8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference

INTED2014, the 8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference will be held in Valencia (Spain), on the 10th, 11th and 12th of March, 2014. 
INTED2014 provides the ideal opportunity to present your projects and experiences. It is the perfect platform to discuss the latest developments in the field of Teaching and learning methodologies, educational projects and innovations and new technologies applied to Education and Research.

The scope of INTED2014 includes the following topics:

General Issues

• Education and Globalization
• Organizational, legal and financial issues
• Diversity issues and women and minorities in science and technology
• Barriers to Learning (e.g.: age, psychosocial factors, ethnicity…)
• Digital divide and acces to internet
• Impact of Education on Development
• Impact of Crisis on Education
• Ethical issues in Education
• Education in a multicultural society

Experiences in Education

• Enhancing learning and the undergraduate experience
• New projects and innovations
• Transferring disciplines
• Competence Evaluation
• Learning Experiences in Primary and Secondary School
• Pre-service teacher experiences
• Student Support in Education
• Lifelong Learning
• Vocational Training
• Science popularization and public outreach activities
• Inclusive Learning

New Trends in the Higher Education Area

• New challenges for the Higher Education Area
• ECTS experiences
• Erasmus experiences in the universities
• Student and staff mobility programmes
• The Bologna Declaration process
• Experiences in Joint degrees programmes

International Projects

• New experiences for the international cooperation
• Joint Education projects
• Joint Research projects
• Project outcomes and conclusions

Pedagogical & Didactical Innovations

• Learning and Teaching Methodologies
• Language Learning Innovations
• Tutoring and Coaching
• Transferable skills
• Evaluation and Assessment of Student Learning
• Collaborative and Problem-based Learning
• Flipped Learning
• Experiences in STEM Education
• Next Generation Classroom

Research in Education

• Educational Research Experiences
• Research on Technology in Education
• Links between Education and Research
• Research Methodologies
• Engineering Research Centres

Virtual Universities

• The internationalization of Universities
• Experiences in Virtual Universities
• Distance education
• Massively Open Online Courses (MOOC)

Technological Issues in Education

• e-Learning
• Mobile learning: Phones, Tablets…
• Apps for education
• Blended Learning
• Web classroom applications
• Online/Virtual Laboratories
• Classroom and Laboratory: Integration
• Managed Learning Environments (MLEs)
• Learning Management Systems (LMS)
• Technology-Enhanced Learning
• Industry and Business Innovation
• Identity Management
• Augmented Reality
• Cloud Computing
• ICT skills and competencies among teachers
• ICT enhanced language teaching and learning

Computer Supported Collaborative Work

• Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs)
• Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
• Web 2.0 and Social Networking: Twitter, Blogs, Wikis...
• Social Media in Education
• Experiences in Web Technologies in Education
• Training the e-trainer

Educational Software and Serious Games

• Educational Software experiences
• Experiences in Educational/Serious Games
• 3D Applications and Virtual Reality
• Videos for Learning
• Gamification

Curriculum Design and Innovation

• New Experiences for Curriculum Design
• Strategies, Principles and Challenges
• Forecasting of labour market and skill needs in Europe
• Generic skills and their development
• One to One/Laptop Curriculum
• Personal Learning Environments

Quality assurance in Education

• Academic experiences and best practice contributions
• Accreditation /Assessment processes
• Quality standards at national and international level
• Learning analytics
• Virtual learning assessment
• Online Curses Accreditation

University-Industry Collaboration

• Work Employability
• Continuous Education
• Workplace Learning
• University/Industry Experiences
• Entrepreneurship Education

E-content Management and Development

• Knowledge Management experiences
• ePortfolios
• Intellectual Property Rights and Plagiarism
• User-Generated Content
• Digital Libraries and Repositories
• Open source and open content projects