Special Sessions
Enhancing Student Engagement in e-Learning -
ESEeL
2012
Regular Paper Submission:
February 20, 2012 (expired)
Authors Notification (regular papers):
March 1, 2012
(extended)
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration:
March 12, 2012
(extended)
Scope
The Special Session on Enhancing Student Engagement in e-Learning (ESEeL) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on theory, tools and techniques for engaging students in e-learning environments. Authors are welcome to submit papers, discuss theory or research issues, develop problems or demonstrate tools. Technology resources such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, games, simulations, e-Portfolios, webquests, computer-assisted learning tutorials, video-enhanced learning and other technological approaches are also of interest.
The special session will also offer the opportunity to fill the gap between academic researchers, practitioners and industry. ESEeL encourages authors to submit papers describing original work, including methods, techniques, recent advances, applications and tools.
Serious Games on Computer Science Learning -
SGoCSL
2012
Regular Paper Submission:
February 20, 2012 (expired)
Authors Notification (regular papers):
March 1, 2012
(extended)
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration:
March 12, 2012
(extended)
Scope
The Special Session in Serious Games on Computer Science Learning (SGoCSL) aims to bring researchers and practitioners working in innovative approaches using games in the learning process.
Serious Games are attracting a growing interest among the main actors that take part in the learning-teaching process.
Serious games are highly considered among other learning tools. Some authors indicate that these systems may play an important role in the learning process, by the ability of overcoming difficulties of some topics and by motivating students to subjects that are considered less interesting, but that are undeniable important.
Assessment Tools and Techniques for e-Learning -
ATTeL
2012
Regular Paper Submission:
February 20, 2012 (expired)
Authors Notification (regular papers):
March 1, 2012
(extended)
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration:
March 12, 2012
(extended)
Scope
The Special Session on Assessment Tools and Techniques for e-Learning (ATTeL) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on assessment tools and techniques for e-learning and/or within the context of an LMS. Authors are welcome to submit papers discussing research issues, development problems or use cases of tools including, but not limited to, concept maps, concept tests, knowledge surveys, online exams, presentations in teleconference format for distributed classrooms, portfolios, and other tools. Technology resources such as classroom response systems, real time analysis of student comprehension, e-Portfolios, course assessment, and other technological aspects are also of interest.
Collaborative e-Learning Systems -
CeLS
2012
Regular Paper Submission:
February 20, 2012 (expired)
Authors Notification (regular papers):
March 1, 2012
(extended)
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration:
March 12, 2012
(extended)
Scope
The Special Session on Collaborative e-Learning Systems (CeLS) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working in innovative pedagogical strategies adapted to group-based e-learning. e-learning has become an important business process for corporations, as well as for universities. Despite all the recent activity, models for how people teach and learn online are still immature. Often e-learning systems fail due to the lack of attention and the lack of commitment of the users to maximize the results of the learning process through the software system.
Learning Communities have become a recognized paradigm for solving this problem but some attributes are still overlooked. In particular it is important to realize that in a community there is a measure of commitment to a set of shared values, norms, and meanings and a shared history and identification within a particular culture. Yet, personalization is required in each individual learning process.