With the rapid development of information technology, a new set of learning environments including virtual classrooms, virtual laboratories and virtual universities are being developed. These new learning environments, however, also introduce new problems that need to be addressed. On the technical side, there is a need for the deployment of effective technologies on web-based education. On the learning side, the cyber mode of learning is very different from traditional classroom-based learning. The goal of this technical committee is to invite researchers from various fields to present and discuss their ideas on education technology and training.

• Organized a special session on Machine Learning in Education and Training of The Seventh International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA'08) in San Diego , California, USA
• Planning First International Conference on Education Technology and Training (ICETT) at the end of 2008 or at the beginning of 2009
• Planning Special Issue for IEEE Trans. on SMC

Join us in this newly created TC on education technology and training. The mission of technical committee on education technology and training is to integrate the diverse interests of education technology and training research community and to improve communication among the different fields. It will serve to coordinate the scheduling of education technology and training conferences, facilitate special conference sessions and journal issues on learning technology, organize tutorials focused on education technology and training, and contribute towards a new IEEE Transactions on education technology and training.