[Air-L] SPeL 2017 - extended deadlines

[Elvira Popescu]

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SPeL 2017
10th International Workshop on Social and Personal Computing for
Web-Supported Learning Communities
http://software.ucv.ro/~epopescu/spel2017

In conjunction with ICWL 2017 (16th International Conference on Web-based
Learning)
http://www.hkws.org/conference/icwl2017
& SETE 2017 (2nd International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for
Education)
http://2017.isete.net

20-22 September 2017
Cape Town, South Africa


* Extended paper submission deadline: June 25, 2017 (preceded by a
mandatory abstract submission by June 18)

* All accepted workshop papers will be published by Springer in Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)

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MOTIVATION
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The workshop follows the previous SPeL 2008, SPeL 2009, SPeL 2010, SPeL
2011, DULP & SPeL 2012, SPeL 2013, SPeL 2014, SPeL 2015 and SPeL 2016
workshops, held in conjunction with the SAINT 2008 conference, WI/IAT 2009
conference, DEXA 2010 conference, ICWL 2011 conference, ICALT 2012
conference, ICSTCC 2013 conference, ICWL 2014 conference, ICSLE 2015
conference and ICWL & SETE 2017 conferences respectively. The general
topic of the workshop is the social and personal computing for
web-supported learning communities.

Web-based learning is moving from centralized, institution-based systems
to a decentralized and informal creation and sharing of knowledge. Social
software (e.g., blogs, wikis, social bookmarking systems, media sharing
services) is increasingly being used for e-learning purposes, helping to
create novel learning experiences and knowledge. In the world of pervasive
Internet, learners are also evolving: the so-called "digital natives" want
to be in constant communication with their peers, they expect an
individualized instruction and a personalized learning environment, which
automatically adapt to their individual needs. The challenge in this
context is to provide intelligent and adaptive support for collaborative
learning, taking into consideration the individual differences between
learners.

This workshop deals with current research on the interplay between
collaboration and personalization issues for supporting intelligent
learning environments. Its aim is to provide a forum for discussing new
trends and initiatives in this area, including research about the
planning, development, application, and evaluation of intelligent learning
environments, where people can learn together in a personalized way
through social interaction with other learners.

The workshop is targeted at academic researchers, developers,
educationists and practitioners interested in innovative uses of social
media and adaptation techniques for the advancement of intelligent
learning environments. The proposed field is interdisciplinary and very
dynamic, taking into account the recent advent of Web 2.0 and ubiquitous
personalization, and it is hoped to attract a large audience.


TOPICS OF INTEREST
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The workshop welcomes submissions covering aspects of collaboration,
social interactions, adaptivity and personalization in technology enhanced
learning, particularly related to issues about:

    * Social learning environments
    * Theory and modeling of social computing in education
    * Web 2.0 tools for collaborative learning
    * Personal learning environments
    * Lifelong learning networks
    * Virtual spaces for learning communities
    * Social networks analysis and mining
    * Computer-supported collaborative learning
    * Personalized and adaptive learning
    * Adaptation methods and techniques for groups of learners
    * Intelligent learner and group modeling
    * Collaborative filtering and recommendations for learners
    * Game-based social learning
    * Personalized mobile learning applications
    * Cloud-based social learning
    * Intelligent agent technology for social learning
    * Metadata, folksonomies and tagging
    * Semantic web and ontologies for personalized learning
    * Cognitive, motivational and affective aspects for personalization
    * Practice and experience sharing


PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
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The workshop papers should be formatted according to the Springer LNCS
Authors Guidelines
(http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). The length
of the manuscript should not exceed 6 pages for short papers and 10 pages
for full papers.

Papers should be submitted in PDF format, through the Easychair system:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spel2017.

All accepted workshop papers will be published in a post-conference
proceedings volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).


IMPORTANT DATES
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Abstract submission: June 18, 2017 (extended, strict!)
Full paper submission: June 25, 2017 (extended, strict!)
Acceptance notification: July 12, 2017
Registration and camera-ready papers: July 25, 2017
Conference dates: September 20-22, 2017


WORKSHOP CHAIRS
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Elvira Popescu - University of Craiova, Romania
Sabine Graf - Athabasca University, Canada


Please refer to the workshop website
(http://software.ucv.ro/~epopescu/spel2017) for more information and
contact us at: popescu_elvira at software.ucv.ro or sabineg at athabascau.ca for
any inquiry.