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The
Ninth IASTED International Conference on
Computers and Advanced Technology
in Education
~ CATE 2006 ~
October 4-6, 2006
Lima, Peru
Portals
in Education
Prof.
Dr. Alexander Ivannikov
State Research Institute on Information and
Telecommunication Technologies “INFORMIKA”,
Russia
Portals in education and training area provide a single
point of access and a single interface to decentralized
and diverse set of knowledge and information resources.
These resources may be online courses, lessons, knowledge
modules, learning objects, syllabi, class plans, virtual
exercises, virtual labs, etc. The topics of this special
session include but are not limited to:
- design, development,
testing, implementation, utilization and applications
of portal technology in education and training
- vertical
portals (vortals) and horizontal portals
- institutional
and/or corporate portals (portals of particular schools,
colleges, universities, training institutions, organizations,
etc.; for example: www.cerfinfo.com,
www.EdGate.com, http://www.pitt.edu/~poole,
http://www.eduref.org,
etc.)
- information
resource portals (for example, http://portal.acm.org/portal.cfm,
www.col-ed.org/cur,
www.learningpage.com,
http://www.highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm, DataPortal,
Go_geo, PIXUS, SSP, SSPL, etc.)
- geographic-centric
(regional) and subject-specific portals for education
and training (for example, www.mcrel.org/resources/links/lesson.asp,
- national (for
example, http://www.edsitement.neh.gov,
www.enc.org, www.ed.gov/free,
www.marcopolo-education.org,
http://www.canteach.ca,
http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/electronic/dbeduc.htm,
etc.) for education and training
- international
portals (for example, http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_bib/Reference/Portals/Regional/,
www.knowledgeloom.org,
www.k12planet.com,
etc.) for education and training
- portals for e-learning, virtual communication and collaboration
(such as Sakai, PHP-Nuke, ReDReSS, etc.)
- knowledge
management portals (like KMCI, Knolewdge-Portal, etc.)
- best cases
on applications of portal technology in education
- case studies
on educational portals and portal technology
etc.
The title of
a paper should clearly show its relevance to the “Portals
in Education” topic.
Please submit your papers via the CATE-2006 Submission Server
and email a copy of your paper (in PDF format) to adi@informika.ru
(with Subject line: CATE-2006 Special Session on Portals
in Education).
 Prof.
Dr. Alexander Ivannikov is the First Deputy Director
of the State Research Institute on Information and Telecommunication
Technologies “INFORMIKA”, Moscow, Russia.
Dr. Ivannikov
is well-known expert on Information and Telecommunications
technologies and, particularly, their applications in Education
area. In 2002-2005 he served as a leader of the Federal
Educational Program entitled “Global Education Network”
(national educational portal); this national project has
been sponsored by the federal government of the Russian
Federation.
Dr. Ivannikov
is a Laureate of the 1998 Russian Federal Government Prize
in the area of Education, the Academician of the International
Information Networking Academy. He has more than 150 professional
publications.
| IMPORTANT
DEADLINES |
| Submissions
due |
April
15, 2006 |
| Notification
of acceptance |
June
1, 2006 |
| Camera-ready
manuscripts due |
July
1, 2006 |
| Registration
Deadline |
July
15, 2006 |
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