LCT: 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES

In the today’s knowledge society, learning and collaboration are two fundamental and strictly interrelated aspects of knowledge acquisition and creation. Learning technology is the broad range of communication, information and related technologies that can be used to support learning, teaching, and assessment, often in a collaborative way. Collaboration technology, on the other hand, is targeted to support individuals working in teams, towards a common goal, which may be an educational one, by providing tools that aid communication, the management of activities as well as the process of problem solving. In this context, interactive technologies do not only affect and improve the existing educational system, but become a transformative force that can generate radically new ways of knowing, learning and collaborating.

The LCT conference, affiliated to HCI International conference, addresses theoretical foundations, design and implementation, as well as effectiveness and impact issues related to interactive technologies for learning and collaboration, including design methodologies, developments and tools, theoretical models, instructional design, as well as technology adoption and use in formal and informal educational contexts.

Call for participation leaflet (385KB)

Indicative topics/keywords of the broad spectrum of issues to be addressed:

  • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Systems for Learning
  • Wearable Technologies, Mobile learning and Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning
  • Serious Games and Gamification
  • Robotics and their Potential for Learning
  • Mobile learning and Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning
  • Human-Computer Interfaces and Technology Support for Collaboration and Learning
  • Cultural Issues in Learning with Collaboration Technologies
  • Theoretical Perspectives for Learning via Collaboration Technologies
  • Collaboration Technology and Children with Special Needs
  • Collaboration Technology for Elderly People
  • Collaborative Learning in Online Environments/ CSCL
  • Security and Policies on Collaboration Technologies and Web 2.0
  • Design, Methodology and Architecture of Collaborative Learning Systems
  • Socio-economic and Political Uses of Collaboration Technology
  • Sense of Community and Relationship Building with Collaboration Technology
  • Digital Divide and Gender Discrepancies in Collaboration Technology
  • Smart Cities and Learning

Program Board

  • Program Chair

    Panayiotis Zaphiris

    Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

  • Program Chair

    Andri Ioannou

    Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

  • Board Members

  • Ruthi Aladjem
    Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • Carmelo Ardito
    University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
  • Mike Brayshaw
    University of Hull, United Kingdom
  • Scott W. Brown
    University of Connecticut, United States
  • Fisnik Dalipi
    University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
  • Paloma Díaz
    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
  • Camille Dickson-Deane
    The University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Anastasios A. Economides
    University of Macedonia, Greece
  • Maka Eradze
    Tallinn University, Estonia
  • Mikhail Fominykh
    Mikhail Fominykh, Norway
  • David Fonseca
    La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain
  • Francisco José García-Peñalvo
    University of Salamanca, Spain
  • Preben Hansen
    Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Tomaž Klobučar
    Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
  • Zona Kostic
    Harvard University, United States
  • Birgy Lorenz
    Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
  • Ana Loureiro
    Polytechnic Institute of Santarém - School of Education, Portugal
  • Antigoni Parmaxi
    Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
  • Marcos Román González
    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
  • Yevgeniya S. Sulema
    National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Ukraine