CfP: Workshop on Cloud Education Environments - WCLOUD 2013
6 - 8 May, 2013 - Aachen, Germany
Paper Submission: January 31, 2013
http://www.csedu.org/WCLOUD.aspx

In conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - CSEDU 2013
WCLOUD is a shared event between CSEDU and CLOSER.

Scope

Cloud Learning Environments (CLEs) or Cloud Education Environments (CEE) consider the cloud as a large ecosystem, which is not owned by any educational organization. Within this ecosystem, learners and educators act as the users and producers of cloud-based learning services. They have complete control over the choice, use and sharing of the learning tools and content provided by these services. This approach has the potential to enable and facilitate both formal and informal learning. It allows learners to learn anywhere and at anytime. It also facilitates collaboration among learners and educators. Additionally, the openness, sharing and reusability of learning tools and content on the web are technically enabled and promoted.

The workshop will focus on the exchange of relevant trends and research results, as well as the presentation of practical experiences gained while developing and testing cloud education environments, both from a teaching and a learning perspective.

The workshop will be the second in a series of workshops taking place in Europe and Latin America. The previous workshop WCLOUD 2012 has taken place in Antigua/ Guatemala (http://ges.galileo.edu/cloud-education-environments-workshop/).

Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Learning Tools

Learning tools experiences and Cases of Study
Social Environments
Content and Multimedia Applications
Story Telling Tools
Cloud Education Accessibility
Other type of tools


Pedagogical Approaches and Learning Contexts

Personal Learning Environments
Self Regulated Learning
Learning Artifacts
Pedagogical approaches for multiple learning environments
Modeling Languages
Assessment approaches

Orchestration

Orchestration approaches for learning using several tools
Prototype experiences of learning orchestration
User Interface Management

Interoperability

Standards and Specifications
Internet of Services and Technology Enhanced Learning
Reference Implementations
Virtual Learning Environments and Tools integration
Integration Experiences and Cases of Study
Authentication and identity handling on service based scenarios
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS), with education purposes

Business Models

Learning as a Service
Service models of educational institutions
Ethical Aspects

Paper Submission

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Guidelines and Templates.
Papers should be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system at: http://www.insticc.org/Primoris
Publications
All accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings book, under an ISBN reference and on CD-ROM support.
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/).
SciTePress is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).

Important Dates
Paper Submission: January 31, 2013
Authors Notification: February 22, 2013
Final Paper Submission and Registration: March 6, 2013


Secretariat Contacts
CSEDU Workshops - WCLOUD 2013
e-mail: csedu.secretariat@insticc.org

CO-CHAIRS
Hans-Christian Schmitz, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, Germany
Rocael Hernandez, Galileo University, Guatemala
Alexander Mikroyannidis, The Open University, United Kingdom