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IAOE, together with EWA and EduNet, announces its Call for Papers for STE 2026, happening March 11–13, 2026 in Brașov, Romania, featuring a compelling focus on smart technologies, AI, and engineering education innovation. The conference welcomes Special Session proposals, alongside full and short papers, workshops, and interactive presentations—and the EWA Young Talent Award continues to spotlight tomorrow’s educational leaders.

Springer has released the 2024 Yearbook of Emerging Technologies in Learning, edited by IAOE leaders Michael E. Auer and Dominik May. The volume highlights global perspectives on generative AI, hybrid teaching, and pedagogical innovations shaping the future of education, underlining IAOE’s leadership in this field.

The GOLC invites you to submit your successful Online Laboratory course, site, and product or success story, from a university or other institution or school. Awards will be given for outstanding laboratories in three categories.

Developed entirely by students at THM, the MICRO remote lab enables hands-on programming of real microcontrollers—completely online. The project wins the 2025 GOLC Award for Remotely Controlled Experiments.

IAOE was prominently represented at the ASEE 2025 International Reception in Montreal, fostering international collaboration in engineering education. As a proud sponsor of the ELOS Division Best Paper Awards, IAOE recognized outstanding contributions to experimental, inclusive, and student-centered learning.

A Costa Rica–Spain–USA collaboration receives top honors in the 2025 GOLC Online Laboratory Award for Simulated and Digitally Visualized Experiments. The award-winning Ultra-concurrent Microscopy Laboratory enables scalable, interactive biology education through a richly visual platform that supports students from primary school to university—making hands-on science more accessible worldwide.

The PEARL project from the University of Paderborn (Germany) earns top honors in the 2025 GOLC Online Laboratory Award for Virtual and Augmented Reality Experiments—advancing access to hands-on engineering education through immersive AR technology.

Taking advantage of their travel to South America for STE2025, IAOE members Andrea Schwandt and María Arcelina Marques each visited fellow member María Isabel Pozzo in Rosario, Argentina. Through talks, lab visits, and academic exchange, the visits exemplified IAOE’s commitment to fostering international collaboration and lasting professional relationships.

Professor Magesh Chandramouli of Purdue University Northwest receives GOLC’s 2025 award runner-up recognition for his VR-based SPEXTRA training system—making high-quality industrial education more immersive, accessible, and scalable.

At the STE2025 conference in Santiago, Chile, the Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC) awarded top honors to projects from Germany, Costa Rica, Spain, and the USA in the fields of remote, simulated, and immersive labs—highlighting outstanding achievements in the area of online experimentation in education.

IAOE's Honorary President Prof. Dr. Phys. Doru Ursutiu is an internationally renowned physicist and educator, recognized for his outstanding contributions to physics, electronics, and engineering education. He just was elected as Full Member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists (AOSR) as a central figure in the development of remote engineering and virtual instrumentation in Europe.

The 22nd International Conference on Smart Technologies & Education (STE2025), held in Santiago, Chile, honored six outstanding research contributions with Best Paper Awards across full papers, short papers, student work, and works-in-progress. The awards, presented by the IAOE and Duoc UC, celebrated innovative approaches to AI-enhanced learning, interdisciplinary STEM education, and immersive technologies in engineering training.

The 22nd International Conference on Smart Technologies & Education (STE2025) successfully took place in Santiago, marking the first time the event was held in Latin America. The conference brought together experts from over 30 countries to discuss innovation, sustainability, and the future of engineering education.

It is finally STE 2025 week! Starting on Wednesday April 9th, 2025, global leaders, researchers, and professionals from all over the world meet in Santiago de Chile for the 22nd International Conference on Smart Technologies & Education "Smart Technologies for an All-Electric Society".

New Book Volume on Online Laboratories published! This comprehensive book, divided into seven sections, showcases groundbreaking research findings that blend new experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic with long-term research on online laboratories and virtual experimentation. Providing an adequate learning experience in the laboratory has long been a major challenge in science, engineering, and technology education.
Editors are Dominik May, Michael E. Auer, and Alexander Kist