The RED conference brings together experts and researchers investigating the field of technology in education.

The primary goals of the conference are

• the provision of an interdisciplinary discussion venue where both veteran and young researchers in the area of digital technologies in education can share experiences;
• the provision of a networking environment for researchers, with special reference to funding agencies;
• the dissemination of research results of young scholars, contributing to their establishment within the local and international research community.

Education in the Knowledge Society will be scrutinised under the following topics:

Sustainability


Innovative learning designs, (partly) incorporating learning technologies, are often introduced with high expectations and unrealistic promises to improve teaching and learning practices. Which kinds of learning cultures are needed to make innovations sustainable? Which factors support their diffusion from the pioneering stage to a broader acceptance and implementation?

Orchestration


How do technologies support teachers in managing multiple individual, collaborative, or class-wide activities? Does the physical layout of digital artefacts have an influence on learning activities? Do multi-touch interfaces enable new learning approaches? Will paper documents be eradicated, or are they integrated into new educational practices around augmented paper?

Informal Learning


The spread of web 2.0 technologies has paved the road for new forms of informal learning. What do people actually learn by using these technologies? Do these technologies also impact on formal education? Do they change the way learning is understood both locally and globally? Do they erase the frontier between learning technologies and media in general?