WCCE'2013 - Short Information about the ICT 21 process

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
10th IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education
WCCE 2013 Torun, 2–5 July 2013
The 10th IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE 2013) is an IFIP (International Federation for Information
Processing) event hosted by the Nicolaus Copernicus University of Toruń (Poland).
learning while we are connected
is the main theme for WCCE 2013. The conference will enlighten and explore different perspectives of this theme, covering
all levels of formal education as well as informal learning arenas, societal aspects and challenges that are faced by developing
countries.
Who Should Attend?
The conference is open for everyone involved in education and training. Additionally players outside education are invited
both from technological, societal, business and political fields – relevant to contribute to the conference theme.
Researchers
Professional experts
Teachers
Teacher educators
Educational resource developers
Policy makers
Curriculum designers
Information and communication experts
Learners
School managers
Producers of learning materials and tools
IT Vendors
Why to Attend?
The conference aims to focus on present available educational resources, exceptional good educational practice, visions for
future development and historic perspectives. This event will be an excellent meeting place both for the professionals and
novices, experienced teachers and learners that want to be updated on the state of art and route to the future learning
environments. We want you to explore and make contact with other players to enrich your network for coming years.

Presentation Types
The following types of presentation are invited:
Papers: full and short papers, posters
Panels
Thematic streams
Professional groups meetings
Tutorials
Workshops – before, during or after the conference
Software and / or tools demonstrations
Exhibitions (companies)
Full papers will be blind peer reviewed by the International Program Committee. All other contributions will be reviewed for
suitability, content and relevance.
Topics
Proposals are invited on a wide range of topics relevant to the conference theme and may include, but not restricted to, the
following areas:
1. Changing pedagogy: formative assessment, teacher role, student role, e-assessment, shared pedagogy, e-pedagogy
2. Emerging tools for education: wiki, blog, social networking, micro-blog , Web 2.0, Web 3.0, mobile technologies
3. Digital pedagogy: collaborative, adaptive, personalised, AI, learner centred, e-participation
4. Developing computational thinking: learning programming, programming environments, visualisation of algorithms,
modelling, simulation, informatics / computing curricula, understanding computing, taxonomy of computing
5. Attracting students to learn sciences: interactive learning, collaborative investigations, team work, virtual laboratories,
online experiments
6. Re-engineering teacher education: new teacher roles, professional development, pre-service education, peer learning,
practices research
7. Collaborative learning communities: online, social networking
8. Researching ICT in education: new research approaches , new methods, innovative strategies, new models, complex
systems , inquiry learning
9. Learning through games and simulation: online gaming, contests, competitions, serious games, science simulations
10. e-Inclusion and e-Participation: special educational needs, gender issues
11. Virtual schooling: learning objects, distance learning, curriculum integration, mentor-ing, evaluation issues, teacher
collaboration, PLE, lifelong learning,
12. Re-structuring education systems, management of Complexity: policy, e-safety, restructuring, classrooms, learning
spaces, change theories
Deadline and Dates
December 17, 2012 / Submission of papers and other contributions
February 15, 2013 / Notification of acceptance
February 28, 2013 / Final programme
March 18, 2013 / Speakers final confirmation
April 1, 2013 / Early Bird
July, 2–5, 2013 / Conference dates
Publications
All presentations will appear in a book of abstracts
Conference proceedings will be published in a volume by Springer Verlag
Post conference book
Special issues of journals
IFIP digital library
See details (submissions, registration, accommodation, travel to Torun, tours, etc.): http://wcce2013.umk.pl/
wcce2013@umk.pl UMK Toruń, July 2–5, 2013 http://wcce2013.umk.pl