Under the Patronage of H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and University President, Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University is pleased to announce the Annual Congress 2011 held under the main theme, Being at the Leading Edge – How to give Quest for Excellence a New Meaning. The Annual Congress 2011 will feature three outstanding conferences on e-Learning Excellence, Quality and Health & Environment.

The 4th Conference on e-Learning Excellence Middle East under the theme ‘In Search of New Paradigms for re-Engineering Education’ will emphasize on knowledge-based, technology-enhanced educational change effectively contributing to the emergence of a learner-centred participative environment.

We welcome all those engaged in triggering and managing educational changes, innovation, and excellence in e-learning to share their experiences and practices by submitting research papers, case studies, view points and reviews. All submissions need to be made against a particular subtheme of the conference:

Re-Engineering Learning, Teaching, & Quality
◢ Collaborative Knowledge Building
◢ Shared Meaning-Making Practices
◢ Open Educational Resources (OER)
◢ Pedagogical Scenarios for K-12 e-Education
◢ Activity-based Classroom Management
◢ Writing to learn (links between language and learning)
◢ Teachers training for 21st century quality education
◢ Best practices in Arabisation
◢ Reusability, Standards and Learning Objects

Change Management, Leadership, Policies, & Innovation in Education
◢ Shared Leadership and Quality
◢ e-Learning Effectiveness
◢ Evaluation, Certification & Quality Assurance
◢ Professional Standards for Teachers
◢ Institutional Strategies & Policies
◢ Global Trends in technology-Enhanced Learning
◢ Intellectual property rights & copyright issues
◢ Creative Commons

Technologies for Learners’ Empowerment
◢ Multi-Users Knowledge-Building Environments
◢ Content, Community & Collaboration Mgt Systems (C3MS)
◢ Web 2.0 & Social Computing
◢ Educational Video
◢ Gaming to Learn
◢ m-Learning
◢ Collaborative Learning Environments
◢ Virtual Worlds
◢ e-Portfolios

Networks, Partnerships, and Exchanges
◢ Global Trends in e-Learning
◢ International e-Marketplace for Higher Education