Alice 2011 Workshop Print
great success for:
ALICE 2011: International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches 

DECEMBER 1st, 2011
FUKUOFA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FIT) - JAPAN in conjunction with INCoS 2011 
(http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/~incos2011)

SPECIAL ISSUE

Best papers of the ALICE 2011 Workshop have been invited for potential inclusion of an extended version in a Special Issue of the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (JCAL).
ISSN: 0266-4909. Indexed in ISI Journal Citation Reports® 2010: Education & Educational Research: 41 / 177 (Q1): Impact Factor: 1.25


FULL PROGRAMME

In conjunction with the INCOS 2011: Third International Conference on Networking and Collaborative Systems
http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/~incos2011

Final notes:
The workshop has been really successful in terms of presences and interactivity of the people present.
The first session has been introduced by Keynote Naomi Miyake, CoREF, University di Tokyo giving a big prestige to the all Workshop.
Santi Caballe (UOC) and Nicola Capuano (CRMPA) have been rewarded with the "Certificate of Appreciation" in recognition of the significant contribution to 3-rd IEEEINCoS-2011

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******OUTSTANDING NEWS*******

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Naomi Miyake, CoREF, University of Tokyo
Keynote title: "Knowledge constructive jigsaw as an adaptive learning framework: Its design principles and network supports"

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SPECIAL ISSUE FROM THE WORKSHOP ALICE 2011
CALL FOR PAPERS
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning JCAL Journal - Wiley - ISSN: 0266-4909
Title of Special Issue: “Advances in Adaptive e-Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional systems”
 
Theme of this Special Issue
Despite a great potential and some initial successes, e-learning systems do not yet have the impact that many believe is possible. Moreover, the gap seems to be increasing because of the greater expectations of the current generation (Digital Natives) who have grown up with modern technology.
There are also more general problems. In particular, an over-emphasis on cost effectiveness has meant that content is often not as strong as it needs to be and this deficiency has contributed to a lack of user engagement and some high attrition rates. Studies have consistently highlighted the important relationship between engagement and learning, with students who are highly motivated being more likely to engage in the learning process.
This Special Issue aims at presenting innovative adaptive e-learning combining personalization, collaboration and simulation aspects within an affective/emotional based approach able to contribute to the overcoming of the quoted limitations of current e-learning systems and content. Special emphasis is given to environments that are interactive, challenging and context aware while enabling learners’ demand of empowerment, social identity, and authentic learning experience.
The expected contributions should be able to effectively involve learners in educational, cultural and informative activities. Empirical results from real users in real learning and training settings will be very valuable in order to evaluate and discuss the impact of the proposed innovative features.
This Special Issue follows the International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches (ALICE 2011), held in November 30- December 2, 2011, at Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Fukuoka, Japan. 
 
Submission procedure
Authors of papers presented at the International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches (ALICE 2011), held on December 1, 2011, at Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Fukuoka, Japan, are invited to prepare an extended version of their papers for this special issue. The extended version must include at least 30% of additional, new and unpublished material. To satisfy this requirement, authors of selected papers should:
1. Respond to all comments made by reviewers, especially those that were not addressed in the final submitted version due to space limitations; Also, take into account comments and suggestions posed during the presentation at the conference.
2. Expand and update related work, or include a complete, new section on your topic if applicable;
3. Expand the discussion of experimental results and, whenever possible, include new results;
4. Explicitly include any related material discussed elsewhere (i.e., authors should make their papers as self-contained as possible);
5. Update the list of references, especially to include the most recent versions of the cited papers. You are strongly suggested to make references to related papers published by JCAL to ensure context of the work.
Submissions should thus include the extended manuscript (pdf file) and responses to the Guest Editors with comments on the revisions made. All materials must be sent to Dr. Santi Caballe ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
When preparing your manuscript, please refer to the journal’s Guidelines for Authors at http://jcal.info/submit/. For further instructions, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers visit the Journal web page at: http://jcal.info/
 
Schedule
The tentative schedule for this special issue is as follows:
December 20th, 2011: Confirmation of Your Acceptance of this Invitation
January 30th, 2012: Submission of the Extended Manuscript (PDF file)
March 30th, 2012: Notification of First Results with Reviewers’ Comments
May 30th, 2012: Submission of the Revised Manuscript (PDF file)
June 30th, 2012: Final Notification of Acceptance or Rejection
July 30th, 2012: Submission of the Camera Ready Version
Tentative publication at end of 2012 or early 2013
Contact
We hope you will consider submitting your paper and making the research we collaboratively outlined during the Workshop ALICE 2011 available to a larger audience.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Many thanks in advance for your collaboration!
Santi Caballe, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Italy ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )