##### 3rd Call for papers and demos #####

3rd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning
(ARTEL13)
to be held in conjunction with EC-TEL 2013, Paphos (Cyprus). September
17, 2013.

Extended submission deadline: 14.07.2013

Workshop webpage: http://teleurope.eu/artel13
Twitter hashtag: #artel13


Introduction
Awareness and Reflection are important aspects of Technology-Enhanced
Learning (TEL) and have to be adequately supported to enable learners to
tap the potential of learning tools. The concepts awareness and
reflection are viewed differently across the disciplines informing TEL
(CSCW, CSCL, psychology, educational sciences, computer science, ...).
ARTEL13 aims to push forward the discussion and research on these
concepts in TEL. This year's theme for  ARTEL 2013 is:

"How can awareness and reflection support learning in different settings
(work, education, continuing professional development, lifelong
learning, etc.). What are the roles that technology can play to support
awareness and reflection in these contexts?"

This workshop is a direct follow-up of last year's EC-TEL workshop
ARTEL12, and the previous workshops ARNETS11 (Awareness and Reflection
in Learning Networks) and ALECR11 (Augmenting the Learning Experience
with Collaborative Reflection).


Objectives
The objectives of this workshop are
1. to provide a forum for presenting and discussing research on
awareness and reflection in TEL
2. to create an interactive experience that connects participants'
research, current tools or latest prototypes and models with real end
users' learning experiences and requirements regarding reflection technology
3. to create an agenda for future ARTEL research and development.


Topics of interest
We invite contributions that address the following aspects:

- Theoretical discussion of awareness and reflection in TEL and related
concepts (e.g. collaborative learning, creativity techniques,
experiential learning)
- Methodologies to identify, study and analyse awareness and reflection
in the context of (technology-enhanced) learning
- Empirical studies about technology support for awareness and reflection
- Technology (design, application, evaluation) supporting awareness and
reflection
- Designing awareness and reflection in TEL applications and processes
- Using awareness and reflection support to enhance the learning experience
- Awareness of social context, knowledge, artefacts and processes
- Awareness and reflection in specific contexts, such as higher
education, work-integrated learning, learning networks, etc.


Submission
Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished work. The organisers
particularly encourage the submission of work-in-progress, cutting-edge
prototypes. The following types of contributions are welcome:
- Full papers (max. 15 pages) that describe problems, needs, novel
approaches and frameworks within the scope of the workshop. Empirical
evaluation papers and industrial experience reports are welcome for
submission.
- Short papers (max. 7 pages) that state the position of the authors
within the scope of the workshop and describe solution concepts and work
in progress.
- Demo papers (max. 2 pages) describing the motivation of the concept,
the system and technology, and scenarios of application. During the
workshop will be a dedicated slot were you can present and discuss your
system. Additionally, you can submit a video of your system. Videos will
be featured on TELeurope.eu.

Please submit your proposal via the ginkgo event management system at
http://ginkgo.cs.upb.de/events/artel13. All submitted contributions will
be peer-reviewed by at least two members of the program committee for
originality, significance and quality.

The papers will be published in the CEUR-WS.org (http://ceur-ws.org)
workshops proceedings. Submissions should use the Springer LNCS template
(http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0).


Important dates
14.07.2013 NEW Submission Deadline

10.08.2013 Notification of Acceptance

30.08.2013 Camera-Ready Papers due

17.09.2013 Workshop


Organizers
Milos Kravcik, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Birgit Krogstie, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Adam Moore, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Viktoria Pammer, Knowledge Technologies Institute, TU Graz, Austria
Lucia Pannese, imaginary, Italy
Michael Prilla, University of Bochum, Germany
Wolfgang Reinhardt, WALLMEDIEN AG / European Association of Technology
Enhanced Learning, Germany
Thomas Ullmann, The Open University, United Kingdom



Format of the workshop
The workshop will have a mixture of paper presentations, a demo session
and interactive group work. We aim to link theory and existing
prototypes (both from the involved projects and from the presented
papers and demos) to practical needs in educational and professional
settings. This link will be of value to both practitioners (in that
research insights become more tangible) and researchers (in that
insights and research prototypes become grounded in practice).
We will use various media to encourage comments, questions and
identification of hot topics during the workshop. Highlights from the
presented papers and tools will be brought together in light of the
workshop agenda in a final summary session, and the result will be
presented during ECTEL 2013 both in the workshop summary and in the
prototype sessions.

The tentative programme is as follows:
- Morning session 1: Paper presentations
- Morning session 2: Interactive demo session
- Afternoon session 1: Paper presentations
- Afternoon session 2: Interactive, small group work and plenum


Supporting projects
ARTEL13 pulls together research on awareness and reflection in
technology-enhanced learning across disciplines (psychology, educational
science, computer science) and across European TEL projects:
- MIRROR (Reflective Learning at Work): http://www.mirror-project.eu/
- ImREAL (Immersive Reflective Experience-based Adaptive Learning):
http://www.imreal-project.eu/
- Learning Layers (Scaling up Technologies for Informal Learning in SME
Cluster): http://learning-layers.eu/


Networking and updates
To stay updated about the event and with the activity of the goup,
consider to join the Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced
Learning group (http://teleurope.eu/artel).


Background of the workshop
The 3rd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced
Learning (ARTEL13) is the third workshop in a successful series of
EC-TEL workshops.
- 2nd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced
Learning (ARTEL12). Workshop homepage: http://www.teleurope.eu/artel12
Proceedings: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-931/
- 1st European Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Learning Networks
(ARNets11). Workshop homepage: http://teleurope.eu/arnets11 Proceedings:
http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-790/
- Augmenting the Learning Experience with Collaboratice Reflection
(ALECR11). Workshop homepage: http://www.i-maginary.it/ectel2011/index.html
- 1st Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Personal Learning
Environemnts (ARPLE11). Workshop homepage:
http://teleurope.eu/arple11 Proceedings:
http://journal.webscience.org/view/events/


Background of the EC-TEL conference
The EC-TEL 2013: Eight European Conference on Technology Enhanced
Learning, will take place in Paphos, Cyprus, 17-21 September 2013. The
motto for this year is "Scaling up learning for sustained impact". The
European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL) is a unique
opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to address
current challenges and advances in the field. Through EC-TEL,
established and emerging researchers as well as practitioners,
entrepreneurs, and technology developers explore new collaborations,
strengthen networks, and compliment their core experience. For more
information visit http://www.ec-tel.eu/

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