Welcome to CYUEN

The second “Cyber University Era Now” international conference will take place in the region of Aquitaine over a period of three days. Between Garonne and its vineyards, UNR Aquitaine, with the support of the University of Bordeaux, will welcome you at the Convention Centre of Bordeaux from 10 to 12 December. Engage in the exchanges and debates about the challenges and uses of digital technology in higher education, and come and discover the exhibition space, laid out in a space of more than 3000 square metres. Follow the news of the CYUEN by exploring the site.

Event Highlights

Three major topics for three days of debates:

The governance of higher education institutions at the cyber era: building, succeeding better, evaluating

Succeeding with Educational ICT: training, producing and diffusing, using and attracting

University cooperation at the cyber era: sharing, mutualizing, opening up

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Editorial

CYUEN 2008 : national reference point in the use of ICT in higher education

On 10, 11 and 12 December in Bordeaux, this second part of the international conference entitled « the university in the digital age » will bring together 1200 players of the European and international university communities, students, teachers, researchers, technicians, heads of departments, … and a great number of decision makers. [Read more]

December 10

Governance

The Strategies of the Higher Education Institutions

Building the Cyber University

Succeeding Better with ICT for Education

Evaluation and Uses

In these institutions devoted to the creation and dissemination of knowledge, ICT/ICT for Education are changing the scale of actions. This day will be devoted to analysing the challenges of the necessary adaptations in terms of the quality and visibility of all the institutions’ activities. The study of the impacts of ICT/ICT for Education on the management of personnel, the institution and activities (IT, teaching and documentation) will be complemented by a consideration of digital strategies (the institution’s plans) to be put in place for good governance.

The morning plenary sessions will launch the debates and tackle the general ICT/ICT for Education policy in higher education institutions and adaptation strategies on both sides of the Atlantic.

The round tables of the afternoon session will be organized around four topics:
• The Strategies of the Higher Education Institutions
• Building the Cyber University
• Succeeding Better with ICT for Education
• Evaluation and Uses

View programme of the 10th

December 11

Succeed with Educational ICT

Producing and Diffusing

Using

Widening the Audience

Building Communities and Sharing

Training

Being successful at university means coming to terms with knowledge and displaying expertise; this day will analyse what part ICT for Education/ICT play in this and will broadly make use of experiences derived from the Thematic Digital Universities (Universités Numériques Thématiques - UNT) and Regional Digital Universities (Universités Numériques en Région - UNR).

The morning plenary sessions will be devoted to digital libraries and French national programmes (UNR, UNT…) and foreign programmes.

The five topics of the round tables are:
• Producing and Diffusing
• Using
• Widening the Audience
• Building Communities and Sharing
• Training

View programme of the 11th

December 12

Cooperation

Economic and Legal Aspects

Collaborative Pratices

International Cooperation

New Partnerships

Cooperation questions will close this new training initiative. From intra- and inter-institution cooperation to international cooperation, from the challenges facing the pooling of strengths to the technical methods of such pooling, we will monitor the feedback and debates on the use and contribution of information and communication technologies.

The round tables of the morning session will be organized around the following topics:
• Economic and Legal Aspects
• Collaborative Pratices
• International Cooperation
• New Partnerships

The closing plenary session is called “Digital generation: prospective on uses”

View programme of the 12th