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CALL: Learning Technologies: Wisconsin: Aug 2001

  • 1.  CALL: Learning Technologies: Wisconsin: Aug 2001

    Posted 10-29-2000 07:41
    International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2001)
    6-8 August 2001
    Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    http://lttf.ieee.org/icalt2001/

    ** Sponsored by
    IEEE Learning Technology Task Force
    IEEE Computer Society (approval pending)
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

    ** Supported by
    IEEE Learning Technology Standard Committee
    Army Reserve Readiness Training Center, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, USA

    ** Proceedings published by
    IEEE Computer Society Press


    ** Conference theme

    "ADVANCED LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES: ISSUES, ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES"

    The rapidly increasing interest in advanced learning technologies provide
    many challenges to those engaged in research and development. On the one
    hand the capabilities of digital technologies in providing and
    contributing to learning environments are opening up new approaches that
    utilise, for example, multimedia, virtuality and collaborative methods of
    knowledge management. On the other hand the changing and increasing
    demands of education in this technological age require practical
    techniques and applications that benefit a wider range of abilities,
    learning styles and organisations.

    Where should the computer be placed in these developments and what roles
    should it undertake in learning environments? What theories and
    representations should underpin research and what are the fruitful
    directions to follow and exploit? How should the adaptive intelligences
    of computing systems and teachers/students interact and collaborate?
    What pedagogies are appropriate and useful to guide applications and
    what tools and media are required for developers, teachers and students?
    Also evaluation is an important but often neglected issue, but what
    methods are appropriate to provide guidance and empowerment to these
    advances in learning technologies and their implementations?

    ICALT 2001 invites submissions with a good theoretical base or formalism
    that present new, yet unpublished, solid achievements based on
    experiments, that come to answer concretely one or more of the questions
    above or can point to possible answers. Survey papers are also accepted,
    if they are well documented, make a contribution to the field, and reveal
    new aspects and perspectives, as well as future directions.


    ** Topics of Interest
    The focus of the conference is on the design and development issues of
    advanced learning technologies. The topics of interest for the conference
    include but are not limited to:

    . Architecture of learning technology systems
    . Advanced uses of multimedia and hypermedia
    . Integrated learning environments
    . Application of artificial intelligence tools in learning technology
    . Application of metadata
    . Agents technology
    . Practical uses of authoring tools
    . Virtual reality
    . Teaching/learning strategies
    . Collaborative learning/groupware
    . Adaptive and intelligent applications
    . Internet based systems
    . Application of instructional design theories
    . Evaluation of learning technology systems

    The conference will focus on where the research in advance learning
    technology is heading and what are the implementation challenges in
    the real-world situations.


    ** Submissions

    Submissions are invited in following categories:
    - Papers
    - Panels
    - Tutorials
    - Workshops

    Details of submission procedure are available at:
    http://lttf.ieee.org/icalt2001/


    ** Important dates:

    Friday 16 February 2001 : Paper submission
    Friday 26 January 2001 : Panel proposal submission
    Friday 16 February 2001 : Tutorial proposal submission
    Friday 9 February 2001 : Workshop proposal submission


    ** ICALT 2001 Committee Members

    * Program Co-Chairs
    Roger Hartley, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
    Toshio Okamoto, University of Electro-Communications, Japan

    * General Chair
    Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zealand

    * Organizing Chair
    John P. Klus, UW- Madison, USA

    * Panel Chair
    Piet Kommers, Twente University, The Netherlands

    * Tutorial Chair
    Chris Jesshope, Massey University, New Zealand

    * Workshop Chair
    Chul-Hwan Lee, Inchon National University of Education, Korea

    * Steering Committee
    Michael Freeman, Off. of Strategic Intiatives, Chief US Army Res, USA
    Ildar Galeev, Kazan State Technological University, Russia
    Roger Hartley, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
    Randy Hinrichs, Microsoft Research, USA
    Chris Jesshope, Massey University, New Zealand
    Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zealand
    Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
    Toshio Okamoto, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
    Ashok Patel, De Montfort University, United Kingdom
    Katherine Sinitsa, Intl Res.& Trng Ctr of Info.Tech.& Systems, Ukraine

    * Program Committee
    Rosa Maria Bottino, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
    Stefano Cerri, University of Montpellier II, France
    Betty Collis, Twente University, The Netherlands
    Jonathan Darby, Oxford University, United Kingdom
    Chris Dede, Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA
    Darina Dicheva, Winston-Salem State University, USA
    Ben du Boulay, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
    Gerhard Fischer, University of Colorado, USA
    Ildar Galeev, Kazan State Technological University, Russia
    Peter Goodyear, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
    Randy Hinrichs, Microsoft Research, USA
    Ulrich Hoppe, University of Duisburg, Germany
    Kouji Itoh, Tokyo Science University, Japan
    Chris Jesshope, Massey University, New Zealand
    W. Lewis Johnson, University of Southern California, USA
    Judy Kay, University of Sydney, Australia
    Badrul Khan, The George Washington University, USA
    Ray Kemp, Massey University, New Zealand
    Alfred Kobsa, University of California, Irvine, USA
    Tanja Mitrovic, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
    Riichiro Mizoguchi, Osaka University, Japan
    Som Naidu, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Toshio Okamoto, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
    Ron Oliver, Edith Cowan University, Australia
    Reinhard Oppermann, GMD, Germany
    Valery A. Petrushin, Andersen Consulting, USA
    Clark Quinn, KnowledgePlanet, USA
    Roy Rada, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
    Thomas C. Reeves, University of Georgia, USA
    Robby Robson, Saba Software, USA
    Jeremy Roschelle, SRI International, USA
    Alex Shafarenko, University of Herfordshire, United Kingdom
    Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan, USA
    J. Michael Spector, Syracuse University, USA
    Barbara Wasson, University of Bergen, Norway
    Beverly Park Woolf, University of Massachusetts, USA

    * Organising Committee
    John P. Klus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
    Kinshuk, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    James Goff, ARRTC-Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, USA
    Patrick J. Koehler, ARRTC-Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, USA


    ** Contact information

    * For organizational matters, please contact:
    John P. Klus
    Organizing Chair
    Email: klus@engr.wisc.edu
    UW- Madison, 432 N. Lake St.
    Madison, Wi. 53706, USA
    Tel: +1 608 262 8819
    Fax: +1 608 263 3160

    * For general information, please contact:
    Kinshuk
    General Chair
    Email: kinshuk@massey.ac.nz
    Information Systems Department
    Massey University, Private Bag 11-222
    Palmerston North, New Zealand
    Tel: +64 6 350 5799 Ext 2090
    Fax: +64 6 350 5725