The 16th International Conference on Computers in Education  ICCE 2008
CSCL & the Learning Sciences (C2)
27-31, October, 2008 - Taipei, Taiwan

Organized by the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
Hosted by the National Science and Technology Program of eLearning, Taiwan
http://www.apsce.net/icce2008

Since the conception of the term "learning sciences" some 15 to 20 years ago, young researchers have developed a passion for understanding how learning occurs. Prior to such a conception, there were many other researchers who were working in other disciplines such as educational psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, and others who had studied learning in both experimental and naturalistic settings. Motives that drive this field include to improve theories about learning, and to transform opportunities and contexts from not-so-deep learning to deeper or heightened quality in learning among all participants involved. Researchers in the learning sciences research are not satisfied with just a set of data and interpretations, but are concerned with deriving design principles and the success criteria: conditions through which change and innovation occur. A strong tradition of research in the learning sciences is Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), a field centrally concerned with how learning takes place through collective activity, and how designed artifacts may mediate and support that activity.

In C2, we wanted to highlight efforts in CSCL and the learning sciences research beyond that of North America and Europe. There are indeed researchers and young academics who are "hidden" in this part of the world who are also concerned with similar issues. One possible advantage is that educational systems in Asia are more centralized. Because various countries in Asia have articulated the need to reform pedagogy and learning design towards more constructivist and social-constructivist orientations, there are strong possibilities of appropriating the outcomes of CSCL and learning sciences research to impact practice, and for practice to further inform and define research. In addition, researchers from different parts of the Asia-Pacific region pursue their research from different theoretical orientations and traditions; there is synergy in bringing together the fusion of these different perspectives to CSCL and the learning sciences. We invite you to participate in this dialogue.

THE TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Analysis and Evaluation Methods: Action Research, Case Studies, Cognitive Studies, Conversation Analysis, Descriptive Studies, Design Experiments, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Experimental Studies, Participatory  Evaluation, Protocol Analysis, Social Network Analysis, Surveys and  Questionnaires, Video Analysis
Core Disciplines: Anthropology, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive  Psychology, Communication Studies, Computer Science, Cultural Psychology,  Didactics, Education, Educational Psychology, Ethnomethodology, History,  Human-Computer Interaction, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, Semiotics,  Social Psychology, Sociology
Learning Technologies and Tools: Agents, Chats, Discussions, Email,  Groupware, Handheld/Mobile Devices, Hypermedia, Intelligent Systems,
Listservs, Low Cost Solutions, MOOs, MUDs and MUVEs, Microworlds,  Representational Tools, Shared Workspaces, Simulations, Videoconferencing,  Virtual/3D Environments
Issues and Measures: Access, Adoption of Technologies, Affective Dimensions,  Argumentation, Best Practices, Cognitive Dimensions, Conceptual Change,  Culture, Equity and Gender, Gesture and Gaze, Identity and Community,  Interactional Practices, Intersubjectivity, Learning Outcomes, Partnering  Across Sectors/Organizations, Representational Affordances, Shared Knowledge,  Student Achievement
Settings: Architectural/Embedded, Community Settings, Informal Learning  Settings, Life long learning, Portable/Ubiquitous Collaboration, Primary
School, Secondary School, University, Virtual Communities, Workplace Design: Architectures, Computational Models, Participatory Design, Scenario- based Design, Usability
Theories and Pedagogical Approaches: Activity Theory, Actor-Network Theory,  Case-Based Instruction, Constructionism, Constructivism, Cultural-Historical  Activity Theory, Design-Based Instruction, Deweyan Transactionalism,  Dialogism, Discovery Learning, Distance Learning, Distributed Cognition,  Ecological Theory, Inquiry Learning, Neo-Piagetian Conflict Theory,  Participatory Simulations, Phenomenology, Problem-Based Learning, Project-Based Instruction, Scaffolding, Situated Learning, Symbolic Interactionism

IMPORTANT DATES

Event	Submission	Acceptance Notification	Final Version Due
Conference Papers	May 1, 2008	July 15, 2008	Aug. 15, 2008
Workshop Proposals	May 15, 2008	June 10, 2008	July  1, 2008
Workshop Papers	Aug. 15, 2008	Aug. 31, 2008	Sept. 15, 2008
Tutorial Proposals	Aug. 1, 2008	Aug. 15, 2008	Aug. 30, 2008
Doctor Student Consortium Papers	Aug. 1, 2008	Aug. 15, 2008	Aug. 30, 2008
Panel Proposals	Aug. 1, 2008	Aug. 15, 2008	Aug. 30, 2008
Interactive Sessions Proposals	Aug. 1, 2008	Aug. 15, 2008	Aug. 30, 2008

 
SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
Full Papers: 8 pages
Short Papers: 5 pages

COMMITTEES
Conference Chair: Yoneo Yano, Tokushima University, Japan

LS/CSCL Program Co-chairs
Dan Suthers, University of Hawai`i at Manoa (USA)
Chee-Kit Looi, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Fei-Ching Chen, National Central University (Taiwan)

Senior Programme Committee Members
Fu Yun Yu, National Cheng-Kung University (Taiwan)
Jun Oshima, Shizuoka University (Japan)
Naomi Miyake, Chukyo University (Japan)
Gerry Stahl, Drexel University (USA)
Nancy Law, University of Hong Kong (China)
Carol Chan, University of Hong Kong (China)
Jan Van Aalst, University of Hong Kong, (China)
Hsin-Kai Wu, National Normal University (Taiwan)
Kuo-En Chang, National Normal University (Taiwan)
Jerry Andriessen, Utrecht University (the Netherlands)
Friedrich Hesse, Knowledge Media Research Center (Germany)
Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Rutgers University (USA)
Richard Lesh, Indiana University (USA)
Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
Eric Hamilton, Pepperdine University (USA)
Chris Hoadley, Penn State University (USA)
Nathan Dwyer, SRI International (USA)
Hans Spada, University of Freiburg (Germany)
Iris Tabak, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)
Kate Bielaczyc, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

Programme Committee Members
Sheryl Wu, National Yang-Ming University (Taiwan)
Madhumita Bhattacharya, Athabasca University (Canada)
Ng Mee Wah Eugenia. Hong Kong Institute of Education (China)
Tae-Wuk Lee, Korea National University of Education (Korea)
Wong Su Luan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (Malaysia)
Wenli Chen, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Hyo-jeong So, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Huang-Yao Hong, National Chengchi University (Taiwan)
Teemu Leinonen, University of Art & Design Helsinki (Finland)
(Others to be added)