The scope of ICERI2016 includes the following topics:

Global Issues in Education and Research

• Education, Research and Globalization 
• Student Support in Education 
• Organizational, legal and financial aspects 
• Government Policy issues 
• Impact of economic crisis on education
• Leadership and University Administration 
• Digital Divide and access to the Internet
• Barriers to Learning (ethnicity, age, psychosocial factors, ...) 
• Women and minorities in science and technology 
• Indigenous perspectives and Diversity issues 
• Cultural Diversity and Inclusive Learning
• Ethical issues in Education 
• Youth participation 
   

Education: New Trends and Experiences

• Education practice trends and issues
• Experiences in Undergraduate education
• Experiences in Post-graduate education
• Experiences in Primary and Secondary education
• Life-long learning
• Adult education
• Special education
• Vocational training
• Employability issues and trends
• Language Learning Innovations
• STEM Education Experiences
• Pedagogical Methods and Innovations
• Collaborative and Problem-based Learning
• Game-based learning and Gamification
• Academic Advising and Tutoring
• Assessment of student learning
• Examination Policies and Grading methods
• Student selection criteria
• Learning space design: Next generation classroom
• Transferring disciplines

New Challenges for the Higher Education Area

• New challenges for the Higher Education Area 
• ECTS experiences 
• The Bologna Process
• Erasmus+ Programme development and experiences
• Students and Teaching staff exchange programmes
• Joint-degree programmes 

Teacher Training

• Pre-service teacher experiences 
• In-service training and Professional development of teachers
• ICT skills and training
• Human Resources development
• Teacher Leaders 
   

Curriculum Design

• New Experiences for Curriculum 
• Design Strategies, Principles and Challenges
• Integration of cross-cultural studies
• Generic skills and their development 
• Courses, Tutorials and Labs
• Course management 
• Skill needs of Labour 
• Market Humanities in the 21st century 

Accreditation and Quality in Education

• Academic experiences and best practice contributions
• Quality processes at National and International level
• Evaluation and Assessment 

Research: New Trends and Experiences

• Research Methodologies 
• Academic Research Projects
• Joint-research Programmes
• Research on Technology in Education
• Research Centres
• Links between Education and Research 
• Research Management 
   

University-Industry Cooperation

• University/Industry experiences
• Life-long learning experiences
• Workplace Learning
• Work Employability 
• Challenges between employers and HE institutions
• University/Industry/Government partnership 
• Entrepreneurship Education 
• Technology Transfer and Patents 
• University spin-off companies 
   

International Projects

• New experiences for the International cooperation 
• Project outcomes and conclusions
• Joint Education and Research programmes 
• University networks 
   

Technology in Teaching and Learning

• Learning and Teaching Innovations
• ICT Skills 
• Advanced classroom applications and technologies 
• Online/Virtual Laboratories
• e-learning experiences 
• m-Learning: mobile applications and technologies
• Blended Learning and Flipped Classroom
• e-Tutoring and e-Mentoring 
• Training the e-Trainer 
• Online Assessment
• Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
• Virtual Universities
• Virtual Learning Environments (VLE )
• Learning Management Systems (LMS)
• Building Virtual Communities

Emerging Technologies in Education

• Web 2.0 and Social Networking: Blogs, Wikis, … 
• Educational/Serious Games and Software 
• Videos for Learning and Educational Multimedia
• Animation and 3D Applications
• Virtual and Augmented Reality 
   

E-content Management and Development

• Digital Libraries and Repositories
• e-Portfolios 
• User-Generated Content
• Open Content
• Learning Analytics
• Plagiarism and Intellectual Property Rights 
• Digital Rights Management
• Knowledge Management
• IT Services Management and Development 
• Security and Data Protection