TEDC2010

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6th International Workshop on Technology for Innovation and Education in Developing Countries Appropriate, relevant, and purposeful educational uses of technology in developing countries. January 21 - 23, 2010, Mozambique More info at http://cs.joensuu.fi/tedc2010

Co-Chair	Erkki Sutinen	University of Joensuu, Finland
Co-Chair	Henrik Lund	Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Co-Chair and Operations Coordinator	Clint Rogers	University of Joensuu, Finland
Program Chair	Tom Lechner	University of Georgia, USA

We are pleased to announce the 2010 Technology for Innovation and Education in Developing Countries (TEDC) Conference to be held in Maputo, Mozambique on January 21 ~ 23, 2010. We seek high quality submissions of original unpublished research on thoughtful and purposeful applications of technology for purposeful education in developing countries. Researchers and educators with new perspectives on how technology can play a role in facilitating or supporting social and economic development through education are strongly encouraged to submit their work.

The goal of the 2010 Technology for Innovation and Education in Developing Countries is to bring together researchers, businesses, educators, governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss appropriate and relevant applications of technology in educational programs in developing countries. Organizations such as the World Bank and UNESCO are encouraging developing countries to utilize technology in the creation of a knowledge economy. Unfortunately, this push results in an all-too-common problem of using technology for the sake of using technology without sufficient thought to the educational purposes and benefits. The aim of TEDC 2010 is to discuss the role educational technology can play in social and economic development in developing countries.

Authors should keep in mind the conditions, constraints, and resources, and social/economic priorities in developing countries differ sharply with that of industrialized nations, creating special challenges for the technical, business, and educational research communities. Successful entries will take these realities into account in proposing any technological applications in educational settings.

Listed below are potential topics for paper submissions. Whichever topic area is explored, please speak to the issue of how the technology can be used in a practical educational way to advance social/economic development. Please make the papers as locally relevant as possible.

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