CONGRESS OBJECTIVES
The theme of the congress is “The eLearning Q.U.E.S.T: Harmonizing the Elements of a Global Knowledged Society." In the last decade, countries have focused on evolving into knowledge societies and developments in information and communication technology (ICT) have opened more opportunities for borderless collaboration and co-creation. In this stage of growing interdependence and multidisciplinary perspectives, there is a need to synergize the requisite components to nurture a global knowledge society. This congress aims to provide a collaborative model of teaching and learning online by determining the many elements that must be managed to create e-learning programs and to stimulate participation across diversity.
Specifically, the congress aims to:
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CONGRESS STRUCTURE
The congress will feature various types of sessions in order to create the most comprehensive program possible. The program is divided into:
Plenary Sessions
These sessions feature key eLearning experts, practitioners and innovative decision makers from education, business, and government sectors showcasing their national or international eLearning initiatives.
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Parallel Sessions
These sessions focus on the theme of the congress where leading practitioners present best practices, experiences and findings. Some of these sessions feature case studies and researches from their institutions, organizations and corporations. Some sessions may take the form of demonstrations of innovative services and products, best practice showcases, vendor presentation and additional networking events created for interaction of elearning practitioners with common interest.
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Pre-Congress Worshops
A series of short-term workshops designed to enable participants to further improve their elearning technology practice. These skill-based workshops in variety of topics allow participants to readily apply gained skills back to their workplace.
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Exhibits
The exhibit will showcase the latest in educational technology applications and solutions as well as product and service offerings of various elearning service providers. A specified exhibit area will be provided for the exhibitors and sponsors of the congress.
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PUBLICATION
The proceedings of the PeLS International Congress on eLearning 2013 will be compiled electronically in the congress proceedings under ISSN No. 2094-5485 and qualified papers will be invited for publication at PeLS Online Journal (ISSN 2094-781x).