ICHE 2021: 15. International Conference on Higher Education

November 04-05, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa

Conference Code: 21ZA11ICHE

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The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives

The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.

ICHE 2021: 15. International Conference on Higher Education aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Higher Education. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Higher Education

Call for Contributions

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Higher Education are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.

Guidelines for Authors

Please ensure your submission meets the conference's strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers. Downloadable versions of the check list for Full-Text Papers and Abstract Papers.

Please refer to the Paper Submission Guideline, Abstract Submission Guideline and Author Information before submitting your paper.

Conference Proceedings

All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed by three competent reviewers. The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science Index, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Zenedo, OpenAIRE, BASE, WorldCAT, Sherpa/RoMEO, and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.

Special Journal Issues

ICHE 2021 has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Higher Education. A number of selected high-impact full text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues. All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue. The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly. Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.

Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities

The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor. To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the Conference Sponsorship Request Form.

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Selected Papers

Dental Students’ Attitude towards Problem-Based Learning before and after Implementing 3D Electronic Dental Models
Hai Ming Wong, Kuen Wai Ma, Lavender Yu Xin Yang, Yanqi Yang
Improving Fake News Detection Using K-means and Support Vector Machine Approaches
Kasra Majbouri Yazdi, Adel Majbouri Yazdi, Saeid Khodayi, Jingyu Hou, Wanlei Zhou, Saeed Saedy
Author Profiling: Prediction of Learners’ Gender on a MOOC Platform Based on Learners’ Comments
Tahani Aljohani, Jialin Yu, Alexandra. I. Cristea
An Evaluation of a Psychotherapeutic Service for Engineering Students: The Role of Race, Gender and Language
Nazeema Ahmed
Speaker Recognition Using LIRA Neural Networks
Nestor A. Garcia Fragoso, Tetyana Baydyk, Ernst Kussul
Collaborative Reflexive/Reflective Teaching and Action Research in TESL
O. F. Elkommos
Training Undergraduate Engineering Students in Robotics and Automation through Model-Based Design Training: A Case Study at Assumption University of Thailand
Sajed A. Habib
Effective Teaching Pyramid and Its Impact on Enhancing the Participation of Students in Swimming Classes
Salam M. H. Kareem
Motivational Antecedents that Influenced a Higher Education Institution in the Philippines to Adopt Enterprise Architecture
Ma. Eliza Jijeth V. dela Cruz
Learning Programming for Hearing Impaired Students via an Avatar
Nihal Esam Abuzinadah, Areej Abbas Malibari, Arwa Abdulaziz Allinjawi, Paul Krause
The Attitude towards Sustainable Development Issues among Malaysian Engineering Undergraduates
Balamuralithara Balakrishnan
A Hybrid Feature Selection and Deep Learning Algorithm for Cancer Disease Classification
Niousha Bagheri Khulenjani, Mohammad Saniee Abadeh
Investigation of Learning Challenges in Building Measurement Unit
Argaw T. Gurmu, Muhammad N. Mahmood
Building a Transformative Continuing Professional Development Experience for Educators through a Principle-Based, Technological-Driven Knowledge Building Approach: A Case Study of a Professional Learning Team in Secondary Education
Melvin Chan, Chew Lee Teo
A Neuroscience-Based Learning Technique: Framework and Application to STEM
Dante J. Dorantes-González, Aldrin Balsa-Yepes

Acculturation: what preliminary intercultural need to be trained before been sent to a study abroad?
Approaches to Professional Development and Standards for Disability Service Providers
Assessment Methodologies and Rubrics in Higher Education
Coping with incompatibility in semester-, trimester and quarter year course periods
Does studying abroad imply “living together with local students”, or prefer “international student houses”?
Double- versus joint degrees
Enhancing Learning Experiences in Higher Education
Formal and pragmatic obstacles and opportunities in student exchange programs
Funding resources for staff and student exchange
Graduates Job Readiness
Higher Education and International student exchange
Higher Education at a Time of Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities
Higher Education Relationships with Orders, Syndicates, and Unions (e.g. Order of Engineers, Syndicate of Pharmacists, Students’ Unions…)
How to defend the yielded higher criterion to the access of regional- and local students?
How to establish campuses as multicultural communities
How to evaluate students’ readiness for studying abroad?
How to recruit highly talented students abroad?
ICT and E-Learning in Higher Education
Innovations in Higher Education: Programs, Services, Technology, and Funding
International Educational Exchange Programs
International Ranking Schemes of Universities
Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education
Learning far away from home and close to your future colleagues
Learning in multicultural contexts
Lifelong Learning, Industry Partnerships, and Service to Society
Promoting Effective Institutional Governance in Higher Education
Quality Assurance & Accreditation in Higher Education
Research, Development and Innovation in Higher Education
Role of Global Universities in Regional Development
Strategic Planning in Higher Education
Student Access to Higher Education
Technologies for spreading learning around the world
The Internationalization of Higher Education
Trade-offs between student exchange in the bachelor- versus the master stage?
UN partnership with higher education institutions- UNAI
Virtual presence as option for extending the students’ learning space
Will English be the default language for master courses around the globe?
Women in Higher Education

Abstracts/Full-Text Paper Submission Deadline		April 15, 2020
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection		April 30, 2020
Final Paper (Camera Ready) Submission & Early Bird Registration Deadline		October 04, 2021
Conference Dates		November 04-05, 2021

Barry Fitzgerald	University of Twente, NL
Ezendu Ariwa	University of Bedfordshire, UK
Rasmeh Al Huneiti	Brunel University, UK
Nigel Russell	The University of Sheffield, UK
Margaret Morgan	University of Ulster, UK
Chee Seng Chan	University of Portsmouth, UK
Zaigham Mahmood	University of Derby, UK
Tariq Khan	Brunel University, UK
Terry Gomez	Fielding Graduate University, US
Harry Voulgarakis	St Joseph’s College , US
Allan M. Hoffman	College of Medicine and Health Sciences, US
Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanovic	University of South Florida, US
Barry Brock	Barry University, US
Brian Kozak	Purdue University, US
Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan	The University of Texas at Arlington, US
Jia Wan	Randolph College, US
Amandeep Arora	University of Dubuque, US
Marcia Orr	University of Arkansas, US
Mahdi Imani	George Washington University, US
Ehi Aimiuwu	Campbellsville University, US
Ajay Das Das	SUNY Empire State College, US
Tamara Tallman	The College of New Jersey, US
Michael Palmieri	Teachers College at Columbia University, US
Rhodesia Mcmillian	The Ohio State University, US
Andrzej Sokolowski	Lone Star College , US
Arash Mahyari	Florida Institute For Human and Machine Cognition, US
Ruby Natale	University of Miami, US
Amy Barrios	Texas A&M University- San Antonio, US
Takako Aikawa	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
Sarah Alhoian	Western Michigan University, US

Participation Type	Early Registration Fees	Registration Fees
Non-Student Oral/Poster Presenter Registration	€ 450	€ 500
Student Oral/Poster Presenter Registration	€ 350	€ 400
Listener Registration	€ 250	€ 300
Additional Paper Publication	€ 100

All conference materials and services will be delivered digitally to the participant with the online conference management system. Conference registration includes the following digital materials and services:

e-certificates [for Authors: Certificate of Attendance and Presentation; for Listeners: Certificate of Attendance; for Chairs: Certificate of Attendance and Appreciation; for Presenters: Certificate of Best Presentation (if conferred based appraisal)]
e-program
e-book
e-name badge
e-receipt
e-presentation

Presentation Types:

Physical presentation is an oral conferencing presentation that is made using digital technology including embedded digital elements ( texts, tables, graphs, or videos ) for PowerPoint sharing.
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Early Bird Registration

Early Bird registration is valid until 2021-10-04 23:59:59

Online Credit Card Processing

Online payment option available for author and listener delegates.
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