March 7-10, 2011 , Centro Stefano Franscini - Monte Verità - Ascona - Switzerland
closing date October 3, 2010
www.red-conference.ch

CONFERENCE
The  RED-conference  brings  together experts  and  researchers  investigating  the  field  of  technology  in  education.  The  setting  for  this informative event is Centro Stefano Franscini - the congress centre of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETH Zurich) situated at Monte Verità.

The primary goals of the red-conference are:

•     The  provision  of  an  interdisciplinary  discussion  venue  where  both  veteran  and  young researchers in the area of digital technologies in education can share experiences;

•     The provision of a networking environment for researchers, with special reference to funding agencies;

•     The dissemination of research results of young scholars, contributing to their establishment within the local and international research community.

Contributions under the umbrella rethinking education in the knowledge society may come from a range of disciplinary fields and should address, directly or indirectly, one of the following "hot topics" in the field of digital technologies and learning:

•     Sustainability. Innovative learning designs, (partly) incorporating learning technologies, are often  introduced  with  high  expectations  and  unrealistic  promises  to  improve  teaching  and learning practices. Which organizational and/or mental preconditions promote the introduction of  innovative  learning  designs?  Which  kinds  of  learning  cultures  are  needed  to  make innovations sustainable? Which factors support their diffusion from the pioneering stage to a broader acceptance and implementation? Which research designs may support an evidence-based implementation of learning innovations?

•     Orchestration.  How  do  technologies  support  teachers  in  managing  multiple  individual, collaborative  or  class-wide  activities?  Does  the  physical  layout  of  digital  artefacts  have  an influence on learning activities? Do multi-touch interfaces enable new learning approaches? Will  paper  documents  be  eradicated  or  are  they  integrated  into  new  educational  practices around  augmented  paper?  Which  technologies  could  capture  workplace  experiences  to support corporate training?

•     Informal Learning. The spread of web 2.0 technologies has paved the road for new forms of informal  learning.  What  do  people  actually  learn  by  using  these  technologies?  Do  these technologies  also  impact  on  formal  education?  Do  they  change  the  way  learning  is understood   both   locally   and   globally?   Do   they   erase   the   frontier   between   learning technologies and media in general? How do we distinguish an evolution that embeds a shift of paradigm  versus  a  simple  evolution  of  tools?  What  is  the  potential  of  informal  training  in corporate contexts?

CALL FOR PAPERS 
Research  papers  are  invited  across  the  widest  spectrum  of  Information  and  Communication Technologies in Education. 
All submissions will be rigorously evaluated in terms of innovation, relevance, and quality.

A)   Full Papers
Full  papers  should  be  innovative  and  advance  the  knowledge  base  of  related  fields.  These  papers present  major  contributions  to  the  field  and  should  be  between  6000-8000  words  in  length.
Conference proceedings will include all accepted full papers. An award for the best full paper will be presented during the conference. 
B)   Doctoral Research Projects
Doctoral  Research  Projects  of  3000-4000  words  in  length  are  invited.  These  papers  present advanced doctoral research initiatives. 
C)  Posters
Posters should be in A0 format. A poster abstract of 800-1000 words in length should be provided.

Submission
Final acceptance will depend on whether the author(s) can adequately address reviewers' comments.
Authors must submit their revised manuscripts by the deadline and must register for the conference by February 6, 2011 in order to have their papers included in the Conference Proceedings.
Please format every paper according to the available guidelines on the conference website. Please upload each paper on the submission page as a Word document or similar. Papers that do not adhere to the provided guidelines will not be accepted for review.

PUBLICATION 
All accepted contributions will be published on the eProceedings of the conference. 
A selection of the best 10 papers for each track will be considered for publication by the Journal of Universal Computer Science.

PROVISIONAL TIME SCHEDULE
Closing date for submissions        October 3, 2010
Notification of acceptance            November 14, 2010
Submission of revised papers      December 5, 2010
Registration Deadline (for contributors)   February 6, 2011
Conference          March 7-10, 2011

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
See the website: www.red-conference.ch