Academic programs are no longer provided by single institutions only but can be established by networked organizations like virtual universities or virtual faculties. Powerful wireless technologies will accelerate these developments in the future. Collaborative tools like discussion groups, chatrooms, videoconferencing, etc. In-company training does not require traveling and physical presence but can be done at the workplace. Geographical locations of students and teachers loose importance.
Physical classes are more and more replaced by virtual networks of students and teachers.
NL'2002 aims to bring together content providers, course developers, educators, persons responsible for academic programs or corporate education, platform and tools providers, researchers and system developers from academia and industry to exchange their ideas and experiences, to share the best practices and to foster further development in networked learning. The conference will provide a presentation and discussion platform for new educational environments and their application. The organising committee is committed to giving an overview of the state of the art as well as upcoming trends, and to promoting discussion about the pedagogical potential of new learning and educational technologies both in the academic and corporate world. The focus of the conference will be on technological, pedagogical, networking, and community building innovation. In order to foster discussion the Conference will combine both paper presentations and tools demonstrations.