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The Higher Education CARNET Users Conference - THECUC2023

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Digital Transformation of Higher Education: Innovations for the Future of Learning & Teaching

A Call for Participation

The Digital Transformation of Higher Education: Innovations for the Future of Learning & Teaching conference (THECUC2023) is organised by Croatian Academic and Research Network – CARNET, as part of the e-Universities project, which aims to transform higher education in Croatia through the implementation and development of digital teaching infrastructure, digital tools, and competences. 

 

The conference will emphasise the systematic approach to digital transformation and its contribution to flexible and innovative education. By integrating organisational, managerial, infrastructural, and educational categories, digital transformation can align national and EU policies of higher education. 

 

Participants can expect valuable insights into how digital transformation can shape and create the future. THECUC2023 is founded on the rich experience of CARNET and its partner institutions in educational technologies, as well as the work of pioneers in the digital transformation of higher education from Croatia and abroad.

 

CARNET Users Conference has been a central event for sharing knowledge, experience, and good practices related to technology, education, and public policy in Croatia and the region for the last 24 years. The primary objective of THECUC2023 is to foster connections and collaborative efforts among various stakeholders in higher education, including policy-makers, management, teachers, administrators, and IT staff, with the aim of sharing knowledge and constructing knowledge together. To this end, we invite you to submit your abstracts with examples of good practices related to the following topics:

  • Hybrid flexible learning & teaching
  • Curriculum design 
  • Learning assessment
  • Benefits of using AI to improve learning and teaching experience
  • Adaptive and personalised learning in higher education
  • New language models and their impact on higher education (e.g. chatGPTI)
  • The use of AR/VR to enhance student engagement
  • Gamification in higher education: the use of game elements to increase motivation
  • Robotics in education: use of robots to teach STEAM skills
  • Big data and learning analytics: use of data analysis to improve educational outcomes
  • Metaverse, digital identity & digital twins 
  • Digital embodiment 
  • Social networks
  • Digital mentoring and tutoring
  • Digital educational content 
  • Learning space design
  • Student-centered education
  • Advanced classroom technologies
  • Educational multimedia
  • Simulation, animation & 3D applications
  • Interactive whiteboard
  • Online/virtual laboratories
  • Online assessment
  • AR & VR
  • Plagiarism softwares
  • IoT in education: use of IoT devices to create smart classrooms
  • Machine learning
  • Policies in the service of digital transformation
  • EU AI policy
  • Security – security policy, backup policy
  • Meeting the criteria for online study programmes
  • Digitization as an incentive for internationalisation
  • e-Certificates (https, qualified signature, seal, blockchain)
  • Cryptolocker – methods of prevention, what to do in case of an incident 
  • Assessing learning outcomes: big data analytics and data-driven decision making in education
  • Data and knowledge management
  • e-Management of universities
  • e-Learning initiatives
  • Digital maturity
  • Micro qualifications
  • Popularisation of science
  • Digitalization as an incentive for internationalization
  • Creating collaborative learning environments: IT solutions for effective teamwork and communication
  • UX research in education: Evaluating and improving user experiences to drive student success
  • Digital transformation of personnel and student services
  • Helpdesk organisation (student and IT support)
  • Chatbots as helpdesk agents
  • Chatbots as university helpdesk
  • Blockchain in education: use of blockchain for secure record-keeping
  • Empowering the student role in HE
  • Students’ digital competences
  • Students’ self-regulation as an assessment strategy
  • Student metacognition for learning and assessment
  • Students as co-designers of their educational landscape (content, policy and assessment)
  • Student attrition rates and strategies to reduce attrition rates
  • Students skills, processes dispositions towards generative AI and their use in their classroom
  • Skill needs of labour market
  • Career counselling
  • Internship programmes
  • University start-ups and spin-offs
  • Workplace learning
  • Employability
  • Entrepreneurship education
  • University-Industry-Government partnership
  • Intellectual property, patents & technology
  • Emerging technologies in education: impacts, challenges, and opportunities for IT experts
  • Transforming role of the IT support professionals at HE institutions 
  • Securing campus networks: firewalls, VPN, monitoring and other security challenges
  • Administration of MS365, Google and other cloud services, 
  • Secure elimination of electronic data from old electronic devices
  • Transforming education with artificial intelligence: possibilities and challenges for IT support professionals 
  • Moving to Cloud services: benefits and challenges
  • GDPR Device management
  • Device management
  • Shadow IT – use of IT systems, devices and software without explicit IT department approval

 

  • Interculturalism and diversity in digital transformation of higher education
  • Refugees & immigrants in digital transformation of higher education
  • Gifted students in digital transformation of higher education
  • Marginalised groups in digital transformation of higher education
  • Social and emotional aspects of learning and technology
  • Neurodivergent students
  • Digital hikikomori 
  • Time management in digital age
  • Socio-economic status and higher education
  • Equal opportunities in education
  • Digital technology and students with special educational needs: students with disabilities and gifted students
  • Digital inclusion
  • Technology as a tool for helping students – assistive technology
  • Technology as an obstacle 
  • UX design strategies for creating inclusive learning environments
  • Accessibility of universities – real and virtual 
  • Augmentative and alternative communication in education (with the use of assistive technology) 
  • Experience in applying new technologies (eg. virtual and augmented reality, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, robotics, etc.) in order to improve social inclusion 
  • Incentive programs for universal design and assistive technology
  • Human-centred AI and digital solutions
  • Educating individuals with sensory & motor disabilities
  • Educating individuals with cognitive disabilities
  • Teaching restless & disruptive students
  • Universal design for learning
  • Learning barriers
  • The impact of digital publishing on scientific communication and dissemination
  • The evolution of scientific publishing
  • Digital publishing platforms for scientific articles: a comparative analysis
  • Best practices for preparing scientific articles for digital publishing
  • Best practices for preparing and integration (open) digital educational content for publishing
  • The role of digital publishing in increasing the speed and efficiency of scientific communication
  • The benefits and challenges of open access digital publishing for scientific articles
  • The influence of digital publishing on the peer review process in scientific research
  • The role of digital publishing in promoting interdisciplinary research and collaboration
  • The future of digital publishing in scientific research and communication
  • Digital technologies in publishing
  • Digital libraries
  • University openness towards the local community and industry and the role of technology
  • Open education
  • Open science
  • Open educational resources
  • Open education practices
  • Open code
  • Open data
  • Open universities & distance education

We encourage doctoral students and researchers to submit their papers within this section, which provides a unique opportunity for sharing ideas and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Students at different stages of their research will have the opportunity to present and discuss their research questions, goals, methods, and results.