CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
IEEE TALE 2018, 4-7 Dec 2018, Wollongong, Australia
Deadline: 11 June 2018
Conference Website: http://tale2018.org
TALE is the IEEE Education Society’s flagship Asia-Pacific (Region 10) conference, catering to researchers and practitioners with an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education – with a particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, telecommunications, computer engineering, computer science and allied disciplines – as well as those interested in the innovative use of digital technologies for learning, teaching and assessment in any discipline. The target audience of the conference is diverse and includes those working in the higher education, vocational education and training (VET), K-12, corporate, government, military, and healthcare sectors.
TALE 2018 will be held in Wollongong, on the spectacular South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The theme of the conference is “Engineering Next-Generation Learning”.
PRESENTATION TYPES
 
Academic Stream
(Refereed papers for proceedings)
• Full or Short Paper with Presentation
• Short or Work-in-Progress Paper with Poster
 
Practitioner Streams
(No paper – refereed on the basis of abstract)
• Engineering and Technology Industry Presentation or Poster
• VET / L&D Professional Presentation or Poster
• K-12 Educator Presentations and Posters
 
Non-Traditional Formats
• Pre-Conference Workshops
• Special Sessions
• Panel Sessions
 
KEY DATES (Academic Stream)
 
First-Time Author Early Submit*: 16 Apr 2018
First-Time Author Feedback: 15 May 2018
Paper Submission Deadline: 11 Jun 2018
Notification of Acceptance: 6 Aug 2018
Final Papers Due: 1 Oct 2018
Presenter Registration Deadline: 8 Oct 2018
Conference: 4-7 Dec 2018
*First-time academic authors may opt to submit papers early for additional feedback prior to peer review.
CORE TRACKS
 
1. Engineering Education (Tertiary)
2. Computing & IT Education (Tertiary)
3. STEM Education (K-12)
4. Technology-Enhanced Learning
5. Online & Flexible Learning
6. Laboratory Learning
7. Workplace & Industry-Based Learning
8. Community-Based & Informal Learning
9. International & Transnational Education
10. Equity, Diversity & Widening Participation
 
SPECIAL TRACKS
(Propose your own special track by 13 April!)
• Engineering of Technologies for Learning: An Emerging Discipline (org. w/ IEEE ICICLE)
• X-Reality & Immersive Learning Environments
• Big Data Analytics & Machine Learning in Education
 
PUBLICATION AND INDEXING
 
Academic papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings. The conference proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE Xplore® digital library. Opportunities to publish revised and expanded versions in Scopus-indexed journals will also be made available to authors of selected papers.
IEEE TALE 2018: 4-7 December in Australia