IEEE 1st International Workshop on
Technology for Education in Developing Countries
http://www.ctr.columbia.edu/dvmm/tedc/


* Important Dates:
    February 10, 2003: Original full-length unpublished papers due (4 page IEEE 2 column format).
    March 24-28, 2003: Reviewers' comments sent to authors; authors respond to those comments.
    April 4, 2003: Notification of acceptance.
    May 1, 2003: Final camera-ready manuscript due.


* Workshop Chairs:
   Alejandro Jaimes (Columbia University) ([log in to unmask])
   Daby Sow (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center) ([log in to unmask])
   Kinshuk (Massey University) ([log in to unmask])


* Submission details at: http://www.ctr.columbia.edu/dvmm/tedc/

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

- Teaching Tools and Applications
    o Multimedia applications
    o Intelligent learning/tutoring environments
    o Applications for low-cost devices
    o Literacy applications
    o Open source tools for teaching
    o Educational databases
- Distance Learning
    o Distributed tutoring/learning
    o Asynchronous applications
    o Portals/web tools
    o Information retrieval for slow/unreliable connections
    o Web-based instruction/teacher training
- Impact of Technology
    o Project deployments
    o Cultural issues in educational development
    o Minority language requirements
    o Cross-language interfaces
    o Human Computer Interfaces
- Resource Sharing
    o Collaborative learning in local environments
    o Human Computer Interfaces for resource sharing
    o Teaching resource management
    o Grid computing infrastructures

Regards.

Kinshuk
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Associate Professor Kinshuk             [log in to unmask]   [log in to unmask]
Information Systems Dept., Massey Univ., Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Tel: +64 6 3505799 ext. 2090 Fax: +64 6 3505725  http://fims-www.massey.ac.nz/~kinshuk