TEDC 2008 KAMPALA-UGANDA

Call 4 Papers

The goal of this fifth international workshop is to bring together researchers, businesses, educators, governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss various issues involved in developing new techniques and on novel uses of technology for innovation and education in developing countries. A 2007 World Bank Report titled Building Knowledge Economies: Advanced Strategies for Development, states that the four key drivers for successful knowledge economies in the 21st Century are education, information technology infrastructure, research and development focused on innovation, and a free market based economy.

Keynote Speakers

Warner Woodworth is a social entrepreneur and professor at the Marriott School, Brigham Young University, and is a consultant to major corporations, governments and trade unions. He has published ten books and more than 180 articles, many on microcredit and NGOs. Over the last decade he has been a founder and/or director of 16 NGOs that in 2006 alone raised in excess of $10 million, trained some 170,000 microentrepreneurs, and grew to a total of 1.2 million clients for empowering the poor and building self-reliance in 21 countries. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of Michigan

Tim Unwin is Professor of Geography and UNESCO Chair in ICT4D. He is also Director of the World Economic Forum's Partnerships for Education programme with UNESCO. From 2001-2004 he led the UK Prime Minister's Imfundo initiative based in the Department for International Development, creating partnerships to deliver ICT-based educational initiatives in Africa. Since returning to Royal Holloway, University of London, he has created an ICT4D Collective, which undertakes research, teaching and consultancy in the field of Information and Communication Technologies for Development. He is a Commonwealth Scholarships Commissioner and Academic Advisor to the Institute of Masters of Wine. His other research interests include the interface between ethics and geography, contemporary rural change in Europe, and the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade.

Megha Agrawal (Keynote of Appfrica Panel) is currently a lead researcher in Uganda with Assetmap.org. As a student at Northwestern University, her academic concentrations include Learning and Organizational Change and International Studies. She has been a marketing consultant, developed a sports for social change project with the Global Youth Partnership for Africa in Namuwongo, Uganda, and was a teacher at the Breakthrough Collaborative. Assets are the building blocks of any goal, yet currently, no tool exists to help collaborators share information about the resources they have and the resources they require. Assetmap.org is a web-based platform that helps individuals and groups with common social goals share information about their assets and needs for more effective, collaborative action. She will talk about their current undertaking of a proof-of-concept pilot in northern Uganda in collaboration with the Gulu District NGO Forum, and hope to launch an alpha version of the site in early 2009.

In developing countries the conditions, constraints, and resources differ sharply with industrialized nations, creating special challenges for the technical, business, and educational research communities.

We seek high quality submissions of original unpublished research on all aspects of technology for innovation and education in developing countries. Researchers and educators with new perspectives on the applications of technology in this context are strongly encouraged to submit their work.

The best articles from the conference will be selected for publication with one of several journals which have expressed interest.

The main topics of the workshop include but are not limited to:

Applications and systems
- multimedia applications
- adaptive learning environments
- open source tools for teaching and learning
- databases, data warehousing and data mining for (mass) education
- portals, web tools
- asynchronous applications
- distributed education
Novel technologies and methods
- alternative (low-cost, low-energy) technologies
- wireless and mobile learning platforms
- information retrieval for slow/unreliable connections
- hand-on and hands-in technologies
- modular robotics as manipulative technology for creativeness
- interaction design for diverse users
Learning settings
- special education
- non-formal education
- vocational training and continuous education
- literacy applications
- ICT education
- distance learning
Impact of technology
- project deployments
- cultural issues in educational development
- minority language requirements
- cross-language interfaces
- human-computer interfaces
- cultural usability
Resource sharing
- collaborative learning in local environments
- human-computer interfaces for resource sharing
- teaching resource management
- grid computing infrastructures
Evaluation and policy issues
- gender issues
- universal access
- technology as a tool for fighting poverty
- cost-benefit analyses
- sustainable educational technology
- license issues of open source courseware

The workshop will include invited papers and a panel. High quality submissions from developing countries are strongly encouraged.

As mentioned, several of the best articles will be considered for publication as well. Two of these publications venues include the Innovate online journal and Educational Technology Magazine, one of the world's leading periodical publications in the entire field of educational technology through the leadership of senior editor Lawrence Lipsitz.

Workshop Chairs

Erkki Sutinen (University of Joensuu,Finland) (sutinen@cs.joensuu.fi)

Henrik Hautop Lund (University of Southern Denmark) (hhl@mip.sdu.dk)

Workshop Organizer and Co-Chair:

Clint Rogers (University of Joensuu, Finland) clint.rogers2008 (at) gmail.com

Local Coordinator:

Alexis Tugume (Makerere University) alexistugume@yahoo.com

Paper format

Full papers: 5 pages, Posters: 2 pages

Please see IEEE Computer Society guidelines. Authors can also use Word Template and Format guidelines. Please submit properly formatted PDF files together with your word-file. Papers that do not adhere to the IEEE guidelines will not be accepted for review.

Review process

All submissions will be refereed by international experts in double-blind review process on the basis of relevance, originality, significance, soundness and clarity.

Submission

Please submit full papers and poster papers before March 1. Submission should be made by e-mail to: 2008tedc (at) gmail.com

Registration

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Registration Fees

"Early Bird" Registration fee (on or before April 25): $300
Normal Registration fee (after April 25): $350
We are currently working to receive funding for scholarships of half-tuition (or full-tuition) for those professionals and students who are coming from developing countries

TEDC Technical Program Committee: (to be completed)

Ahmed Ali, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA
Bakhtiar Mikhak, MIT, USA
Christina Rogoza, Nova Southeastern University, Canada
Clark Quinn, Quinnovation, USA
Elmarie Biermann, Tshwane University of Technology, R. South Africa
Fu-Chien Kao, Da-Yeh University, Taiwan
Isabella Rega, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Ismael Lopez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Catalonia
Jarkko Suhonen, University of Joensuu, Finland
Kim Hyun-Deok Foreman, San Fransisco State University, USA
Marius Dieperink, Tshwane University of Technology, R. South Africa
Matthias Rauterberg, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Matti Tedre, Tumaini University, Tanzania
Mike Joy, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Minjuan Wang, San Diego State University, USA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Oluwaseyitanfunmi Osunade, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, Netherlands
Rody R. Klein, University of Savoie, France
Ross A. Perkins, Virginia Tech, USA
Russell Johnson, Massey University, New Zealand
Saadiyah Darus, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Sabine Reljic, San Diego State University, USA
Thomas Lechner, University of Georgia, USA
Tshepo Batane, University of Botswana, Botswana