Submit your contribution
Please visit the ICMS System to submit your paper.
All contributions will be reviewed by at least 3 peers. At least one of them will be a native English speaker.
Potencial topics and themes
Proposals are invited on a wide range of topics relevant to theme and may include, but not limited to these streams (based on the Stellenbosch declaration, WCCE 2005):
- Digital solidarity
- Learners and lifelong learning
- Teachers - teaching and role of teachers
- Decision making strategies/policy
- Networking and collaboration
- Innovation and creativity in schools
- IT security in Academia
- Informatics, programming and problem solving
- societal perspective
- learning and teaching
- technology and infrastructure
- research
In call for contributions a list of relevant keywords can be found and a few of these should be included in the paper to make it possible to find the best stream for the presentation.
TEMPLATES
Word-Template for the papers: WCC09_template.doc
Publication Formats
| ICS: | Interactive collaborative sessions |
| Group signing on (2 or 3 presenters) Live blogs with contributions from audience TV-show style presentation: two-three short introductions organised by a programme leader - active involvement of the audience: 60 minutes | |
| Sym: | Symposium |
| Symposium: Set of three sessions aiming at producing a consensus document (i.e.: on free software, bridging the digital divide, policy declaration, Life long learning): 3 x 60 minutes | |
| Dem: | Demonstration |
| Demonstration of device, system, programme for learning or administration of educational organisations such as schools, classes etc: 30 minutes | |
| EP: | Expert panels |
| Expert panel within a clearly defined field, topic covering different perspectives or points of view | |
| FP: | full paper |
| 6-10 pages, presentation: 30 min | |
| SP: | short paper |
| 3-5 pages, presentation: 15 min | |
| PO: | poster |
| 2-3 pages | |
| PN: | panel |
| abstract and list of topics | |
| WS: | workshop |
| 2-5 pages, including a description of the workshop, the equipment and facilities needed and the maximum number of participants |
Proceedings
It is planned that a substantial number of the papers presented at the conference will be published by Springer. From those papers published a small selection of authors will be approached and asked to extend their papers and submit them for publication in a special edition of Education and Information Technologies. The top Three papers will be published in the IFIP Journal and extended reviewed version of the overall best papers will published in the Kluwer Academic Proceedings.
Key dates
31th December 2008 - Submission of papers and contributions- 15th January 2009 - Submission of papers and contributions (extended deadline)
- 15th March 2009 - Final confirmation to speakers
- 30th April 2009 - Submission of final version of paper for publishing
- 30th April 2009 - Submission of presentation material
- 27th - 31st July 2009 - Conference dates
Accepted submission
To be announced