Thursday June 4, 2015
University of Nicosia, Jean Monnet (M-203) Amphitheatre

 

The “Internationalization, Cross-border Education and E-learning” Conference aims to address the changing landscape of European Higher Education and more particularly the internationalization of Higher Education Institutions. Towards this end, the conference focuses on three broad topics, namely:

1. Internationalization of Universities and Cross-border Education
2. E-learning

The conference is addressed to Higher Education policy makers, Ministry of Education senior officers, Quality Assurance Agencies officers, senior university academic administrators, higher education teaching and administrative staff and students. Teaching and administrative staff of secondary and primary education will also find the conference quite interesting and useful, especially with regards e-learning.

 

CONFERENCE

Participants are invited to submit abstracts on issues pertinent to the three topics indicated above.  Indicative issues for the first topic are:

 

1. Internationalization of Universities and Cross-border Education

• Internationalization strategies
• Best practices for internationalization and cross-border education 
• Franchised degrees
• Campuses abroad 
• Joint/double degrees
• Partnerships with academia and industry
• Quality assurance and cross-border education

 

2. Distance learning education

• Distance education
• New ICT-based modes of teaching and learning
• Flip teaching and learning
• Open education
• Open education resources
• Digital literacy
• Social media and E-learning
• MOOCs
• Quality assurance and E-learning
• Blended learning
• Best practices in E-learning

 

Please submit your Abstract by May 11, 2015 by 18:00, to Ms. Agnes Kekesi, at [email protected] .

• All abstracts must be submitted and presented in English.
• Abstracts should be based on any of the conference areas listed in Conference Topics.
• Abstracts should be between 1000-3000 characters including spaces and should be submitted in Word file/format.

Abstracts and presentations will be published on the conference page of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence web-site. Authors will be allocated 25 min for presentation (20 minutes presentation, 5 minutes questions).

 

Important Dates

• Submission of Abstract Deadline: May 11, 2015
• Notification to Authors: May 15, 2015
• Author Registration (Free): May 20, 2015
• Publication of Programme:  May 21, 2015
• Participants Registration (Free): June 2, 2015
• Conference: 4 June 2015

 

Committee

• Professor Michalis Attalides, Rector, University of Nicosia
• Professor Philippos Pouyioutas, Vice Rector, University of Nicosia
• Dr. Charalambos Vrasidas, Director of CARDET, Associate Professor, University of Nicosia
• Dr. Constantinos Adamides, Assistant Professor, University of Nicosia
• Dr. Odysseas Christou, Assistant Professor, University of Nicosia
• Ms. Agnes Kekesi, University of Nicosia

 

Programme

09:00  Registration

09:15  Welcome addresses

09:30   Keynote Speaker Mr. Michael Gaebel, Head of the Higher Education Policy Unit, European University Association (EUA)

10:15  Keynote Speaker Prof. Gráinne Conole, Professor of Learning Innovation, Director, Institute of Learning Innovation, University of Leicester

11:00   Coffee Break

11:30   Keynote Speaker Mr. Stefan Delplace, Honorary Secretary General, European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE) 

12:15  Prof. Philippos Pouyioutas, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, University of Nicosia

13:00  Panel Discussion

13:30   Lunch (at own cost)

14:30   (Parallel) Sessions

15:45  Coffee Break

16:15   (Parallel) Sessions

17:30  End of Conference