ICDE International Conference, Argentina - speakers announced

Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (UNQ), host of the forthcoming ICDE International Conference, has annouced the keynote speakers confirmed to present at the conference on 14-15 April, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Among them is ICDE Executive Committee member and President of the Brazilian Association for Distance Education (ABED), Fredric Litto.

 

The theme of this ICDE International Conference is, Information and Communication Technologies and the University: Quality, Equity and Access to Higher Education.

Confirmed keynote speakers

Louise Bertrand, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.
Frida Díaz Barriga Arceo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Begoña Gros Salvat, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Fredric Litto, Brazilian Association for Distance Education (ABED)

Universidad Nacional de Quilmes also extend an invitation to attend the 3rd International Forum on Higher Education in Virtual Environments which will be held in conjunction with the ICDE International Conference, on 13 April. Entitled, University and digital technologies: pedagogical and social transformations, the forum will explore the following sub-themes:

  • Social transformations
  • Technological transformations
  • Pedagogic transformations
  • Institutional transformations
  • Communication transformations

Registration

Conference registration is available on the conference website until 19 March, where it is also possible to register for the III International Forum.

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orum sub-themes:

 

1. Social transformations: The problematic of accessing to the University and the incorporation of traditionally postponed sectors. Methodological alternatives for the social investigation in virtual environments.

 

2. Technological transformations: High education and the challenge of the technological convergence. The audio-visual developments.

 

3. Pedagogic transformations: The tutorships and the function of the academic accompaniment. The place of the teacher's formation in virtual environments.

 

4. Institutional transformations: The role of the National Universities educating government employees and social actors. Institutional models for the management of the bimodality.

 

5. Communication transformations: Reflections about the uses of the Web 2.0 in virtual environments of the high education. Perspectives in reading and writing: from the traditional education to the virtuality.

 

 

Conference registration can be done online at the conference Website.   LINK: http://congreso-icde.uvq.edu.ar/index.php?q=en/participantes/inscripcion

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