8th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2009)

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
19-21 August 2009
http://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2009/

ICWL is an annual international conference on web-based learning. Since
the first ICWL was held in Hong Kong in 2002, it has been held in
Australia (2003), China (2004), Hong Kong (2005), Malaysia (2006), United
Kingdom (2007), and China (2008). The 8th ICWL 2009 will be held in
Aachen, Germany, a city with rich culture, high-tech research, and a truly
European spirit.

ICWL 2009 will be jointly organized by Hong Kong Web Society, RWTH Aachen
University, and Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science. The technical
program will feature keynote addresses, workshops, tutorials, in addition
to presentations of refereed papers.

Areas of interest include but are not limited to the following:
* Technology Enhanced Learning
* Responsive Open Learning Environments
* Web-based Learning for Oriental Languages
* Mobile Learning
* Social Software and Web 2.0 for Technology Enhanced Learning
* Learning Resource Deployment, Organization and Management
* Design, Model and Framework of E-learning Systems
* E-learning Metadata and Standards
* Educational Gaming and Multimedia Storytelling for Learning
* Practice and Experience Sharing
* Pedagogical Issues

Paper Submissions:
Authors are invited to submit original papers on research results or novel
applications in web-based learning. Papers for submissions should be
formatted in single column of no more than 10 pages in single line spacing
and in PDF format for review. All accepted papers will appear in the
conference proceedings. All accepted full papers presented in the
conference will be published as a volume in Springer Lecture Notes in
Computer Science LNCS. It is further planned that authors of the best
papers will be invited to submit their extended versions for special
issues of relevant journals.

* ICWL09 paper submission system is open. Please submit your paper as PDF
http://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2009/submission.html

* Please follow the Springer LNCS Authors Guideline (single column of no
more than 10 pages in single line spacing)
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0

Important Dates:

* Full Paper Submission Deadline: March 16, 2009
* Workshop Proposals Submission Deadline: March 1, 2009
* Poster Paper Submission Deadline: May 1, 2009

For more information about the conference, workshop proposal or paper
submission, please check the conference web site or send an email to:
icwl2009@hkws.org