[topicmapmail] SW-EL@ICALT'05 - Deadline EXTENDED to MARCH 30, 2005

[Dicheva, Darina]

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SW-EL'05: Workshop on Applications of Semantic Web Technologies
                   for e-Learning

             in conjuction with ICALT 2005:

        The 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced
                   Learning Technologies

              (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, July 5-8, 2005)=20

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http://www.win.tue.nl/SW-EL/2005/swel05-icalt05/swel05-icalt05.html

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PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 30, 2005 (EXTENDED)

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This workshop will focus on the application of semantic web=20
technologies and standards for the needs of e-learning systems and=20
discuss issues related to their use for content and knowledge=20
components specification, effective courseware construction and=20
modeling the learner.

SWEL'05 is the third in a series (http://www.win.tue.nl/SW-EL/)
following the successful SW-EL'04, held in three sessions in=20
conjunction with three different conferences (AH 2004, The Netherland,
ITS 2004, Brazil, and ISWC 2004, Japan) and the Workshop on Concepts=20
and Ontologies in Web-based Educational Systems, held in conjunction=20
with ICCE'2002 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Workshop goals
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* To discuss the current state-of-the-art in using semantic web=20
technologies and standards in e-learning applications.=20

* To attract the interest of the related research communities to the=20
problems in educational web-based systems and serve as an international=20
platform for knowledge exchange and cooperation between researchers. =20

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Important Dates
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Paper submission: March 30, 2005 (extended)
Notification: April 5, 2005
Camera-ready submission (2 pages for conf. proceedings): April 12, 2005
Camera ready (full paper for online workshop proceedings): May 15, 2005

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Workshop topics
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Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:

* Using ontologies and/or semantic web technologies within e-learning=20
applications (to achieve interoperability between educational=20
applications, sharable user models and knowledge components, etc.).

* Ontology engineering and knowledge representation in e-learning =
systems.=20
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* Using ontologies and/or Semantic Web technologies to support authoring =

of e-learning systems.=20

* Using Semantic Web technologies to achieve better personalization and=20
adaptation in e-learning systems (i.e. modularized and standardized=20
architectures, separation of domain models and application models, =
flexible=20
user models)..
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* Using Semantic Web services for the purposes of e-learning (i.e.=20
authoring service, user modeling service, etc.).=20

* Web standards issues for e-learning, e.g. moving educational standards =

such as LOM and SCORM closer to the semantic web.

* Real-world systems, case studies and empirical research for e-learning =

systems.

* Semantic web-based e-learning architectures.

The topics can be approached from different perspectives:=20
theoretical, systems engineering, application, case study and system=20
evaluation, etc.=20

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Workshop Format
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This will be a half-day workshop, including 20 minute position paper=20
presentations and a panel discussion on selected topics from the paper=20
presentations.=20

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Submission
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The participants can submit position papers up to 10 pages long. The=20
accepted papers will be published online on the workshop website. In=20
addition, two-page abstracts of all accepted papers will be included=20
in the conference proceedings.

Submit your full papers in electronic form in (*.doc), (*.rtf) or =
(*.pdf)
to the workshop co-chairs at dichevad@wssu.edu and l.m.aroyo@tue.nl.=20
Include SW-EL@ICALT'05 in the subject line.

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Workshop proceedings
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The papers of the workshop will be made available online on the
workshop web site (http://www.win.tue.nl/SW-EL/). Two-page abstracts=20
of the accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings.
Possibilities will be investigated to publish the best workshop=20
papers in a special issue of a refereed journal (e.g. IJCEELL, ET&S,=20
etc).

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Workshop Co-chairs
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Lora Aroyo, The Netherlands
Darina Dicheva, USA

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Workshop Committee
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Ignacio Aedo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Weiqin Chen, University of Bergen, Norway=20
Vladan Devedzic,  University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Peter Dolog, L3S and University of Hanover, Germany=20
Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Mitsuru Ikeda, JAIST, Japan
Kinshuk, Massey Univeristy, New Zealand
Ambj=F6rn Naeve, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden=20
Tommy Nordeng, Cerpus AS, Norway
Hiroaki Ogata, Tokushima University, Japan
Niels Pinkwart, University of Duisburg, Germany
Daniel R. Rehak, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Demetrios Sampson, Center for Research and Technology-Hellas, Greece
Miguel-Angel Sicilia, University of Alcal=E1, Spain=20

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Contact
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Lora Aroyo, http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~laroyo, mailto:l.m.aroyo@tue.nl
Department of Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology
PO Box 513, 5600 MD Eindhoven, The Netherlands
phone: +31 40 2472765 fax: +31 40 2463992

Darina Dicheva, http://www.wssu.edu/~dicheva/, mailto:dichevad@wssu.edu
Department of Computer Science, Winston-Salem State University
601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Winston Salem, N.C. 27110, USA
phone: +1 336 750-2484 fax: +1 336 750-2499

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