Virtual Campuses are an inherent part of higher education institutions as support tools for teaching in any of its modalities. These tools are part of the technological ecosystem of educational institutions, and other tools have been incorporated over time to meet the various needs that accompany the different current teaching-learning scenarios.

In this way, the XIV International Virtual Campus Conference will pay special attention to these new educational scenarios, as well as to the adaptation of face-to-face teaching to virtual or remote teaching, online evaluation processes, data protection, technological platforms and ecosystems, the increase in data traffic, the resizing of virtual campus systems, streaming and videoconferencing systems, virtual and remote laboratories, adaptation of face-to-face practices to online practices, or teleworking and distance learning in companies, among other situations derived from the adaptation of teaching to current technological demand.

However, this digital transformation is not only a technological issue; it is a transformation that involves people and is for people. In this line, issues related to equality and diversity, respect for privacy, and an ethical approach to the use of technologies become of paramount importance that also wants to be put at the forefront of reflection and practice in this conference.

Likewise, as in previous editions, the XIV International Virtual Campus Conference aims to consolidate the international and multidisciplinary community working to develop virtual teaching in institutions. The areas of work range from educational innovation, quality assurance systems, technological infrastructure and the development of support tools, design, development, and publication of digital educational content and courses, training of teachers, students, managers, and technicians, virtualization and internationalization of teaching, or opening to society through collaborations with companies and organizations, among other areas of growing interest for this community.

The XIV International Conference on Virtual Campus (JICV'24) is organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, the School of Computer Engineering of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, and the University Network of Virtual Campus. It will be held in a hybrid format (presential and non-presential) on September 02-03, 2024.

Submission Guidelines

The sessions will be hybrid (in-person and non-in-person), and participants can decide whether to participate in person or online.

The articles will be published as a chapter in the book "Transformación Digital en la Educación: Innovaciones y Desafíos desde los Campus Virtuales" by the editorial UA Journals, with an ISBN. They can be written in Spanish or English.

Articles must follow the Publication Guidelines at this link.

Subsequently, a selection of the articles presented at the conference will be invited to send an extended version of their articles for possible incorporation as a book chapter in a book published by the editorial Springer. This extended version must be written in English, must discuss the past, present, and future of the main research topic of the article presented at the conference, and its authors must guarantee that 50% of their work is innovative content concerning any previous publication of them – including the one presented at the conference. In this way, the works will be considered “derivatives”.

List of Topics

The topics of interest of the XIV Conference include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Topic 1: "Remote educational scenarios": emergency teaching, remote teaching, platforms, evaluation, teaching methodologies and strategies, instructional design, ...
• Topic 2: "Openness to society": Repositories of open objects, Virtual mobility, Social networks, Experiences, ...
• Topic 3: "External projection": Networks and international cooperation, Internationalization of training programs, Inter-institutional collaboration policies, Shared Virtual Campus, International collaboration projects, ...
• Topic 4: “Quality and Innovation”: Quality in e-learning and b-learning, Quality standards, Quality policies, Quality evaluation, Teacher training, Training of virtual teaching technicians and managers, Educational innovation, ...
• Topic 5: "Engineering of e-learning and digital content": Architectures of e-learning, b-learning and m-learning, Solutions for multimedia classrooms, Systems of production, distribution, and publication of digital content, Experiences, and technological innovations, ...
• Topic 6: “Diversity, equity, and gender in digital education”: This topic is part of the “III International Conference on Educational Innovation with a gender perspective” and covers attention to diversity, equal opportunities, co-education strategies in virtual learning environments, equality policies, digital divide, ...
• Topic 7: "Ethics and privacy": security, monitoring, proctoring, biases, anti-plagiarism systems, ...
• Topic 8: "Artificial Intelligence in Education": AI-based learning analytics, AI-enhanced adaptive learning platform, AI for personalized feedback and assessment, ...

Important dates

• Submission of articles: July 15, 2024
• Acceptance of articles: July 22, 2024
• Submission of final version of articles: August 01, 2024
• Submission of presentation videos: August 07, 2024
• Registration limit: August 07, 2024
• Conference Days: September 02-03, 2024

Venue

The XIV JICV Conference will be held in a hybrid format (presential and non-presential) on September 02-03, 2024. The presential format will be held at the School of Computer Engineering facilities of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (Avenida Brasil, Nº 2241, Valparaíso, Chile).

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to  jicv@uajournals.com