JUNE 29 - JULY 2

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About & Themes

4th Annual United States-China Forum on Distance Education
Mega Trends and Innovation in Distance Education for Sustainable Growth: Pedagogy, Technology, Services & Partnerships

ABOUT

The 4th Annual United States-China Forum on Distance Education Mega Trends and Innovation in Distance Education for Sustainable Growth: Pedagogy, Technology, Services & Partnerships will include keynote speakers, a Distance Education Technology Showcase, and competitive presentation sessions for selected academic papers that have been accepted following a blind review process. All accepted manuscripts will be included in the forum proceedings, which will be available both in print and CD formats.

THEMES

Pedagogy

• Advances in pedagogy in Distance Education
• Innovation in teaching practices in Distance Education
• Innovations in the use of new media in Distance Education
• New pedagogical experiments in Distance Education

Technology

• Technological innovation in the development of online environments
• Innovative use of synchronous and asynchronous technologies in distance education
• Innovations in technological support of course and curriculum development
• Managing new technologies towards efficiency
  

Services

• Innovation in student services in Distance Education
• Organization structure to support scalable growth in Distance Education
• Faculty support in Distance Education
• The virtual campus
• Building communities in Distance Education
  

Partnerships

• Alliances between universities and corporations through Distance Education
• International partnerships in Distance Education
• Globalization through Distance Education

Conference Papers

Please Note: The Call for Papers period has ended. For reference, you may review the guidelines here.

Conference papers will present original, recent, formally conducted research and design projects or theoretical developments. These are generally reports of completed or well-developed projects on one of the suggested topics and suitable for publication in scholarly and professional journals. Selected papers will be grouped by topic and track and presented in concurrent sessions and published in the conference proceedings. Acceptance is based solely on merit and relevance as determined through the blind review process.