LINQ 2013 Conference: Deadline for Call for Papers and Projects Approaching

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb. 24, 2013 - The extended submission period for scientific papers and research project descriptions to be presented at the 2nd European Conference on "Learning Innovations and Quality" (LINQ 2013) will come to an end on March 4th 2013. Accepted individuals and projects are welcome to present their fully-developed results, on-going work, or innovative concepts during the conference on May 16th and 17th 2013. The LINQ 2013 conference will take place at the Global Headquarters of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy. Applicants who have not yet sent their work to the conference hosts are encouraged to finalise their entries as soon as possible using either the paper or project template available on the LINQ website www.learning-innovations.eu.  

LINQ 2013 has already attracted submissions from throughout Europe, as well as Asia, America, and Africa. This year thus shows a continuation in the high level of interest which made LINQ 2012 such a successful conference in Brussels last year. “We are honoured to invite the world’s leading researchers on learning innovations and quality to the Global Headquarters of the United Nations’ FAO,” says Christian M. Stracke, LINQ Conference Chair and international ISO Convener for learning quality from the University of Duisburg-Essen. “The high-quality work we have seen in submissions up to this point greatly strengthens our expectations for LINQ 2013 – we thus hope that the last days of the extended submission period will yield applications of a similar calibre.”

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.

The LINQ 2013 call for papers invites all experts and practitioners to contribute to LINQ’s dialogue through the submission of high-quality papers describing fully-developed results, on-going work or innovative concepts related to the following topics:

•      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

Submissions of papers related to the conference (max eight pages) must be sent by March 4th, 2013, using the official LINQ template. Papers will be selected based on the outcomes of a double-blind peer review by the LINQ Scientific Programme Committee. Submitters will be informed of their acceptance by the 20th of April 2013. All accepted papers can be presented at LINQ, will be published in the official proceedings of the European conference (with ISBN) and distributed to all conference participants as well as throughout Europe. Specific guidelines and requirements can be found on the conference website at www.learning-innovations.eu.

Attendance at the European conference "Learning Innovations and Quality" (LINQ 2013) is subject to a conference fee (early bird rate: 90 €, after 31 March: 150€) and requires registration through the LINQ website, as places are limited. The conference fee includes all provisions including a warm 3-course lunch, the coffee breaks, the conference bag, and the official conference proceedings. At least one author has to register for the publication of an accepted paper.

Overview of the important dates:

-          Paper submission deadline: 4th of March 2013 (***EXTENDED***)

-          Notification of acceptance: 20th of April 2013

-          Camera-Ready copy due: 31st of April 2013

-          Conference date: 16th and 17th of May 2013

For the latest information on the conference and to submit any pre-conference feedback, please visit the LINQ Facebook page at www.facebook.com/LINQConference and follow the LINQ Twitter account at www.twitter.com/LINQ_Conference.

Please send full papers and direct enquiries to the LINQ Conference Manager Mrs Anne-Christin Tannhäuser, at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany, via e-Mail to: anne.tannhaeuser (at) icb.uni-due.de

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