Call for Paper


The 6th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2007)

http://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2007

Contact: [log in to unmask]


15-17 August 2007, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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), and Malaysia
(2006). ICWL 2007 will be the 6th ICWL conference and held in
Edinburgh, United Kingdom, a beautiful city full of culture and
history. The technical program will feature keynote addresses,
tutorials, and special sessions, in addition to technical
presentations of refereed papers.

The PDF version of this Call for Paper can be downloaded from:
   http://www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~icwl2007/icwl2007-cfp.pdf

Areas of interest include, but not limited to, the following:
-  e-Learning Platforms and Tools
-  Web-based Learning for Oriental Languages
-  Mobile e-learning
-  Learning Resource Deployment, Organization and Management
-  Design, Model and Framework of E-learning Systems
-  E-learning Standards
-  Practice and Experience Sharing
-  Pedagogical Issues

In addition to the regular papers, there is also a special session on
Security and Privacy and a workshop on Blended Learning.

Paper Submissions

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, 1.5 spacing of no
more than 20 pages for review. All papers should be submitted in PDF
format. Submission details will be announced here shortly. All
accepted papers will appear in a Conference Proceedings to be
distributed during the conference. All accepted full papers presented
in the conference will be published as a volume in Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, to be distributed after the conference.

Full paper submission deadline:  March 23, 2007 (extended)


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 the following special issues:
-  IEEE Trans. on Knowledge and Data Engineering,
   for those papers relevant to knowledge and data engineering.
-  Journal of Distance Education Technologies (JDET),
   for papers of other areas.


Conference Committee

    Conference Co-chairs:
        Rynson Lau, University of Durham, UK
        Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, HK

    Program Co-chairs:
        Frederick Li, University of Durham, UK
        Howard Leung, City University of Hong Kong, HK

    Organization Chair:
        Taku Komura, University of Edinburgh, UK

    Registration Chair:
        Jiying Wang, City University of Hong Kong

    Tutorial Chair:
        Ling Feng, Tsinghua University, China

    Poster Chair:
        Gary Tam, University of Durham, UK

    Workshop Co-Chairs:
        Joseph Fong, City University of Hong Kong
        Philips Wang, City University of Hong Kong

    Publicity Co-Chairs:
        Ling Feng, Tsinghua University, China
        Andrew Hatch, University of Durham, UK
        Gillian Lee, Lander University, U.S.A.
        Marc Spaniol, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

    Activities Co-Chairs:
        Ming Cheung, City University of Hong Kong
        Philips Wang, City University of Hong Kong

    Fund Raising Chair:
        Ioannis Ivrissimtzis, University of Durham, UK


International Program Committee:

-  Howard Beck, University of Florida, USA
-  Stephane Bressan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
-  Liz Burd, Univeristy of Durham, UK
-  Shermann S. M. Chan, Waseda University, Japan
-  Ronnie Cheung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK
-  Grainne Conole, The Open University, UK
-  Giuliana Dettori, ITD-CNR, Italy
-  Guozhu Dong, Wright State University, USA
-  Ling Feng, Tsinghua University, China
-  Baltasar Fernandez-Manjon, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
-  Apple Fok, City University of Hong Kong, HK
-  Joseph Fong, City University of Hong Kong, HK
-  Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University, Australia
-  K. Priyantha Hewagamage, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
-  Maria Grazia Ierardi, IMATI-CNR, Italy
-  Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan
-  Myung Hee Kang, Ewha Women's Univeristy, Korea
-  Ryoichi Komiya, Multimedia University, Malaysia
-  Taku Komura, University of Edinburgh, UK
-  Rynson Lau, Univeristy of Durham, UK
-  Dik Lee, Hong Kong University of Sci. and Tech., HK
-  Gilliean Lee, Lander University, USA
-  Sue Legg, University of Florida, USA
-  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, Univeristy of Durham, UK
-  Keqin Li, State U of NY at New Paltz, USA
-  Minglu Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
-  Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, HK
-  Wenyin Liu, City University of Hong Kong, HK
-  Xiaofeng Meng, Renming University, China
-  John Murnane, Melbourne University, Australia
-  C.W. Ngo, City University of Hong Kong, HK
-  Sunsook Noh, Ewha Women's Univeristy, Korea
-  Philippos Pouyioutas, Intercollege, Cyprus
-  Geoff Romeo, Monash University, Australia
-  David Rossiter, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK
-  Yuanchun Shi, Tsinghua University, China
-  Timothy Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan, China
-  Marc Spaniol, Lehrstuhl Informatik 5, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
-  Chengzheng Sun, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
-  Guoren Wang, Northeasten University, China
-  Hua Wang, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
-  Philips Wang, City University of Hong Kong, HK
-  Limin Xiang, Kyusan University, Japan
-  Simon Yip, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK
-  Cha Zhang, Microsoft Research, USA
-  Kang Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
-  S.Q. Zheng, University of Texas at Dallas, USA