8th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL) 2009 - Call for Participation

Call for Participation

ICWL 2009
International Conference on Web-based Learning
August 19-21, 2009
Aachen, Germany
http://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2009/

Early bird registration deadline: July 17, 2009
http://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2009/registration.html

ICWL is an annual international conference on web-based learning. Since the first ICWL was held in Hong Kong in 2002, it has been held in Australia (2003), China (2004), Hong Kong (2005), Malaysia (2006), United Kingdom (2007), and China (2008). The 8th ICWL 2009 will be held in Aachen, Germany, a city with rich culture, high-tech research, and a truly European spirit. ICWL 2009 will be jointly organized by RWTH Aachen University, Hong Kong Web Society, and Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science. The technical program features keynote addresses, plenary presentations of invited papers, parallel sessions for papers and four compelling workshops. Over 200 researchers and practitioners from the web-based learning community are expected to assemble in the beautiful city of Aachen. Fruitful discussions, additional EU project
meetings and an exciting social program are waiting for them.

Topics:
• Technology Enhanced Learning
• Web-based Learning for Oriental Languages
• Mobile Learning
• Social Software and Web 2.0 for Technology Enhanced Learning
• Learning Resource Deployment, Organization and Management
• Design, Model and Framework of E-learning Systems
• E-learning Metadata and Standards
• Educational Gaming and Multimedia Storytelling for Learning
• Practice and Experience Sharing
• Pedagogical Issues

Keynote talks:
• "Learning in Times of Abundance: The Snowflake Effect" by Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
• "Exploiting User Generated Content to Improve Search" by Wolfgang Nejdl, University of Hannover, Germany

Invited papers:
• "Debating the wisdom of personalisation" by Helen Ashman, UniSA, Australia
• "On Social e-Learning" by Won Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
• "Web-based Learning – Yes we can!" by Ulrik Schroeder, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Social Events:
• Welcome reception with live Jazz music, August 19, 2009
• Grand Banquette in the old spa house of Aachen, August 20, 2009
• Guided tour to historical Aachen, August 21, 2009

Workshops:
• STEG'09: Second Workshop on Story-Telling and Educational Games
• ViWo'09: Workshop on Virtual Worlds for academic, organizational, and life-long learning
• SIRTEL'09: Social Informational Retrieval for Technology Enhanced Learning
• JEM'09: Joining Educational Mathematics – Final Workshop

Conference organization:

General Chair
Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

General Co-Chairs
Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Rynson Lau, City University, Hong Kong

Program Co-Chairs
Marc Spaniol, Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science, Germany
Qing Li, City University, Hong Kong

Organization Co-Chair
Yiwei Cao, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Workshop Co-Chairs
Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Frederick Li, Durham University, United Kingdom

Publicity Co-Chairs
Anna Hannemann, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Christian Gütl, TU Graz, Austria
Yuanchun Shi, Tsinghua University, China

Treasurers
Howard Leung, Hong Kong Web Society, Hong Kong
Zinayida Petrushyna, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

We look forward to welcoming you to Aachen in August 2009!