IEEE EDUCON 2010 – Areas and Topics

Areas

• Area 1: Infrastructure and Technologies for Engineering Education
• Area 2: Innovative Materials, Teaching and Learning Experiences in Engineering Education
• Area 3: Knowledge and Competencies in Engineering
• Area 4: Educational Methods and Learning Mechanisms in Engineering Education
• Area 5: Attracting, Engaging and Retaining Human Talent to Engineering

Area 1: Infrastructure and Technologies for Engineering Education

• Learning Systems Platforms and Architectures
• Adaptive and Personalized Technology-Enhanced Learning
• Intelligent Learning Systems
• Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
• Open Source, Open Standards, and Federated Systems
• Standardization, Reusability and Interoperability Issues
• Learning Objects reusability and digital repositories
• Experiences in OpenCourseWare Engineering Education
• Computer and Web based Software
• Uses of Technology in the Classroom
• Semantic Web and Ontologies for Learning Systems
• Web 2.0 and Social Computing for Learning and Knowledge Sharing
• Data Mining and Web Mining in Education
• Collaborative and Social Technologies
• Synchronous and Asynchronous Technologies
• Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning
• Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments for Learning
• Standardization, Reusability and Interoperability Issues

Area 2: Innovative Materials, Teaching and Learning Experiences in Engineering Education

• Laboratory Experiences: on-site and remote environments
• Undergraduate Research Experiences
• Design Experiences
• Innovative Engineering Courses and Labs
• Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning
• Affective and Pervasive Computing for Learning
• Human-Centered Web Science and its Applications to Technology-enhanced Learning
• E-Assessment
• Virtual Worlds for Academic, Organizational, Life-long Learning and training
• Innovative Competitions and Laboratories

Area 3: Knowledge and Competencies in Engineering

• Knowledge and Competencies Management
• Accreditation Issues
• Assessment and Feedback
• Degree Programs and Curricula
• First Year Courses and Programs
• General Issues in Engineering Education
• Specific Engineering Disciplines
• Faculty Development
• Globalization: Preparing Faculty and Students
• Graduate Curricula and Programs
• New Frameworks for Engineering Education
• Skills Development: Technical Writing, Presentation, Teamwork

Area 4: Educational Methods and Learning Mechanisms in Engineering Education

• Rethinking Pedagogy in Engineering Education
• e-Assessment and new Assessment Theories and Methodologies
• Active Learning
• Learning Models
• Pedagogies

Area 5: Attracting, Engaging and Retaining Human Talent to Engineering

• Lifelong Learning and Nontraditional Students
• E-learning in the Workplace
• K-12 Initiatives and Partnerships
• Study Abroad Programs
• Attracting and Retaining practices in Engineering Education
• Technology Enhanced Learning for students with special needs
• Accessibility in On-Line and Technology Enhanced Learning
• Gender Issues in Engineering Education
• Cultural Issues in Engineering Education
• Attracting Women to the Engineering Profession