InSITE 2011

Informing Science & IT Education:
A Conference in Four Parts:
Connect, TeachIT, TeLE, and Inform

 June  18 - 23,  2011  
Novi Sad, Serbia

 

June 18-19 June 20-23
InSITE: Connect

InSITE: TeachIT

InSITE: TeLE

InSITE: Inform
Learning from Applications of Theory: Field trips Teaching and Learning about IT Technology Enhanced Learning Environments

Informing Science Research

InSITE:  Connect consists of study in various locations on the transmission of information across time and across space.  Connect focuses on the interrelationship between context (historical forces and culture) and information and knowledge transfer. 

InSITE: Inform solicits papers in any area that explores issues in effectively and efficiently informing clients through IT (information technology).

InSITE:  TeachIT focuses on research topics related to teaching  IT, including curricular issues, capstone courses, pedagogy, and emerging topics in IT. 

InSITE:  TeLE focuses on research topics related to using IT to teach.  For example, these topics include e-Learning, m-Learning, making classroom teaching more effective, and distance learning.

You can attend all or just part of the conference.

All submissions undergo blind review by six or more external referees. Accepted papers of delegates are published in either the conference proceedings or one of the Institute's journals.

the transdiscipline of Informing Science

 Inform: The purpose of Informing Science is to encourage and enable the sharing of knowledge and collaboration among the wide variety of fields that use information technology to inform clients. Here are some of these areas: 
 Communications, Communicating Meaning, Community and Society, Computer Science, Data Communications, Distance Education, eCommerce, Education, Government, Health Care, Medicine, History, Information Science & Library, Journalism, Justice and Law, Mathematics, Philosophical Issues, Psychology, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology, Working Together.
IT Education TeachIT: Papers that cover research in Information Technology Education, such as Curriculum and Techniques for teaching IT are invited.
IT for Education TeLE: Papers that deal with any aspect of knowledge, eLearning, mLearning,  and learning objects (theory, practice, innovation, and research ) are invited
 Special Topics The conference is especially interested in papers on the topics:
  • Misinforming/Misinformation and Bias in informing systems.
  • Teaching and mentoring of doctoral students
  • Art and Design as elements of informing clients
  • The art and science of informing clients
Preliminary Schedule
Friday, June 17 Arrive in Novi Sad (see Getting There)
Saturday
June 18		 Day Trip with Lunch
Sunday
June 19		 Day Trip with Lunch
Monday
June 20		 Morning Trip
(lunch on your own)

Joint Opening Session for InSITE: Inform, InSITE:  TeLE and InSITE: TeachIT

Reception
Tuesday
June 21		 Joint Conference with Lunch
Banquet Dinner
Wednesday
June 22		 Joint Conference with Lunch
Thursday
June 23		 Joint Conference with Lunch

Closing Session and Reception
Friday
June 24		 Return
(See Getting There)

Hosted and co-Organized by the

Higher Education
Technical School of
Professional Studies, Novi Sad

 Logo of the Higher Education Techniical School of Professional Studies

Božo Nikolić & Ljiljana Ruzic-Dimitrijevic
Conference Chairs

co-Organized by the Informing Science Institute
Eli Cohen and Elizabeth Boyd
Organizers@InSITE.nu