INVITATION ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific or educational results. ================= ============== LMPCNAP 2009 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS The first International Workshop on Learning Methodologies and Platforms used in the Cisco Networking Academy Program (CNAP), LMPCNAP 2009 will be held during ICNS 2009 in April 21-25, 2009 - Valencia, Spain General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/LMPCNAP.html Submission deadline: November 1, 2008 Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CPS and posted in IEEE Digital Library (pending agreement). Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Cisco Networking Academy Program is an education initiative that delivers information and communication technology skills to improve student’s career around the world. Cisco Networking Academy provides online courses, interactive tools, and lab activities to help individuals develop the skills needed to fill ICT positions in virtually every type of industry. It also provides numerous programs and resources to link students and alumni with potential employers. This innovative learning program that has more than 11,000 Academies spread world wide in more than 160 Countries with more than 472,000 students registered and more than 16,000 instructors. It realizes more than 25,000 online exams per day. The number of academies in the CNAP has been growing continuously during its 12 years of existence. The CCNA course has been translated in 10 different languages. This international workshop will serve as a forum for teachers and instructors from the academia and the industry to exchange ideas. The topics could be on techniques, methodologies and applications, best practices, awareness and experiences as well as future trends and needs related to all aspects of education and technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics: New learning methodologies. Blended learning. Online laboratories. Virtual laboratories. Remote laboratories. Learning strategies to enhance online courses. Learning Content adaptation for blended learning. Learning platforms and their compatibility with cisco.netacad.net. ================= LMPCNAP 2009 General Chair Rafael Tomas, Mediterranean Cisco Academy Training Center (CATC), Spain LMPCNAP 2009 Technical Program Commitee chair Prof. Tomeu Serra, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain ================== --