---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Second CFP - International Workshop on e-Learning OnlineCommunities January 3, 2005, Cairo, EgyptDate: Sunday 15 August 2004 02:47From: dafoulas@co.umist.ac.ukTo: volker.wulf@fit.fraunhofer.de, cabras@goucher.edu, basson@lil.univ-littoral.fr, eleberk@cc.jyu.fi, B.A.Collis@edte.utwente.nl, Cathy.Costain@britishcouncil.org.eg, isrobert@cityu.edu.hk, mirjanad@fon.fon.bg.ac.yu, melhadi@yalla.com, aellozy@aucegypt.edu, a.elsayed@bolton.ac.uk, hismail@msa.eun.eg, Galal@cu.edu.eg, lmg@eunet.yu, E.Georgiadou@mdx.ac.uk, pandeli@aucegypt.edu, gregor@di.uoa.gr, emanuel@mail.shenkar.ac.il, J.R.Hartley@education.leeds.ac.uk, v.hodgson@lancaster.ac.uk, t.ishaya@hull.ac.uk, hisomaki@urova.fi, skamel@aucegypt.edu, kinshuk@massey.ac.nz, cdk@it.uc3m.es, P.H.Leng@csc.liv.ac.uk, Wolfgang.Maass@unisg.ch, lindam@co.umist.ac.uk, R.D.Mason@open.ac.uk, d.mcconnell@sheffield.ac.uk, Liviu.Miclea@aut.utcluj.ro, M.Milankovic-Atkinson@mdx.ac.uk, milesg@lrc.edu, amb@nada.kth.se, neumann@wu-wien.ac.at, radp@interkulturo.net, akp@aueb.gr, a.ravenscroft@londonmet.ac.uk, Frank.Rennie@lews.uhi.ac.uk, ma.rohde@t-online.de, sampson@unipi.gr, c.steeples@lancaster.ac.uk, enyedi@home.ro, amin@ifs.tuwien.ac.at, mt@co.umist.ac.uk, Khaled.Wahba@riti.org, R.B.Wegerif@open.ac.uk, welzer@uni-mb.si, Robert.Wrembel@cs.put.poznan.plCc: g.dafoulas@mdx.ac.uk Dear All, Thank you for your help so far and apologies for failing or delaying to replyemails. It seems that my Middlesex webmail account refuses to work. I include the second call for papers for the eLOC workshop as distributed inDBWorld and ISWorld. Some interesting facts so far: Professor Chadia Abras will be the second key note speaker and her talk will be on Heuristics for Success in e-Learning Online Communities The Program Committee is now complete with 48 members (I am afraid that since I am on my holiday there may be a couple of last minute additions when I return to England) It seems that we have managed to generate a lot of interest and have receivedthe first paper submissions. Please try to promote this event as moresubmissions is the best way to ensure the high quality of the workshop. Finally let me remind you to keep the deadline in mind and attempt to submityour own research papers to the workshop. I am hoping for a third and finalcall for papers one week before the deadline. Best regards George

***** APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS ***** 2nd Call for Papers International Workshop one-Learning Online CommunitiesJanuary 3, 2005, Cairo, EgypteLOC 2005http://www.mdx.ac.uk/gc/eLOC.html Co-located with the3rd ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and ApplicationsJanuary 3-6, 2005, Cairo, EgyptAICCSA 2005http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/ Workshop Theme: Online Communities were initially regarded as social gatherings between people that shared common interests, communicating over a network primarily to exchange information and engage in informal communication. The technological evolution of the past two decades leading to the creation of the World Wide Web and the proliferation of the Internet was the primary factor for Online Communities to transform from a social interaction medium to virtual environments with commercial value. This transformation was accompanied by several changes regarding community membership, user activities and behavioural patterns. Significant research has focused on providing principles for community building, identifying success criteria for established communities and understanding sociability, functionality and usability issues. The increased popularity of Online Communities triggered the diversification of the community building process depending on those aspects forming the core of a community and enticing Internet users to become members; hence the birth of online communities focusing on games, health, commercial transactions, travel and education. The first communities for education emerged in the mid-80s and since then they evolved to online meeting places for people involved in remote, distance or e-Learning. Members of e-Learning Online Communities frequently express additional requirements since they rely on computer-mediated communication for acquiring knowledge and engaging on educational activities. Currently several institutions have created e-Learning Online Communities and there is early evidence of their future success. The aim of this workshop is to attract contributions from educators andresearchers that have participated in the investigation, development andevaluation of e-Learning Online Communities. Key Note I: Paul LengProfessor of e-Learning in the Department of Computer Science,Director of the e-Learning UnitUniversity of Liverpool The role of discussion in online learning In online classes and online learning communities, dialogue between participants has a central role. Effective online discussions may not only be an important part of the learning experience, but can also help resolve other issues that are problematic in e-Learning, including questions of identity, plagiarism, and quality control. In this talk I will discuss these issues in the context of an established online Higher Education programme. Research issues arising from this will also be highlighted. Key Note II: Chadia AbrasAssistant Professor,Goucher College Heuristics for Success in e-Learning Online Communities E-Learning is becoming a major component in today’s academic setting. Therefore, the success of e-learning online communities is crucial in order to insure their permanency and effectiveness. In e-Learning there is a need for formalized guidelines that instruct the designer (class teacher) on how to design, maintain, and manage a course. Some research has been done on the subject, but none proposes formalized guidelines, and none draws the results from the users’ perspectives. The users or students in this case should be at the heart of the design and their thoughts wishes and needs should be implemented in the design (user-centered design). In this study, through an iterative testing approach a list of design heuristics that instruct an online educator on how to design, manage, deliver, and nurture an e-Learning Online Community is formalized and validated.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Artificial intelligence application in e-Learning Online CommunitiesArchitecture of e-Learning Online Community environmentsBuilding e-Learning Online CommunitiesCase studies of e-Learning Online CommunitiesCollaborative e-Learning methodologies and toolsCommunication patterns in e-Learning Online CommunitiesComputer-Assisted Assessment (focus on provision of feedback)Developing countries and the use of e-Learning Online CommunitiesEvaluation of e-Learning Online CommunitiesGroupware applications for e-LearningIntegrated e-Learning and/or Online Community environmentsNatural Language Processing techniques in e-Learning Important Dates: Paper submission: Monday, August 30, 2004Notification of acceptance Friday, October 15, 2004Camera ready copy Monday, November 15, 2004Proceeding ready Monday, December 13, 2004Author registration Monday, September 20, 2004 (AICCSA registration) Submission Information: Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listedabove. Papers must not be published or under consideration to be publishedelsewhere. All papers must be written in English and the maximum length should be no more than 5,000 words. Paper formatting should follow the IEEE standards available at http://www.ieee.org. Papers selected for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings, which are published by IEEE Computer Society. Papers only in either MS Word or PDF format should be sent to the workshop organiser electronically by Monday, August 30 2004 (17:00, BST) atg.dafoulas@mdx.ac.uk. Workshop Organiser: Dr Georgios Dafoulas Business Information Systems GroupSchool of Computing ScienceMiddlesex UniversityThe Burroughs, Hendon, London, NW4 4BTtel: 020 8411 4402,fax: 020 8411 2332g.dafoulas@mdx.ac.uk

Program Committee (provisional): Chadia Abras, Goucher College, USAHenri Basson, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, FranceEleni Berki, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Jyvaskyla, FinlandBetty Collis, Department of Educational Instrumentation, University of Twente, The NetherlandsCathy Costain, The British Council, EgyptRobert Davison, Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, ChinaMirjana Drakulic, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Belgrade University,Serbia-MontenegroMohamed M. El Hadi, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences and Egyptian Society for Information Systems and Computer Technology, EgyptAziza El Lozy, Center for Learning & Teaching, The American University in Cairo, EgyptAdel Elsayed, Department of Computing and Electronic Technology, BoltonInstitute, UKIsmail Hassan Abdel Fattah, Faculty of Computer Science, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, EgyptGalal H Galal-Edeen, Faculty of Computers and Informatics, Cairo University,EgyptLjuan Marko Gashi, University of Novi Sad, Serbia-MontenegroElli Georgiadou, School of Computing Science, Middlesex University, UKPandeli Glavanis, Center for Learning and Teaching, American University inCairo, EgyptMaria Grigoriadou, Department of Informatics, University of Athens, GreeceEmanuel Gruengard, Shenkar School of Engineering and Design, Tel Aviv, Israel Roger Hartley, School of Education, University of Leeds, UKVivien Hodgson, Management School, Lancaster University, UKTanko Ishaya, Centre for Internet Computing, The University of Hull, UKHannakaisa Isomaki, Department of Research Methodology, University of Lapland, FinlandSherif Kamel, School of Business, Economics and Communication, The AmericanUniversity in Cairo, EgyptKinshuk, Information System Department, Massey University, New ZealandCarlos Delgado Kloos, Departamento Ingeniería Telemática, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainWolfgang Maass, Institute for Media and Communications Management, University of St. Gallen, SwitzerlandLinda Macaulay, Computation Department, UMIST, UKRobin Mason, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UKDavid McConnell, School of Education, University of Sheffield, UKLiviu Cristian Miclea, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, TechnicalUniversity of Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaMaya Milankovic-Atkinson, Global Campus, Middlesex University, UKGail Miles, Lenoir-Rhyne College, North Carolina, USAAmbjörn Naeve, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, SwedenGustaf Neumann, University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna, AustriaRadojica Petrovic, The University of Kragujevac, Serbia and MontenegroAngeliki Poulymenakou, Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, GreeceAndrew Ravenscroft, Learning Technology Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, UKFrank Rennie, UHI Millennium Institute, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, UKMarkus Rohde, International Institute for Socio-Informatics, GermanyDemetrios Sampson, Department of Technology Education and Digital Systems,University of Piraeus, GreeceChristine Steeples, Department of Educational Research Lancaster University, UK Min A. Tjoa, Institute of Software Technology & Interactive Systems, Vienna University of Technology, AustriaSzilard Enyedi, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaMike Turega, Computation Department, UMIST, UKKhaled Wahba, Department of Systems and Biomedical Engineering, CairoUniversity, EgyptRupert Wegerif, Faculty of Education and Language Studies, Open University, UK Tatjana Welzer, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, SloveniaRobert Wrembel, Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, PolandVolker Wulf, Institute of Information Systems, University of Siegen, Germany

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