The 14th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies - ICALT2014

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The 14th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies - ICALT2014
Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning

Athens, Greece, July 7-10, 2014
http://www.ask4research.info/icalt/2014/
--- Submission Deadline: February 1, 2014: Submissions of papers (Full
paper, Short paper, Poster)

Track 5: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL@ICALT2014)
http://www.ask4research.info/icalt/2014/node/27

Track Program Chairs

Stavros Demetriadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
(sdemetri@csd.auth.gr) [Coordinator]
Yiannis Dimitriadis, University of Valladolid, Spain
Andreas Harrer, TU Clausthal, Germany
Chiu-Pin Lin, National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan
Andreas Lingnau, Catholic University Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, Germany

Track Description and Topics of Interest:

The CSCL@ICALT2014 track has a strong focus on the role of technology as
catalyst for social interaction and collaborative knowledge
construction. Contemporary technologies, such as mobile devices, cloud
computing, web systems for adaptive and intelligent collaboration
support, conversational agents, tangibles and tabletops and many others,
provide exciting new opportunities for leaners to communicate and
collaborate in highly interactive learning environments. Enriched with
innovative multimodal representations, such environments activate and
challenge learners and stimulate knowledge building processes.
Understanding these processes and their outcomes from various
perspectives and at multiple levels is a major challenge for the CSCL
researcher and educator. The CSCL@ICALT2014 track provides a unique
opportunity for researchers and practitioners who work in the broader
area of technology-enhanced collaborative learning to present their
latest work from empirical, theoretical, conceptual and design based
perspective.

The track invites papers (full/short/poster submissions) that reflect
state-of-the-art research advances spanning both the technological
dimension (CSCL tools design and development) and the pedagogical
perspective (implementation of CSCL tools in authentic contexts, impact
of CSCL approaches, empirical results and valuable reflections). Major
thematic areas of the track include:
 CSCL theoretical, epistemological and methodological issues
 Empirical results of CSCL usage (lab and field studies)
 Mobile and non-standard (e.g. tabletops, furniture) technologies for
Collaborative learning
 Learning analytics and interaction analysis to model and represent
group learning dynamics
 Adaptive/Intelligent systems to support tutoring/scaffolding/scripting
in CSCL settings
 Learning Design and formalization approaches to support the CSCL
perspective
 Support of (web-based) learning communities with CSCL tools
 Social media, Web 2.0 tools and Collaborative learning
 Architectures and interoperability approaches for CSCL tools
 Co-Construction of open educational resources and connectivist MOOCs

Members of Track Program Committee

Yiannis Dimitriadis, University of Valladolid, Spain
Stavros Demetriadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Andreas Harrer, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Chiu-Pin Lin, National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan
Andreas Lingnau, Catholic University Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, Germany
Nikolaos Avouris, University of Patras, Greece
Santi Caballe Llobet, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Rafael Calvo, University of Sydney, Australia
Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Tzu-Chien Liu, National Central University, Taiwan
Marco Ronchetti, University of Trento, Italy
Maria Kordaki, University of the Aegean, Greece
Christophe Choquet, University of Maine, France
Stefan Trausan-Matu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Carlos Delgado, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Davinia Hernandez-Leo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Ulrich Hoppe, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Pierre Tchounikine, Universite Joseph Fourier, France
George Fessakis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Seng Chee Tan, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Pantelis Papadopoulos, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Qatar (Invited)
Preben Hansen, Stockholm University, Sweden (Invited)
Niels Pinkwart, Humboldt-Univeritat zu Berlin, Germany

Important dates about ICALT 2014 submissions are available at:
http://ask4research.info/icalt/2014/node/5

The ICALT 2014 Author Guidelines can be found at:
http://ask4research.info/icalt/2014/node/10