ALICE 2013 - Third International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches

Despite a great potential and some initial successes, e-learning systems do not yet have the impact that many believe is possible. Moreover, the gap seems to be increasing because of the greater expectations of the current generation (Digital Natives) who have grown up with modern technology. There are also more general problems. In particular, an over-emphasis on cost effectiveness has meant that content is often not as strong as it needs to be and this deficiency has contributed to a lack of user engagement and some high attrition rates. Studies have consistently highlighted the important relationship between engagement and learning, with students who are highly motivated being more likely to engage in the learning process.
The Second International Workshop ALICE 2012 aims at providing a forum for innovative adaptive e-learning combining personalization, collaboration, simulation and storytelling aspects within an affective/emotional based approach able to contribute to the overcoming of the quoted limitations of current e-learning systems and content. Special emphasis is given to environments that are interactive, challenging and context aware while enabling learners' demand of empowerment, social identity, and authentic learning experience.
The expected contributions should be able to effectively involve learners in educational, cultural and informative activities. Empirical results from real users in real learning and training settings will be very valuable in order to evaluate and discuss the impact of the proposed innovative features. Academic researchers, professionals and practitioners are invited to exchange their experiences and ideas about problems and solutions related to the design, development and use of advanced and innovative, knowledge based learning systems and applications. Researchers can report their ideas, models, designs and experiences on the proposed topics.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
The main topics of interest within the scope of advances and innovative e-Learning systems include, but are not limited to:
? Affective and Emotional Approaches
? Live and Virtualized Collaboration
? Simulation and Serious Games
? New Forms of Assessment
? Storytelling
? Adaptive and Knowledge-based Technologies
WORKSHOP CHAIRS
Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Thanasis Daradoumis, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy
Saverio Salerno, University of Salerno, Italy
Sara de Freitas, Coventry University, UK
Eric Lin, Hamastar Technology Co. Ltd., Taiwan
Chang-Shing Lee, National University of Tainan, Taiwan
Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Jordi Conesa, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Josep Prieto, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
David Gañán, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Néstor Mora, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Michalis Feidakis, Michalis Feidakis, University of Aegean, Greece
Sergio Miranda, Centre for Research in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Italy
Anna Pierri, Centre for Research in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Italy
Giuseppina Rita Mangione, MOMA S.p.A., Italy
Margit Höfler, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Luis Casillas, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Maria Kordaki, University of the Aegean, Greece
PAST EVENTS
ALICE 2012: Second International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches (in conjunction with The Sixth International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems: CISIS-2012), Palermo, Italy
ALICE 2011: First International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches (in conjunction with Fifth International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems: CISIS-2011), Fukuoka, Japan