MA-TEL 2018 - Motivational and Affective Aspects in Technology-enhanced Learning

Motivational and affective aspects of learning with technologies have received much attention in recent years. Research in this area may involve learners’ perception, attitude, perspective, belief, preference, self-efficacy, motivation, engagement, attention, concentration, anxiety or emotion in technology-enhanced learning. In particular, the volume of research on the role of emotion in learning and performance has increased in recent years. However, the reciprocal functions of motivational and affective aspects in learning still need further examination, especially in technology-enhanced learning environments. For example, understanding both learner motivation and learner emotion can inform how to design an online course. In addition, detecting or tracking student learning states, especially the motivational and affective states, in technology-enhanced learning environments can contribute to the design of adapted learning. Thus, ICALT2015 invites proposals focusing on integrative views of motivational and affective aspects of learning with technologies.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Views of motivational and affective theories in technology-enhanced learning
Impacts of motivational and affective factors on learning with technology
Interactions between cognition and affect in technology-enhance learning
Individual differences in affective measurements in technology-enhanced learning
Instruments for assessing affective variables in technology-enhanced learning
Methods for detecting or tracking motivational and affective states in learning process
Affective computing in technology-enhanced learning environments
Modeling, enactment and intelligent use of affective computing
Motivational and affective regulation in technology-enhanced learning environment
Design of scaffoldings based on motivational and affective evaluation
Design of affective learning companions or emotive agents
Teachers’ motivational and affective issues on the use of technology-enhanced learning
Detecting or tracking student visual behaviors in technology-enhanced learning
Human computer interaction in technology-enhanced learning environment
Other topics related to motivational and affective issues in learning with technology