Good day! We are pleased to announce the 2010 Technology for Innovation and Education in Developing Countries (TEDC) Conference to be held in Maputo, Mozambique on January 21 ~ 23, 2010. We seek high quality submissions of original unpublished research on thoughtful and purposeful applications of technology for purposeful education in developing countries. Researchers and educators with new perspectives on how technology can play a role in facilitating or supporting social and economic development through education are strongly encouraged to submit their work. The goal of the 2010 Technology for Innovation and Education in Developing Countries is to bring together researchers, businesses, educators, governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss appropriate and relevant applications of technology in educational programs in developing countries. Organizations such as the World Bank and UNESCO are encouraging developing countries to utilize technology in the creation of a knowledge economy. Unfortunately, this push results in an all-too-common problem of using technology for the sake of using technology without sufficient thought to the educational purposes and benefits. The aim of TEDC 2010 is to discuss the role educational technology can play in social and economic development in developing countries. Authors should keep in mind the conditions, constraints, and resources, and social/economic priorities in developing countries differ sharply with that of industrialized nations, creating special challenges for the technical, business, and educational research communities. Successful entries will take these realities into account in proposing any technological applications in educational settings. Listed below are potential topics for paper submissions. Whichever topic area is explored, please speak to the issue of how the technology can be used in a practical educational way to advance social/economic development. Please make the papers as locally relevant as possible. Applications and systems multimedia applications adaptive learning environments open source tools for teaching and learning databases, data warehousing and data mining for (mass) education portals, web tools asynchronous applications distributed education Novel technologies and methods alternative (low-cost, low-energy) technologies wireless and mobile learning platforms information retrieval for slow/unreliable connections hand-on and hands-in technologies modular robotics as manipulative technology for creativeness interaction design for diverse users Learning settings special education non-formal education vocational training and continuous education literacy applications ICT education distance learning Impact of technology project deployments cultural issues in educational development minority language requirements cross-language interfaces human-computer interfaces cultural usability Resource sharing collaborative learning in local environments human-computer interfaces for resource sharing teaching resource management grid computing infrastructures Evaluation and policy issues gender issues universal access technology as a tool for fighting poverty cost-benefit analyses sustainable educational technology license issues of open source courseware For further information, please visit the conference website at http://cs.joensuu.fi/tedc2010/index.html or contact me directly at: thomaslechner@gmail.com We look forward to hearing from you! Thomas Lechner Conference Program Chair University of Georgia