OiW:Europe2008 Call for Papers
The OpeniWorld Scientific Committee is soliciting papers for presentation at its June conference that address the opportunities, challenges, and solutions relating to federating educational resources.
Papers should fall into five general categories as outlined by this year’s OiW:Europe2008 Symposium themes:
Prospective – why – Identifying the gaps between the need for raising the quality of online distant learning and the isolation of individual institutes/learners brings us to the belief that federating knowledge and content while maintaining full control on the resources and intellectual property is a must.
Technology – what – Technology allows us to actually build these capabilities into online tools. It’s all about adding intelligence into communication layers between tools – it’s the plug and play idea that helps us better utilize the benefits and particularities of specific applications through adding the blocks to build specific and independent digital market places.
Standards – how – None of this would be happening if we didn’t have standards. Standards and specifications organizations have an essential role in adopting and writing guidelines. Interoperability and federation of resources could never become a global reality without adherence to appropriate standards.
Case study – who – We will be looking at the added value generated by federating resources – Impact on the institutions and learners, enlightening of communities, sharing scientific findings, time saving, economic sense, reaching out, etc.
Moving forward – where to – Progress has been made, but there is still a long ways to go. Federation of educational resources is a reality and results are being documented. We can now focus our attention and investment on new and innovative application of federated resources to take advantage of opportunities that could not have been conceived of before.
Abstracts are due February 22th, and must include the following elements:
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•Title (title of the paper to be presented)
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•Description (brief, no more than 150 words, for inclusion in program)
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•Name and Organization (of author or authors)
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•Theme (symposium theme or themes that this paper will address)
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•Outline (no more than one page)
Papers may be submitted via email to:
OpeniWorld:Europe2008
