyond the gadgets and establish what really matters in e-learning. How do we find the real value of e-learning, and the role of tools therein? More and more we see that e-learning takes a logical place in the design of materials for learning. E-learning is integrated in the design process of learning. A design cycle is followed that sets goals, works out how these goals are assessed, and then fills out the methods of learning. In this way, e-learning can be chosen as a method of learning, and can be selected for its true value.
For more information please go to: http://academic-conferences.org/ecel/ecel2013/ecel13-call-papers.htm.

Only a Few Days Remain for Submissions to LINQ 2013
The deadline for paper and project submissions for the 2nd European conference on "Learning Innovations and Quality" is approaching. We encourage interested parties to prepare their project descriptions and scientific papers for presentation during the conference, on the 13th and 14th of May of this year, in Rome, Italy. The first submission period ends on the 4th of February.
This year's motto is "Innovations and Quality: The Future of Digital Resources" - submissions should define existing results, on-going work or innovative concepts related to the following themes:
• Innovations and future trends in Learning, Education and Training (LET) • Quality improvement and learning outcome orientation in LET
• Harmonization of innovations and quality development in LET
• Digital resources, online repositories and metadata for online objects
• Web 2.0, Social Media and Online Communities for LET
• Open access, open educational resources and user-generated content
• Technology‐Enhanced Learning for schools, universities and lifelong learning
• Learning quality in vocational education and training and HR
• Implementation of learning innovations and quality improvements
• Knowledge, innovation and ideas management in LET contexts
• Standardisation of LET design, production and services
• Quality management, standards, and certification in LET
• Competence and skills development in lifelong learning
• Quality and standardization of learning assessment and evaluation
Specific guidelines and requirements for paper and project submissions can be found on the conference website at www.learning-innovations.eu. For the latest information on the conference, please visit the LINQ Conference Facebook page at www.facebook.com/LINQConference and follow the LINQ Conference Twitter account at www.twitter.com/LINQ_Conference.