-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [all-prolearn] 2nd CFP: Semantic Web Technologies for e-Learning Workshop @ K-CAP'05 Datum: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 17:42:43 +0200 Von: Martin Wolpers wolpers@l3s.de Firma: L3S Research Center, Germany An: all-prolearn@agws.dit.upm.es

******************************************************************* SW-EL'05: Workshop on Applications of Semantic Web Technologies for e-Learning in conjunction with K-CAP'05:

Third International Conference on Knowledge Capture (October 2-5, 2005, Banff, Canada)

******************************************************************* http://www.win.tue.nl/SW-EL/2005/swel05-kcap05/kcap05.html *******************************************************************

PAPER SUBMISSION: July 22, 2005

******************************************************************* This workshop will focus on the application of knowledge capturing and semantic web technologies and standards for the needs of e-learning systems and discuss issues related to their use for content and knowledge components specification, effective courseware construction and modeling the learner.

SWEL'05 is the third in a series (http://www.win.tue.nl/SW-EL/) following the successful SW-EL'04, held in three sessions in conjunction with three different conferences (AH 2004, The Netherland, ITS 2004, Brazil, and ISWC 2004, Japan) and the Workshop on Concepts and Ontologies in Web-based Educational Systems, held in conjunction with ICCE'2002 in Auckland, New Zealand.

******************************************************************* Workshop goals ******************************************************************* The K-CAP'05 session of the SW-EL'05 workshop will:

- focus on the knowledge acquisition and application of Semantic Web technologies for the needs of educational Web-based systems.

- discuss issues related to the use of knowledge capturing and Semantic Web technologies for content and knowledge components specification, effective courseware constructing and modelling the learner.

- discuss the current state-of-the-art in using Semantic Web technologies and standards in e-learning applications.

******************************************************************* Important Dates ******************************************************************* Paper submission: July 22, 2005 Notification: August 19, 2005 Camera ready: September 2, 2005 Workshop day: October 2, 2005

******************************************************************* Workshop topics ******************************************************************* Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:

* Knowledge acquisition and management in e-learning environments

* Using ontologies and/or Semantic Web technologies within e-learning applications: ** to achieve interoperability between educational applications; ** to enable sharable knowledge components and user models; ** to support authoring of Web-based Educational Systems; ** to achieve better personalization and adaptation in Web-based Educational Systems; ** to support modularised and standardized architectures.

* Knowledge-based annotation of learning objects ** Exploring possible combinations of existing Semantic Web and/or educational standards and mappings between them; ** Methods and tools for annotation and reusability of learning objects; ** Role of RDF, OWL or XTM as a basis for educational metadata specification languages.

* Semantic Web-based Educational Systems architectures.

* Real-world systems, case studies and empirical research for Web- based Educational Systems: ** lessons learnt; ** best practices; ** case studies for improved learners, instructors and authors experience.

The topics can be approached from different perspectives: theoretical, systems engineering, application, case study and system evaluation, etc.

******************************************************************* Workshop Format ******************************************************************* This will be a full-day workshop, including 20 minute position paper presentations and a panel discussion on selected topics from the paper presentations.

******************************************************************* Submission ******************************************************************* The participants can submit position papers up to 10 pages long. The accepted papers will be published online on the workshop website and in workshop proceedings.

Submit your full papers in electronic form in (*.doc), (*.rtf) or (*.pdf) to the workshop co-chairs at dichevad@wssu.edu and l.m.aroyo@tue.nl.

Include SW-EL@K-CAP'05 and first author's name in the subject line. Name the submission file also with the first author's family name.

******************************************************************* Workshop proceedings ******************************************************************* The papers from all the sessions of the SW-EL'05 workshop will be printed in one-volume proceedings. Partial proceedings containing only the papers of the K-CAP'05 SW-EL session will be also provided. After the workshop, the proceedings will be made available online. Possibilities will be investigated to publish the best workshop papers in a special issue of a refereed journal.

******************************************************************* Workshop Co-chairs ******************************************************************* Lora Aroyo, The Netherlands Darina Dicheva, USA

******************************************************************* Workshop Committee ******************************************************************* Vladan Devedzic, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Christo Dichev, Winston-Salem State University, USA Vanja Dimitrova, Univeristy of Leeds, UK Peter Dolog, University of Hanover, Germany Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Jim Greer, Univeristy of Saskatchewan, Canada (not confirmed) Nicola Henze, University of Hanover, Germany Geert-Jan Houben, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands Mitsuru Ikeda, JAIST, Japan Rob Koper, Open University, The Netherlands Tanja Mitrovic, University of Cantebury, NZ Enrico Motta, Open University, UK Ambjörn Naeve, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Ossi Nykänen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Gilbert Paquette, LICEF, Canada Simos Retalis, University of Piraeus, Greece Dave Reynolds, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Bristol, UK (not confirmed) Riichiro Mizoguchi, University of Osaka, Japan Miguel-Angel Sicilia, University of Alcalá, Spain

******************************************************************* Contact ******************************************************************* Lora Aroyo, http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~laroyo, mailto:l.m.aroyo@tue.nl Department of Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology PO Box 513, 5600 MD Eindhoven, The Netherlands phone: +31 40 2472765 fax: +31 40 2463992

Darina Dicheva, http://www.wssu.edu/~dicheva/, mailto:dichevad@wssu.edu Department of Computer Science, Winston-Salem State University 601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Winston Salem, N.C. 27110, USA phone: +1 336 750-2484 fax: +1 336 750-2499

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