DET 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS

2014 International Workshop on Distance Education Technologies

http://www.ksi.edu/seke/det14cfp.html
(Alternate website: www.cs.pitt.edu/~chang/seke/det14cfp.html)

Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center, Pittsburgh, USA, August 27 to 29, 2014

In conjunction with 2014 International Conference of Distributed Multimedia Systems
http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms14.html
(Alternate website: www.cs.pitt.edu/~chang/seke/dms14.html)

Organized by Knowledge Systems Institute, USA

SCOPE

DET 2014 focuses on creative solutions on distance education. It combines several advanced topics on design, implementation, and applications of E-learning systems. Submissions may cover novel approaches on distance learning tools, communication mechanisms, distance learning and culture, new educational technologies, distance learning, serious game, simulation, and the arts, and so on. Our special attention will be devoted to the following themes:

This workshop is being held in conjunction with 20th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS 2014) http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms14.html.

Presenters of selected papers from DET 2014 may be invited to submit an extended article to a special issue of International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET) for publication.

TOPICS

Distance Education Technologies cover important aspects of Communication Technologies, distance learning and culture improvement and arts by using Intelligent Technologies and Educational Technologies. In addition to the themes, the technical issues to be addressed include, but are not limited to:

Technology Enhanced Learning
Ubiquitous Learning
Intelligent learning
Eclipse Open source ecosystem and E-learning
Societal, Legal and Ethical Considerations
Pedagogical issues
Distance Learning for culture and arts
Virtual environment and serious game for education

PROCEEDINGS WILL BE PUBLISHED AS SPECIAL ISSUE OF JVLC

The Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC), which is indexed by SCI, EI, DBLP, Scopus and other indexers, will publish the entire proceedings of DMS/VLC/DET2014 as the December 2014 special issue of JVLC. The conference will first publish a preliminary proceedings available online only to authors and conference attendees. Papers will go through three rounds of reviews (see detailed review plan) so that they can be further improved to meet the standard of JVLC. The formal proceedings/JVLC special issue will be available both in print and online.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Papers should be prepared according to the DMS'2014 submission requirements. Electronic submissions are encouraged through the following URL: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dms2014z. When submitting, select the track DET14 Distant Education Technologies Workshop.

Manuscript must include a 200-word abstract and no more than 8 pages of double column text (include figures and references). All submissions must not be published or under consideration for publication in a journal or in a conference with proceedings. Papers will be evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness and clarify of exposition. Depending upon the results of evaluation a paper may be accepted as regular paper (8 pages), short paper (5 pages) or poster (poster presentation only).

IMPORTANT DATES

CONTACT INFORMATION

DET'14 Secretariat
Knowledge Systems Institute
156 Park Square, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 USA
E-mail: dms2014z@easychair.org

DET'14 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS

Angela Guercio, Kent State University, USA; workshop co-chair
Tim Arndt, Cleveland State University, USA; workshop co-chair

DET'14 PROGRAM CHAIR

Paolo Maresca, University Federico II, Napoli, Italy; Program Chair

DET'14 PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Tim Arndt, Cleveland State University, USA
Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada
Yuan-Sun Chu, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Mauro Coccoli, University of Genova, Italy
Luigi Colazzo, University of Trento, Italy
Massimo De Santo, Universita degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
Rita Francese, University of Salerno, Italy
Angelo Gargantini, University of Bergamo, Italy
Angela Guercio, Kent State University, USA
Pedro Isaias, Open University, Portugal
Lian Li, HeFei University of Technology, China
Hong Lin, University of Houston-Downtown, USA
Paolo Maresca, University Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Andrea Molinari, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Ignazio Passero, University of Salerno, Italy
Elvinia Riccobene, University of Milano, Italy
Michele Risi, University of Salerno, Italy
Teresa Roselli, University of Bari, Italy
Veronica Rossano, University of Bari, Italy
Giuseppe Scanniello, University of Salerno, Italy
Lidia Stanganelli, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
Mahbubur Syed, Minnesota State University, USA
Kazuo Yana, Hosei University, Japan

DET'14 PUBLICITY CHAIR

Lidia Stanganelli, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy; Publicity Chair

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