-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CFP: International Workshop on Social and Personal Computing for Web-Supported Learning Communities Datum: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:05:31 -0600 Von: Sabine Graf sabine.graf@ieee.org An: wi@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de

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SPeL 2014 7th International Workshop on Social and Personal Computing for Web-Supported Learning Communities http://software.ucv.ro/~epopescu/spel2014

In conjunction with ICWL 2014 13th International Conference on Web-based Learning

13-16 August 2014 Tallinn, Estonia

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MOTIVATION ===========

The workshop follows the previous SPeL 2008, SPeL 2009, SPeL 2010, SPeL 2011, DULP & SPeL 2012 and SPeL 2013 workshops, held in conjunction with the SAINT 2008 conference, WI/IAT 2009 conference, DEXA 2010 conference, ICWL 2011 conference, ICALT 2012 conference and ICSTCC 2013 conference respectively. The general topic of the workshop is the social and personal computing for web-supported learning communities.

Web-based learning is moving from centralized, institution-based systems to a decentralized and informal creation and sharing of knowledge. Social software (e.g., blogs, wikis, social bookmarking systems, media sharing services) is increasingly being used for e-learning purposes, helping to create novel learning experiences and knowledge. In the world of pervasive Internet, learners are also evolving: the so-called "digital natives" want to be in constant communication with their peers, they expect an individualized instruction and a personalized learning environment, which automatically adapt to their individual needs. The challenge in this context is to provide intelligent and adaptive support for collaborative learning, taking into consideration the individual differences between learners.

This workshop deals with current research on collaboration and personalization issues in Web-supported learning communities, leading towards the creation of a truly social and adaptive learning environment. Its aim is to provide a forum for discussing new trends and initiatives in this area, including research about the planning, development, application, and evaluation of intelligent e-learning systems, where people can learn together in a personalized way through social interaction with other learners.

TOPICS OF INTEREST ==================

The workshop welcomes submissions covering aspects of collaboration, social interactions, adaptivity and personalization in technology enhanced learning, particularly related to issues about:

* Social learning environments * Theory and modeling of social computing in education * Web 2.0 tools for collaborative learning * Personal learning environments * Lifelong learning networks * Virtual spaces for learning communities * Social networks analysis and mining * Computer-supported collaborative learning * Personalized and adaptive learning * Adaptation methods and techniques for groups of learners * Intelligent learner and group modeling * Collaborative filtering and recommendations for learners * Game-based social learning * Personalized mobile learning applications * Cloud-based social learning * Intelligent agent technology for social learning * Metadata, folksonomies and tagging * Semantic web and ontologies for personalized learning * Cognitive, motivational and affective aspects for personalization * Practice and experience sharing

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ==================================

The workshop papers should be formatted according to the Springer LNCS Authors Guidelines (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) and they should not exceed 10 pages.

Papers should be submitted in PDF format, through the Easychair system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spel2014.

All accepted workshop papers will be published as a post-proceedings volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) (pending).

IMPORTANT DATES ===============

Abstract submission: April 28, 2014 Full paper submission: May 5, 2014 Acceptance notification: June 1, 2014 Registration and camera-ready papers: June 17, 2014 Conference dates: August 13-16, 2014

WORKSHOP CHAIRS ================

Elvira Popescu - University of Craiova, Romania Sabine Graf - Athabasca University, Canada

Please refer to the workshop website (http://software.ucv.ro/~epopescu/spel2014) for more information and contact us at: popescu_elvira@software.ucv.ro or sabineg@athabascau.ca for any inquiry.

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