The Fifth KES International Conference
SMART EDUCATION and E-LEARNING (SEEL-2018)

20-22 June 2018
Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA

URL: http://seel-18.kesinternational.org/

THEME: Launching a New Vision in Education and e-Learning

VENUE: Mantra on View Hotel, Surfers Paradise, AUSTRALIA
http://www.mantra.com.au/queensland/gold-coast/surfers-paradise/accommodation/hotels/mantra-on-view-hotel/

PROCEEDINGS: as a CHAPTER BOOK by SPRINGER (http://www.springer.com/series/8767)


GOAL
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Following on from the great success of the four International Conferences on Smart Education and E-Learning (SEEL) in 2014-2017, SEEL-2018 is a major international forum for the presentation of innovative ideas, approaches, technologies, systems, findings and outcomes of research and design and development projects in the emerging areas of smart education, smart e-learning, applications of smart technology and smart systems in education and e-learning, smart classrooms and smart universities, and knowledge-based smart society.

SEEL-2018 will provide an excellent opportunity for scholars, Ph.D. students, faculty, administrators, and practitioners to meet well-known experts from all over the world and to discuss innovative ideas and approaches, advances in smart technology and intelligent systems, state-of-the-art software and hardware systems, research findings and outcomes, best practices and case studies, national and international projects, institutional standards and policies, and many other topics related to smart technology-based education and corporate training.


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
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Proceedings as a CHAPTER BOOK by SPRINGER: The conference proceedings will be published by SPINGER as book chapters in a volume of the KES Smart Innovation Systems and Technologies series (http://www.springer.com/series/8767).

INDEXING: The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing in Scopus and Thomson-Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) and the Web of Science.

Contributions are invited from prospective authors with interests in the indicated conference topics and related areas of application. All contributions should be high quality, original and not published elsewhere or submitted for publication during the review period. Papers will be thoroughly reviewed by the International Program Committee and external evaluators, and may be accepted for oral or poster presentation.


IMPORTANT DATES (for authors)
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- Submission of papers (extended): 12 January 2018
- Notification of acceptance: 9 February 2018
- Upload of final paper files by: 9 March 2018


IMPORTANT DATES (for chairs of invited sessions and workshops)
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- Proposal for Invited Sessions/Workshops: 3 November 2017
- Submission of papers: (to be set by Session/Workshop Chair)
- Upload of final paper files by: 9 March 2018


MAIN CONFERENCE TOPICS (include but are not limited to)
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1. SMART EDUCATION (SmE Track)
- Conceptual frameworks for smart education
- Innovative smart teaching and learning technologies
- Best practices and case studies on smart education
- Smart pedagogy
- Smart classroom (features, characteristics, infrastructure, etc.)
- Smart curriculum and courseware design and development
- Smart assessment and testing
- Smart education analytics
- Faculty development and instructor's skills for smart education
- University-wide smart systems for teaching, learning, research, collaboration, communication, management, security
- Smart blended, distance, online and open education
- Partnerships, national and international projects on smart education
- Standards and policies in smart education
- Economics of smart education

2. SMART E-LEARNING (SmL Track)
- Smart e-learning: concepts, strategies and approaches
- Smart e-learning teaching strategies
- Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
- Small Personal Online Courses (SPOC)
- Assessment and testing in smart e-learning
- Serious games-based smart e-learning
- Courseware design and development for smart e-learning
- Smart e-learning environments
- Hardware and software systems, portals and platforms for smart e-learning
- Smart e-learning pedagogy
- Smart e-learner modeling
- Smart e-learning management, analytics, and quality assurance
- Faculty development and instructor's skills for smart e-learning
- Best practices and case studies on smart e-learning
- Benefits and effectiveness of smart e-learning
- Partnerships, national and international projects on smart e-learning
- Standards and policies in smart e-learning
- Social, cultural, and ethical dimensions and challenges of smart e-learning
- Economics of smart e-learning

3. SMART TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING (SmT Track)
- Smart technology enhanced teaching and learning
- Internet-of-Things (IoT) in smart learning environments
- Smart phones and smart devices in education
- Smart technologies and systems for education and e-learning
- Educational applications of smart technology and smart systems
- Smart technology-based educational software and hardware systems
- Mobility, security, access and control in smart learning environments
- Smart gamification (fusion of smart technology and serious games)
- Smart multimedia (fusion of smart technology and rich multimedia technology)
- Smart mobility (fusion of smart technology and mobile technology)

4. "FROM SMART EDUCATION TO SMART SOCIETY" CONTINUUM (SmS Track)
- Smart school
- Applications of smart toys in education
- Smart classroom, smart lecture hall
- Smart lab, smart research center
- Smart house
- Smart campus and smart university
- Economics of smart university
- Smart office
- Smart business, smart company
- Smart management, smart administration
- Smart healthcare
- Smart wealth
- Smart city
- Smart society


CONFERENCE AWARDS
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- SEEL-2018 Best Conference Paper award
- SEEL-2018 Best Graduate/Ph.D. Student award
- SEEL-2018 Best Software and/or Hardware System award


COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS (not complete)
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- KES International (UK)
- InterLabs Research Institute, Bradley University (USA)
- Institut Superieur de l'Electronique et du Numerique ISEN-Brest (FRANCE)
- Silesian University of Technology (POLAND)
- Multimedia Apps D&R Center, University of Craiova (ROMANIA)
- Science and Education Research Council COPEC (BRAZIL)



CONFERENCE ORGANIZER and CONTACT INFORMATION
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KES International
- Address: PO Box 2115, Shoreham-by-sea, BN43 9AF UNITED KINGDOM
- URL: http://www.kesinternational.org
- E-mail: contact@kesinternational.org or exec@kesinternational.org