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Coronavirus disease and the DidSci2020 conference

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

due to coronavirus disease, we were forced to change the form of the conference and move it into virtual space. We decided to organise the distant conference within the dates previously set for the stationary event  (June 17-19, 2020). We are planning to use the Microsoft Teams application for oral presentations and discussion. It requires the participants are equipped with the hardware which allows at least voice connection (for example notebook with built-in microphone; video connections are also welcome) to be able to actively participate in the event.

We plan about 20 minutes for each contribution – 12 minutes for shared presentation with voice comments + possibly a view from the presenter's camera and 8 minutes for discussion.

We know that this form of conference is not perfect but taking into account the dynamically changing situation it seems that it is better to meet in such limited opportunities than not to meet at all. We believe that at the next conference we will make up for this lack of personal contacts.

Since the costs of virtual event are much lower than stationary one, we have reduced the conference fee to 50 euros, which will be mainly allocated to cover publishing costs.

 

Invitation

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee we would like to invite you for the participation in the
8th International Conference on Research in Didactics of the Sciences, DidSci 2020,
organized by Department of Biology and Chemistry Education, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Pedagogical University, Kraków, Poland.
The conference will be held in a distant form from June 17th to June 19th 2020 in Kraków, Poland (due to coronavirus no stationary event is held).

The meeting is a continuation of a long-term cooperation among scientists and teachers from all over the world sharing a scientific interest in natural sciences education.

A major objective of the conference will be to develop a platform for mutual scientific contacts between researchers, teachers and students of natural sciences from European and other countries, and to foster future collaborations between scientists in these countries. It is also an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences obtained at every level of education - from primary school to higher education.

We would like to offer various forms of presentation of your didactics work: keynote speeches, announcements, workshops and poster sessions. Submitted abstracts will be initially reviewed. The conference languages are English (preferred), Polish, Czech, Slovak and Russian.

Detailed information on the conference, the accommodations, and related items of interest can be found on the conference website. We look forward to seeing you in Krakow.

Yours sincerely,
Małgorzata Nodzyńska - Chairman of the Organizing Committee of DidSci 2020
Paweł Cieśla - Secretary of  DidSci 2020