TESL 2013 - 2nd International Workshop on Technology-Enhanced Social Learning 2013

The 2nd International workshop on Technology-Enhanced Social Learning will be jointly held with the 2013 IEEE International Conference on iThings/CPSCom/GreenCom (http://www.china-iot.net/index.html) in Beijing, China during August 20?23, 2013. This workshop aims to provide a premier international forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss the most recent research on the latest developments in TESL. In particular, original ideas and research articles are solicited ranging from theoretical studies, practical applications, new communication technologies, and experimental prototypes, in order to map out the directions for future developments and the research collaborations.
With the high development of SNS (Social Network Service), learning through interaction and collaboration in a community or across a social network has become increasing popular, as more and more people are increasingly accustomed to sharing feelings, experience, and knowledge in this social networking revolution. Social learning, considered as a leading method of spreading knowledge in various environments, focuses on the learning that occurs through interactions and collaborations in a community or across a social network within a social context, which can better support both faculties and students in the education and learning process. We welcome contributions to advance high quality research in methods, theories, techniques and tools concerning the idea of social learning, in order to prompt the learning and education development in the next era.
All accepted papers in TESL2013 will be published in the Proceedings of CPSCom 2013, with IEEE Publisher, which will be indexed by EI Compedex and ISTP.
After the workshop, authors of selected outstanding papers will be invited to submit extended editions of their papers to a Special Issue on Social Computing and Social Knowledge for e-Learning of IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies.
Topics of Interest
The scopes of TESL2013will cover but not be limited to:
? Big Data and Data Mining for Social Learning
? Contents Recommendation for Social Learning
? Context-aware Learning Environments
? Evaluation and Evaluation Methodologies
? Information Fusion for Learning Support
? Pervasive HCI for Social Learning
? Social Learning for Talent Development
? Social Learning Technologies & Tools
? Social Media for Learning Professionals
? Social Learning & Training Techniques
? Social Learning in Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing Environments
? Social Media in Learning for Education
? Social Learning: Leadership & Collaboration
? Software Agents for Social Learning
? Implementing Social Learning in Organizations
? Location-Based Service for Social Learning
? Mobile Social Networks for Learning
? Mobile Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
? User Modeling for Individualized Social Learning
? Virtual Worlds for Social Learning
? Web 2.0 for Enhanced Social Learning
Submission
Authors are invited to submit full papers (maximum 6 pages) or short papers (maximum 4 pages). Papers should be written according to the IEEE Computer Society format: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formattin....
Important Dates
Paper submission due: April 30, 2013
Author notification: May 31, 2013
Camera Ready due: June 30, 2013
Conference Dates: August 20-23, 2013
General Co-Chairs
Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada
Timothy K. Shih, National Central University, Taiwan
PC Co-Chairs
Chengjiu Yin, Kyushu University, Japan
Xiaokang Zhou, Waseda University, Japan
Jian Chen, University of Aizu, Japan
Steering Committee Co-Chairs
Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan
Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada
Technical Program Committee
Bob Heller, Athabasca University, Canada
Chunsheng Yang, National Research Council，Canada
Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada
Hong Lin, University of Houston-downtown, USA
Shenghua Zha, James Madison University, USA
Su Cai, Beijing Normal University, China
Xiaokun Zhang, Athabasca University, Canada
Yan Dong, Beijing Normal University, China
Yushun Li, Beijing Normal University, China
Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada
Bob Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
Yiwei Cao, IMC AG, Germany
Kiss Gabor, Obuda University, Hungary
Roman Y. Shtykh, Waseda University, Japan
Neil Y. Yen, University of Aizu, Japan
Ashraf Uddin Ahmed, Waseda University, Japan
JieChi Yang, National Central University, Taiwan
Chih-Kai Chang, National University of Tainan, Taiwan
Ching-Kun Hsu, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Hsiu-Ting Hung, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Chih-Hung Lai, National DongHwa University, Taiwan
Fang-Chuan Ou Yang, Ching Yun University, Taiwan
Junbo Wang, University of Aizu, Japan
Peng Li, University of Aizu, Japan