[AISWorld] Doctoral consortium at EC-TEL 2013 - call for participation

[tomaz at e5.ijs.si]

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DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM at EC-TEL 2013 (European Conference on Technology 
Enhanced Learning 2013)

September 17, 2013

Paphos, Cyprus

http://www.ec-tel.eu/
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OBJECTIVES:

The EC-TEL Doctoral Consortium brings together Ph.D. students working on
topics related to Technology Enhanced Learning. The doctoral consortium
will offer Ph.D. students the opportunity to present, discuss, and
receive feedback on their research in an interdisciplinary and
international atmosphere. The Doctoral Consortium will be accompanied by
prominent professors and researchers in the field of Technology Enhanced
Learning. Accompanying professors will provide feedback to the papers
that are selected for the doctoral consortium and participate actively
and contribute to the discussions. The Doctoral Consortium is co-located
with and will take place immediately before the EC-TEL 2013 conference.
The working language of the Doctoral Consortium is English.

The intention of this doctoral consortium is to support and inspire
Ph.D. students during their ongoing research efforts. Therefore, it is
necessary that authors will have neither achieved their Ph.D. degree nor
officially submitted their thesis before the doctoral consortium
(September 2013). To enforce this rule we require authors to disclose
their expected graduation date and their advisor's name when submitting.


ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION PROCESS:

In contrast to regular conference papers, submissions should address
specifically doctoral work!

Therefore, the following elements have to be addressed in the papers:

  * A clear formulation of the research question,
  * An identification of the significant problems in the field of
    research,
  * An outline of the current knowledge of the problem domain, as well
    as the state of existing solutions,
  * A presentation of any preliminary ideas, the proposed approach and
    the results achieved so far,
  * A sketch of the applied research methodology,
  * A description of the Ph.D. project's contribution to the problem
    solution,
  * A discussion of how the suggested solution is different, new, or
    better as compared to existing approaches to the problem.

Papers will be reviewed by at least two senior researchers and one
of the accepted doctoral candidates. Accepted students will be asked to 
peer-review two accepted papers prior to the Doctoral Consortium. Accepted 
papers will be published in the workshop proceedings at http://CEUR-WS.org.

Only electronic submissions are accepted. Please use
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dcectel13 for uploading.
Papers describing doctoral work should be submitted in PDF format before
May 31, 2013. Authors should use the Springer LNCS format. For
camera-ready format instructions, please see For Authors instructions at
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.  The paper length should
not exceed 6 pages. A supporting letter by the supervisor of the Ph.D.
works should be also uploaded.


Accepted students should prepare:

1. An introduction of themselves and their Ph.D. project for the
    introductory session. Duration: 60 sec max.

2. A 15-20 minute presentation of their Ph.D. project to be used for
    introducing discussion about their project and its main issues
    during the small group sessions.

3. Students are also invited to prepare a poster about their Ph.D. for
    the EC-TEL 2013 poster session.

A discussant, a member of the doctoral consortium committee, will be 
appointed to each accepted paper. Discussant comments will be followed 
by a plenary discussion of the paper. At the end of the consortium there 
will be a general discussion, including a brainstorming session about 
current and future research topics in the area.


CALENDAR:

May 31, 2013: Deadline for submitting applications to the EC-TEL
               Doctoral Consortium

June 27, 2013: Notification of acceptance, assignment of Peer Reviews

July 31, 2013: Peer reviews and discussant reviews sent to students

September 4, 2013: Final version of Doctoral Consortium Submission sent
               for publishing

September 17, 2013: Doctoral Consortium at EC-TEL


RESEARCH TOPICS FOR THE DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM AT EC-TEL 2013:

Technological underpinning

     Large-scale sharing and interoperability
     Personalization, user modelling and adaptation
     Context-aware systems
     Social computing
     Social media
     Semantic Web
     Mobile technologies (Tablets & smartphones)
     Serious games and 3D virtual worlds
     Network infrastructures and architectures for TEL
     Sensors and sensor networks
     Augmented reality
     Roomware, ambient displays and wearable devices
     Data mining and information retrieval
     Recommender systems for TEL
     Natural language processing and latent semantic analysis
     eLearning specifications and standards
     Learning analytics

Pedagogical underpinning

     Problem- and project-based learning / Inquiry based learning
     Computer-supported collaborative learning
     Collaborative knowledge building
     Game-based and simulation-based learning
     Story-telling and reflection-based learning
     Learning design and design approaches
     Communities of learners and communities of practice
     Teaching techniques and strategies for online learning
     Learner motivation and engagement
     Evaluation methods for TEL

Individual, social & organizational learning processes

     Cognitive mechanisms in knowledge acquisition and construction
     Self-regulated and self-directed learning
     Reflective learning
     Social processes in teams and communities
     Social awareness
     Trust and reputation in TEL
     Knowledge management and organizational learning

Sustainability and scaling of TEL solutions

     Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
     Open educational resources (OER)
     Learning Networks
     Teacher Networks
     Cloud Computing in TEL
     Bring your own Device (BYOD)
     Orchestration of learning activities
     Learning ecologies, learning ecosystems, fitness and evolvability of
learning environments
     Business models for TEL

Learning contexts and domains

     Schools of the future
     Promoting learning and employability within disadvantaged groups and
communities
     Applications of TEL in various domains
     Formal education: initial (K-12, higher education), post-initial
(continuing education)
     Workplace learning in small, medium and large companies, networked
enterprise settings as well as public and third sector organisations
     Distance and online learning
     Lifelong learning
     Vocational training
     Informal learning
     Non-formal learning
     Ubiquitous learning

TEL in developing countries

     ICT Inclusion for learning
     Digital divide and learning
     Generation divide and learning
     Education policies
     Rural learning

TEL, functional diversity and users with special needs

     Accessible learning for all
     Visual, hearing and physical impairments
     Psycho-pedagogic support for users
     Educational guidance for tutors
     Adapted learning flow, content and monitoring process
     Standards about accessibility and learning


DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIRS:

Katherine Maillet, Institut Mines-Télécom, Télécom Ecole de Management, France
Tomaž Klobučar, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia


PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (to be announced)