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Deadline for submissions (2nd call): 29 April 2013 (for all
contributions)
IADIS International Conference on
Cognition and Exploratory Learning in
Digital Age (CELDA 2013)
October 22 - 24, 2013 - Fort Worth, Texas,
USA
Co-Organized by the University of North Texas
Endorsed by the Japanese Society of Information and
Systems in Education
Sponsored by the Association for Educational
Communications and Technology
* Keynote Speaker (confirmed):
Professor Kinshuk, Associate Dean of Faculty of Science and
Technology, NSERC/iCORE/Xerox/Markin Industrial Research Chair -
School of Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca
University, Canada
* Conference background and goals
The IADIS CELDA 2013 conference aims to address the main
issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting
pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been
advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have
affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two
disciplines is increasing at a fast pace and affecting academia
and professional practice in many ways. Paradigms such as
just-in-time learning, constructivism, student-centered learning
and collaborative approaches have emerged and are being
supported by technological advancements such as simulations,
virtual reality and multi-agents systems. These developments
have created both opportunities and areas of serious concerns.
This conference aims to cover both technological as well as
pedagogical issues related to these developments. Main tracks
have been identified. However innovative contributions that do
not easily fit into these areas will also be considered as long
as they are directly related to the
overall theme of the conference – cognition and exploratory
learning in the digital age.
* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral
presentations for discussion-oriented papers. The proceedings of
the conference will be published in the form of a book and
CD-ROM.
Authors of the best published papers in the CELDA 2013
proceedings will be invited to publish extended versions of
their papers in a special issue of an international journal.
* Types of submissions
Full papers, Short papers and Reflection papers. All
submissions will go through a double-blind refereeing process
with at least two international experts.
* Topics of interest include, but are not limited to
the following areas:
- Acquisition of expertise
- Assessing progress of learning in complex domains
- Assessment of exploratory learning approaches
- Assessment of exploratory technologies
- Cognition in education
- Collaborative learning
- Educational psychology
- Exploratory technologies (such as simulations, VR, i-TV and
so on)
- Just-in-time and Learning-on-Demand
- Learner Communities and Peer-Support
- Learning Communities & Web Service Technologies
- Pedagogical Issues Related with Learning Objects
- Learning Paradigms in Academia
- Learning Paradigms in Corporate Sector
- Life-long Learning
- Student-Centered Learning
- Technology and mental models
- Technology, learning and expertise
- Virtual University
* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline (2nd call): 29 April 2013
- Notification to Authors (2nd call): 31 May 2013
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd
call): Until 21 June 2013
- Late Registration (2nd call): After 21 June 2013
- Conference: Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 22 to 24 October 2013
* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CELDA 2013
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
* Program Committee
Conference Chair
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open
University), Portugal
Program Co-Chairs
Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus and CERTH, Greece
J. Michael Spector, University of North Texas, USA
Dirk Ifenthaler, Open Universities Australia, Australia
* Co-located Conferences:
* Registered participants in the CELDA conference may attend
the Applied Computing and WWW/Internet conferences’ sessions
free of charge.