ALICE 2019

9^th International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches

In conjunction with 3PGCIC-2019: 14^th International Conference on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing

November 7-9, 2019, Antwerp, Belgium

ACCEPTED PAPERS

Accepted papers have been included in the Proceedings of InCoS-2019, published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Data Engineering and Communication Technologies Series, vol. 96.

• Nicola Capuano, Santi Caballé: Multi-Attribute Categorization of MOOC Forum Posts and Applications to Conversational Agents
• Antonio Sarasa-Cabezuelo, Santi Caballé: A Tool for Creating Educational Resources Through Content Aggregation
• Josep Prieto, David Gañán: A Methodology Approach to Evaluate Cloud-based Infrastructures in Support for e-Assessment
• Jordi Conesa, Josep-Maria Batalla-Busquets, David Bañeres, Carme Carrion, Israel Conejero-Arto, María del Carmen Cruz Gil, Montserrat Garcia-Alsina, Beni Gómez-Zúñiga, María J. Martinez-Argüelles, Xavier Mas, Tona Monjo, Enric Mor: Towards an Educational Model for Lifelong Learning

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

Many researchers argue that learners must be meaningfully engaged in the learning process for effective learning to occur. Engaging learners long enough to see them through to the end of a course is one of the most significant issues faced today by learning developers. Learning tools and resources are today more effective, interactive, and easily accessible than in the past. Nevertheless, the current generation of students is native speakers in the language of digital media and their expectations are even higher. New learners expect to be in control of their learning experience while in a supportive and cooperative environment. They expect the course material to be motivating, challenging, well linked to their prior knowledge and relevant to everyday lives and careers.

The 9^th International Workshop ALICE 2019 aims at providing a forum for innovations in adaptive technologies for e-learning especially designed to improve the engagement of students in learning experiences. Works that combine adaptive techniques with approaches based on gamification, affective computing, social learning, storytelling, interactive video and new forms of assessment are welcome as well as works describing approaches based on educational data mining, learning and academic analytics aimed at improving learners’ motivation and teachers’ experience also taking into account aspects related to multimedia and security. Special emphasis is given to approaches based on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing as well as on computational intelligence and knowledge-based technologies.

Academic researchers, professionals and practitioners are invited to report their ideas, models, designs and experiences on the proposed topics. Empirical results from real users in learning and training settings are particularly welcome in order to evaluate and discuss the impact of the proposed innovations.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

The main topics of interest, within the scope of Adaptive e-Learning, include, but are not limited to:

• Gamification and Serious Games for Education
• Educational use of Digital Storytelling
• Motivation, Metacognition, and Affective Aspects of Learning
• Collaborative and Social Learning
• Collaborative Learning for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
• New Approaches to Formative Assessment
• Learning, Academic and Business Analytics
• Multimedia Systems for e-Learning
• Conversational Agents and Learning Analytics for Collaborative Learning
• Security Aspects of e-Learning
• Cloud, Cluster and P2P computing for e-Learning
• Knowledge-Based Models and Technologies for e-Learning
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

• Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia, Spain (co-chair)
• Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Italy (co-chair)
• Antonio Cerrato, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Jordi Conesa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
• Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, Greece
• Giuliana Dettori, Italian National Research Council, Italy
• Sara de Freitas, Coventry University, UK
• Angelo Gaeta, University of Salerno, Italy
• David Gañán, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
• Isabel Guitart, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
• Christian Gütl, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Jorge Miguel, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
• Néstor Mora, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
• Anna Pierri, University of Salerno, Italy
• Krassen Stefanov, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria

IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2019 (hard deadline)
• Notification of Acceptance: August 15, 2019
• Camera-Ready Submission: September 2, 2019
• Registration: September 2, 2019
• Workshop and 3PGCIC Main Conference: November 7-9, 2019