3rd workshop on Inclusive E-Learning (IEL 2010). 9th/ 10th September 2010 - King's College London, UK.
Following two successful previous workshops in 2008 (Maastricht/The Netherlands) and 2009 (Rostock/Germany), in the 3rd workshop on Inclusive E-Learning (IEL) we would like to go further into the question how we can provide inclusive systems addressing people with and without special needs and where are the limits of these demands. In our 2009 workshop we learned that e-inclusion should not be limited to supporting people with different kinds of disabilities by technology. In fact, designing systems which are per se enabled to support people with learning difficulties or special needs is probably an even more important issue.
Apart from the fact that only few people work towards these aims in the field of e-learning, collaborative learning, shared knowledge construction and the like, there is still a lack of an interdisciplinary European research community. One of the reasons is that research on e-inclusion, assistive technology, accessible systems, etc. seems to be a localised topic regarding language and cultural issues. Another reason can be seen in the fact that in the past inclusive e-learning did not play a major role in conferences which are capable to bring together researchers with different backgrounds to address the above mentioned topics from an interdisciplinary perspective.
We invite interdisciplinary researchers and developers for special solutions for elderly people, people with learning disabilities and people with special (educational) needs, to benefit from each other's experiences. We would like to address the comparable difficulties experienced by different types of learners with disabilities, early learners and elderly people when using ICT.
Important dates
Submission deadline: 30 April 2010 (extended)
Notification: 14 May 2010
Camera Ready: 15 June 2010
Workshop dates: 9th / 10th September 2010
Please note: The workshop will take place as a two half-day workshop, starting and finishing at lunchtime!
Main Topics
Interesting topics for submissions are (but not restricted to):
* Computer enriched environments/scenarios to support everyday life management of disabled or elderly people
* Practice reports
* Study results about difficulties with and/or advantages of computers used by elderly or disabled people
* Software developed for the target groups
* Research/studies about differences and similarities observed when disabled and elderly people are using computers
Submissions
* Please submit extended abstracts of 6-12 pages following the guidelines below.
* The workshop proceedings will be published as a book (including an accessible e-book version).
* Accepted papers will have a maximum length of 20 pages.
Submissions should be either in PDF or Word format. Writing with LaTeX will be highly appreciated. If you do so, please use the style file provided by EasyChair (http://www.easychair.org/easychair.zip). If you prefer MS Word please use 11pt.
If you do not have an EasyChair account, you will have to create one for your paper submissions.
Workshop Chairs
* Chris Abbott, King's College London, UK
* Andreas Lingnau, University of Strathclyde, UK
* Alke Martens, University of Rostock, Germany
* Martina Weicht, University of Rostock, Germany
Programme Committee (not yet completed)
* Stefan Carmien, Fatronic, Spain
* Andreas Harrer, Catholic University Eichstaett, Germany
* Klaus Miesenberger, University of Linz, Austria
* Peter Zentel, PH Reutlingen, Germany
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