ICALT 2011 - The 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies ICALT 2011

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The 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
ICALT2011

Athens, Georgia, USA
July 6-8, 2011

http://www.ask4research.info/icalt/2011/

Deadline: January 17th, 2011

ICALT is an annual international conference on Advanced Learning Technologies and Technology-enhanced Learning organized by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology. After its kick-off as IWALT in Palmerston North, New Zealand (2000), ICALT has been held in New Zealand (2000), Madisson, USA (2001), Kazan, Russia (2002), Athens, Greece(2003), Joensuu, Finland (2004), Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2005), Kerkade, The Netherlands (2006), Niigata, Japan (2007), Santander, Spain (2008), Riga, Latvia (2009), Sousse, Tunisia (2010).

The 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2011) will be held at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA. Athens is located in Northeast Georgia about an hour and a half shuttle ride from the Atlanta airport. The theme for ICALT 20111 is "Educational Technology Forecast: Cloudy with a Slight Chance of Gain", with cloud-based learning and assessment as featured topics. The technical program will feature keynote addresses, workshops, tutorials in addition to presentations of refereed papers.

Selected Papers will be considered for publication to

Educational Technology and Society Journal [http://www.ifets.info], ISSN 1436-4522 [included in SSCI, Impact Factor: 1.067/2009 - Thomson Scientific 2009 Journal Citations Report]

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (TLT) [http://www.computer.org/portal/web/tlt], IEEE [a joint publication of the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Education Society], ISSN 1939-1382, started January 2008

TOPICS OF INTERESTS

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
* Learning Systems Platforms and Architectures
* Rethinking Pedagogy in Technology-enhanced Learning
* Adaptive and Personalized Technology-enhanced Learning
* Intelligent Educational Systems
* Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
* Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning
* Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments for Learning
* Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning
* Web 2.0 and Social Computing for Learning and Knowledge Sharing
* Semantic Web and Ontologies for Learning Systems
* Affective and Pervasive Computing for Learning
* Human-Centered Web Science and its Applications to Technology-enhanced Learning
* Virtual Worlds for Academic, Organizational, and Life-Long Learning
* e- Assessment and new Assessment Theories and Methodologies
* Data Mining and Web Mining in Education
* Knowledge and Competencies Management
* Technology-Enhanced Language Learning
* Advanced Learning Technologies for Disabled and Non-Disabled People
* Technology-enhanced Science Education
* International Alliance for Open Source, Open Standards, and federated repositories
* School of the Future and Future Classrooms
* E-learning in the Workplace
* Cloud-based Learning and Assessment

IMPORTANT DATES

January 31, 2011: Submissions All types (Papers, Workshops, Panels and Tutorials)
February 14, 2011: Authors' Notification on the review process results
March 15, 2011: Authors' Registration Deadline
April 15, 2011: Final Camera-Ready Manuscript and IEEE Copyright Form submission
April 29, 2011: Early Bird Registration
July 6-8, 2011: ICALT2011 Conference

SUBMISSIONS

We invite submission of papers reporting original academic or industrial research in the area of Advanced Learning Technologies. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Complete papers are required to be reviewed. The expected types of submissions include:

The anticipated types of submissions are:

* Full paper: 5 pages
* Short paper: 3 pages
* Posters: 2 pages
* Doctoral consortium paper: 2 pages (first author must be a PhD student)
* Tutorial proposals: 2 pages (The tutorial proposal should clearly outline the novelty of the content, the expected audience, objectives, and outcomes. Each tutorial will be 3 hours)
* Panel proposals: 2 pages (The panel proposal should clearly outline the theme, its significance, the expected audience, and have 5 or more panelists. Each panel will be one and a half hour. Panelists will have the possibility of submitting two-page papers for review and inclusion in the proceedings)
* Workshops: 2 pages (The workshop proposal should clearly define workshop objectives, the expected audience, anticipated outcomes, and the names and short CVs of workshop proposers. Workshop leaders will have the possibility of submitting two-page papers for review and inclusion in the proceedings)

For additional information, please contact the General Conference co-Chair, Prof. Mike Spector at mspector-AT-uga.edu.

Please submit your manuscript using the ASK-Conference System at: http://www.ask4research.info/conference/upload.php. If you have any problems with the above web submission form, you can contact ICALT 2011 Technical Manager at: icalt-operations-AT-iti.gr (Subject: ICALT2011 Submission Enquiry) and the conference organizers will contact you for further assistance.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

Organized by
The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
College of Education, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Sponsored by
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology

Conference Proceedings are published by
IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

General Chairs

* J. Michael Spector, The University of Georgia, USA
* Kinshuk, Athabasca University, Canada

Program Chairs

* Ignacio Aedo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
* Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
* Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus & CERTH, Greece

Doctoral Consortium Chairs

* Sabine Graf, Athabasca University, Canada
* Charalampos Karagiannidis, University of Thessaly, Greece
* Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech, USA

Tutorials Chairs

* Ikseon Choi, The University of Georgia, USA
* Alexandra Cristea, University of Warwick, UK
* Mohamed Jemni, University of Tunis, Tunisia

Workshops and Panels Chairs

* Carlo Giovannella, Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
* Janette Hill, The University of Georgia, USA
* Baltasar Fernandez Manjon, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Finance Chair

* Suzanne Hall, The University of Georgia, USA

Technical Manager

* Panagiotis Zervas, University of Piraeus & CERTH, Greece

Local Arrangements/Committee Co-Chairs

* Janette Hill, The University of Georgia, USA
* Ikseon Choi, The University of Georgia, USA

Program Committee

* Marie-Helene Abel, Universite de Technologie de Compiegne, French
* Eshaa M. Alkhalifa, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
* Colin Allison, University of St-Andrews, United Kingdom
* Mohamed Ally, Athabasca University, Canada
* Arif Altun, Hacettepe University, Turkey
* Eralp Altun, Ege University, Turkey
* Rachid Anane, Coventry University, United Kingdom
* Luis E. Anido-Rifon, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
* Bani Bhattacharya, Centre for Educational Technology - Indian Institute of Technology, India
* Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University, USA
* Josep Blat, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Spain
* Patrick Blumschein, University of Freiburg, Germany
* Christos Bouras, University Patras and CTI, Greece
* Francis Brouns, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
* Martha Burkle, CISCO e-learning, SAIT Polytechnic, Canada
* Manuel Castro, UNED, Spain
* Tak-Wai Chan, National Central University, Taiwan
* Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada
* Ni Chang, Indiana University, USA
* Yam-San Chee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
* Gwo-Dong Chen, National Central University, Taiwan
* Irene Ya-Ling Chen, Ching Yun University, Taiwan
* Sherry Y. Chen, National Central University, Taiwan
* Weiqin Chen, University of Bergen, Norway
* Christophe Choquet, Universiti du Maine, France
* Vassilis Dagdilelis, University of Macedonia, Greece
* Isabel Fernandez De Castro, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain
* Stavros N. Demetriadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
* Michael Derntl, University of Vienna, Austria
* Giuliana Dettori, Institute for Educational Technology, Italy
* Paloma D?az, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
* Darina Dicheva, Winston-Salem State University, USA
* Yannis A. Dimitriadis, University of Valladolid, Spain
* Monica Divitini, Norwegian Universtity of Science and Technology, Norway
* Juan Manuel Dodero, Universidad de Cadiz, Spain
* Ian Douglas, Florida State University, USA
* Jon Dron, Athabasca University, Canada
* Jan Elen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
* Jon Elorriaga, University of the Basque Country, Spain
* Sanaz Fallahkhair, University of Brighton, UK
* Carla Falsetti, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
* Ramzi Farhat, University of Tunis, Tunisia* Paola Forcheri, IMA-CNR, Italy
* Sarfo K. Frederick, University of Education, Ghana
* Mike Freeman, Camber Corporation, USA
* Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada
* Panagiotis Germanakos, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
* Demetrius Georgiou, Demokritus University of Thrace, Greece
* Tiong Goh, Vicrotia University of Wellington, New Zealand
* Vladimir A. Goodkovsky, Independent Consultant, USA
* Monique Grandbastien, Universite Henri Poincare, France
* Dai Griffiths, The Institute for Educational Cybernetics, University of Bolton, UK
* Maria Grigoriadou, University of Athens, Greece
* Yasemin Gulbahar, Baskent University, Turkey
* Leontios Hadjileontiadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
* Mohamed Hamada, University of Aizu, Japan
* Andrea Harrer, Catholic University Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, Germany
* Roger Hartley, University of Leeds, UK
* Friedrich Hesse, Knowledge Media Research Centre, Germany
* Tsukasa Hirashima, Hiroshima University, Japan
* Andreas Holzinger, Medical University Graz, Austria
* Huei-Tse Hou, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan* Ray Yueh-Min Huang, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
* Gwo-Jen Hwang, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
* Wu Yuin Hwang, National Central University, Taiwan
* Dirk Ifenthaler, University or Freiburg, Germany
* Athanassios Jimoyiannis, University of Peloponnese, Greece
* Russell Johnson, Massey University, New Zealand
* Jelena Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
* Mike Joy, University of Warwick, UK
* Keiso Katsura, Senri Kinran University, Japan
* Ian Kennedy, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
* Chan Min Kim, Florida State University, USA
* MinKyu Kim, Florida State University, USA
* Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen, Germany
* Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
* Ah-Choo Koo, Multimedia University, Malaysia
* Rob Koper, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
* Maria Kordaki, Computer Institute of Technology, Greece
* K. Robert Lai, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
* Aparna Lalingkar, International Institute of Information Technology, India
* Monica Landoni, University of Lugano, Swiss
* Chien Ching Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapure
* Chien Sing Lee, Multimedia University, Malaysia
* Luigi Lella, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
* Davinia Hernandez-Leo, University Pompeu Fabra, Spain
* Steve Leung, Athabasca University, Canada
* Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada
* Andreas Lingnau, University of Strathclyde, UK
* Tzu-Chien Liu, National Central University, Taiwan
* Martin Llamas, Universidad de Vigo, Spain
* Jacques Lonchamp, University of Nancy, France
* Flavio Manganello, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
* Alke Martens, University of Rostock, Germany* Rory McGreal, Athabasca University, Canada
* Jonathan McKeown, Florida State University, USA
* Veijo Meisalo, University of Helsinki, Finland
* Anastasios Mikropoulos, University of Ioannina, Greece
* Marcelo Milrad, Linnaeus University, Sweden
* Boris Misnevs, Transport and Communication Institute, Latvia
* Roberto Moriyon, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
* Constantinos Mourlas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
* Sahana Murthy, Indian Institute of Technology, India
* Kandan Muthusamy, IBM India, India
* Jad Najjar, Institute for Information Systems & New Media, Austria
* Wolfgang Nejdl, L3S Research Center, Germany
* Hiroaki Ogata, Tokushima University, Japan
* Toshio Okamoto, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
* Manuel Ortega Cantero, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Spain
* Kyparisia Papanikolaou, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Greece
* Marina Papastergiou, University of Thessaly, Greece* Iraklis Paraskakis, South East European Research Centre, Greece
* Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
* Panagiotis Pintelas, University of Patras, Greece
* Symeon Retalis, University of Piraeus, Greece
* Marco Ronchetti, University di Trento, Italy
* Devshri Roy, Indian Institute of Technology, India
* Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Ain Shams University, Egypt
* Maya Satratzemi, University of Macedonia, Greece
* Ulrik Schroeder, RWTH Aachen, Germany
* Ali Fawaz Shareef, Center for Open Learning, Maldives
* Ji Shen, University of Georgia, USA* Ju-Ling Shih, National Tainan University, Taiwan

* Peter Sloep, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
* Christina Solomonidou, University of Thessaly, Greece
* Marcus Specht, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
* Krassen Stefanov, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria
* Christian M. Stracke, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
* Jarkko Suhonen, University of Joensuu, Finland* Kateryna Synytsya, Intl Res. and Trng Ctr of Info. Tech. and Systems, Ukraine
* Qing Tan, Athabasca University, Canada
* Pierre Tchounikine, Universiti du Maine, France

* Shian-Shyong Tseng, Asia University, Taiwan

* Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
* Setsuo Tsuruta, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
* Maomi Ueno, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
* Wouter van Joolingen, University of Twente, The Netherlands
* Michael Verhaart, Eastern Institute of Technology, New Zealand
* Dunwei Wen, Athabasca University, Canada
* Jie Chi Yang, National Central University, Taiwan
* Stephen J.H. Yang, National Central University, Taiwan
* Hsiu-Ping Yueh, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
* Larissa Zaitseva, Riga Technical University, Latvia