Call For Paper
The Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Forum on e-Learning Excellence in the Middle East 2010: Bringing Global Quality to a Local Context and invites all those engaged with the implementation of excellence in e-learning to share their experiences and practices by submitting research papers, case studies, view points and reviews.

Effectiveness of e-Learning
Evaluating e-Learning Effectiveness
Measuring Return on Investments (ROI) in e-Learning
Impact of e-Learning on Education Re-engineering
e-Marketplace for Higher Education
Global Trends in e-Learning
Planning and Evaluating Educational Technology
Sustainability of e-Learning

e-Learning Strategies, Policy Making & Management Issues
Organizational Policies & Strategies for e-Learning Implementation
Information Society and e-Learning Strategies for e-Transformation
Policy Issues in e-Learning
Coping with Resistance and Change Management
Leadership in Online Education

Facilitating Online Learning
Online Facilitators’ Training & Development
Innovative Pedagogical Models
Learning Theories and Approaches for e-Learning
Developing e-Learning for Specific Subject Domains (i.e. language, mathematics, etc)
Collaborative and Group Learning
e-Moderating, e-Teaching and e-Facilitating

Facilitating Online Learning
Evaluating Learners’ Performance in e-Learning
e-Portfolio Implementation and Impact
Innovations in e-Assessment

Historical Evolution and Research-Based Evidence
Evaluation of Learning Technology Systems
Emerging and Best Practices

Technology Enhanced Learning
Open Source and Open Content
Learning Management Systems and Learning Content Management System
Authoring Tools
Use of Gaming in Education
Use of Multimedia in e-Learning
Mobile Learning
Web 2.0 Applications
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Developing and Implementing Institutional Strategies
Social Software for Collaborative Learning
Virtual Worlds

Accreditation and QA
e-Learning Standards & Quality Frameworks
Managing Quality in e-Learning
Accreditation in e-Learning Learning
Evaluating Learners & Faculty/ Teacher Performance in e-Learning
e-Portfolio Implementation and Impact

Designing for Learning
Learning Objects and Repositories
Blended Learning Approaches
Innovative Instructional Design
Sociological and Psychological Dimensions of e-Learning
Reusability, Standards and Learning Objects

Work Integrated Learning
Using e-Learning to Support Life Long Learning
Human Resource Development Using e-Learning in Organizations



Call for Papers and Key Timelines

Those who wish to present papers and case studies at our upcoming forum, are kindly asked to submit a 150 words abstract, together with a brief resume to: elexforum@hbmeu.ae before 1st August, 2009.

The Technical Committee will review abstracts and select authors from whom a full paper will be invited on or before 20th September, 2009.

Full papers must be received on or before 1st November, 2009.

Corporate Showcases & Exhibitions opportunities enabling companies to present recent developments will also be available throughout the 2010 Forum, in addition to poster presentations.

All submissions need to be made against a particular stream.