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[Fwd: [isworld] 2nd CFP: ML 2010 submissions until 8 January 2010]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] 2nd CFP: ML 2010 submissions until 8 January 2010 Datum: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:33:34 -0500 Von: Natalia Teixeira <nat(a)iadis.org> Antwort an: Natalia Teixeira <nat(a)iadis.org> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Apologies for cross-postings. Please send to interested colleagues and students -- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (2nd call): 8 January 2010 -- IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2010 Porto, Portugal, 19 to 21 March 2010 (http://www.mlearning-conf.org/) * Keynote Speakers (confirmed): Professor John Traxler, Director, Learning Lab, University of Wolverhampton, UK Professor Martin Valcke, Head of the Department of Education in Ghent University, Belgium * Conference background and goals Mobile Learning, a Retrospective Outlook Since its inauguration in 2005, the IADIS Mobile Learning conference series has provided a forum to present, discuss and promote international mobile learning research. Past conference themes have focused on pedagogical approaches most suited for mobile learning such as collaborative, contextual, and constructivist which support data collection, context & location awareness and distributed activities. In 2007 the conference aimed to harness an international perspective on the �big issues� in mobile learning by discussing topics such as the conflict between personal informal learning and traditional classroom education, the evaluation of mobile learning and appropriate methods for this setting, the design of mobile learning activities and the integration of mobile devices in the broader educational scenarios, among others. In 2008, our concern was to explore various dimensions of the learners� mobility for example, physical, conceptual and social, to discern how these in conjunction with mobile and fix technologies may support learning. Last year, the conference debated the increasing phenomenon of user generated content, in particular mobile media. Five years on, the IADIS Mobile Learning 2010 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of mobile learning research which provides a retrospective outlook of the field. We seek contributions under the topics below which illustrate developments in the field. * Format of the Conference The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital Library (accessible on-line). The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in the IADIS Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems (ISSN: 1646-3692) and also in other selected Journals. * Types of submissions Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. * Topics We invite researchers, practitioners, developers and all those working in the mobile learning arena to submit work under the following topics: � Pedagogical approaches and theories for mLearning � mLearning in formal educational institutions � Integrating mLearning with broader educational scenarios � Informal and lifelong mLearning � Learner mobility & transitions across physical, conceptual, social space and technologies � User Studies in mLearning � Mobile social media & user generated content � Enabling mLearning technologies, applications & uses � Evaluation and evaluation methodologies for mLearning � Tools, technologies and platforms for mLearning � Mobile Web 2.0 applications for mLearning � Mobile game-based learning * Important Dates: - Submission deadline (2nd call): 8 January 2010 - Notification to Authors (2nd call): 5 February 2010 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call): Until 22 February 2010 - Late Registration (2nd call): After 22 February 2010 - Conference: Porto, Portugal, 19 to 21 March 2010 * Conference Location The conference will be held in Porto, Portugal. * Secretariat IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2010 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: secretariat(a)mlearning-conf.org Web site: http://www.mlearning-conf.org/ * Program Committee Mobile Learning 2010 Program Chair Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Mobile Learning 2010 Conference Chair Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Steering Committee to be announced Committee Members: * * for committee list please refer to http://www.mlearning-conf.org/committees.asp * Co-located events Please also check the co-located events: e-Society 2010 (http://www.esociety-conf.org/) - 18-21 March 2010 Information Systems 2010 (http://www.is-conf.org/) - 18-20 March 2010 * Registered participants in the Mobile Learning� conference may attend e-Society and Information Systems conferences� sessions free of charge. 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[Fwd: [isworld] IS 2010 (2nd Call) submissions until 8 January 2010]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] IS 2010 (2nd Call) submissions until 8 January 2010 Datum: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:33:02 -0500 Von: Natalia Teixeira <nat(a)iadis.org> Antwort an: Natalia Teixeira <nat(a)iadis.org> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> ** Apologies for cross-postings. Please send to interested colleagues and students.** -- CALL FOR PAPERS - Submission Deadline (2nd call): 8 January 2010 ************************************************************* IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2010 March 18-20, 2010 � Porto, Portugal (http://www.is-conf.org/) ************************************************************* * Conference background and goals A new paradigm is sweeping the society, organisations and the business environment. In fact, society and business world alike are moving from its tangible bases to intangible ones based on knowledge and information systems (IS) to support its management, use and sharing. In this emerging paradigm, terms like information, communication, knowledge, and learning have acquired a critical relevance to the understanding of the nature of contemporary business. This led authors such as Drucker (1993) to state that �we are entering the knowledge society in which the basic economic resource� is knowledge�. In fact, since the mid-1980s, there has been a sudden avalanche of a new kind of vocabulary. Corporations, which so far had been economic entities, are being described as �information-based organizations�, �learning organizations�, �knowledge-creating companies� or knowledge intensive organisations. Instead of product-market strategies, the fashionable business discourse invokes core competencies, intangible assets, knowledge-based capabilities, intellectual capital, knowledge management etc. Consequently, in this 21st century of ours, terms such as intellectual capital, knowledge management, and knowledge mapping have increasingly become part of the corporate landscape. However, none of this apparent revolution would be possible without the underlying technological support provided by IS. The IADIS Information Systems Conference (IS 2010) aims to provide a forum for the discussion of IS taking a socio-technological perspective. It aims to address the issues related to design, development and use of IS in organisations from a socio-technological perspective, as well as to discuss IS professional practice, research and teaching. * Format of the Conference The conference will comprise invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book. The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in specific journals, and in the IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems. * Types of submissions Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. * A set of key issues has been identified (see below). However, these do not aim at being prescriptive, or set in stone, and any innovative contributions that do not fit into these areas will also be considered. Areas and Topics of the conference will focus on: IS in Practice, Technology Infrastructures and Organisational Processes � Power, Cultural, Behavioural and Political issues � New Organisational Forms � Dilution of Organisational Boundaries � The centrality of IS and IT in Organisational Processes � IS Management � Information Management � Knowledge Management � IS and SMEs � Innovation and IS � Innovation and Knowledge Management � IS and Change Management � IS and Organisation Development � Enterprise Application Integration � Enterprise Resource Planning � Business Process Change IS Design, Development and Management Issues and Methodologies � Design and Development Methodologies and Frameworks � Iterative and Incremental Methodologies � Agile Methodologies � IS Design and Development as a Component-Based Process � IS Design and Development as Social Negotiation Process � IS D Design and Development as a Global and Distributed Process � Outsourcing in IS � Outsourcing Risks, Barriers and Opportunities � IS Project Management � IS Quality Management and Assurance � IS Standards and Compliance Issues � Risk Management in IS � Risk Management in IS Design and Development IS Professional Issues � Ethical, social, privacy, security and moral issues in an e-society � The role of information in the information society � Myths, taboos and misconceptions in IS � Practitioner and Research Relationship, Projects and Links � Validity, Usefulness and Applicability of IS Academic Research � Industrial Research versus Academic Research Issues � Industry Innovation and Leadership and Academic Laggards � IS consultancy as a profession � Organisational IS Roles � Communities of practice and Knowledge Sharing IS Research � Core Theories, Conceptualisations and Paradigms in IS Research � Ontological Assumptions in IS Research � IS Research Constraints, Limitations and Opportunities � IS vs Computer Science Research � IS vs Business Studies � Positivist, Interpretivist and Critical Approaches to IS Research � Quantitative vs. Qualitative Methods � Deductive vs Inductive Approaches � Multi-method Approaches and Triangulations in IS Research � Design Research and the Sciences of the Artificial in IS � Multidisciplinary Views and Multi Methodological Approaches � New and alternative approaches to IS research � Examples of experimental research designs in IS IS Learning and Teaching � Patterns of Demand for IS Teaching Provision � Fads, Fashions and Fetishes in IS Curricula � Pedagogic practice in Teaching IS � E-Learning in IS � Instructional Design for IS � National Cultures and Approaches to Pedagogy � Multiculturality ad Diversity Issues in IS Learning and Teaching * Important Dates: - Submission deadline (2nd call): 8 January 2010 - Notification to Authors (2nd call): 5 February 2010 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call): Until 22 February 2010 - Late Registration (2nd call): After 22 February 2010 - Conference: Porto, Portugal, 18 to 20 March 2010 * Conference Location The conference will be held in Porto, Portugal. * Secretariat IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2010 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3, 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: secretariat(a)is-conf.org Web site: http://www.is-conf.org/ * Program Committee Conference Chair Professor Philip Powell, Deputy Dean, University of Bath, UK Program Co-Chairs Miguel Baptista Nunes, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Committee Members: for the full Committee Members list please access http://www.is-conf.org/committees.asp * Co-located events Please also check the co-located events: e-Society 2010 (http://www.esociety-conf.org/) - 18-21 March 2010 Mobile Learning 2010 (http://www.mlearning-conf.org/) - 19-21 March 2010 * Registered participants in the Information Systems� conference may attend Mobile Learning and e-Society conferences� sessions free of charge. 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[Fwd: [isworld] e-Society 2010 2nd CFP until 8 January 2010]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] e-Society 2010 2nd CFP until 8 January 2010 Datum: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:31:19 -0500 Von: Natalia Teixeira <nat(a)iadis.org> Antwort an: Natalia Teixeira <nat(a)iadis.org> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Apologies for cross-postings. Please send to interested colleagues and students -- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (2nd call): 8 January 2010 -- IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-SOCIETY 2010 March 18-21, 2010 � Porto, Portugal (http://www.esociety-conf.org/) * Keynote Speaker (confirmed): Christina Preston, MirandaNet Founder, UK * Conference Background and Goals The IADIS e-Society 2010 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the Information Society. This conference covers both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of the Information Society. Broad areas of interest are eSociety and Digital Divide, eBusiness / eCommerce, eLearning, New Media and E-Society, Digital Services in eESociety, eGovernment /eGovernance, eHealth, Information Systems, and Information Management. These broad areas are divided into more detailed areas (see below). However innovative contributes that don't fit into these areas will also be considered since they might be of benefit to conference attendees. * Format of the Conference The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital Library (online accessible). The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in the IADIS Journal on WWW/Internet (ISSN: 1645-7641) and other selected Journals. * Types of submissions Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. * Topics related to the Information Society are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas and topics: «« eSociety and Digital Divide »» Connectivity may imply social coherence and integration. The opposite may result as well, when systematic measures are taken to exclude certain individuals or certain groups. Papers are welcomed on the next keywords: � Social Integration � Social Bookmarking � Social Software � E-Democracy � Social Integration «« eBusiness / eCommerce »» May include issues relating to: � Business Ontologies and Models � Digital Goods and Services � eBusiness Models � eCommerce Application Fields � eCommerce Economics � eCommerce Services � Electronic Service Delivery � eMarketing � Languages for Describing Goods and Services � Online Auctions and Technologies � Virtual Organisations and Teleworking «« eLearning »» May include issues relating to: � Collaborative Learning � Curriculum Content Design & Development � Delivery Systems and Environments � Educational Systems Design . E-Citizenship and Inclusion � eLearning Organisational Issues � Evaluation and Assessment . Political and Social Aspects � Virtual Learning Environments and Issues � Web-based Learning Communities «« New Media and E-Society »» May include issues relating to: � Digitization, heterogeneity and convergence � Interactivity and virtuality � Citizenship, regulation and heterarchy � Innovation, identity and the global village syndrome � Internet Cultures and new interpretations of �Space� � Polity and the Digitally Suppressed «« Digital Services in E-Society »» May include issues relating to: � Service Broadcasting � Political Reporting � Development of Digital Services � Freedom of Expression � E-Journalism � Open Access «« eGovernment /eGovernance »» May include issues relating to: � Accessibility � Democracy and the Citizen � Digital Economies � Digital Regions � eAdministration � eGovernment Management � eProcurement � Global Trends � National and International Economies � Social Inclusion «« eHealth »» May include issues relating to: � Data Security Issues � eHealth Policy and Practice � eHealthcare Strategies and Provision � Legal Issues � Medical Research Ethics � Patient Privacy and Confidentiality «« Information Systems »» May include issues relating to: � Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) � Intelligent Agents � Intelligent Systems � IS Security Issues � Mobile Applications � Multimedia Applications � Payment Systems � Protocols and Standards � Software Requirements and IS Architectures � Storage Issues � Strategies and Tendencies � System Architectures � Telework Technologies � Ubiquitous Computing � Virtual Reality � Wireless Communications «« Information Management »» May include issues relating to: � Computer-Mediated Communication � Content Development � Cyber law and Intellectual Property � Data Mining � ePublishing and Digital Libraries � Human Computer Interaction � Information Search and Retrieval � Knowledge Management � Policy Issues � Privacy Issues � Social and Organizational Aspects � Virtual Communities � XML and Other Extensible Languages * Important Dates: - Submission deadline (2nd call): 8 January 2010 - Notification to Authors (2nd call): 5 February 2010 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call): Until 22 February 2010 - Late Registration (2nd call): After 22 February 2010 - Conference: Porto, Portugal, 18 to 21 March 2010 * Conference Location The conference will be held in Porto, Portugal. * Secretariat IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-SOCIETY 2010 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: secretariat(a)esociety-conf.org/ Web site: http://www.esociety-conf.org/ * Program Committee Program Chair Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands Conference Chair Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Committee Members:* * for committee list please refer to http://www.esociety-conf.org/committees.asp * Co-located events Please also check the co-located events: Information Systems 2010 (http://www.is-conf.org/) - 18-20 March 2010 Mobile Learning 2010 (http://www.mlearning-conf.org/) - 19-21 March 2010 * Registered participants in the e-Society conference may attend Information Systems and Mobile Learning conferences� sessions free of charge. 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[Fwd: [isworld] KES-AMSTA 2010: DOCTORAL TRACK]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] KES-AMSTA 2010: DOCTORAL TRACK Datum: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:39:20 -0500 Von: Dariusz Krol <dariusz.krol(a)pwr.wroc.pl> Antwort an: Dariusz Krol <dariusz.krol(a)pwr.wroc.pl> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> [Apologies for multiple postings] Dear Colleagues, you are cordially invited to submit papers to DOCTORAL TRACK at 4th International KES Symposium on Agents and Multi-agent Systems 23-25 June 2010, Gdynia, Poland Proceedings in Springer LNCS/LNAI http://www.ii.pwr.wroc.pl/~krol/eng_AMSTA.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- An integral part of the KES-AMSTA-10 will be the Doctoral Track organized with the aim to publish students' research in the filed of agents and multi-agents systems. The session will offer students the opportunity to discuss and to exchange the experience both the work in progress and almost finished dissertations. Best student paper of the KES-AMSTA-10 Doctoral Track will be selected and awarded. TOPICS OF INTEREST -------------------------- Agent Systems Formal models of agency. Agent architectures. BDI architecture. Learning, evolution, and adaptation. Perception and action. Communication: languages, semantics, pragmatics, protocols, and conversations. Knowledge representation Computational complexity. Autonomous or humanoid robots. Social robots and robot teams. Autonomy aspect. Cognitive models, including emotions and philosophies. Embodied and believable agents. Emergent behaviour. Ontologies. Multi-agent Systems Cooperative distributed problem solving. Task and resource allocation. Mechanism design, auctions, and game theory. Modelling other agents and self. Multi-agent planning. Negotiation protocols. Multi-agent learning. Conflict resolution. Trust and reputation management. Privacy, safety and security. Scalability, robustness and dependability. Social and organizational structures. Verification and validation. Novel computing paradigms (autonomic, grid, P2P, ubiquitous computing). Brokering and matchmaking. Agent-oriented software engineering, including implementation languages and frameworks. Mobile agents. Per-formance, scalability, robustness, and dependability. Verification and validation. E-business agents. Pervasive computing. Privacy, safety, and security. Tools and Applications Simulation systems. Web services and service-oriented computing. Artificial social systems. Autonomic computing. Case studies and reports on deployments. Computational infrastructures. Information retrieval. Web services and semantic web. E-learning sys-tems. E-institutions. E-commerce. PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------- Ph.D. students (optionally with supevisors) are invited from prospective authors with interests on the indicated topics and related areas of application. All contributions should be original and not published or intended to be published elsewhere during the review period. Contributions from more applied related fields in industry and commerce are very welcome. PUBLICATION ----------- The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in LNCS/LNAI series. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in special issues to be included in several journals indexed by ISI, KES Journal and Int. Journal of Intelligent Information and Data-base Systems. IMPORTANT DATES & DEADLINES --------------------------- Doctoral Track - Submission of Papers: 31 December 2009 - Notification of Acceptance: 31 January 2010 - Upload of Final Publication Files: 28 February 2010 Early Registration Deadline - All delegates: 5 March 2010 Symposium - Symposium: 23-25 June 2010 ORGANISATION ------------ KES AMSTA 2010 is part of the AMSTA Series, Chair: N.T. Nguyen, The AMSTA Series is a sub-series of KES International Conference Series, Chairs L.C. Jain and R.J. Howlett. KES AMSTA 2010 Honorary Chair: R. Cwilewicz, Rector, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland KES AMSTA 2010 Honorary Co-Chair: L.C.Jain, University of South Australia, Australia KES AMSTA 2010 General Co-Chairs: P. Jedrzejowicz, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland and N.T. Nguyen, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland On behalf of the KES-AMSTA 2010: Doctoral Track Chair: D. Król, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [isworld] Quality of Teaching, Assessment in Academia, Technology Enhanced Learning, Reforming Education, Assessment in Higher Education: st International Conference on REFORMING EDUCATION and QUALITY of TEACHING: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Quality of Teaching, Assessment in Academia, Technology Enhanced Learning, Reforming Education, Assessment in Higher Education: st International Conference on REFORMING EDUCATION and QUALITY of TEACHING: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education Datum: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 05:03:40 -0500 Von: Miltiadis Lytras <mdl(a)aueb.gr> Antwort an: Miltiadis Lytras <mdl(a)aueb.gr> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Dear Colleagues hope my mail finds you well. We are running a new conference entitled: International Conference on QUALITY OF EDUCATION AND REFORMING EDUCATION: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation, Pedagogies- TECH-EDUCATION 2010 http://www.reform-education.org Detailed CFP: http://www.reform-education.org/cfp.htm Track 1. Quality of the Education / Teaching Excellence / Assessment of Quality in Academic institutions - A new vision Track 2. Technology Enhanced Learning - Learning Technologies - Personalization-Elearning Track 3. Educational Strategies Track 4. The Collaborative/ Consructive/ Pedagogical/ Didactical Approaches Track 5. The Formal/ Informal/ and Life Long Learning Perspectives Track 6. The Contribution of Education to Sustainable Development If you are dealing in your research with issues related to QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN EDUCATION, TEACHING EXCELLENCE in ACADEMIA, REFORMING OF EDUCATION, CURRICULUM DESIGN, DEGREES DESIGN, POSTGRADUATES PROGRAMS MANAGEMENT and you are interested in participating in the Scientific Committee of the conference please let me know. We would be happy for you to join the STEERING SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE of the conference. Please if you accept my invitation provide me with your full affiliation as you wish to be listed on the web site. In any case I want to thank you for your time and attention. Last but not least: If you have published research on the topics of the conference provide me with a short list of references of your publications with a URL [if any] to a digital copy of it. We will put in a page a list of references and articles, I think this will also help to generate many citations to your research work. A possible form could be Reference, URL Please if you wish help us circulating the relevant CFP to your network. 1st International Conference on REFORMING EDUCATION and QUALITY OF TEACHING: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation,Pedagogies- TECH-EDUCATION 2010 http://www.reform-education.org The 1st International Conference on REFORMING EDUCATION and QUALITY OF TEACHING: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation, Pedagogies- TECH-EDUCATION 2010 is a bold effort aiming to fostering the debate for the Global need in our turbulent times to invest in Education and to go beyond the verbalisms. Politicians, policy makers, educators, teachers, new learning technologies experts, lifelong learning managers, young people and open mids debating on the Educational Challenges of the 21st century, present fresh ideas, methodologies and strategies, as well as state-of-the-art and beyond applications for technology enhanced learning. The full conference program is organized around 6 general pillars: Track 1. Quality of EDUCATION / QUALITY OF TEACHING - A new vision Track 2. Technology Enhanced Learning - Learning Technologies - Personalization-Elearning Track 3. Educational Strategies / Teaching Strategies Track 4. The Collaborative/ Consructive/ Pedagogical/ Didactical Approaches Track 5. The Formal/ Informal/ and Life Long Learning Perspectives Track 6. The Contribution of Education to Sustainable Development Six general scientific pillars provide the constitutional elements of the 1st International Conference on REFORMING EDUCATION: Learning Technologies, Quality of Education, Educational Systems, Evaluation, Pedagogies- TECH-EDUCATION 2010: Important Dates Submission of papers: 20th January 2010 Notification to authors: 5th February 2010 Camera ready papers: 15th February 2010 Conference Days: 19th-21st May 2010 SPECIAL ISSUES Special Issues in TOP ISI SCI/SSCI Journals Five special issues in ISI SCI/SSCI International Journals have been agreed for the conference. An Extended version submission will be required after invitation from program scientific committee. More information will be uploaded here shortly. Additionally 15 special issues have been agreen in the sponsoring journals: All the published papers will be invited to submit extended versions, 35% at least modified from the initial submission for publication in one of the following journals. o International Journal of Knowledge Society Research o International Journal of Knowledge and Learning o International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning o International Journal of Social and Humanistic Computing o International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies o International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital o More journals to be added soon Track 1: Quality of the Education / QUALITY OF TEACHING - A new vision * Teaching Methodologies and Case Studies * Reforms in Degrees * The European Educational space * Academic Curricula Designs * Quality of Teaching and Learning * Quality and Academic Assessment * The School / University of the Future Challenges for the Higher Education in the 21st Century New Managerial Models for Education Financing the New Model for the Education of the 21st Century The Quality Milestones for the Education of the 21st Century Evaluation in Academia The Role of Teachers International Collaborations for Joint Programs/Degrees Industry - Academia Synergies Research Laboratories Management Diffusion of Scientific Research to the Society Innovative Models of Scientific Excellence in Education Cross-Continental Educational-Cultural coalitions Business Education Innovation Centers New Models of Human Development Integrating Social Needs in Educational Programs Interactive Collaboration Spaces Open Source and its Role in Education of the 21st Century Research Transfer to University Teaching The role of innovation in the School University of the Future The Economics of Education Models for Training of Teachers Track 2. Technology Enhanced Learning - Learning Technologies - Personalization-Elearning Technology Enhanced Learning: Applied ICT's for Effective Learning Technology Enhanced Learning: An Emerging Episteme * The technology enhanced learning domain: philosophical routes, demonstration of various communities, success stories, lessons learned * Technology enhanced learning key issues: effective strategies, learning models and theories * Deployment of ICTs in education, policy issues of TEL, integration issues, extensibility, interoperability Technology Enhanced Learning: The Theories * Pedagogical theories and models of TEL * Constructivist approaches to TEL * Collaborative/context aware/personalised TEL approaches * Communities of learners and TEL Technology Enhanced Learning: The Technologies * Web 2.0 and TEL * Semantic web and TEL * Adaptive and personalised hypermedia for TEL * Metadata and content standards and TEL * Free and open source software for TEL * Ubiquitous and pervasive technologies for TEL * Intelligent agents for TEL * Learning management systems * Emerging technologies * Grid technologies for learning Technology Enhanced Learning: The Practices * TEL practices in different educational/learning contexts * Surveys of TEL adoption in education * Future of TEL Technology Enhanced Learning: The Applications in Domains * TEL tools/emerging technologies and new generation TEL * Challenges for the future; specification of government policies for the promotion of TEL in education * Roadmaps for the future * Personalization of Learning Content Delivery Digital Libraries of Educational Content Open Educational Resources Collaborative Learning, Learning Communities, and Knowledge and Learning Networking Applications of Mobile Technologies and Wireless Networks Assistive Technology Semantic Web and Web 2.0 for Education Connectivism and Constructivism in Education Surveys for the Adoption of ICT's in Education Micro-content - Educational Mashups Tagging and annotation of learning content Metadata and Semantics for Learning Content Track 3. The Strategies for the Education of the 21st Century / TEACHING STRATEGIES * Educational Policies for the New Era of Education Global Collaboration in Education Education for the Disabled and the Excluded Design of Educational Curricula Virtual and Corporate Universities Intellectual Capital Management in Education Innovation Management in Education Total Quality Management in Education New Learning Technologies Management in Education Reengineering the Educational Structures Educational Social Networks, the Power of Micro-Content and Personalized Learning Paths Governance of Education Global Educational Visions Track 4. The Collaborative, Constructivist, Pedagogical, Teaching Approaches Collaborative Learning Learning Communities Knowledge and Learning Networking Connectivism and Constructivism in Education Learning Paths Social networks research Social software Collaborative platforms Personalisation and adaptation Usability studies Context awareness Community computing/community informatics Social informatics Participatory/cooperative design Participatory action research (PAR) methods Ubiquity and pervasiveness Emotional intelligence Interaction design in Education Track 5. The Formal, Informal, Professional, Corporate and Life Long Learning Perspectives * Workplace learning strategies Innovative Professional Learning models/methods Adults Education and Life Long Learning for the Knowledge society Advanced Learning Technologies for Life Long Learning Management Strategies for Life Long Learning and Adults education Life Long Learning: Revisiting Adults Education with ICTs Adults Education and Life Long Learning in the Knowledge society: Effective strategies � How to Do it. Informal learning perspectives Track 6. The Contribution of Education to Sustainable Development Education and Social Evolution Education and Sustainable Development Education and Learning as a response to the Social and Economic Crisis My warmest Regards Miltiadis Dr. Miltiadis D. 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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP: ICPS2010 The ACM International Conference on Pervasive Services]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: ICPS2010 The ACM International Conference on Pervasive Services Datum: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 18:34:47 -0500 Von: Michael Sheng <qsheng(a)cs.adelaide.edu.au> Antwort an: Michael Sheng <qsheng(a)cs.adelaide.edu.au> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR PAPERS The ACM International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS 2010) http://www.dai-labor.de/icps July 13-16, 2010 Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany Pervasive Computing and Service Oriented Computing have emerged as important, significant and extremely active areas of research and development in recent years. The Service Oriented Computing paradigm allows the development and deployment of highly distributed and heterogeneous applications. It facilitates the rapid and dynamic creation of new software functionality by composition and �mash-ups� of existing, distributed software services/components. Web Services in particular are now the de facto technology that underpins a range of complex and enterprise scale systems and applications. Pervasive Computing is the vision of anytime, anywhere computing where technologies such as smart mobile phones, sensors/embedded devices, and continuous connectivity integrate seamlessly to provide a rich and personalised intelligence that manifests in smart environments � both physical and computational. The International Conference on Pervasive Services provides a forum for bringing together pervasive computing with services. The integration of these technologies is becoming increasingly relevant as evidenced by the phenomenal surge in the provision of mobile services. ICPS is a key forum for researchers and practitioners working in the area of mobile and pervasive services. ICPS will be conducted as a single track conference with high-quality papers in mobile and pervasive services. The selection process will consist of rigorous peer-review of submissions by the program committee. Topics of interest include (but not limited) * Programming paradigms and architectures for pervasive services * Middleware support for pervasive/mobile services * Pervasive services administration and management * Context-Aware Services * Context Services Provisioning Technologies * User interfaces and interaction models for mobile/pervasive services * Service dissemination and discovery protocols, * Environments and algorithms for pervasive service development * Agents and Mobile/Pervasive Services * Semantic Web and Pervasive Services * Mobile Semantic Reasoning * Context-Aware Mobile and Pervasive Services * Composition of Mobile/Pervasive Services * Trust Issues of Pervasive Service * QoS Metrics for Pervasive Services * Security Services for Applications in Pervasive Environments * Formal Modelling and Engineering of Pervasive Services * Innovative Applications /Case Studies of Pervasive Services * Modelling, benchmarking, and performance of Mobile/Pervasive Services * Web 2.0-based Services and Technologies * Future Generation Pervasive Services * Wearable and Mobile Computing * Digital devices, Wi-Fi and Sensor Networks Interacting with Services * Positioning and Tracking Technologies **************** Paper Submission **************** ICPS 2010 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. Please submit papers (8 pages maximum in the IEEE double-column format). The templates for this format are available from: http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html. Paper submissions should be in PDF format only. Please follow the link to access the paper submission site: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICPS2010/ The acceptance of your paper is made with the understanding that at least one author will register for each accepted paper and attend the conference to present the paper; otherwise we reserve the right to exclude the paper from publication in the proceedings. A subset of the selected papers may also be invited for demonstration of the system in the ICPS Demonstration Session. ******************************************************** Calls for Industry Track, Workshops, and Demonstrations ******************************************************** See http://www.dai-labor.de/icps/ **************** Important Dates **************** Research Paper Submission Deadline: February 1, 2010 Notification of Review Results: April 12, 2010 Camera ready manuscript deadline: May 17, 2010 Registration deadline: TBD ******************************************* Conference Organising Chairs and Committees ******************************************* General Chairs: * Arkady Zaslavsky, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden * Sahin Albayrak, Technical University of Berlin, Germany Program Chairs: * Christian Becker, Univeristy of Mannheim, Germany * Shonali Krishnaswamy, Monash University, Australia * Gergely Zaruba, University of Texas Arlington, USA Publicity Chairs: * Michael Sheng, Univeristy of Adelaide, Australia * Gregor Schiele, University of Mannheim, Germany Doctoral Consortium Chair: * Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Workshop Chairs: * Seng Loke, La Trobe University, Australia * Mohamed Gaber, Monash University, Australia Industry Track Chairs: * Dipanjan Chakraborty, IBM Research Labs, India * Mika Luimula, Centria, Finland Panel Chair and Moderator: * Daniela Nicklas, University of Olderburg, Germany Local Arrangements: * Andreas Rieger, Technical University of Berlin, Germany Program Committee (to be compelted): * Jaafar Gaber, UTBM, France * Francesco Buccafurri, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy * Kåre Synnes, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden * Antonio Coronato, CNR Italy * Domenico Cotroneo, University of Naples, Italy * Karin Hummel, University of Vienna, Austria * Alex Delis, Univ. of Athens, Greece * Marcus Handte, Univ. of Bonn, Germany * Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan * Federica Paci, University of Trento, Italy * Torsten Eymann, Universitat Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany * Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy * George Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus * Claudia Bettini, University of Milan, Italy * Martin Olivier, Univ. of Pretoria, South Africa * Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE * Sonia Ben-Mokhtar, LIRIS-CNRS, France * Shuichi Oikawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan * Jun Han, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] SSPS 2010 - Submission website is now open...]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] SSPS 2010 - Submission website is now open... Datum: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 16:41:19 -0500 Von: Henrique Andrade <henrique.c.m.andrade(a)gmail.com> Antwort an: Henrique Andrade <henrique.c.m.andrade(a)gmail.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Workshop on Scalable Stream Processing Systems SSPS 2010 Atlanta, GA (co-located with IPDPS 2010) Submission website: http://edas.info/N8547 Workshop website: http://research.ihost.com/ssps SCOPE OF WORKSHOP We cordially invite you to submit your contribution to SSPS'2010. Research topics of interest for this workshop include different aspects related to the design and implementation of highly scalable stream processing systems (SPS) including, but not limited to: - Optimization, processing, placement, and scheduling of queries in SPSs - Adaptation, load balancing, and dynamic reconfiguration in SPSs - Quality of service, admission control, and graceful degradation in SPSs - Failure recovery, fault-tolerance, and reliability in SPSs - Persistence support and integration of stored data in SPSs - Data mining and knowledge discovery in SPSs - Information dissemination and publish/subscribe functionality in SPSs - Mobile and location-based service support in SPSs - Peer-to-Peer and overlay network support in SPSs - Information integration and data source wrapping in SPSs - Interaction of service oriented architectures and SPSs - Security and privacy in SPSs - Benchmarking and performance evaluation in SPSs - SPS exploiting emerging computer architectures (multi-core, cell) - Applications and case-studies in SPSs IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: December 14, 2009 Notification of Acceptance: January 15, 2010 Camera-Ready Copy Due: February 1, 2010 Workshop: April 23, 2010 PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS - Brian Cooper, Yahoo Research - Bugra Gedik, IBM Research - Jeong-Hyon Hwang, State University of New York at Albany - Kian Lee Tan, National University of Singapore - Lukasz Golab, AT&T Research - Olga Papaemmanouil, Brandeis University - Opher Etzion, IBM Research - Patrick Widener, Emory University - Philip Yu, University of Illinois, Chicago - Rob van Nieuwpoort, Astron - Vana Kalogeraki, University of California, Riverside CONTACT Henrique Andrade, Chair IBM T. J. Watson Research Center 19 Skyline Dr Hawthorne, NY hcma at us.ibm.com Vibhore Kumar, PC Co-Chair IBM T. J. Watson Research Center 19 Skyline Dr Hawthorne, NY vibhorek at us.ibm.com Deepak Turaga, PC Co-Chair IBM T. J. Watson Research Center 19 Skyline Dr Hawthorne, NY turaga at us.ibm.com The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP: RIP - Practioners Reports - Demos -- ISCRAM2010, Seattle, May 2010]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: RIP - Practioners Reports - Demos -- ISCRAM2010, Seattle, May 2010 Datum: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:28:52 -0500 Von: Bartel Van de Walle <bartel(a)uvt.nl> Antwort an: Bartel Van de Walle <bartel(a)uvt.nl> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> ISCRAM2010 Call For Research In Progress Papers - Practitioners Reports - Demonstrations : January 18, 2010 Submission Deadline. ISCRAM2010: 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management DEFINING CRISIS MANAGEMENT 3.0 May 2-5 2010 Crown Plaza Hotel Seattle, Washington USA UPDATE Submission of work-in-progress, discussions, and practitioner papers remains open until January 18th 2010. When submission of full research papers closed at the end of November, over 80 papers had been submitted and these are now going through full double-blind, academic peer review. However, ISCRAM conferences are much more than presentations of research results. They are full of vibrant discussion and networking opportunities. We are still seeking three types of submission to stimulate discussion, focus on practitioner needs and priorities and explore research still in progress: 1. Work in progress and discussion papers. 2. Practitioner reports and discussions which raise issues, examples and case studies, examples of best practices, improvements, and significant insights or examples. 3. Demonstrations. Full details of the calls are available at www.iscram.org. There is also a call for participation in the doctoral colloquium: see www.iscram.org. Submissions should be made through www.conftool.com/ISCRAM2010. ISCRAM conferences present the latest findings from academia and the field on the design, development, implementation, use and evaluation of information systems in the domain of crisis management and response, through a unique program of academic research, practitioner cases and technology demonstrations, with plenty of opportunity for discussion and social events. As always the conference will be multi-disciplinary drawing together perspectives from across all socio-technological domains. Human behaviours are as important to us as the technologies that enable us to share information and situation assessments quickly and in increasing volumes. The theme for ISCRAM2010 is Defining Crisis Management 3.0. Our aim is to look forward at the conference and consider how our rapidly changing technologies may change the way that we respond to crises in our ever more interconnected world. While we particularly solicit papers, discussions, case studies and demonstrations emphasising the conference theme, we welcome papers covering all aspects of information systems for crisis response and management. Further details of ISCRAM2010, as they become clear, will be published on http://www.iscram.org and through its discussion and mailing lists. We look forward to seeing you in Seattle!! Mark Haselkorn, Conference Chair Simon French, Programme Chair Brian Tomaszewski, Program co-Chair MORE INFORMATION: http://www.iscram.org ISCRAM group on Facebook Email: iscram2010(a)iscram.org The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [computational.science] CFP: J. of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems Special Issue: Evolutionary Neural Networks]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] CFP: J. of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems Special Issue: Evolutionary Neural Networks Datum: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:24:28 +0900 Von: Kyung Joong Kim <kimkj(a)sejong.ac.kr> Organisation: "ICCSA" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> [Apologies for duplicate postings] Call for Papers Special Issue of Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems on Evolutionary Neural Networks: Theory and Practice Guest Editors: Sung-Bae Cho and Kyung-Joong Kim The Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems announces a forthcoming special issue on â€œEvolutionary Neural Networks: Theory and Practice.â€ Recently, evolutionary neural networks have been widely used in many practical applications. The objective of this special issue is to bring together researchers in the field of evolutionary neural network (ENN) to present and discuss their latest work on new theoretical finding and applications of ENN. This special issue is planned as a follow-up of the ENN special session at ICONIP 2009 held in Bangkok, Thailand, Dec 1~Dec 5, 2009. In addition to the papers presented at the ICONIP, we invite any potential authors to submit their work to this archival journal. Topics of interest include (but not limited to) -Evolutionary training of neural networks -Evolutionary design of network topologies -Evolution of learning (weight updating) rules -Evolving solutions to inverse neural network problems -The performance of alternative variation operators in designing neural networks -Comparisons between evolutionary and other training methods -Evolving developmental rules for neural network design -Co-evolution in ENN -Applications -ENN with GPU (Graphical Processing Unit), EHW (Evolvable Hardware) -Evolving Artificial Brain Submission details Authors are invited to contact the Guest Editors and indicate their intent to submit a paper for possible publication in the special issue as soon as possible. All papers will be peer-reviewed by referees on the journal’s standard review form. Important dates Submission Deadline: Feb 28, 2010 Notification of Review Reports for Revision, if any: May 31, 2010 Final Version Due: Aug 31, 2010 Expected Publication Date: Oct 2010 Organizers: Prof. Sung-Bae Cho Dept. of Computer Science Yonsei University, South Korea E-mail: sbcho(a)cs.yonsei.ac.kr Prof. Kyung-Joong Kim Dept. of Computer Engineering Sejong University, South Korea E-mail: kimkj(a)sejong.ac.kr

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[Fwd: [isworld] 2nd CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS]
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] 2nd CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Datum: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 08:13:43 -0500 Von: Sean B. Eom <sbeom(a)semo.edu> Antwort an: Sean B. Eom <sbeom(a)semo.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS 2nd Proposal Submission Deadline: December 21, 2009 Student Satisfaction and Learning Outcomes in E-Learning: An Introduction to Empirical Research A book edited by Sean Eom, Southeast Missouri State University and J.B. Arbaugh, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=740 Introduction Tremendous advances in information technology and the changing demographic profile of the student populations have allowed colleges and universities to offer Internet-based courses as a way to meet the ever-increasing demand for higher and continuing education. Consequently, colleges and universities worldwide are increasingly offering online courses and complete online degree programs. In the early online learning systems developmental stage, the focus of attention was placed on the technological dimensions of e-learning systems. E-learning systems include learning management systems, course management systems, and virtual learning environments. Using these software systems, designing and implementing Web-based course delivery systems may not be a bottleneck of the effective e-learning systems. There are a wide range of free software and/or open source learning management systems (e.g., eFront), and course management systems (e.g., Dokeos, ILIAS, Moodle, etc.). Many well-known virtual learning environments are available to facilitate the creation of virtual class rooms (e.g., Blackboard, WebCT, FirstClass, Desire2Learn, CyberExtension, It's Learning, WebTrain, etc.). Some universities have developed their own custom learning environments for creating and managing e-learning systems. Furthermore, they have spent heavily to constantly update their online instructional resources, computer labs, and library holdings. Now it is very much evident that the technology itself may not be an impediment anymore. The research focus of e-learning systems has turned to the human dimension of the e-learning systems. The distance learning system can be viewed as having several human/non-human entities interacting together via computer-based instructional systems to achieve the goals of education, including perceived learning outcomes and student satisfaction. Unfortunately, most institutions have paid less attention to study the factors that influence online student satisfaction or learning outcomes. Over the past half decade, we have seen increasing empirical research in regard to the factors that contribute to the success of online course delivery systems. Objectives The primary objective of this book is to investigate the determinants of students� perceived e-learning outcomes and satisfaction. We present an integrated overall view of online learning systems from students� perception. This book introduces a research model that consists of three subsystems (human dimension, design dimension, non-human dimension, and outcomes of the online course delivery system). Users of the term �online course� generally consider such a course to be one that is delivered at least partially via the Internet. However, the term is not necessarily synonymous with �Web-based course�. Courses have been taught on the Internet entirely without use of the Web. Courses taught entirely by e-mail, for example, can be richly interactive without using a single Web page. However, HTTP�s enormous capacity to meaningfully link documents, coupled with modern Web browsers� ability to provide easily-accessible, graphically rich interactive environments, have made the Web the preferred mode for delivery of instruction on the Internet. Online courses may be synchronous (interaction occurs according to an explicit schedule, as in a scheduled chat session) or asynchronous (the timing of interaction is largely left up to the participants, as in posts to a discussion forum) or a mix; the degree of synchronicity is not directly relevant to this study. Many factors can affect the perceived satisfaction and learning outcome of the students who take Web-based courses. The distance learning system can be viewed as having several human entities interacting together via computer-based instructional systems to achieve the goals of the system. Several recent studies have contributed to reforming those variables and developing a new research model (i. e. Alavi & Leidner, 2001; Arbaugh, 2005; Eom, Wen, & Ashill, 2006; Piccoli, Ahmad, & Ives, 2001; Simmering, Posey, & Piccoli, 2009; Wan, Wang, & Haggerty, 2008). The literature survey focuses on those variables that might affect the outcome of Web-based course such as the perceived student satisfaction and learning outcome. User satisfaction is the overall measure of the student�s perceived level of fulfillment in the online course. There is much research seeking to identify the factors that contribute to the success of online course delivery systems. All of these studies seem to agree that these two independent variables measure the effectiveness of online education systems. This book aims to identify the following key factors: 1. What are the measures of success in online course delivery systems? 2. What are the important factors that contribute to the success measures? 3. What are the relationships between the measure of success and the contributing factors? Target Audience This book is for practitioners, managers, researchers, and graduate students in virtually every field of study. Application areas of e-learning are not limited to a specific academic area. E-learning is a worldwide perpetual trend that is being applied to educate employees of non-academic organizations such as governments, profit or non-profit organizations. Needless to say, libraries in university, profit and non-profit organizations around the world will be potential customers. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following: Manuscripts ranging from conceptual frameworks to case studies to qualitative works and empirical research are encouraged. I. Introduction to Empirical Research in E-learning Systems II. Empirical Research Methods in E-learning Conceptual framework for E-learning Empirical Research Survey of Empirical Research Methods in E-learning Questionnaire Design in E-learning Research Tutorials of Structural equation modeling using various software Including LISREL, PLS graph, Smart PLS, AMOS, etc Quantitative research method for E-learning Empirical Research Categorical data analysis using chi-square test Multivariate data analysis Analysis of covariance ANCOVA General linear model multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) Conjoint analysis Canonical correlation analysis Discriminant analysis Multiple regression analysis Path Analysis Factor analysis (Confirmatory vs. Exploratory) Structural equation model (SEM) PLS (PLS graph and Smart PLS) LISREL AMOS EQS Evaluating SEM and measuring constructs Qualitative research method for E-learning Empirical Research Action research Case study research Grounded theory Ethnography A wide range of issues addressing all aspects of E-learning Empirical Research III. Review of the Constructs/Factors affecting E-learning Systems Outcomes Human dimension Students Student Self-Motivation Students� Learning Style Instructors Instructor Knowledge Facilitation Instructor feedback Simplest cognitive feedback Diagnostic feedback Prescriptive feedback Metacognitive feedback Design dimension Learning model Objectivism Constructivism Collaborativism Cognitive information processing Socioculturalism Learner control and self-regulated e learning Problem based learning Self-Directed Learning Course Contents Course structure Course objectives/expectation Topical coverage Required workload in competing assignments Expected class participation Course infrastructure Overall usability of course website Organization of course material Interaction Instructor-to-student interaction Student-to-student interaction Information delivery technology Tablet PC IPod Multimedia Intelligent agent The Telephonic Visit Student Video Presentations Student-Created Podcasts Collaborative Electronic Meeting Tools Weblog Technology Web 2.0 technology IV. Future of E-learning and Empirical Research Directions Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before December 21, 2009, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter and Table of Contents. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by December 31, 2009 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 31, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), Medical Information Science Reference, Business Science Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2011. Important Dates December 21, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline December 31, 2009: Notification of Acceptance March 31, 2010: Full Chapter Submission June 15, 2010: Review Results Returned July 15, 2010: Final Chapter Submission July 31, 2010: Final Acceptance Notifications Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to: Sean B. Eom Department of Accounting and MIS Harrison College of Business Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 573-651-2615 (Phone) 573-651-2992 (Fax) sbeom(a)semo.edu (E-mail) Send a copy of submissions to: J.B. Arbaugh Professor of Strategy and Project Management College of Business University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI 54901 920-424-7189 (Phone) arbaugh(a)uwosh.edu (E-mail) The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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