International Symposium on Computers in Education

International Symposium on Computers in Education

Second Call for Papers

1st-3rd October 2008, Salamanca, Spain
http://siie08.usal.es


Organization

* Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Informática Educativa (ADIE)
* Spanish Chapter of the IEEE Education Society
* Departamento de Informática y Automática, Universidad de Salamanca
* GRupo de investigación en InterAcción y eLearning (GRIAL), Universidad de Salamanca


Aims

The International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE) is an international forum for the presentation and debate of the latest research advances on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Education. The Symposium aims at becoming a major point of contact between researchers, developers, institutional representatives and educators willing to share their points of view, knowledge and experiences.

This is the tenth edition of the Symposium, which is alternatively held in Spain and Portugal. The Symposium already has a long tradition and acknowledged prestige, being currently a reference for Computers in Education in Latin America.


Contributions

The Symposium welcomes high quality contributions describing original work of Computers in Education. Contributions can be of any of the following three categories: papers, software demonstrations and posters. Contributions can be written in Spanish, Portuguese or English.

All contributions must be sent as PDF files and follow the official ACM Proceedings format guidelines (http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). Contributions will be limited to the following number of pages: papers (6 pages), software demonstrations and posters (2 pages).

Submissions must be made using the conference management system available in the SIIE 2008 web page (http://siie08.usal.es).

Accepted papers will be published in the Symposium Proceedings (CD-ROM with ISBN) and distributed to participants. Moreover, several selections of the best papers will be made and published by different means:
* IE Comunicaciones (http://www.adie.es).
* Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías del Aprendizaje, IEEE RITA (http://webs.uvigo.es/cesei/RITA).
* Internacional Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (http://www.i-jet.org).
* Journal of Universal Computer Science (http://www.jucs.org).
* The annual publication (TICAI) of the Spanish, Portuguese and Colombian chapters of the IEEE Education Society.
The selections will be made on the basis of the marks given by the Program Committee and the quality of its presentation at the Symposium.


Scope

Topics relevant to the conference include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Design, development and evaluation of innovative educational software
* Application of pedagogical theories to design educational software
* Methodologies of use and innovative experiences with educational software
* Authoring of educational materials
* Educational software for specific domains
* Management tools in education
* Teacher training in ICT
* Distance, on-line and hybrid learning
* Web-based systems of courses, tools and resources
* Design and standardization of educational technologies, modelling languages and metadata
* Applications of the semantic web in education
* Social web and learning communities
* Human-computer interaction in education
* Multimedia, hypermedia and visualization in education
* Games and simulations in education
* Artificial intelligence in education
* Collaborative learning
* Mobile/ubiquitous computing in education


Program Committee

Velázquez Iturbide, J. Ángel (chairman) – Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Aedo Cuevas, Ignacio – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Anido Rifón, Luis – Universidad de Vigo, Spain
Auer, Michael E. – Carinthia Tech Institute Villach, Austria
Baranauskas, Cecilia – Universidad Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Ben-Ari, Mordechai (Moti) – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Berlanga Flores, Adriana José - Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
Bottino, Rosa María – Inst. Matemática Applicata, Italy
Bravo Santos, Crescencio – Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Carro Salas, Rosa M. – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Castro Gil, Manuel – Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Chagas, Isabel – Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Cysneiros, Paulo Gileno – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Delgado Kloos, Carlos – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Dias de Figueiredo, Antonio – Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Díaz Pérez, Paloma – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Dias, Paulo – Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Dodero Beardo, Juan Manuel – Universidad de Cádiz, Spain
Fabregat Gesa, Ramón – Universidad de Girona, Spain
Fernández de Castro, Isabel – Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
Fernández Díaz, Ramón Ángel – Universidad de León, Spain
Fernández Iglesias, Manuel José - Dir. Gral. Comunicación Audiovisual, Xunta de Galicia, Spain
Fernández Manjón, Baltasar – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Fernández-Valmayor, Alfredo – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Fernández Vicente, Eugenio - Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Galisteo, Antonio – CNICE, Ministerio de Educación, Spain
García Peñalvo, Francisco José – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Giraldo, Víctor – Universidad Central de las Vilas, Cuba
Gomes, Cristina – Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu, Portugal
González Boticario, Jesús – Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Henao, Octavio – Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Hoppe, Ulrich – University of Duisburg-Essen, Alemania
Klamma, Ralf – RWTH Aachen, Germany
Lewis, Robert – University of Lancaster, Great Britain
Llamas Nistal, Martín – Universidad de Vigo, Spain
Llorens Largo, Faraón – Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Loureiro, Maria João – Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Malmi, Lauri – Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Marcelino, Maria José – Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Mendes, António José – Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Moreira, António – Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Moriyón Salomón, Roberto – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Ortega Cantero, Manuel – Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Panizo Alonso, Luis – Universidad de León, Spain
Paredes Velasco, Maximiliano – Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Pérez Cota, Manuel – Universidad de Vigo, Spain
Ramos, José Luis – Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Redondo Duque, Miguel Ángel – Universidad de de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Reilly, Rob – MIT Media Lab, USA
Rodríguez Artacho, Miguel – Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Rodríguez Marín, Pilar – Universidad de Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Rodríguez Conde, Mª José – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Roessling, Guido – Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Rossi, Gustavo – Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
Sánchez, Jaime – Universidad de Chile, Chile
Sánchez Pérez, Juan Manuel – Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
Santarosa, Lucila – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Sicilia Urbán, Miguel Ángel – Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Sierra Rodríguez, José Luis – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Silva, Maria João – Escola Superior de Educaçao do Porto, Portugal
Spaniol, Marc – RWTH Aachen, Germany
Therón Sánchez, Roberto – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Urquiza Fuentes, Jaime – Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
van Assche, Frans – European SchoolNet, CEN/ISSS WS-LT vicechair, Belgium
Viccari, Rosa – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Wazlawick, Raul – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Zamarro Minguell, José Miguel – Universidad de Murcia, Spain


Organization Committee

García Peñalvo, Francisco José (chairman) – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Gil González, Ana Belén (secretary) – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Álvarez Navia, Iván – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Fernández Díaz, Ramón Ángel – Universidad de León, Spain
Fernández Manjón, Baltasar – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
García Carrasco, Joaquín – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
García-Bermejo Giner, José Rafael – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Llamas Nistal, Martín – Universidad de Vigo, Spain
Morales Morgado, Erla Mariela – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Ortega Cantero, Manuel – Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Panizo Alonso, Luis – Universidad de León, Spain
Rodríguez Conde, Mª José – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Seoane Pardo, Antonio Miguel – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Therón Sánchez, Roberto – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Zangrando, Valentina – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain


Important Dates

Paper submission: 1st-31st May 2008
Authors notification: 30th June 2008
Deadline for final paper submission: 15th July 2008
Deadline for registration of authors of accepted papers: 1st September 2008
The Symposium: 1st-3rd October 2008