9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education

21 – 23 April 2017, Porto, Portugal

Call for papers:

http://www.csedu.org/CallForPapers.aspx

Scope

CSEDU 2017, the International Conference on Computer Supported Education, aims at becoming a yearly meeting place for presenting and discussing new educational environments, best practices and case studies on innovative technology-based learning strategies, institutional policies on computer supported education including open and distance education, using computers. In particular, the Web is currently a preferred medium for distance learning and the learning practice in this context is usually referred to as e-learning. CSEDU 2017 is expected to give an overview of the state of the art as well as upcoming trends, and to promote discussion about the pedagogical potential of new learning and educational technologies in the academic and corporate world.

CSEDU seeks papers reporting research work, academic or business case-studies, on topics indicated below in the section “Conference Areas”. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Both technological and social-oriented papers are accepted. All papers must describe original work, not previously published or submitted to another conference. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of CSEDU under an ISBN, and will be indexed by major indexes. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports (regular papers) and work-in-progress reports (position papers) are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions.

Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial, workshop or special session are invited to contact the conference secretariat or visit the conference website.

Conference Areas

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:
1. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING LEARNING
2. LEARNING/TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENT
3. SOCIAL CONTEXT AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
4. DOMAIN APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES
5. UBIQUITOUS LEARNING
6. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION

AREA 1: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING LEARNING

• Authoring Tools and Content Development
• Classroom Management
• e-Learning Hardware and Software
• e-Learning Platforms, Portals
• Tools for Educational Communication and Collaboration
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems
• Learning Analytics
• Virtual Learning Environments
• Virtual Worlds
• Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning
• Educational Data Mining

AREA 2: LEARNING/TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENT

• Tools to Assess Learning
• Blended Learning
• Educating the Educators
• Game-based and Simulation-based Learning
• Higher Order Thinking Skills
• Immersive Learning
• Flipped Classroom
• Instructional Design
• Mentoring and Tutoring
• Metrics and Performance Measurement
• Project Based Learning and Engineering Education

AREA 3: SOCIAL CONTEXT AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

• Assessment and Accreditation of Courses and Institutions
• Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
• Community Building
• Vocational Training
• Course Design and e-Learning Curriculae
• Distance and e-Learning in a Global Context
• Active Learning
• Constructivism and Social Constructivism
• Lifelong Learning: Continuing Professional Training and Development
• Teacher Evaluation
• Theoretical Bases of e-Learning Environments
• Social Computing for Learning and Knowledge Sharing

AREA 4: DOMAIN APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES

• Distance Learning Strategies
• e-Learning in Developing Countries
• e-Learning in Engineering Education
• e-Learning Success Cases
• Health Sector Applications
• Intelligent Learning and Teaching Systems
• Children’s Education using Computer Support and K12 Students

AREA 5: UBIQUITOUS LEARNING

• Universal Design for Learning
• Cloud-based Learning and Assessment
• Context Dependent Learning
• Distance Education
• Mobile Learning (M-learning)
• Smart Devices as Collaborative Learning Tools
• Virtual Labs and Virtual Classrooms
• Massive Open Online Courses
• Ethics

AREA 6: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION

• Adaptive Educational Systems
• Intelligent Teacher Dashboards
• Intelligent Modelling of Affect for Learning
• Authoring Tools for Intelligent Tutoring Systems
• Empirical Studies of Learning with AI Educational Systems
• Agent-based Learning Environments
• Natural Language Interfaces for Instructional Systems
• Intelligent Agents on the Web
• Architectures for AI-based Educational Systems
• Real-world Applications of AIED Systems
• Gamification for Learning

Paper Submissions

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

Only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC’s ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews.

Authors can submit their work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas. All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

Publications

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.

SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).

All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library.

The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Engineering Village Index) and Scopus.

Important Dates

Regular Papers

Paper Submission: November 28, 2016

Authors Notification: January 30, 2017

Camera Ready and Registration: February 13, 2017

Position Papers

Paper Submission: January 17, 2017

Authors Notification: February 20, 2017

Camera Ready and Registration: March 6, 2017

Workshops

Workshop Proposal: January 10, 2017

Doctoral Consortium

Paper Submission: February 24, 2017

Authors Notification: March 10, 2017

Camera Ready and Registration: March 22, 2017

Special Sessions

Special Session Proposal: January 26, 2017

Tutorials

Tutorial Proposal: March 2, 2017

Demos

Demo Proposal: March 2, 2017

Panels

Panel Proposal: March 2, 2017

Open Communications

Paper Submission: February 24, 2017

Authors Notification: March 10, 2017

Camera Ready and Registration: March 22, 2017

Contact: csedu.secretariat@insticc.org