You are cordially invited to be part of MOOCIR 2014,

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May 15 - 16, 2014 - Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

International Workshop on Massive Open Online Courses: The impact and reach
(MOOCIR 2014)
MOOCIR 2014 is collocated with the V International Conference on Quality
and Accessibility in eLearning (CAFVIR 2014)
More information: http://ges.galileo.edu/mooc-workshop/

Promotional video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvsVbrFKhm0
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Important dates:
* Abstracts/Draft Papers Submissions: March 2nd, 2014 ( Deadline
extension  *March
16th, 2014*)
* Notification to Authors: March 29, 2014
* Camera Ready: April 14th, 2014
* Workshop: May 15 -16, 2014
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The Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a popular phenomenon in the
online learning world. Today many institutions offer MOOCs; the two main
MOOC portals (Coursera, Edx) have about 135 partners while many more
institutions are exploring the possibilities of such effort. This
phenomenon has not only created a new trend in online education, it also
has been adopted by a number of institutions around the world, allowing
spaces for research in pedagogical, technological and organizational
aspects.

This workshop will focus on the exchange of popular trends and research
results, as well as the presentation of practical experiences gained while
developing of MOOCs; we invite researchers, technologists, and course
designers from universities and industry to share their approaches and
perspectives on key topics, including analytics and data mining,
assessment, credentialing, pedagogy aspects, gamification, cloud services
and resources, universal design, accessibility and technological
frameworks/architectures. Best papers will be selected for submission of
Journal Universal Computer Science (JUCS) Special Issue on Massive Open
Online Courses: Combining Methodologies and Architectures for Success
Learning. Additional to presentations, we will do small workshops and group
discussions about upcoming initiatives and insights from key experts in the
field.

Topics of Interest
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Technological models and frameworks to support MOOCs
Assessment (different types of assessment approaches and technologies)
MOOCs scalability and quality assurance models at the pedagogical and
technical level, supported by innovative technology
Cloud Services and Resources (the use of innovative Web 2.0 applications
and resources that can be orchestrated through interoperable API's to the
MOOC learning environment)
Learning Analytics
Gamification and Social Learning Artefacts
Universal Design and Accessibility issues in MOOCs contents and platforms
Adaptive policies for managing different participant profiles
Pedagogical issues, tutoring roles and human interaction in MOOCs
development
Security and accreditation models.
Experiences and best practices in implementing MOOCs
Instructional Design for MOOCs

Submission and Publications
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We invite contributions in the following categories:
Research papers (up to 6 pages)
Descriptions of interactive demos (up to 2 pages).
These descriptions should be focused on real life experiences and provide
sharable hands-on experience during the workshop.
Discussion papers (up to 2 pages).
These papers should pinpoint relevant current issues in the development of
MOOCs.

Important Dates
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Submissions deadline:
Research papers extended abstract (2 pages) - March 16, 2014.
Descriptions of interactive demos (up to 2 pages) - March 16, 2014.
Discussion papers (up to 2 pages) - March 16, 2014.
Notification of Acceptance - March 29, 2014.
Camera-ready submissions (including Research paper 6 pages) - April 14,
2014.
Workshop dates: May 15-16, 2014
Papers only prepared according to the IEEE guidelines for authors here
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting

Papers must be submitted via EasyChair:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=moocir14

Conference Language
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English is the official conference language. Online participation
(presentation of papers only) is also possible.

Organizers
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Al Essa,Vice President, Analytics, Research and Development, McGraw-Hill
Education, USA.
Francisco J. García-Peñalvo, Director GRIAL, University of Salamanca,
SPAIN.
Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SPAIN
Rocael Hernandez-Rizzardini, Director GES, Galileo University, GUATEMALA.

The workshop is organized by Galileo University and members of ESVI-AL
project, part of the ALFA III programme for the European Union.

For more information please visit: http://ges.galileo.edu/mooc-workshop



-- 
Héctor Amado

Galileo University, Guatemala  -  ESVI-AL project,   @proyectoESVIAL
www.esvial.org

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