Submission Guidelines

Papers are accepted either through the online submission tool or email. For those unable to use the Online System and are emailing, please include a cover letter with author details, university or country information, and any other author related data.

• .docx/.pdf/Latex PDF file formats are accepted

• Do not include author details, university or country information in the manuscript. This is a double blind peer review process. Author information should be supplied using the manuscript submission form online or in the cover letter for email submissions.

• Please ensure all articles are proofread and checked for accuracy prior to submission. Changes cannot be made during the review process. If accepted, minor revisions may be made prior to final submission.

Formatting Guidelines

• Papers must be in English and not more than 10 double column pages in length.

• Paper content must be original and relevant to one of the many conference topics.

• Authors are required to ensure accuracy of quotations, citations, diagrams, maps, and tables.

• Figures and tables need to be placed where they are to appear in the text and must be clear and easy to view.

• Papers must follow format according to the downloadable template

Review Process

The review process will be double-blind. Therefore, please anonymize your submission. This means that all submissions must contain no information identifying the author(s) or their organization(s): Do not put the author(s) names or affiliation(s) at the start of the paper, anonymize citations to and mentions of your own prior work that are directly related to your present work, and do not include funding or other acknowledgments.

Each paper will be reviewed by at least three regular PC members or two senior PC members. The acceptance decisions will take into account paper novelty, technical depth, elegance, practical or theoretic impact, and presentation.

• Original: the paper explores a new idea, project or issue; discusses existing research with promise of new insight, discusses new research; or presents new ways of considering existing information

• Engaging: presentation format will involve the audience in some way, or has high potential to attract conference attendees by addressing needs of the community

• Significant: the paper raises and discusses issues important to improving the effectiveness and/or sustainability of open education efforts, and its contents can be broadly disseminated and understood

• Quality: claims are supported by sufficient data; claims draw upon relevant literature; and limitations are described honestly

• Relevant: the paper addresses one or more of the themes of the conference

Post Conference Publication and Indexing

All FICC 2018 presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted for indexing to IEEE Xplore, Scopus, Inspec, Google Scholar and more. The conference proceedings USB and Certificate of Presentation will be distributed to the conference participants at the conference registration desk. Authors of selected outstanding papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for consideration of publication in the following:

• Springer Book Series - Studies in Computational Intelligence, Indexed by DBLP, Ulrichs, SCOPUS, MathSciNet, Current Mathematical Publications, Mathematical Reviews, Zentralblatt Math: MetaPress and Springerlink.

• International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), Indexed by Thomson Reuters Web of Science, EBESCO, Inspec and many more