Emerging Innovations in Educational Media

The annual conference of International Council of Educational Media (ICEM) is a meeting place for researchers and practitioners in the field of educational media and technology-enhanced learning. ICEM is one of the oldest associations in the field, established by European ministries of education and UNESCO in 1950. The ICEM 2019 conference will take place at the FedEx Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis on September, 18-21-2018.

Come to Memphis, a city known for a rich musical history, global logistics, ground-breaking medical centers, and innovative schools.

The conference program will include presentations of research results and best practice, hands-on workshops, poster sessions, and​ ​special educational tours. 

Emerging technologies are changing the landscape of educational media. From the introduction of virtual reality and augmented reality to the transformative capacity of data analytics, the way we are thinking about educational media is changing rapidly. For the 2019 ICEM we will explore the next phase of educational media by emphasizing the cutting edge of what’s possible. The theme “Emerging Innovations in Educational Media” will focus on the new possibilities in hardware integrations, the forefront of interactive classrooms, and the increasing opportunities for interactive training throughout the world. 

Regardless of where we are in the world, access to quality education is imperative to improving our global society. Emerging technologies are opening classrooms and new opportunities for learning to those who may never have had access to such resources before. Whether this means introducing a coding education program into a rural school, providing interactive online classroom experiences that transcend the static models such as MOOCs, or building new opportunities for engagement that dig deeper than ever before, we can improve the lives of students and make education accessible to everyone. 

Submission Guidelines

We welcome your proposed session at ICEM 2019. To give a presentation (or workshop, etc.) you must submit a title and description of your proposed session. The description should between 500 and 1000 words (not including any citations). 

Your proposed session could be led by an individual, multiple presenters, or a panel of speakers. We welcome innovative presentations such as debates, interviews, etc., and we encourage audience participation. Reading some slides to a passive audience is discouraged.

If you wish you submit a paper along with your presentation, those guidelines are below. Full papers will be considered for publication in the conference proceedings, as described at the bottom of this page. 

Types of submissions appropriate for ICEM 2019

• Presentation (with no paper)
• Presentation with full paper (10 to 15 pages, in APA style) 
• Presentation with short paper (3 to 5 pages, in APA style)
• Workshop (typically 3-hour sessions)
• Poster

List of Topics

• ​​​​​​Virtual and augmented reality in learning
• Educational media and learning
• Instructional design
• Educational leadership related to educational media
• Learning anlytics and big data in education
• Online learning environments
• Physical classroom learning environments
• Digital innovation and change management in schools
• School-wide policies and practices with student devices
• E-textbooks and digital publishing services in education
• Preparing teachers for modern learning environments
• Digital competences of students and teachers
• Digital safety and cybersecurity in education
• Innovative digital pedagogies

Committees

Program committee

• Otto Benavides (co-chair)
• Trey Martindale (co-chair)
• Cody Behles (conference administrator)

Invited Speakers

Mark West is an associate project officer in the section for Teacher Development and Education Sector Policy at UNESCO Paris. He has authored several papers on mobile learning and helps oversee the UNESCO-Nokia field project in Nigeria. He is currently studying efforts to leverage mobile devices for reading, particularly in the context of developing countries. Prior to joining UNESCO, Mr. West served as a Fulbright fellow in Azerbaijan and worked as a classroom teacher and teacher trainer. He is a graduate of Stanford University.

Publication

Accepted and presented full and short papers will be published in Springer series Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Program Committee will select a shortlist of best papers to be published as revised and extended versions in three peer-reviewed journals: Educational Media International, Education and Information Technologies, and Seminar.net. Accepted abstracts will be published in the online proceedings compendium on the conference web site.

Venue

The conference will be held at the FedEx Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Otto Benavides: ottob@mail.fresnostate.edu