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Deadline for submissions: 24 July 2009 (for all contributions)  

                         IADIS International Conference on 
            Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2009)
                    November 20 - 22, 2009 - Rome, Italy 
                             (http://www.celda-conf.org/)


    
    Endorsed by the Japanese Society of Information and Systems in Education


* Keynote Speakers (confirmed):
Professor David Jonassen, University of Missouri Columbia, USA
Professor Fred Paas, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands

* Invited Speaker (confirmed):
Dr. Carmen Taran, REXI Media, USA

* Tutorial Speaker (confirmed):
Professor Fred Paas, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands


* Conference background and goals 
The IADIS CELDA 2009 conference aims to address the main issues concerned 
with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in 
the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive psychology and 
computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of 
these two disciplines is increasing at a fast pace and affecting academia and 
professional practice in many ways. Paradigms such as just-in-time learning, 
constructivism, student-centered learning and collaborative approaches have 
emerged and are being supported by technological advancements such as 
simulations, virtual reality and multi-agents systems. These developments 
have created both opportunities and areas of serious concerns. This 
conference aims to cover both technological as well as pedagogical issues 
related to these developments. Main tracks have been identified. However 
innovative contributions that do not easily fit into these areas will also be 
considered as long as they are directly related to the 
overall theme of the conference – cognition and exploratory learning in the 
digital age.

* Format of the Conference 
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations for 
discussion-oriented papers. The proceedings of the conference will be 
published in the form of a book and CD-ROM. 

Authors of the best published papers in the CELDA 2009 proceedings will be 
invited to publish extended versions of their papers in a special issue of an 
international journal. 

* Types of submissions 
Full papers, Short Papers and Reflection papers. All submissions will go through 
a double-blind refereeing process with at least two international experts. 

* Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following areas: 
- Acquisition of expertise
- Assessing progress of learning in complex domains 
- Assessment of exploratory learning approaches 
- Assessment of exploratory technologies 
- Cognition in education 
- Collaborative learning 
- Educational psychology 
- Exploratory technologies (such as simulations, VR, i-TV and so on) 
- Just-in-time and Learning-on-Demand 
- Learner Communities and Peer-Support 
- Learning Communities & Web Service Technologies 
- Pedagogical Issues Related with Learning Objects 
- Learning Paradigms in Academia 
- Learning Paradigms in Corporate Sector 
- Life-long Learning 
- Student-Centered Learning 
- Technology and mental models 
- Technology, learning and expertise 
- Virtual University 

* Important Dates: 
- Submission Deadline: 24 July 2009
- Notification to Authors: 4 September 2009
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 25 September 
2009
- Late Registration: After 25 September 2009
- Conference: Rome, Italy, 20 to 22 November 2009

* Conference Location 
The conference will be held in Rome, Italy.  

* Secretariat 
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CELDA 2009
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal 
E-mail: [log in to unmask]     
Web site: http://www.celda-conf.org/

* Program Committee 

Conference Co-Chairs
Pedro Isaias, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Dirk Ifenthaler, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany

Program Co-Chairs
Kinshuk, Athabasca University, Canada
Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece 
J. Michael Spector, University of Georgia, USA

Committee Members: please see http://www.celda-conf.org/committees.asp 
for updated list.

* Co-located Conference: 
Please also check the co-located events Applied Computing 2009 
(http://www.computing-conf.org/) - 19-21 November 2009 and 
WWW/Internet 2009 (http://www.internet-conf.org/) - 19-22 November 2009.

* Registered participants in the CELDA conference may attend the Applied 
Computing and WWW/Internet conferences’ sessions free of charge.