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The 1st AOU International Conference on Open Learning - Role, Challenges and Aspirations. 25-27th November 2013, Kuwait
The Arab Open University (AOU) in Kuwait is organizing its first International Conference on Open Learning: 'Role, Challenges and Aspirations' and this in collaboration with the Regional Center for Development of Educational Software (ReDSOFT), a leading center in the Arab region that focuses on the development and use of educational software, using multimedia on the internet. The conference will be an opportunity to discuss the new trends in open learning and technology and to recommend solutions to the challenges of open learning and will be of interest to academics, psychologists, researchers, practitioners and decision makers from different countries and institutions.
First Call
In collaboration with the Regional Center for Development of Educational Software (ReDSOFT), the Arab Open University (AOU) headquarter in Kuwait is organizing its first International Conference on Open Learning: Role, Challenges and Aspirations on 25-27 November, 2013 in Kuwait.
This international Conference on open and blended learning will bring together a range of academics, psychologists, researchers, practitioners and decision makers from different countries and institutions.
The conference will be an excellent opportunity to discuss the new trends in open learning and technology and to recommend solutions to the challenges of open learning. The papers will be presented in Arabic and in English (instant translation will be available).
•    The Main Objectives of the Conference:
1-    Increasing awareness about the importance of open learning and its role in development in the world and specifically in the Arab region.
2-    Spreading awareness about quality standards and quality assurance in open learning.
3-    Suggesting solutions to the different challenges (technological, psycho-Social and bureaucratic) in open learning.
•    The Main Themes of the Conference:
1-    Quality assurance in open learning.
2-    Techniques and methods of open learning and the required learning resources.
3-    Success stories in open learning.
4-    Academic accreditation for open learning degrees and institutions.
5-    International trends and experience in open learning.
6-    The role of open learning in development.
•    Workshops
-    Introduction to open and distance learning.
-    Managing the implementation of open and distance learning.
-    Technology in open and distance learning
- For any inquiry, please contact: Miss. Hadeer Ahmad: h.ahmed@arabou.edu.kw. Or: Miss. Yasmin Mahmoud: y.mahmoud@arabou.edu.kw.

16th ERSCP-EMSU Conference: Bridges for a More Sustainable Future – Uniting Continents and Societies. June 4-7, 2013, İstanbul Boğaziçi University.
INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCES: 16th Conference of the European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP) & 7th Conference of the Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU)
BRIDGES FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE UNITING CONTINENTS AND SOCIETIES
ERSCP-EMSU İstanbul Boğaziçi University 2013 cordially invites scholars, graduate students, academicians, researchers, professionals, public employees to present their research studies and success stories.
The conferences are offering unique collaboration and exchange of experience opportunities and will be one of the largest gatherings of EMSU and ERSCP groups, providing a broader vision for interdisciplinary research and extended partnership.
Select experts in the fields of ERSCP and EMSU make up the core group of the International Joint Conferences. ERSCP-EMSU joint conferences will focus on the integration of many research efforts in addressing the challenge of sustainable development applications in higher education institutions and also in production and consumption patterns.
The joint conferences will offer a novel bridging approach for a more sustainable future by uniting continents and societies, discussing how to attain the development of sustainable regions within and between different continents and societies. The success of bridging will be highlighted through international collaborations that will enforce synergetic benefits of both ecological and human health together with material welfare.
The presentations are expected to attract representatives of researchers and academicians from many disciplines, policy makers, production and service sector representatives, NGOs, agencies, media who will be the main actors for bridging action plans for a sustainable future.
As ‘Sustainable Life Styles’ is one of the main topics of İstanbul ERSCP-EMSU Joint Conferences, contribution of university graduates who have already succeeded sustainability concern for more sustainable business outcomes will be encouraged within the frame of bridging EMSU in the context of ERSCP.
On the top of that, universities require huge amounts of resources leading to large quantities of waste and emissions, foils in sustainable development.  Universities either campus or city based are one of the important sources of pollution for soil, water and air compartments. The sustainable university life plans will be explored with a thorough understanding of international standardization concept in human health, waste minimization and resource conservation issues. This very successful part of the İstanbul EMSU Conference will create the discussion forum for the continuation of improvements in environmental management systems for more sustainable universities. The international examples of sustainability assessment methodologies/tools applied for evaluation of sustainable green university campus studies will reflect new competencies in this field. This will definitely draw attention of the contributors to the role of universities for promotion of sustainability.
ERSCP İstanbul will cover broad range of core topics on sustainable production and consumption applications including the role of relevant stakeholders and tools.
ERSCP İstanbul aims to build on the success from the previous ERSCP conferences by identifying many areas that warrant further investigation. Following the outcomes of previous ERSCP conferences, ERSCP İstanbul will definitely provide another comprehensive update forum for the exchange of ideas on the latest developments sustainable technology development/modification issues for success case studies.
The changes in the countries’ development, their performance towards environmental targets and the level of their best practices that are required to sustain their population and economic growth will affect the development of their sustainability infrastructure. Within this framework, the impacts of the recent changes in economic and political situations of the countries will be assessed by referring their ecological footprint as the baseline especially for production industries. As an industrial product can be evaluated through eco-design concerns; main drivers, barriers advantages for application of eco-design concept need to be reassessed for the common economic and political problems. The recent changes in industrial eco-design topic will be enlightened by making a thorough analysis of technological innovations / improvements / modifications, socio-economic factors, life cycle assessment applications and dissemination opportunities. The role of consumer behavior, governmental support, economic incentives need to be successfully integrated for defining sustainable consumption and production patterns in long run.
In addition to these, concerning the outcomes of various protocols, conventions and declarations globally based sustainability thresholds and forecasts for ecological degradation and human well-being, governance, energy sources will be discussed through the relevant sessions.     
Moreover, the evaluation of sustainability indicators for regional area development will be handled. The examples need to cover mega cities and rural areas. This will take a leading position in future concerns of wide applications for sustainable production and consumption taking into account cultural and historical impacts. Certain action plans with decision making mechanisms are necessary for the preservation of rural areas especially sensitive areas. The important sectors for rural area need to be improved by focusing on not only their typical market share but also with the environmental costs.  Sustainable rural area development concerns social well-being, renewable energy and resource potentials, and agricultural activities as the basic challenging aspects for encouraging local people to reduce their impact in their regions. The joint conferences will cover the integration of environmentally technical, socio-political models that covers economic values as well.
Assoc. Prof. Nilgün Cılız, Boğaziçi University, Conference Chair.

Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) 2013 Conference, Jun 3 - Jun 5, 2013. University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, Canada. 2013_CSSHE_Call_English. 2013_CSSHE_Call_French.
The Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) will hold its annual conference June 3-5, 2013 within the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, hosted by the University of Victoria in Victoria, Beautiful British Columbia.
This conference is being planned in close collaboration with the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) and the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) so that individuals attending one of these three conferences will also have the opportunity to attend sessions at one or both of the other gatherings. A pre-conference, co-hosted with CASAE, will be held on Saturday, June 1. Information will follow.
This year’s theme
The Congress 2013 theme is “@the Edge.” CSSHE invites submissions that explore the overall theme or aspects of it as applied to the field of higher education. Papers addressing specific-but-related topics such as online learning, governance, research, informal and experiential learning, recruitment and student services will also be considered for inclusion in the program.
Who should attend?
CSSHE invites submissions from researchers in higher education and related disciplines such as political science, sociology, history, philosophy, psychology, women’s studies, economics, business, administration, and the professions. This conference offers an opportunity for graduate students, educators, policy makers, administrators, activists, and advocates to contribute, reflect, and share their perspectives on higher education and issues around student success. Graduate students, college and university faculty and administrators are encouraged to submit proposals for the 2013 conference. This year’s conference will include keynote presentations, organized paper presentations, individual paper presentations, and a poster session.
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The 8th eLearning Africa conference will be held from May 29th to 31st at the Safari Conference Centre, Windhoek, Namibia.
The key networking event for developing eLearning capacities in Africa, eLearning Africa 2013 will be hosted by Namibia's Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Ministry of ICT.
Tradition, change and innovation
eLearning Africa 2013 will focus on tradition, change and innovation, and the call for proposals is now open!
New technologies combined with a pioneering spirit to improve lives are already changing the way we learn, work, and play. How are African youth shaping their identities and navigating different learning spaces with these technologies? Are new technologies fundamentally disruptive to tradition or do they open up space for the digitisation of tradition? How is innovation in Africa shaping the Continent's learning landscape?
These are some of the key questions that will guide our conversations at eLearning Africa 2013; let us know what you think! We encourage all practitioners, experts and academics engaged in an African context to submit a proposal and be a part of Africa's largest annual conference on ICT for development, education and training. For more information on this year's themes, deadline and how to submit a proposal, please click here.
eLearning Africa at a glance

• The key networking event for ICT-enhanced education and training in Africa
• A must for those who want to develop multinational and cross-industry contacts and partnerships, as well as enhance their knowledge, expertise and abilities
• The hub for first-hand information and real-life examples of how ICT advances the cause of education for all in Africa
• Over 1,500 decision makers and practitioners from the education, business and government sectors, with 80% coming from Africa
• Accompanied by an extensive exhibition and demonstration area

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CONAHEC 15th North American Higher Education Conference: Towards a Sustainable Future - The Role of International Education. May 1-3, 2013, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
About the Conference
As stakeholders in international higher education we face a major challenge: how do we contribute through our daily activities to building a more sustainable future and moreover, how sustainable is our approach towards international education in a rapidly changing global environment?
Sustainability – meeting current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987) - is a concept that is extremely meaningful not only at a societal level, but also at institutional and personal levels. It is also a concept that is very applicable to the work being done in international education. Any strategy or policy aimed at creating sustainable communities implicitly or explicitly includes the establishment and strengthening of education systems. Leaders and practitioners in education and, more specifically, in international higher education must dedicate more attention to better connecting their work with the overall goal of building sustainable societies.
As we reach the end of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), what role has international higher education adopted in sustainability? In which ways do efforts aimed at internationalizing our campuses, academic offerings, research, public service, and, ultimately, our students, meaningfully contribute to building a better and ultimately sustainable future? At the same time it is worth asking ourselves whether or not traditional practices in international education are sustainable in the future or if it is time to rethink and reimplement our approach towards the internationalization of higher education.
Join leaders and practitioners of higher education, business, government and students in one of Canada’s greenest cities for CONAHEC’s 15th North American Higher Education Conference! "Towards a Sustainable Future: The Role of International Education" will take place from May 1-3, 2013 on campus at our host institution MacEwan University with additional events at the University of Alberta, our co-host for this exciting event. This meeting will focus on how higher education institutions can better pool their strengths and resources and improve our international collaboration in order to empower our societies to become more actively engaged in preparing the citizens that a sustainable and more equitable future will require.
Edmonton, Canada, has long been known as the capital of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta. This metropolis combines urban excellence and an unrivalled arts scene with a perfect dose of small-town friendliness. The City of Festivals, it is home to more than 30 celebrations every year. It also boasts North America’s largest entertainment and shopping centre, the West Edmonton Mall.
A lesser-known fact is that Edmonton is one of Canada’s greenest cities. Edmonton was characterized as the second most sustainable mid-sized city in Canada by the 2011 Corporate Knights Magazine based on its environmental footprint and commitment to creating a healthy, thriving population. It boasts North America’s largest urban parkland (the Edmonton river valley) running right through the center of the city - a green space 22 times larger than New York’s Central Park. The city is also on the cutting edge regarding adoption of green technologies. As an example, carbon capture technology will soon be used in the region to store 4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide underground annually by 2015.
Our host institutions, provide excellent examples of how state of the art technology can be applied to the creation of environmentally friendly and sustainable campuses and how innovative strategies towards international education are being implemented.
In addition to our typical audience, composed of institutional leaders and directors of international education from higher education institutions, on this occasion, CONAHEC extends a special invitation to experts in sustainable development and international education as they think about the role international education can play in working towards a sustainable future. In addition, CONAHEC is especially interested in inviting the participation of scholars representing Canadian First Nations, Native Americans and indigenous peoples from other countries as well as scholars specializing in issues related to the role of international higher education in building sustainable, inclusive and equitable societies.
The 15th North American Higher Education Conference is organized by the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration. CONAHEC links higher education institutions from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, and from the rest of the world through collaboration and cooperation.

February 21 – 24, 2013. Hosted by the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- Meet with hundreds of other student leaders, administrators, faculty, AmeriCorps members, and nonprofit leaders from across the nation
- Exchange ideas and best practices
- Get reinspired and recharged
- Gain insights to make your efforts more effective
- Learn about resources and opportunities.
This event, hosted by the University of New Mexico, is historically the largest annual conference focused on the civic engagement of college students in community service, service-learning, community-based research, advocacy and other forms of social action. The event was founded in 1984 by the Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL), one of the first national organizations to promote and support college student involvement.
Through this Conference, hundreds of students, administrators, faculty, AmeriCorps members, and nonprofit leaders from across the nation have the opportunity to meet and get together to learn and share effective practices, improve personal skills and organizational strategies, discover opportunities and resources, exchange stories, and be inspired and challenged to sustain the proposed efforts.
The IMPACT Conference is historically the largest annual conference focused on the civic engagement of college students in community service, service-learning, community-based research, advocacy and other forms of social action. Building on the rich 28-year tradition of the COOL Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, IMPACT is the one time during the year when students, administrators, faculty, AmeriCorps members and VISTAs, and nonprofit professionals gather together to learn and share effective practices, improve personal skills and organizational strategies, discover opportunities and resources, exchange stories, be inspired and challenged to sustain our efforts.

Encuentro Universitario de Sostenibilización Curricular Universidad Europea - Diseñando la Educación para una Sociedad Sostenible
El Vicerrectorado de Calidad e Innovación Académica de la Universidad Europea de Madrid junto con la CADEP y la CRUE les dan la bienvenida al I Encuentro Universitario de Sostenibilización Curricular, que tendrá lugar en Villaviciosa de Odón (Madrid) los días 24 y 25 de enero de 2013.
En las últimas décadas, el con­cepto de sostenibilidad ha evolucionado y se ha ex­pandido a otros ámbitos desde que comenzara a hablarse del respeto al medio ambiente y el consu­mo responsable de los recursos en la Cumbre de la Tierra en Río de Janeiro en el año 92.
A su vez, la entrada de la Universidad Española en Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior ha brindado la posibilidad de incorporar contenidos interactivos e integrales, que requieren que el profesorado integre los nuevos retos de la sociedad, en su enseñanza, como la sosteni­bilidad. Aparece funda­mental, hoy más que nunca, crear compromiso y sensibilidad, desde la Universidad, hacia la sostenibilidad socio-cultural, medioambiental y económica de nuestra sociedad. Es un reto que, entre todos, nos proponemos asumir. En este primer Encuentro Universitario, cuyo coste de participación es patrocinado, buscamos lograr:

• Reflexionar sobre la incorporación de la sostenibilidad al entorno universitario en el ámbito de la Universidad española
• Concienciar y sensibilizar la comunidad universitaria sobre la importancia del enfoque sostenible (social, económica y medioambientalmente) y su necesaria relación con el ámbito universitario.
• Visibilizar la sostenibilidad curricular y sus buenas prácticas.
• Involucrar a estudiantes y profesores de la importancia del concepto de la sostenibilidad para la universidad del presente / futuro.
• Generar un punto de partida de Networking: Impulsar contactos entre centros o progra­mas de sostenibilización curricular para crear una red útil de trabajo común.

Las conclusiones obtenidas se publicarán posteriormente al evento y la investigación permanecerá activa para todos aquellos que deseen contribuir a este reto que consiste en la asimilación e implementación de la sostenibilidad curricular.
Confiamos en que las Jornadas sean un excelente foro de intercambio de experiencias, espacio de reflexión para todos los miembros de la educación universitaria, llegando a la generación del conocimiento colectivo, que nos permitirá ir dando pasos hacia la sostenibilidad en los planes de estudios.

• Punto de Partida del I Encuentro de sostenibilización curricular
• Programa
• Comité Científico y Organizador
• Sede e Información alojamientos.