Call for Papers

First Conference on Higher Education Advances

Valencia (E), November 2014 - Information and communication technologies together with new teaching paradigms are reshaping the learning environment. The First International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'15), to be held 24-26 June 2015 in Valencia, Spain, aims to become a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas, experiences, opinions, and research results relating to the preparation of students, teaching and learning methodologies, and the organization of educational systems.

The HEAd'15 conference will be held at the Faculty of Business Administration and Management of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), which has recently been ranked as the best technical university in Spain by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2014.

Topic of interest

The program committee encourages the submission of articles that communicate applied and empirical findings of interest to higher education professionals.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topic areas:

  • innovative materials, teaching and learning experiences
  • planning and organization of teaching
  • new teaching/learning theories and models
  • evaluation and assessment of student learning
  • experiences outside the classroom (e.g., internships, mobility)
  • globalization in education and education reforms
  • emerging technology practices (e.g., MOOC, OER, gamification)
  • industry and education

Submission guidelines

Authors from all over the world are invited to submit original and unpublished papers that are not under review in any other conference or journal. All papers will be peer reviewed by the program committee based on their originality, significance, methodological soundness, and clarity of exposition.

Submitted papers must be written in English and should be in PDF or word format. They must follow the instructions in the template file, available in Microsoft Word format.

Paper length must be between four and eight pages (A4 size), incorporating all text, references, figures, and tables. Up to two extra pages are permitted at additional cost. These guidelines are strict: papers failing to adhere to the guidelines (by being more than ten pages, altering margins or not following the template) will be rejected without consideration of their merits. Submissions imply the willingness of at least one author to register, attend the conference, and present the paper.

HEAd’15 is using the OCS platform of the UPV Press to manage the submissions. In order to submit your paper, you must first create an OCS account. OCS will provide you with a submissions homepage where you can register your paper submission and make appropriate changes.