LYICT Conference - KL, Malaysia. July 7 - 10, 2008

IFIP education has a tradition of organising exciting conferences which stimulate discussion, foster the exchange of ideas and knowledge and generate more informed understanding of the issues of Informatics and ICT in education.

LYICT is a combination of two day Open Conference and a two day Working Conference focusing on aspects related to the following themes that are central to the work of Working Groups 3.1, 3.2 and 3.6:

* Development of informatics and ICT knowledge and practice in secondary and higher education,

* Various aspects of technology based learning and training with respect to related impact on policies, practice, concepts and methodologies,

* Making Lifelong Learning available for all, in order to avoid a knowledge divide.

The goal of the conference is to bring together teachers, researchers and administrators involved in ICT and Learning for Youth to discuss and propose the future direction of activity in this area.

The conference format has been designed to accommodate inspirational keynote presentations, technical papers by participants, panel presentations, workshops, plenary discussions and informal exchanges of ideas among all participants.

LYICT will provide a forum for school and community practitioners, lecturers and researchers, advisers and policy makers. Doctoral students, newly qualified teachers and young people will be invited to contribute their perspectives - as the future is theirs.

Call for Papers for an AGORA Workshop within LYICT

We now invite short papers (3-5 pages) related to "Digital Divide and for Cultural Understanding". These papers will contribute to the success of the AGORA workshop. They will be presented and discussed during the workshop and be published in the LYICT Conference book of abstracts and the workshop documentation on the AGORA Website after the conference. The papers will undergo a short evaluation process to determine their suitability and appropriateness.

Objectives of the AGORA Workshop

The Workshop aims to:
* identify relevant competencies of LLL and IL to decrease digital divide
* identify educational strategies to implement LLL and IL as a sustainable development in organisations and in developing countries
* to scaffold ANDIL by establishing a Local ‘Digital Divide Studio’:

Possible Topics of the AGORA Workshop

* Life Long Learning (LLL) and Information Literacy (IL) as a means to reduce the Digital Divide
* Relationship between LLL competencies and IL and their possible contribution to the decrease of Digital Divide
* Knowledge Building Communities between developing and industrial countries
* Integration of Training and Working through informal learning processes in Business
* ICT-supported Intercultural Learning

Topics and Concepts of ICT-related projects which can contribute to the decrease of digital divide e.g.
* co-operation between industry and educational institutions in the area of IL and LLL,
* national or international co-operation of educational institutions in the area of IL and LLL
* ‘twinning’ or ‘sistering’ projects in the area of ILL and IL between developing and industrial countries
* ILL and IL related projects for the use of ICT in healthcare in developing countries
* Best practice examples of these types of projects (work in progress reports)
Using Web 2.0 applications for Social Networking in and between Digital Divide aware project
* Gender Issues and Digital Divide
* LLL and IL Concepts for sustainable Integration of ICT in different societal domains such as:
- Learning and Education
- Business and Economic Development
- Health and Human Services
- Governance and Citizenship
. . . in order to decrease digital divide.


AGORA Activities at LYICT

Monday 7th 9:30 am - AGORA Keynote (Jan Wibe)
4:00 pm - AGORA Panel

AGORA Workshop Slots:
Monday 7th 10:50 am – 12:30 pm
02:00 pm – 03:40 pm

Tuesday 8th 10:00 am – 10:50 am
11:20 am – 12:40 pm
02:00 pm – 03:40 pm

Since we are planning to discuss regional demands on a Digital Divide Studio intensively local and regional residents are strongly encouraged to submit papers!!!

The papers should be submitted via E-Mail, using the provided template, to:
lyict@oum.edu.my.

Deadline of Submission:
1st of June 2008

Notification of Acceptance to the Authors:
9th of June 2008

Conference Contacts

Professor Dr Zoraini Wati Abas
Chairperson, LYICT National Organising Committee
Centre for Quality Management and Research & Innovation
Open University Malaysia
Jalan Tun Ismail
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia.

Tel: +603 – 2616 8811
Fax: +603 – 2694 1853
E-mail: zoraini@oum.edu.my

Ms Norasmahan Abdul Kadir
Event Manager, LYICT National Organising Committee
Faculty of Sceince & Technology
Open University Malaysia
Jalan Tun Ismail
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia.

Tel: +603 – 2773 2431
E-mail: norasmahan@oum.edu.my

Ms Hazalina Hashim
Secretary, LYICT National Organising Committee
Faculty of Information Technology & Multimedia
Communication
Open University Malaysia
Jalan Tun Ismail
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia.

Tel: +603 – 2773 2090
E-mail: hazalina@oum.edu.my

More details: http://cidt.oum.edu.my/lyict/index.htm


Registration Policy:

OUM tutors are entitled to a 30% discount of the participation fee.

OUM tutors with accepted papers are entitled to a 50% discount of the participation fee.

All students are entitled to a 50% discount rate of the participation fee. (*Copy of Student ID required)

For group registration of more than 10 persons, an extra person participation fee will be waived.