ALICE 2014: Fourth International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches
In conjunction with INCoS-2014: Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems
http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/incos/2014/

September 10 - 12, 2014, Salerno, Italy


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 Fourth International Workshop ALICE 2014 aims at providing a forum for innovative adaptive e-learning combining aspects of personalization, collaboration, interactivity and emotion management to contribute to the overcoming of the quoted limitations of current e-learning systems and content. Special emphasis is given to environments that are engaging, 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 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 Adaptive e-Learning include, but are not limited to:

- Affective and Emotional Approaches
- Live and Virtualized Collaboration
- Simulation and Serious Games
- New Forms of Assessment
- Storytelling
- Knowledge-based Technologies for learning
- Security for e-Learning
- Multimedia Systems for e-Learning


IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Deadline: May 20, 2014
Notification of Acceptance: May 31, 2014
Camera-Ready Submission: June 15, 2014
Registration: June 15, 2014
Workshop and INCoS Main Conference: September 10 - 12, 2014


WORKSHOP CHAIRS

Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Italy
Santi Caballe, Open University of Catalonia, Spain


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Jordi Conesa, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Luis Casillas, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Stavros Demetriadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ian Dunwell, Serious Games Institute, UK
Michalis Feidakis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Angelo Gaeta, University of Salerno, Italy
David Gañán, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Giuseppina Rita Mangione, University of Salerno, Italy
Jorge Miguel, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Néstor Mora, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Anna Pierri, University of Salerno, Italy
Roberto Pirrone, University of Palermo, Italy
Pier Giuseppe Rossi, University of Macerata, Italy


PAST EVENTS

- ALICE 2013: Third International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches (in conjunction with the Seventh International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems: CISIS-2013), Taichung, Taiwan

- ALICE 2012: Second International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches (in conjunction with The Sixth International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems: CISIS-2012), Palermo, Italy

- ALICE 2011: First International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches (in conjunction with Fifth International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems: CISIS-2011), Fukuoka, Japan


PAPER PRESENTATION

Regular Papers, Oral Presentations and Posters.


INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

The manuscripts should closely reflect the final paper as it will appear in the Proceedings, which will be maximum 6 pages in Conference Publishing Services (CPS) double column format. Please format your paper, as described in the Proceedings Manuscripts Style and Author Guidelines where you can find instructions (Word, PDF, Postscript).
See further details at main conference web site of INCOS 2014 at http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/incos/2014/submission.html


PUBLICATION

All accepted papers (presented orally or as a poster) with paid registration will be included in the Proceedings of INCOS 2014. ALICE 2014 papers will be published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS). Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper. Selected papers from Workshop ALICE 2014 will be considered for publication in International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) indexed in Scopus, Compendex, Inspec and others.


SUBMISSIONS

The submission site for INCOS-2014 and all workshops is available here.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 INCOS 2014 at http://edas.info/N16263


CONTACT

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