(apologies for cross-posting) ************************************************************************ First Call for Papers ************************************************************************ 5th International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies in Education (WMUTE 2008) March 23-26 2008 Beijing, China http://www.wmute2008.org/ Important Dates: October 5, 2007 Submissions due November 23, 2007 Notification of acceptance December 23, 2007 Camera ready papers due Call For Papers: The rapid progress of mobile and ubiquitous technologies enables internet connections, anytime and anywhere, with ease. Traditional ways of learning and teaching, happening at fixed times and places such as schools or offices and limited with numbers of people, are changing remarkably. Although such technologies allow people to learn in an appropriate context, they cannot guarantee that the learning environments we design will be successful. Issues of design, implementation, deployment and evaluation of such technology supported learning environments should be investigated from interdisciplinary points of view, including computer science, educational research, cognitive science, and so on. WMUTE 2008 is the 5th international meeting, extending the four previous WMTE/WMUTE workshops held in 2002 (Vaxjo, Sweden), 2004 (Taipei, Taiwan), 2005 (Tokushima, Japan) and 2006 (Athens, Greece) to become a conference the first time. This conference provides a forum for researchers and practitioners of this emerging area for discussing these innovative learning technologies and challenging research issues through high quality papers and presentations. The topics of interest include but are not limited to: ・Innovative and practical use of wireless, mobile and ubiquitous technologies for education, learning and training ・Adaptive and adaptable learning environments using mobile and ubiquitous devices ・Agent support for mobile and ubiquitous learning ・Architectures and implementations of context-aware learning technology systems ・Architectures and infrastructures for ubiquitous learning systems ・Design of learner-supportive interfaces of ubiquitous learning applications ・Designs for wireless, mobile and ubiquitous technologies in education ・Digital tangibles or wireless sensor networks for learning ・Entertainment computing for ubiquitous learning ・Evaluation and evaluation methodologies for ubiquitous learning environments ・Game-based learning in mobile and ubiquitous learning environments ・Innovative devices for mobile/ubiquitous learning ・Amalgamating Integrating individual and collaborative learning in mobile and ubiquitous learning environments ・Lifelong learning support in ubiquitous/mobile environment ・Mobile and ubiquitous computing support for collaborative learning ・Mobile, ubiquitous and wireless technologies for indoor and outdoor learning ・New pedagogical theories for ubiquitous learning environments and society ・Virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies for ubiquitous/mobile learning General Co-Chairs: Tak-Wai Chan, National Central University, Taiwan Demetrios G. Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece Local Chair: Ronghuai Huang, Beijing Normal University, China Program Co-Chairs: Claire O'Malley, University of Nottingham, UK Masanori Sugimoto, University of Tokyo, Japan Program Committee: Mohamed Ally, Athabasca University, Canada Gerardo Ayala, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico Chih-Yung Chang, Tamkang University, Taiwan Maiga Chang, Office of e-Learning National Project, Taiwan Yam-San Chee, National Institute of Education, Singapore Irene Y.L. Chen, Ching Yun University, Taiwan Weiqin Chen, University of Bergen, Norway Panayiotis Demestichas, University of Piraeus, Greece Guangzuo Cui, Peking University, P.R. China Ulrich Hoppe, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany Sherry Hsi, Exploratorium, USA Gwo-Jen Hwang, National University of Tainan, Taiwan Tomoo Inoue, University of Tsukuba, Japan Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan Kinshuk, Athabasca University, Canada Siu Cheung Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Lam-for Kwok, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Chen-Chung Liu, National Central University, Taiwan Chee-Kit Looi, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Rose Luckin, Institute of Education, UK Rory McGreal, Athabasca University, Canada Marcelo Milrad, Vaxjo University, Sweden Jun Nakahara, University of Tokyo, Japan Hiroaki Ogata, Tokushima University, Japan Roy Pea, Stanford University, USA Jeremy Roschelle, SRI International, USA Danae Stanton Fraser, Bath University, UK Mike Sharples, University of Nottingham, UK Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan, USA Marcus Specht, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands Yao-Tin Sung, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Makiko Takenaka, Oita University, Japan Deborah Tatar, Virginia Tech, USA Qiong Wang, Peking University, P.R.China Barbara Wasson, University of Bergen, Norway Earl Woodruff, University of Toronto, Canada Stephen J. H. Yang, National Central University, Taiwan --- Masanori Sugimoto, University of Tokyo Department of Frontier Informatics 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561 Tel: +81-4-7136-3890, Fax: +81-4-7136-4075 Department of Information and Communication Engineering 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Tel: +81-3-5841-6796, Fax: +81-3-5841-6682 Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.itl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ --------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send an empty email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://sigchi.org/listserv ---------------------------------------------------------------