LINQ 2014 / EIF 2014 Conference “Changing the Trajectory – Quality for Opening up Education” Announces Venue

The leading joint conference on quality innovation for learning and education has announced its location for 2014. The beautiful Iberostar Creta Panorama & Mare Hotel on the coast of Creta in Rethymnon will host an international audience of experts in the fields of technology-enhanced learning, open educational resources and quality development. Early-bird registration rates for LINQ 2014 in conjunction with EIF 2014 will be available until March 12; potential participants are encouraged to register soon, however, as seats are limited. Participants can register via http://efquel.org/eiflinq-registration/.

Continuing the trend from last year’s conference at the Headquarters of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy, this venue will provide a magnificent backdrop to the essential and groundbreaking discussions on the meaning of quality in the context of open education. Innovative work from hundreds of submitters will provide the basis for this conference dialogue, including new papers, research projects, and workshops on the latest developments in the field.

This year, LINQ has joined forces with EFQUEL to establish a common community of experts passionate for quality development in the quickly expanding field of technology-enhanced learning. Their support will reinforce the foundation of the conference and inspire more constructive discussion and critical analysis than ever before.

The extended LINQ 2014 / EIF 2014 call for papers, projects, and workshops came to an end on February 24, 2014. Authors and project submitters will be informed of their acceptance by March 10, 2014. All accepted papers and selected projects may be presented at the conference, will be published in the official proceedings of the conference (with ISBN) and distributed to all conference participants as well as throughout Europe.

Overview of the important dates:
- Notification of acceptance: March 10, 2014
- Camera-ready submission: March 31, 2014
- Deadline for speaker registration: March 31, 014
- Conference days: May 7-9, 2014 in Crete

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About the 3rd European Conference on
Learning Innovations and Quality:

“Changing the Trajectory –
Quality for Opening up Education”

The main goal of Learning Innovations for Quality Conference (LINQ), this year in conjunction with the EFQUEL Innovation Forum (EIF), is to bring together a variety of academics and professionals active in the field of innovations and quality in lifelong learning. LINQ 2014 will support an innovative exchange of the latest developments in education and training innovations and quality on both a European and international level. Potential points of access to this field include new learning methods and design, technology-enhanced learning (TEL), quality standards and certification, human resources development, competences and skills, digital resources, learning materials, and online collaboration and communities. LINQ 2014 will take place at the Iberostar Creta Panorama Hotel in Rethymnon, Greece from May 7 to 9.

LINQ 2013 attracted hundreds of submissions from throughout Europe, as well as Asia, America, and Africa. LINQ 2013 thus showed a continuation in the high level of interest which made LINQ 2012 such a successful conference. LINQ 2014 will continue this trend in partnership with the European Foundation for Quality in e-Learning (www.efquel.org).

More information about LINQ online:
www.learning-innovations.eu

LINQ 2014 Contact:

Sebastian Engel-Vermette
University of Duisburg-Essen
Universitaetsstr. 9 (ICB)
45141 Essen, GERMANY
sebastian.vermette@icb.uni-due.de

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