CALL FOR PAPERS

ALICE 2012: Second International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches

In conjunction with the CISIS 2012: The Sixth International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/cisis/2012/)

July 4 - 6, 2012
Palermo, Italy
http://www.aliceproject.eu

SUPPORTED AND ORGANIZED by
The FP7-EU project ALICE (http://www.aliceproject.eu).

IMPORTANT DATES
**ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 20, 2012****
**FULL PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 29, 2012****
Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2012
Camera-Ready Submission: March 23, 2012
Registration: March 23, 2012
Workshop and CISIS main Conference: July 4 - 6, 2012

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
Despite a great potential and some initial successes, e-learning systems do not yet have the impact that many believe is possible. Moreover, the gap seems to be increasing because of the greater expectations of the current generation (Digital Natives) who have grown up with modern technology. There are also more general problems. In particular, an over-emphasis on cost effectiveness has meant that content is often not as strong as it needs to be and this deficiency has contributed to a lack of user engagement and some high attrition rates. Studies have consistently highlighted the important relationship between engagement and learning, with students who are highly motivated being more likely to engage in the learning process.

The Second International Workshop ALICE 2012 aims at providing a forum for innovative adaptive e-learning combining personalization, collaboration, simulation and storytelling aspects within an affective/emotional based approach able to contribute to the overcoming of the quoted limitations of current e-learning systems and content. Special emphasis is given to environments that are interactive, challenging and context aware while enabling learners’ demand of empowerment, social identity, and authentic learning experience.

The expected contributions should be able to effectively involve learners in educational, cultural and informative activities. Empirical results from real users in real learning and training settings will be very valuable in order to evaluate and discuss the impact of the proposed innovative features. Academic researchers, professionals and practitioners are invited to exchange their experiences and ideas about problems and solutions related to the design, development and use of advanced and innovative, knowledge based learning systems and applications. Researchers can report their ideas, models, designs and experiences on the proposed topics.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
The main topics of interest within the scope of advances and innovative e-Learning systems include, but are not limited to:

* Affective and Emotional Approaches
* Live and Virtualized Collaboration
* Simulation and Serious Games
* New Forms of Assessment
* Storytelling
* Adaptive and Knowledge-based Technologies

WORKSHOP CHAIR
Saverio Salerno, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Thanasis Daradoumis, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Jordi Conesa, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Josep Prieto, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
David Gañán, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Néstor Mora, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Anna Pierri, Centre for Research in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Italy
Jose Mangione, Modelli Matematici e Applicazioni SpA, Italy
Marcello Rosciano, Modelli Matematici e Applicazioni SpA, Italy
Gerardo Iovane, University of Salerno, Italy
Sergio Miranda, University of Salerno, Italy
Sara de Freitas, Coventry University, UK
Ian Dunwell, Coventry University, UK
Panagiotis Petridis, Coventry University, UK
Christian Gütl, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Mohammad Smadi, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Margit Höfler, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Gudrun Wesiak, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Nick Scerbakov, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Martin Ebner, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Michalis Feidakis, University of Aegean, Greece
Luis Casillas, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Maria Kordaki, University of the Aegean, Greece

PAST EVENTS
ALICE 2011: First International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches (ALICE 2011) in conjunction with the Third IEEEInternational Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (INCOS 2011), Fukuoka, Japan


PAPER PRESENTATION
Regular Papers, Oral Presentations and Posters.

INTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
The manuscripts should closely reflect the final paper as it will appear in the Proceedings, which will be maximum 6 pages in IEEE double column format. Please format your paper, as described in the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines where you can find instructions (Word,   PDF,   Postscript).
 
See further details at main conference web site of CISIS 2012: http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/cisis/2012/

PUBLICATION
All accepted papers (presented orally or as a poster) with paid registration will be included in the Proceedings of CISIS 2012. ALICE 2012 papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society.

After the conference, selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for inclusion in related journals and books (to be announced).

Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper.

SUBMISSIONS
The submission site for CISIS-2012 and all workshops is available at http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/cisis/2012/submit.html

The file format of the initial submissions and final accepted papers should be PDF. In order to proceed with the submission, please use the submission system of CISIS 2012.

CONTACT
Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
scaballe@uoc.edu  
Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
ncapuano@unisa.it