-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: IEEE DEST 2010 - Special Track Learning Ecosystems: 2nd Call for Participation Datum: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:42:38 +0100 Von: Mohammad Smadi msmadi@iicm.tu-graz.ac.at An: Mohammad Smadi msmadi@iicm.tu-graz.ac.at

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

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