Since 2003 higher education institutions in Europe participated more actively in the construction of what the European Commission called a Europe of Knowledge (Maassen & Olsen, 2007), serving its strategic aim to remain competitive within the global knowledge economy. The main objectives of the conference are the following: policy and education; teaching strategies for quality learning, assessment and evaluation, ICTs online learning and teaching; professional develoment, graduate employability and skills mismatch.

03-04-05 May 2023

Argument

Since 2003 higher education institutions in Europe participated more actively in the construction of what the European Commission called a ‘Europe of Knowledge (Maassen & Olsen, 2007), serving its strategic aim to remain competitive within the global knowledge economy. The aim of building the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) is to promote, on the one hand, education designed according to a knowledge and skills approach and, on the other hand, to improve the professional integration of students (Bologna process, 1998). However, European universities often face a high failure rate for bachelor's degrees. For decades, European educational policies have aimed at improving teaching and learning to encourage academic engagement and integration and the professionalization of teaching staff. Providing better conditions for study, monitoring, and a better balance between studies, training, and professional careers is a major objective of the reform of universities in Europe to face these challenges.  

This purpose remains nowadays more relevant than ever, especially with the constant crises from which our modern world suffers. The forthcoming conference is to be held in this context. In particular, the main objectives of the conference are the following:

a) maintaining and improving the quality of education in a constantly changing world;

b) improving the new institutions created in recent decades, through the exchange of know-how with university institutions that have a great history and excel in international assessments;

c) reducing the gap between education graduates and the labor market;

d) retraining people who have graduated from education but are unemployed;

e) development of soft skills as the abilities to respond in an observable and effective way to dynamic and complex situations;

The main axes of the conference are two, each consisting of individual subsections, as follows:

1. teaching strategies for quality learning in education, ICTs, online learning, and teaching in higher education.
2. policy, assessment and evaluation, professional development, graduate employability, and skills mismatch.

Submission guidelines

Abstracts must be prepared in English. Please ensure that your abstract does not contain spelling, grammatical or scientific errors, as this can be grounds for rejection. In case of acceptance, changes in the abstract title, text, or authorship won’t be allowed.

Submission will be open until December 15, 2022.

You may submit your abstract in word (doc) format at submissions@taststrategy.eu

Abstract Review

After review by the scientific committee, the presenting author will be notified via e-mail about: (a) the acceptance or rejection of the abstract, (b) the decided session, and (c) in case the scientific committee indicates that the work needs corrections, the authors will have a single opportunity to send a new version of the abstract according to the suggestions and corrections of the scientific committee. Notification will be set until December 31, 2022.

Abstract Requirements

• Title: maximum 2 lines.
• Author names: include all authors (use + sign to add fields)
• Author affiliations: Department, Institute, City, Country
• E-mail addresses: include email addresses of all authors
• Keywords: 3 to 5 keywords
• Abstract: Maximum 250 words
• Presentation format: Oral or Poster. In the case of a virtual poster presentation, you will receive detailed info after the acceptance of your abstract.

Scientific committee

• Albina Khasanzyanova, Catholic University of the West, France
• Alexandros Pediaditis, University of Crete, Greece
• Amalia Ifanti, University of Patras, Greece
• Aristotelis Zmas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Aspasia Chatzidaki, University of Crete, Greece
• Athanasios Karafyllis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
• Charl Wolhuter, North West University, South Africa
• Claudia I.Iacob, University of Bucharest, Romania
• Cristina Dumitru Tabacaru, University of Bucharest, Romania
• David Pérez Jorge, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
• Eleni Vasilaki, University of Crete, Greece
• Elzbieta Sanojca, University of Strasbourg, France
• Emilio Jesús Lizarte Simon, University of Granada, Spain
• Eric Mutabazi, Catholic University of the West, France
• Fernando Barragán Medero, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
• Giorgos Iordanides, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
• Ilias Kourkoutas, University of Crete, Greece
• Ioannis Spantidakis, University of Crete, Greece
• Ioannis Theodorou, University of Crete, Greece
• José Gijón Puerta, University of Granada, Spain
• Konstantinos Karras, University of Crete, Greece
• Loredana Adriana Patrascoiu, University of Bucharest, Romania
• Manolis Koutouzis, Hellenic Open University, Greece
• María del Carmen Galván Malagón, University of Extremadura, Spain
• Maria Drakaki, Hellenic Open University, Greece
• Maria Sakellariou, University of Ioannina, Greece
• Marisa Hernández Ríos, University of Granada, Spain
• Meriem Khaled Gijón, University of Granada, Spain
• Neli Kostoulla, University of Crete, Greece
• Nikolaos Papadakis, University of Crete, Greece
• Nikolaos Zaranis, University of Crete, Greece
• Panagiotis Anastasiadis, University of Crete, Greece
• Panagiotis Kimourtzis, University of Aegean, Greece
• Pella Calogiannaki, University of Crete, Greece
• Ruxandra Folostina, University of Bucharest, Romania
• Simon Mallard, Catholic University of the West, France
• Sophie Joffredo-Le Brun, Catholic University of the West, France
• Stavroula Kaldi, University of Thessaly, Greece
• Theodoros Eleftherakis, University of Crete, Greece
• Vasilios Economides, University of Crete, Greece
• Yann Duceux, University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, France

Steering committee

• Aikaterini Sklavenitou, University of Crete, Greece
• Alexandros Pediaditis, University of Crete, Greece
• Leonidas Kotrogiannos, University of Crete, Greece
• Michael Kolioradakis, University of Crete, Greece
• Nikolaos Neveskiotis, University of Crete, Greece
• Ntina Pyrgiotaki, University of Crete, Greece