2022 the 7th International Conference on Distance Education and Learning (ICDEL 2022)

2022 the 7th International Conference on Distance Education and Learning (ICDEL 2022) will be held in Beijing, China during May 20-23, 2022.

Distance education has been changing its nature and gaining momentum in the past couple of decades, under the influence of ICT and learning sciences' developments, up to become an established part of the current education world. The engine of this growth has been the technological development of diverse, two-way communication channels apt to support interaction and joint work in different ways, effectively removing time and place constraints. Such development has contributed to change the field: not only there is currently a major focus on distance education at most institutions around the world, but also fostering students' active involvement and self-regulation has been receiving growing attention, increasingly moving courses away from traditional face-to-face approaches. Distance education is prone to further evolution and diffusion, following the changes of technology and culture. We can expect, in particular:

The conference is soliciting state-of-the-art research papers in the following areas of interest, but not limited:

1. General Approaches and Issues:

• Web-based and Blended Learning
• Open Education
• Mobile Learning (M-learning)
• Critical Factors in Distance Education
• Cognitive, Affective, and Social Aspects of Teaching and Learning
• Learning in a Global Context
• Internationalization and Localization
• Emerging and Future Trends
 
2. Implementation Issues:

• Design and Development of Learning Contents
• Primary and Secondary Education
• Higher Education and Vocational Training 
• Home Schooling
• Accessibility to Users with Diverse Disabilities
• Course Delivery Issues
• Organizational and Management Issues
• Educating the Educators
• Performance Measurement
• Competency Assessment
• Success Stories

3. Methodological and Pedagogical Issues:

• Teaching and Learning Strategies and Tactics
• Collaborative Learning
• Communication Design
• Online Learning in Social Environments
• Gamification of Learning
• Contextualizing and Situating Learning
• Combining Traditional and Online Learning
• Flipped Classroom
• Developing Critical Literacies
• Addressing Individual Differences
•Scaffoding Self-regulation in Online Environments
• Feedback Design

4. Tools, Systems and Technological Issues:

•Online Learning Infrastrucures and Architectures 
• Open Source Learning Environments
• Intelligent Interfaces
• Interactive E-learning Systems
• Personalised Learning Environments
• Multimedia Applications for E-learning
• Publishing Tools
• Emerging Hardware and Software

5. Ethical and Social Issues:

• Bullism
• Plagiarism
• Equity Issues
• Impact of E-learning on Social Change
• Impact of Cultural Factors on E-learning