FITUG e.V. Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft

Virtuality in Education

CORDIS RTD-NEWS/c European Communities, 1998

Record Control Number : 11809 Date : 1998-12-15

Category : Event

General Information :

A conference on "Virtuality in Education" will take place in London on March 28 to 31 1999. The objective of the conference is to examine the implications of emerging notions of virtuality for education. The conference, subtitled "CAL99", is intended to provide a forum to discuss the questions educators need to debate for the future in which virtuality could be commonplace.

Key topics of discussion will include:

• Learning in virtual environments;
• Theories of learning and virtuality;
• The changing role of the learner;
• New forms of educational software;
• Identity in virtual educational environments;
• Teaching in virtual environments;
• Education without walls.

  The event targets one of the themes of interest of the European Commission's Information Society Project Office and is being organised by Elsevier Science.

  Data Source Provider : Elsevier Science

  Document Reference : URL: http://www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sag/cal99/ and URL: http://www.ispo.cec.be/ispo/newsletter/ISPODEC98/ISPODECA.html

  Subject Index Codes : Education, Training; Information Processing, Information Systems

  Contact Person :

  For further information, please contact:
  CAL99 Conference Secretariat
  Phillipa Orme
  12 Church Street
  West Hanney
  Wantage
  Oxon OX12 0LN, UK
  Tel. +44-0-1235868811; Fax +44-0-1235868811
  E-mail: p.orme@dial.pipex.com
  URL: http://www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sag/cal99/

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