CALL FOR PAPERS

ICWL2010: The 9th International Conference on Web-based Learning

December 8-10, 2010,Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Organized by : Shanghai University, Hong Kong Web Society

( http://iic.shu.edu.cn/icwl2010/ or http://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2010/ )

ICWL is an annual international conference on web-based learning. The first ICWL was held in Hong Kong in 2002. Since then, it has been held in Australia (2003), China (2004), Hong Kong (2005), Malaysia (2006) United Kingdom (2007), China (2008), and Germany (2009). The 9th ICWL event will be held in Shanghai, the largest city in China full of culture and scenery. This conference aims at providing an in-depth study of the technical, pedagogical, as well as management issues of Web-based learning. ICWL2010 will bring together educators, researchers, technologists and implementers of Web-based learning from around the world to discuss the state of the art in this area.

All accepted full papers presented in the conference will be published as a volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), and will also be submitted for indexing to EI. Authors of the best papers presented in this conference will be invited to submit extended version of their papers for possible publication in special issues of ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology.

The technical program will feature keynote addresses, tutorials, special sessions, panels, technical demonstrations, in addition to technical presentations of refereed papers. We cordially invite you to submit your work in one or more of above forms for, but not limited to, the following areas:
E-Learning Platforms and Tools
Web-based Learning for Oriental Languages
Learning Resource Deployment, Organization and Management
Design, Model and Framework of E-learning Systems
Practice and Experience Sharing
Technology Enhanced Learning
E-learning Metadata and Standards
Mobile/Situated e-learning
Collaborative Learning and Game-based Learning
Pedagogical Issues

IMPORTANT DATES
Full paper submission deadline: July 9, 2010 (strict)
Full paper notification of acceptance: Aug 10, 2010
Poster paper submission deadline: Aug 15, 2010
Poster paper notification of acceptance: Aug 30, 2010
Camera-ready full / poster papers due: Sep 17, 2010
Full / Poster paper author registration deadline: Sep 17, 2010
Early bird registration deadline: Nov 15, 2010
Conference date: Dec.8 to Dec.10, 2010

Conference Organization

Conference Co-chairs
Qing Li, City U of Hong Kong
Wolfgang Nejdl, U Hannover, Germany
Wu Zhang, Shanghai U, China

PC Co-chairs
Xiangfeng Luo, Shanghai U, China
Marc Spaniol, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany
Lizhe Wang, Indiana University, USA

Organization Chair
Feiyue Ye, Shanghai U, China

Steering Committee Rep.
Rynson Lau, Hong Kong Web Society

Tutorial/Panel Co-Chairs
Timothy Shih, Asia U,Taiwan
Wanchun Dou, Nangjing U, China

International Program Committee
Howard Beck, University of Florida, USA
Stephane Bressan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Liz Burd, University of Durham, UK
Yiwei Cao, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Xavier Ochoa Chehab, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Dan Chen, University of Birmingham, UK
Dickson Chiu, Dickson Computer Systems, Hong Kong
Giuliana Dettori, ITD-CNR, Italy
Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Denis Gillet, EPFL, Switzerland
Christian Gütl, Technical University of Graz, Austria
Maria Grazia Ierardi, IMATI-CNR, Italy
Eelco Herder, L3S Research Center in Hannover, Germany
Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Tomaz Klobucar, Institut Josef-Stefan, Slovenia
Mart Laanpere, Tallinn University, Estonia
Rynson Lau, City University of Hong Kong, HK
Effie Law, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Hong Va Leong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK
Clement Leung, Victoria University of Technology, Australia
Howard Leung, City University of Hong Kong, HK
Frederick Li, University of Durham, UK
Minghua Li, Zhejiang Normal University
Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, HK
Stefanie Lindstaedt, Know-Center Graz, Austria
Jacques Lonchamp, LORIA - Equipe ECOO, France
Stephan Lukosch, Delft University of Technology
Xiaofeng Meng, Renming University, China
Pablo Moreno-Ger, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Wolfgang Nejdl, University of Hannover, Germany
Elvira Popescu, Unviersity of Craiova, Romania
Philippos Pouyioutas, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Andreas Schmidt, FZI Karlsruhe, Germany
Nalin Sharda, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Yuanchun Shi, Tsinghua University, China
Timothy Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Marc Spaniol, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany
Chengzheng Sun, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, UK
Guoren Wang, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
Philips Wang, Caritas Francis Hsu College Hong, HK
Martin Wolpers, Fraunhofer FIT, St. Augustin, Germany
Shi Ying, Wuhan University, China
Simon Yip, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK
Kang Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Qinhua Zheng, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit original papers reporting on research results or novel applications in web-based learning. Papers for submissions should be formatted in single column of no more than 10 pages in single line spacing according to the Springer LNCS. Authors Guideline. Papers should be submitted in PDF format for review.

Please log in with your existing easy chair account or register a new one.The submission web pages are http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icwl2010 .

Special Issues
Authors of the best papers presented in this conference will be invited to submit extended version of their papers for possible publication in special issues of ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology.

About Shanghai
Shanghai, located at the mouth of the mighty Yangtze, is the shiniest gem in modern China's jewel box. Known throughout the world as the "Paris of the Orient", the international city is a thriving metropolis delightfully mixing the West and East, old and new, ancient and modern. Moreover, Expo 2010 will be held in Shanghai from May 1 to Oct 31, 2010.

Contact
For more information regarding to the conference or paper submission, please check the conference web site or send email to icwl2010@easychair.org

Website
http://iic.shu.edu.cn/icwl2010/ or http://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2010/