Ecel18 Proceedings Of The 17th European Conference On E Learning

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 17th European Conference on e- Learning (ECEL 2018), Co-hosted by: the University of West Attica, Greece and Hellenic Air Force Academy (HAFA) on 1-2 November 2018. The Conference Chair is Prof. Klimis Ntalianis from West Attica University and the Programme Co-Chairs are Prof. Antonios Andreatos from the Hellenic Air Force and Prof Cleo Sgouropoulou from West Attica University. ECEL is a well-established event on the academic research conference calendar and now in its 17th year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research. For the 4th year the conference has also played host to the final round of the International e-Learning Excellence Awards. The opening keynote presentation is given by Prof. Michalis Xenos from the University of Patras who will address the topic of Everything is blended learning. Then an afternoon keynote will be given by Carlos Delgado Kloos from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain on the subject Education is too Important to still Teach like we're in the Middle Ages. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Dr.Anastasios (Tassos) Mikropoulos from the The Educational Approaches to Virtual Reality Lab, University of Ioannina, Greece who will talk about the Learning Affordances of Virtual Reality.

The European Conference on e-Learning was established 17 years ago. It has been held in France, Portugal, England, The Netherlands, Greece and Denmark to mention only a few of the countries who have hosted it. ECEL is generally attended by participants from more than 40 countries and attracts an interesting combination of academic scholars, practitioners and individuals who are engaged in various aspects of e-Learning. Among other journals, the Electronic Journal of e-Learning publishes a special edition of the best papers presented at this conference.

These Proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 16th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2017, hosted this year by the Porto Accounting and Business School (ISCAP), Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal on 26-27 October 2017. The Conference Co-Chairs are Dr Anabela Mesquita and Dr Paula Peres, both from ISCAP. The conference will be opened with a keynote address by Dr. Rita Cadima, Vice-President and Director of the Distance Learning Unit at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal on the topic Online learning: enhancing teachers and students skills in higher education. On the second day the keynote will be delivered by Dr. Neuza Pedro, Coordinator of E-learning Lab of the University of Lisbon on the topic of E-learning in Higher Education: analyzing organizational strategy and teachers professional development. ECEL is a well-established platform for individuals to present their research findings, display their work in progress and discuss conceptual advances in many different branches of e-Learning. At the same time, it provides an important opportunity for members of the e-Learning community to come together with peers, share knowledge and exchange ideas. With an initial submission of 170 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 66 academic papers, 4 PhD Papers, and 3 Work in Progress papers in these Conference Proceedings. These papers reflect the truly global nature of research in the area with contributions from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, UK and USA. A selection of papers - those agreed by a panel of reviewers and the editors- will be considered for development and publication in the EJEL (Electronic Journal of e-Learning www.ejel.org ).

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 20th European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL 2021), hosted by ACI and the University of Applied Sciences HTW Berlin (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft) Berlin, Germany on 28-29 October 2021. We, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Busch and Prof. Dr. Tilo Wendler, have the honour to act as the Conference Chairs. Prof Dr. Regina Frieß and Martin Steinicke are the Programme Chairs. ECEL is now a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 20th year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. We would have loved to welcome you, but due to the global Covid-19 pandemic the conference was moved online to be held as a virtual event. All four of us have a long-standing interest in e-learning and the digitisation of learning scenarios with a focus on game- and "Mixed Reality"-based learning. The pandemic has shown us how much Germany can learn from other countries in implementing innovative ways and formats of learning on- and offline. But on the bright side, this sometimes distressing view of the German educational system in times of stress also set things in motion that will bring new opportunities but also challenges. All of these need to be faced on solid scientific ground thus making the sharing of ideas and results all the more important. The subjects covered and the scope of papers in this year's ECEL illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research and will ensure an interesting two days - to which we look forward. The opening keynote presentation is given by Dr Dan Remenyi, Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, on the topic of University of the Future. The second day of the conference will include an address by Prof Shawren Singh, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, entitled Reflecting on Higher Education Examinations. With an initial submission of 141 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 68 Academic research papers, 8 PhD research papers, 2 Masters Research papers and 3 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK and USA.

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