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Welcoming letter from Susan Hockfield, President of MIT

Welcoming letter from Professor Richard C. Larson, Founder-Director, MIT LINC

Plenary Presentations

• Charles M. Vest, President of the National Academy of Engineering and President Emeritus of MIT: “Open Education for an Open World”
• Mohammed T. Al Sellemi, Director, Human Resources Services Department, Saudi Aramco: “Where Is My Teacher? The Evolution of the Digital School and Its Impact on Global Learning”
• Robert Hawkins, Senior Education Specialist, World Bank Institute, Washington, DC: “The Top 10 Global Trends in ICT and Education”
• Patricio Lopez del Puerto, President ,The Virtual University of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico: “The Case of the Virtual University of Tecnológico de Monterrey”
• Naveed A. Malik, Founder-Rector, Virtual University of Pakistan: “Assessment of Large Student Cohorts in a Formal Distributed Learning Environment”
• Dr. Bakary Diallo, Rector, The African Virtual University: “Developing and Delivering Online Teacher Education Programs with Ten African Countries”
• Gajaraj Dhanarajan, Former Vice Chancellor Wawasan Open University,Malaysia: A Study of the Creation and Use of Open Educational Resources in Some Asian Countries”
• Cliff Missen, Director of the WiderNet Project, University of Iowa: “Three Hundred Libraries Later: Evaluating the eGranary Digital Library and Off-line Information Delivery in Education”
• Catherine Casserly, Senior Partner, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: “Open Educational Resources and the Bull's-Eye: Opening Access to Knowledge AND Improving Teaching and Learning”
• Andy DiPaolo, Executive Director, Stanford Center for Professional Development: “Moving to Anywhere, Anytime Learning: Institutional Strategies for Meeting the Online Education Needs of Lifelong Learners”
• Milton Chen, Senior Fellow, George Lucas Educational Foundation: “Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools”
• Rana Abu Zeid Qubain, General Manager, Investment World for Development and Technology, Jordan: “BLOSSOMS Experience: From Production to Implementation”
• Muhammad Kashif Farooq, Assistant Program Manager, Punjab Information Technology Board, Lahore, Pakistan: “Implementation of BLOSSOMS in Pakistan”
• Dr. Said Jahama, General Manager, E-Learning Arabia, Jordan: “Suggested Additions to Supplement the MIT BLOSSOMS Learning Videos”
• Michael B. Horn, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Education, The Innosight Institute: “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns”
• David E. Pritchard, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT Department of Physics: “What Are Students Learning, and From What Activity?”
• Vijay Kumar, Senior Associate Dean and Director of the MIT Office of Educational Innovation and Technology: “Changing the Landscape of Learning Opportunities”
• Andrew Reynolds, Deputy Science & Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State of the U.S. Department of State: Science, Technology and Engineering Education in 21st Century Diplomacy and Development”
  

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Parallel Session Papers

Session #1: The Internet and Education: Case Studies from Around the World

• “E-Learning in Afghanistan” Maria Beebe, Washington State University, Research and Development
• “E-learning in a Nigerian Open University” Babatunde Ipaye, Open University of Nigeria
• “A Student Affair: Globalizing and Mobilizing with Online Learning” Anju Kanwar (U.S.)
• “Information and Communication Technology Innovation in Education: The Case of Turkey” Emrah Orhun
• “First E-learning Degree in Egypt Sees the Light: A Case Study” Mariam M. Osmane

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Session #2: The Internet and Education: Case Studies from Around the World

• “The Online Life-Learner: Rethinking the Social Role of Universities in Distance Education” Silvia Florea and Constatin Oprean (Romania)
• “Leadership Vacuum in the Application of ICTs in Lifelong Learning in Africa” Judith Kamau (Botswana)
• “Social and Economic Challenges to Lifelong Learning in Nigeria” Patricia N. Uzoegwu and Ogechukwu Iloanusi
• “Using Virtual Classroom Technology to Promote Equal Opportunities for Post-Graduate Women Engineering Students” Ella Akkerman (Israel)
• “Constructing a Learning City: The Role and Reformations of Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of Tsinghua University” Yongbin MA and Aiyi Wang (China)

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Session #3: Enhanced Teaching through the Use of New Educational Technologies

• “Innovative Pedagogical Interventions for Female Education: Training Imperatives for Future Generation Teachers” Renu Nanda (India)
• “A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Students’ Homework Assignment Website Usage” Emel Dikbas Torun and Eralp Altun (Turkey)
• “Electronic Constructivism 2010: Innovative Tools, Virtual Travels, and Great Teaching” Maureen Yoder (U.S.)
• “Meaningful Learning through E-Learning” Carmina V. Tolentino (Philippines)
• “Online Degree for Teachers in the Brazilian Amazon: A Case Study” Laura Maria Coutinho and Lucio Teles

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Session #4: Enhanced Teaching through the Use of New Educational Technologies

• “Enhancing E-Learning Architectures: A Case Study” Mohammed Abusaad and Walid A. Salameh (Jordan)
• “Exploring Information Gathering Process in Networked Environments” Petek Akar, Arif Altun and Vildan Cevik (Turkey)
• “Supporting Higher-Order Thinking in the E-Learning Environment” Shouhong Wang and Hai Wang (U.S. and Canada)
• “Confidence-Based Assessment of Two-Alternative Format Tests” Ahmed A. Belal and Diala F. Ammar (Lebanon)

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Session #5: Technological Innovations for Learning

• “A March Towards Constructivism Based on Storytelling, Gaming and Collaboration” Manu Sheel Gupta, Vijit Singh and Manjot Pahwa (India)
• “Prete-a-apprendre: Design and Implementation of a Wearable Assessment Tag Game for Children” Imran A. Zaulkerman, Nihal Al-Khunaizi, Sara Najar and Nour Nour (U.A.E.)
• “A Tool for Arabic Handwriting” Sherif Abdou, Aly Fahmy and Ahmed Elgammay (Egypt)
• “E-Learning Tool for Autistic Children: Needs and Study” Dua’ Saadeh, Abd Al-Latif abu dalhoum, Moath Al-Hijjawi and Saadi-Al-Tbakhi (Jordan)
• “Vocabulary Building Support System by Converting Web Pages” Hiroshi Yoshioka, Taro Yabuki, and Hiroshi Sakuta (Japan)

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Session #6: Implementing an E-Learning Initiative

• “Implementation of e-Learning in Ghanian Tertiary Institutions: A Case Study of KNUST” John Serbe Marfo and Robert Kabutey Okine
• “Twists and Turns of Climbing the E-Learning Curve: The Story of Masters in Project Management at the University of Botswana” Dr. Regina Masalela
• “Implementing E-Learning in Higher Open and Distance Learning Institutions in Developing Countries: The Experience of the Open University of Tanzania” Cosmas B.F. Mnyanyi, Jabiri Bakari, and Tolly S.A. Mbwette
• “Investigating the Strategies to Cope with Resistance to Change in Implementing ICT: A Case Study of Allama Iqbal Open University” Adnan Riaz (Pakistan)
• “University-Industry Linkage: Sohar University Experience with Case Study on Cisco Event as Experience for Learning in Developing Local Talent in Sultanate of Oman” Dinesh K. Saini, Wail M. Omar, Mustafa Hassan, Khamsa Enaya, Sima Yazdani and Zia Syed
• “Automating PAAET: the Kuwaiti Distance Learning Project – a Personal Reflection” Khadija Al Ali (Kuwait)

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Session #7: The Educational Impact of Web 2.0 Technologies

• “Creating Politically Educated Citizens: Web 2.0’s Struggle in Pakistan” Ovais Ahmed Tanweer
• “The Use of Acronomy in the Net Communication” Sami Basheer Matrood (Iraq)
• “Collaborating Towards Learning: Using Web 2.0 for Educational Idea Development” Krittika Adhikary, Manu Sheel Gupta, Ekansh Preet Singh, and Swarandeep Singh (India)
• “Blogging as Adult Learning: Meaning of Adult Bloggers’ Experiences” Young Park, Dr. Gyeong Mi Heo, and Dr. Romee Lee (Korea)

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Session #8: Matching the Student’s Learning Style through Technology-Enabled Education

• “Training Personalization with Knowledge Technologies and Contextualization” Davor Orlic (Switzerland)
• “Educational Technology: The Need for Better Assessment Strategies and for Consideration of Student Learning Styles, Teaching Styles, Specific Types of Performance Scores, and Styles Reflected in the Individual Technologies” David Singer (U.S.A.)
• “A Learning Passport for Your Lifelong Educational Journey” Peter Smith, Steve Carson and Brian Ouellette (U.S.A.)
• “Application of Learning Styles in a Model Based on Ontology: SIMBAD” Rojas Javier, Defude Bruno and Telecom SudParis, Evry, France

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Session #9: National and Regional Approaches to Developing ICT for Education

• “ICT Development in the South Pacific” Eduardo Babulak (Fiji)
• “The Use of Technology to Build 21st Century Skills in Formal Education” Sistla Venkata Krishna (Singapore)
• “Lessons Learned in Managing ICT Systems for Online Learning” Lalith Liyanage (Sri Lanka)
• “The Corporate University as Technological and Scientific Support of the Virtual Education in Latin America” Eduardo Cote (Colombia)

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Session #10: The Transformative Potential of E-Learning in Emerging Nations

• “Open Education Resources of Anadolu University, Turkey” Cenzig Hakan Aydin and Nazmi Ulutak
• “Mobile Learning Project” Leslie Richards, Utith Inprasit and Phichit Sophakan (Thailand)
• “An Ideal Healthy Environment for Learning Using Technology: A Case Study from the Development and Continuous Education Center at Baghdad University” Bahaa I. Kazem and Muntaha A K. Jasim
• “MeLTs: A New Approach to Delivery of E-Learning in Remote and Un-Served Rural Areas in India” S K Wanchoo, A. Kaul, H. Sinvhal, S. Vaishnavi and H.K. Verma

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Session #11: Research Studies Examining the Nature of Online Learning

• “Measuring User Satisfaction in an Integrated E-Learning Environment” Mohammad Maqusi, Abdullah Al-Salamah and Taleb Sarie (U.S.A., Saudi Arabia and Jordan)
• “What Happens as Learning during Asynchronous Text-based Discussions in an Online Learning System?” Mark Aulls, Ahmed Ibrahim, Sandra Pelaez, Xihui Wang and Maria Orjuela-Laverde (Canada)
• “Empirical Study of Learner Contentment towards E-Learning: The Influential Role of Key Factors” Mawish Waheed and M. Farooq Hussain (Pakistan)
• “Hybrid Technologies for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Access and Prior Experience” Shaunda Wood (U.S.A.)
• “Evaluation of Course Design and Student Comprehension in the International Learning Environment: A Panel Data Analysis” Pavasajjanant Natcha, Akematsu Yuji and Tsuji Masatsugu (Japan)

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Session #12: The Promising Potential of Collaborative Learning Via the Internet

• “Leveraging Science for a New Science Learning Paradigm” Boris Berenfeld (U.K.)
• “We Write Better Together: E-Mentoring to Induct Developing Country Researchers into Scientific Literacy Practices” Gurmit Singh (Switzerland)
• “Snowblog CTnet City Project Report” Gal Springman (Israel)
• “Technology Assisted Contextualized Collaborative Learning Environment (TACCLE)” M.S. Smitha Rao, Nagesh Poojary and J.F. Thomas (Oman)

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Session #13: The Enhancement of Students’ Learning through Technology-Enabled Education

• “Enhancing Students’ Performance with E-Learning at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology: A Papua New Guinea Experience” Raphael Topagur
• “Training and Measuring Creativity Using Computer-Based Morphological Analysis Method” Choon-Keong, Tan; Kean-Wah, Lee; Baharuddin Bin Aris and Jamaluddin Bin Harun (Malaysia)
• “Using Appropriate New Technologies to Enhance Distance Students’ Learning at Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia” Aminudin Zuhairi and Rahmat Budiman
• “The Role of E-Learning in Integration of Basic and Clinical Medical Sciences, Complete Blood Count (CBC) E-Learning Course: A Case Study From Kasr Aliny School of Medicine, Cairo University” Zeinab M. El Maadawi

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Session #14: Educational Reports with Implications for Technology-Enabled Learning

• “The Role of Education on Economic Growth in Pakistan” Adiqa Kausar Kiani
• “Using Patent-Based Education as a Tool for Increasing Motivation and Teaching Know-Why” Tarik Ozkul (U.A.E.)
• “Architectural Inefficiencies and Educational Outcomes in STEM” Dan Sturtevant (U.S.A.)
• “Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Computer-Based Project and Systems Engineering Management Methods” Amira Sharon, Olivier L. de Weck and Dov Dori (Israel)

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Session #15: The Blending of Educational Models: Classroom and Technology-Enabled

• “The History of Blended Learning at Universidad Católica de Santa Fe” Anabel Gaitan (Argentina)
• “Why Blended Learning?” Salanieta Bakalevu and Neelam Narayan (Fiji)
• “Evaluating a Blended Course of Methodology of Social Research II” Michela Freddano (Italy)
• “Promoting a Blended Learning System for Open Education: The AOU Experience” Mohammad Maqusi, Abdullah Al-Salamah and Taleb Sarie (U.S.A., Saudi Arabia and Jordan)

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Session #16: New Perspectives on Technology-Enabled Education

• “E-learning Tools and Technologies in Education: A Perspective” Shadi Aljawarneh, Zahraa Muhsin, Ayman Nsour, Faisal Alkhateeb, and Eslam AlMaghayreh (Jordan)
• “A Perspective on Online Degrees Vs. Face-to-Face in the Academic Field” Smriti Raj and Muhammad Al-Alawneh (U.S.A.)
• “E-Learning in Emerging Nations – Dawn Towards Development” Adil Siddiqui and Meenakshi Sharma (India)
• “International Product Design & Development Graduate Courses: The MIT-Portugal Collaboration”
  Yehudit Judy Dori and Arlindo Silva (Israel and Portugal)

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