Call for Papers

8th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL) 2009

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

19-21 August 2009

http://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2009/

ICWL is an annual international conference on web-based learning. Since the
first ICWL was held in Hong Kong in 2002, it has been held in Australia
(2003), China (2004), Hong Kong (2005), Malaysia (2006), United Kingdom
(2007), and China (2008). The 8th ICWL 2009 will be held in Aachen, Germany,
a city with rich culture, high-tech research, and a truly European spirit.
ICWL 2009 will be jointly organized by Hong Kong Web Society, RWTH Aachen
University, and Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science. The technical
program will feature keynote addresses, workshops, tutorials, in addition to
presentations of refereed papers.

Areas of interest include but are not limited to the following:

* Technology Enhanced Learning
* Web-based Learning for Oriental Languages
* Mobile Learning
* Social Software and Web 2.0 for Technology Enhanced Learning
* Learning Resource Deployment, Organization and Management
* Design, Model and Framework of E-learning Systems
* E-learning Metadata and Standards
* Educational Gaming and Multimedia Storytelling for Learning
* Practice and Experience Sharing
* Pedagogical Issues

Paper Submissions:

Authors are invited to submit original papers on research results or novel
applications in web-based learning. Papers for submissions should be
formatted in single column of no more than 10 pages in single line spacing
and in PDF format for review. All accepted papers will appear in the
conference proceedings. All accepted full papers presented in the conference
will be published as a volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(tentative). It is further planned that authors of the best papers will be
invited to submit their extended versions for special issues of relevant
journals.

Important Dates:

* Full Paper Submission Deadline: March 1, 2009
* Workshop Proposals Submission Deadline: March 1, 2009
* Poster Paper Submission Deadline: May 1, 2009

For more information about the conference, workshop proposal or paper
submission, please check the conference web site or send an email to:
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General Chair:
Matthias Jarke RWTH Aachen University, Germany

General Co-Chairs:
Ralf Klamma RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Rynson Lau City University, Hong Kong

Program Co-Chairs:
Marc Spaniol Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science, Germany
Qing Li City University, Hong Kong

Workshop Co-Chairs:
Baltasar Fernández-Manjón Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Frederick Li Durham University, United Kingdom

Organization Co-Chair:
Yiwei Cao, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Anna Glukhova, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Christian Gütl, TU Graz, Austria
Yuanchun Shi, Tsinghua University, China

International Program Committee (tentative):
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, The Open University, UK
Ambjörn Naeve, KTH Stockholm, Sweden
Anna Glukhova, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Andreas Schmidt, FZI Karlsruhe, Germany
Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University, Australia
Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
C.W. Ngo, City University of Hong Kong, HK
Chengzheng Sun, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Christian Gütl, Technical University of Graz, Austria Christopher
Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK
Clement Leung, Victoria University of Technology, Australia
David Rossiter, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK
Denis Gillet, EPFL, Switzerland
Effie Law, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Frederick Li, Univeristy of Durham, UK
Geoff Romeo, Monash University, Australia
Gilliean Lee, Lander University, USA
Giuliana Dettori, ITD-CNR, Italy
Guoren Wang, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
Guozhu Dong, Wright State University, USA Hong
Va Leong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK
Howard Beck, University of Florida, USA
Howard Leung, City University of Hong Kong, HK
Hua Wang, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
John Murnane, Melbourne University, Australia
Julita Vassileva University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Kang Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Liz Burd, Univeristy of Durham, UK Lorna
Uden, Staffordshire University, UK Maggie
Minhong Wang, The University of Hong Kong, HK
Marc Spaniol, Max Planck Institute for Computer Science, Germany
Maria Grazia Ierardi, IMATI-CNR, Italy
Martin Wolpers, FIT, St. Augustin, Germany Myung
Hee Kang, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Nalin Sharda, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Philippos Pouyioutas, Intercollege, Cyprus
Philips Wang, City University of Hong Kong, HK
Qing Li, Hong Kong Web Society, Hong Kong
Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan
Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Rynson Lau, City University of Hong Kong
Shu-Nu Chang, Aletheia University, Taiwan and Linköping University, Sweden
Simon Yip, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK
Stefan Göbel, ZGDV , Darmstadt, Germany
Stefanie Lindstaedt, Know-Center Graz, Austria
Stephane Bressan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Sunsook Noh, Ewha Women's Univeristy, Korea
Timothy Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Tomaz Klobucar, Institut Josef-Stefan, Slovenia
Wolfgang Nejdl, University of Hannover & L3S, Hannover, Germany
Xavier Ochoa Chehab, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, Guayaquil,
Ecuador
Xiangen Hu, University of Memphis, USA
Xiaofeng Meng, Renming University, China
Yiwei Cao, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Yuanchun Shi, Tsinghua University, China
Yueh-Min Huang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan