In today’s fast paced dynamic business world, characterized by the forces of globalization, technological innovation, and competition, employees need to quickly learn and adapt to the evolving needs of the industry or risk being left behind. Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programs enable working professionals to gain industry relevant knowledge and skills while continuing to work and contribute to the growth of their organizations. BITS, Pilani is organizing the International Conference on Work Integrated Learning - 2024 (ICONWIL-24) at its Hyderabad campus with the aim of bringing a sharp focus on the extensive domain of Work Integrated Learning and offer a platform to share insights on diverse aspects that shape its landscape. With a focus on the workforce of the future, the conference brings together scholars, practitioners, and policymakers from across the globe who are actively engaged in the field of Work Integrated Learning to exchange research findings, innovative ideas and share their experiences, as well as discuss solutions to practical challenges encountered in the field.

Theme: “Work Integrated Learning - Directions for the future”

Tracks

1. Perspectives on Future Directions for Work Integrated Learning

• Strategies, Models and Approaches

• Policies and Institutional Support

• Curriculum Development

• Role of Technology

• Faculty Development

2. Pedagogical Practices

• Best Practices in Online Teaching-Learning

• Experiential Learning

• Flipped Classroom

• Active Learning

• Instructional Design

3. Assessment Models

• Assessments for Impact

• Strategies and Models

• Criteria and Rubrics Design

• Tools and Technologies for Assessment and Evaluation 

4. Innovation and Learning Technologies

• Advances in Teaching-Learning Technologies

• Impact of Generative AI

• Workplace Simulation Tools

• Learning Analytics

5. Industry-Academia Collaboration

• Collaboration Models

• Future-ready Competency Development

• Knowledge Exchange Platforms

• Internships and Immersions

• Funding and Financing Models

• Workplace Transformation

Panel Discussion: Key ingredients and approaches for designing industry-relevant curriculum.

We invite researchers and influencers from leading educational and research institutions of national and international repute, dignitaries and experts from industry and government to deliver / participate in the above events. 

‘It is planned to publish the peer reviewed and selected papers of conference as proceedings with Springer in their prestigious “Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems” series (https://www.springer.com/series/15179). For detailed instructions for author and editors of conference proceedings, kindly visit the following link: https://www.springer.com/us/authors-editors/conference-proceedings. Select papers from the conference will be published by Springer as a proceedings book volume. Springer will conduct quality checks on the accepted papers and only papers that pass these checks will be published. Springer Nature does not charge any money for publication of Non-Open Access content. Abstracts/extended abstracts and short papers (less than 4 pages) are not considered for publication.’

“Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems” series (https://www.springer.com/series/15179)" is Scopus indexed.

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