[spectre] [K4A] 1st Internet of Education conference (IOE 2013)

[Davor Orlic]

Hi everyone, hereby pitching the idea of the "Internet of Education" 
conference mashing-up Computer Science and Online Education. 
Registration is free, speakers are really good.


[apologies for multiple postings]

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                           Call for Attendance
1st International Conference "Internet of Education" 2013
                            (IOE 2013)
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http://www.k4all.org/Internet_of_Education/


Conference Description and Motivation
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The goal of this event is to bring together researchers and policy 
makers from South-East-European universities and academia to research 
methods for improving the effectiveness of video-based and MOOC 
education, as well as promote discussion of the implications of new 
education and technology trends for classical university education in 
the SEE region. The theme and goals of the Internet of Education 2013 
are very well articulated with UNESCO's vision and actions therefore the 
conference has been granted UNESCO patronage.

We would like to promote, clarify, identify and define how emerging 
technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) and computer human 
interaction (CHI) tools, machine learning, machine translation, user 
analytics, automatic assessment, visualization, social collaboration 
etc. can change and help create new trends in education. More 
specifically: how will these technologies change and influence today’s 
traditions in academic publishing, syllabus, validation and certification.

Our aim is to form a technical and investigative think-tank of 
participants to debate and discuss these issues which will affect all 
educational levels in the future. Registration if free and welcome you 
in Ljubljana!

Topics of Interest
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Computer Science:
* Human Computer Interaction
* Machine Learning
* Machine Translation
* User Analytics
* Automatic Asessment
* Visualization
* Social Collaboration
* Gaming

Online Education:
* New Academia Trends
* Policy making
* MOOCs
* Video Based Learning
* Academic Publishing
* Syllabus
* Validation
* Certification

Beyond Video:
* Video annotation
* Video mining
* Hypervideo

Application Domains:
* Education
* Business analytics
* Legal studies
* Digital humanities

Schedule @ http://www.k4all.org/Internet_of_Education/?q=content/schedule


Speakers
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* Andrew Ng, co-founder Coursera, Director Stanford Artificial 
Intelligence Lab
* Rayid Ghani, former Chief Scientist at Obama for America 2012 
campaign, co-founder Edgeflip, University of Chicago
* Yvonne Rogers, Head of UCLIC, University College London
* Richard Noss, Co-Directior London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education
* Fred Mulder, UNESCO OER Chair
* Hannes Klöpper, CEO iversity

More speakers @ 
http://www.k4all.org/Internet_of_Education/?q=content/speakers

Conference Venue and Format
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The conference will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on November 11 
and 12, 2013.

Internet of Education is planned to be a two full-day conference 
organized in the following blocks:

* Invited talks
* Project presentations
* Panels with 3-4 invited experts from regional SEE Universities and 
fields relevant to the topic of the conference


Intended audience
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We encourage anybody who is eager to explore new educational 
technologies. We would also like to involve and invite 
South-East-European members, teachers, policy makers and govermental 
officers. Equally we are inviting the provosts, deans and faculty of all 
the Universities in the same region, who are working toward using OER, 
implementing MOOCs and video lecture capture systems on their campuses. 
Finally we would like to attract researchers interested in HCI and 
machine learning for optimising the presentation of content and 
organising content.


Important Dates
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Registration deadline:         November 1st, 2013
Conference day:               November 11th, 2013
Second Conference day:        November 12th, 2013
Hotel booking deadline:        October 10th, 2013


Organizing Committee
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* John S Shawe-Taylor, University College London
* Mitja Jermol, Jozef Stefan Institute
* Colin de la Higuera, University of Nantes
* Davor Orlic, Knowledge 4 All Foundation
* Yvonne Rogers, University College London
* Richard Noss, Institute of Education, University of London
* Andrej Pavletic, Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning, 
Republic of Slovenia

Knowledge 4 All Foundation Ltd and the Artificial Intelligence Lab at 
the “Jožef Stefan” Institute are also the organizers of OCWC 2014 with 
its main theme "Open Education for a Multicultural World".


best regards,
  Davor Orlic

Digital Projects Manager
Knowledge For All Foundation Ltd.
http://www.k4all.org/
Personal: 0044/7926817903