CALL FOR PAPERS

ICWL2010:  The 9th International Conference on Web-based Learning

December 8-10, 2010,Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Organized by : Shanghai University, Hong Kong Web Society

( http://iic.shu.edu.cn/icwl2010/ or http://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2010/ )

ICWL is an annual international conference on web-based learning. The first ICWL was held in Hong Kong in 2002. Since then, it has been held in Australia (2003), China (2004), Hong Kong (2005), Malaysia (2006) United Kingdom (2007), China (2008), and Germany (2009). The 9th ICWL event will be held in Shanghai, the largest city in China full of culture and scenery. This conference aims at providing an in-depth study of the technical, pedagogical, as well as management issues of Web-based learning. ICWL2010 will bring together educators, researchers, technologists and implementers of Web-based learning from around the world to discuss the state of the art in this area.

All accepted full papers presented in the conference will be published as a volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), and will also be submitted for indexing to EI.  Authors of the best papers presented in this conference will be invited to submit extended version of their papers for possible publication in special issues of ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology.

The technical program will feature keynote addresses, tutorials, special sessions, panels, technical demonstrations, in addition to technical presentations of refereed papers. We cordially invite you to submit your work in one or more of above forms for, but not limited to, the following areas:

  E-Learning Platforms and Tools

  Web-based Learning for Oriental Languages

  Learning Resource Deployment, Organization and Management

  Design, Model and Framework of E-learning Systems

  Practice and Experience Sharing

  Technology Enhanced Learning

  E-learning Metadata and Standards

  Mobile/Situated e-learning

  Collaborative Learning and Game-based Learning

  Pedagogical Issues

IMPORTANT DATES

  Full paper submission deadline: July 9, 2010 (strict)

  Full paper notification of acceptance: Aug 10, 2010

  Poster paper submission deadline: Aug 15, 2010

  Poster paper notification of acceptance: Aug 30, 2010

  Camera-ready full / poster papers due: Sep 17, 2010

  Full / Poster paper author registration deadline: Sep 17, 2010

  Early bird registration deadline: Nov 15, 2010

  Conference date: Dec.8 to Dec.10, 2010

Conference Organization

Conference Co-chairs

  Qing Li, City U of Hong Kong

  Wolfgang Nejdl, U Hannover, Germany

  Wu Zhang, Shanghai U, China

PC Co-chairs

  Xiangfeng Luo, Shanghai U, China

  Marc Spaniol, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany

  Lizhe Wang, Indiana University, USA

Organization Chair

  Feiyue Ye, Shanghai U, China

Steering Committee Rep.

  Rynson Lau, Hong Kong Web Society

Tutorial/Panel Co-Chairs

  Timothy Shih, Asia U,Taiwan

  Wanchun Dou, Nangjing U, China

International Program Committee

  Howard Beck, University of Florida, USA

  Stephane Bressan, National University of Singapore, Singapore

  Liz Burd, University of Durham, UK

  Yiwei Cao, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

  Xavier Ochoa Chehab, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador

  Dan Chen, University of Birmingham, UK

  Dickson Chiu, Dickson Computer Systems, Hong Kong

  Giuliana Dettori, ITD-CNR, Italy

  Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

  Denis Gillet, EPFL, Switzerland

  Christian Gütl, Technical University of Graz, Austria

  Maria Grazia Ierardi, IMATI-CNR, Italy

  Eelco Herder, L3S Research Center in Hannover, Germany

  Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

  Tomaz Klobucar, Institut Josef-Stefan, Slovenia

  Mart Laanpere, Tallinn University, Estonia

  Rynson Lau, City University of Hong Kong, HK

  Effie Law, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

  Hong Va Leong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

  Clement Leung, Victoria University of Technology, Australia

  Howard Leung, City University of Hong Kong, HK

  Frederick Li, University of Durham, UK

  Minghua Li, Zhejiang Normal University

  Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, HK

  Stefanie Lindstaedt, Know-Center Graz, Austria

  Jacques Lonchamp, LORIA - Equipe ECOO, France

  Stephan Lukosch, Delft University of Technology

  Xiaofeng Meng, Renming University, China

  Pablo Moreno-Ger, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

  Wolfgang Nejdl, University of Hannover, Germany

  Elvira Popescu, Unviersity of Craiova, Romania

  Philippos Pouyioutas, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

  Andreas Schmidt, FZI Karlsruhe, Germany

  Nalin Sharda, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

  Yuanchun Shi, Tsinghua University, China

  Timothy Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan

  Marc Spaniol, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany

  Chengzheng Sun, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, UK

  Guoren Wang, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China

  Philips Wang, Caritas Francis Hsu College Hong, HK

  Martin Wolpers, Fraunhofer FIT, St. Augustin, Germany

  Shi Ying, Wuhan University, China

  Simon Yip, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK

  Kang Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

  Qinhua Zheng, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit original papers reporting on research results or novel applications in web-based learning. Papers for submissions should be formatted in single column of no more than 10 pages in single line spacing according to the Springer LNCS. Authors Guideline. Papers should be submitted in PDF format for review.

Please log in with your existing easy chair account or register a new one.The submission web page is http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icwl2010 .

Special Issues

Authors of the best papers presented in this conference will be invited to submit extended version of their papers for possible publication in special issues of  ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology.

About Shanghai

Shanghai, located at the mouth of the mighty Yangtze, is the shiniest gem in modern China's jewel box. Known throughout the world as the "Paris of the Orient", the international city is a thriving metropolis delightfully mixing the West and East, old and new, ancient and modern. Moreover, Expo 2010 will be held in Shanghai from May 1 to Oct 31, 2010.

Contact

For more information reagrding to the conference or paper submission, please check the conference web site or send email to icwl2010@easychair.org

Website

http://iic.shu.edu.cn/icwl2010/  or  http://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2010/