21st century society makes demands in virtually
every
facet of one’s life. One is expected to keep pace with mutable
situations, adapt skills and expertise, and collaborate and compete to
provide
to some extent value for the society. As a result, modern instructional
design,
learning goals and processes as well as appropriate learning
environments must
support the development of skills and expertises.
Consequently, educational approaches have
changed
dramatically over time from remedial repetitive learning to today’s
learning with an understanding to become more independent in the
learning
process, strengthen meta-cognitive and teamwork skills as well as link
knowledge in a cultural context in view of lifelong learning.
Educational
approaches have also been influenced by technology but have also
increasingly
applied technology over the last decades.
This complexity of modern learning setups of
the 21st
century demands appropriate models and reference architectures which
provide
support to
(a) communicate the conception of topical
learning from
different viewpoints, (b) identify the multidisciplinary relations of
research
areas, (c) assess and classify learning approaches and implementations,
and (d)
provide domain knowledge for research and development activities.
However, such
modern learning settings also require flexible approaches and
technological
solutions. E-Learning Ecosystems can provide both: it offers the
foundation for
interesting models and frameworks but it also focuses on modern
technology as the
infrastructure for enhanced e-learning environments.
Topics
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Based on the concept of ecosystem and digital
business
ecosystem, this track welcomes original and quality contributions in
areas
including but not limited to:
• Models and framework for topical learning •
Flexible and distributed learning environments • Learning and training
in
virtual organizations • Knowledge management in educational
organizations
• New adaptive e-learning approaches • Personalized learning
environments • Semantic web based learning environments • Web 2.0
based learning environments • Collaborative and group learning •
Trust building in distributed learning environments • Theoretical bases
of e-Learning environments • Understanding and simulation of large
scale
e-learning grid environment • Design, model and framework of e-Learning
Systems • Interdisciplinary Research and e-learning • E-learning
metadata and standards • Educational Gaming and Multimedia for Learning
• Security and Privacy management in e-learning • Mobile and
Ubiquitous Learning Systems • Human-centric ubiquitous collaboration
• Human/robot collaboration • Context dependent learning •
Distance and e-Learning in a global context • Collaborative
e-education,
e-learning, and collaborative computing • Lifelong Learning: continuing
professional training & development
Important Dates
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31 January 2010: Full paper submission deadline
10
February 2010: Paper acceptance notifications sent 10 March 2010: Full
‘camera ready’ papers due Conference 12-15 April 2010
Committees
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Track Chairs
Youakim Badr, INSA-Lyon, France
Christian Gütl, Graz University of Technology,
Austria
Organizational Team
Markus Lanthaler, Graz University of
Technology, Austria
Mohammad Smadi, Graz University of Technology,
Austria
International Program Committee
For details please refer to
http://dest2010.debii.curtin.edu.au/index.php/int-programme-committee
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Mohammad
Smadi
PhD
Candidate
Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media (IICM)
Faculty
of Computer Science
Graz
University of Technology
Inffeldgasse 16c , A-8010 Graz,
Austria
Tel: +43 (316) 873 5662
Fax:
+43 (316) 873 5699
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