ALICE 2017
7th International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Cognitive and Emotional approaches

In conjunction with 3PGCIC-2017: 12th International Conference on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing
November 8 - 10, 2017, Barcelona, Spain

www.alicews.eu


SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

Many researchers argue that learners must be meaningfully engaged in the learning process for effective learning to occur. Engaging learners long enough to see them through to the end of a course is one of the most significant issues faced today by learning developers. Learning tools and resources are today more effective, interactive, and easily accessible than in the past. Nevertheless, the current generation of students is native speakers in the language of digital media and their expectations are even higher. New learners expect to be in control of their learning experience while in a supportive and cooperative environment. They expect the course material to be motivating, challenging, well linked to their prior knowledge and relevant to everyday lives and careers.

The 7th International Workshop ALICE 2017 aims at providing a forum for innovations in adaptive technologies for e-learning especially designed to improve the engagement of students in learning experiences. Works that combine adaptive techniques with approaches based on gamification, affective computing, social learning, storytelling, interactive video and new forms of assessment are welcome as well as works describing approaches based on educational data mining, learning and academic analytics aimed at improving learners’ motivation and teachers’ experience also taking into account aspects related to multimedia and security. Special emphasis is given to approaches based on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing as well as on computational intelligence and knowledge-based technologies.

Academic researchers, professionals and practitioners are invited to report their ideas, models, designs and experiences on the proposed topics. Empirical results from real users in learning and training settings are particularly welcome in order to evaluate and discuss the impact of the proposed innovations.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

The main topics of interest, within the scope of Adaptive e-Learning, include, but are not limited to:
Gamification and Serious Games for Education
Educational use of Digital Storytelling
Motivation, Metacognition, and Affective Aspects of Learning
Collaborative and Social Learning
New Approaches to Formative Assessment
Learning, Academic and Business Analytics
Multimedia Systems for e-Learning
Security Aspects of e-Learning
Cloud, Cluster and P2P computing for e-Learning
Knowledge-Based Models and Technologies for e-Learning
Intelligent Tutoring Systems

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia, Spain (co-chair)
Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Italy (co-chair)
Antonio Cerrato, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Jordi Conesa, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Giuliana Dettori, Italian National Research Council, Italy
Elisabetta Fersini, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
Sara de Freitas, Coventry University, UK
Angelo Gaeta, University of Salerno, Italy
David Gañán, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Isabel Guitart, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Judy Kay, University of Sydney, Australia
Giuseppina Rita Mangione, Institute of Educational Documentation, Innovation and Research, Italy
Jorge Miguel, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Néstor Mora, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Abelardo Pardo, University of Sydney, Australia
Anna Pierri, University of Salerno, Italy
Modesta Pousada, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Mohammad AL-Smadi, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Krassen Stefanov, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2017
Notification of Acceptance: August 25, 2017
Camera-Ready Submission: September 10, 2017
Registration: September 10, 2017
Workshop and 3PGCIC Main Conference: November 8 - 10, 2017

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Authors should submit a paper to the main conference in Springer format with maximum 10 pages in length, including all figures, tables, and references. However, authors can have two extra pages with the appropriate fee payment. Please format your paper as described in the submission guidelines of the main conference.

The file format of the initial submissions and final accepted papers should be PDF. In order to proceed with the submission, please use the same submission system of 3PGCIC-2017 and select ALICE as the target workshop.

PUBLICATION

All accepted papers with paid registration will be included in the Proceedings of 3PGCIC-2017 within the Lecture Notes in Data Engineering and Communication Technologies series published by Springer. Proceedings will be indexed in EI, Scopus, ISI Proceedings, MetaPress and Springerlink. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper.

Selected papers from Workshop ALICE 2017 will be considered for publication in International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) indexed in Scopus, Compendex, Inspec and others