Botho College Interdisciplinary Conference

 

Botho College, one of Botswana’s leading Private Tertiary institutions in the fields of Accounting, Business, Computing, Education and Technology, is proud to call for papers for submission and presentation during the Botho College Interdisciplinary Research Conference 2012 that will be held at Botho College, Gaborone, on the 18th ‐19th October, 2012.

BCIC2012 is intended to be a higher education forum for those who wish to present their research work /projects as well as those who wish to discuss recent innovations. This will also provide an opportunity for those involved to discuss the main issues and the latest developments in the fields of Higher Education, Technology and Educational Innovations.

 

This event will be held during the year that Botho College celebrates its 15th Anniversary, a major milestone in Private higher education. Botho College is immensely proud to open its doors to the best and brightest in all disciplines across the country and provide them with a chance to network, share ideas and inspire each other to use innovations for the betterment of the country, whether professionally or for educational purposes. 

The general aim of the conference is to promote collaboration and innovation amongst Educationists, Industry professionals and Researchers in the core disciplines. We invite you to submit your papers and to attend in order to share your achievements in the fields of higher education and collaborative research. The core concept of this conference is interdisciplinary and as such, papers are invited from those involved professionally and/or academically in any of the following disciplines:

 

Accounting

Business

Computing

Education and Educational Technology

The deadline for submitting the final paper is 24th August, 2012. There will be two presentation formats: Paper and/or Poster presentations. BCIRC2012 conference proceedings will be conducted with all the accepted papers that will be included in our Botho College digital library database. In addition to the technical aspects of the programme, you can click here to download files important dates and themes/topics of the conference.

 

Important dates:

 

Paper Submission Deadline: 24th Aug 2012

Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 14th Sep 2012

Final Camera ready paper submission: 28th Sep 2012

Registration deadline for authors: 4th Oct 2012

Conference Dates: 18th & 19th Oct 2012

Topics:

 

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

Assessments and Examination Policies

Barriers to Learning and Teaching

Blended, Collaborative and Workplace Learning

Continuing education and continuing professional development

Curriculum Design and management

Data Protection and Security

Digital Divide

Digital Libraries and Repositories

Digital Rights Management

Management Information Systems

Ethical issues in Academia

Higher Education Quality process frameworks

Human Resource Development

ICT role in Education

Intended Graduate Profile

Learning and Teaching Innovations

Link between Higher Education and Research

Leadership and Administration

New Trends and Experiences in Higher Education

0nline/Virtual, e‐learning, m‐learning theories and practices

Student Support in Higher Education

Student Admission policies

Women in Education

Entrepreneurship

Business Education

Knowledge Management and Innovation

Quality Management

Social Media and learning

Ratio analysis

Personal budgeting

Accounting policies

Finance & ethics

Organisational management

Personal taxation

Capital allowance

Organizational culture

Income tax

Law of contract

Cost of capital

Sustainability

All papers for the BCIRC2012 will be published in the Botho College Internal Journal as one volume, free of charge, and will be included in Botho College Digital 

Library.

Paper submission method:

 

Click here to download the file for Formatting Instructions (FI.Doc) and submit through the following email:conference@bothocollege.ac.bw

We look forward to seeing you at BCIRC2012! (http://www.bothocollege.ac.bw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=166&Itemid=176)

For more information, please contact:

D Ramaraju Gavarraju      Ushe Makambe

Dean Office of Research and Quality Management     Chair‐Organizing Committee 

Botho College       Botho College

research@bothocollege.ac.bw       conference@bothocollege.ac.bw