WCLOUD 2013 - 2nd International Workshop on Cloud Education Environments

Cloud Learning Environments (CLEs) or Cloud Education Environments (CEE) consider the cloud as a large ecosystem, which is not owned by any educational organization. Within this ecosystem, learners and educators act as the users and producers of cloud-based learning services. They have complete control over the choice, use and sharing of the learning tools and content provided by these services. This approach has the potential to enable and facilitate both formal and informal learning. It allows learners to learn anywhere and at anytime. It also facilitates collaboration among learners and educators. Additionally, the openness, sharing and reusability of learning tools and content on the web are technically enabled and promoted.
The workshop will focus on the exchange of relevant trends and research results, as well as the presentation of practical experiences gained while developing and testing cloud education environments, both from a teaching and a learning perspective.
The workshop will be the second in a series of workshops taking place in Europe and Latin America. The previous workshop WCLOUD 2012 has taken place in Antigua/ Guatemala (http://ges.galileo.edu/cloud-education-environment...).
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Learning Tools
Learning tools experiences and Cases of Study
Social Environments
Content and Multimedia Applications
Story Telling Tools
Cloud Education Accessibility
Other type of tools
Pedagogical Approaches and Learning Contexts
Personal Learning Environments
Self Regulated Learning
Learning Artifacts
Pedagogical approaches for multiple learning environments
Modeling Languages
Assessment approaches
Orchestration
Orchestration approaches for learning using several tools
Prototype experiences of learning orchestration
User Interface Management
Interoperability
Standards and Specifications
Internet of Services and Technology Enhanced Learning
Reference Implementations
Virtual Learning Environments and Tools integration
Integration Experiences and Cases of Study
Authentication and identity handling on service based scenarios
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS), with education purposes
Business Models
Learning as a Service
Service models of educational institutions
Ethical Aspects