http://www.ec-tel.eu/

OBJECTIVES
The EC-TEL Doctoral Consortium brings together Ph.D. students working on topics related to Technology Enhanced Learning. The doctoral consortium will offer Ph.D. students the opportunity to present, discuss, and receive feedback on their research in an interdisciplinary and international atmosphere. The Doctoral Consortium will be accompanied by prominent professors and researchers in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning. Accompanying professors will provide feedback to the papers that are selected for the doctoral consortium and participate actively and contribute to the discussions. The Doctoral Consortium is co-located with and will take place immediately before the EC-TEL 2011 conference. The working language of the Doctoral Consortium is English.

The intention of this doctoral consortium is to support and inspire Ph.D. students during their ongoing research efforts. Therefore, it is necessary that authors will have neither achieved their Ph.D. degree nor officially submitted their thesis before the doctoral consortium (September 2011). To enforce this rule we require authors to disclose their expected graduation date and their advisor's name when submitting.

FEES, SCHOLARSHIPS for the Doctoral Consortium
The ECTEL 2011 early registration fee for students is €250 and this fee includes participation in the Doctoral Consortium.

For a limited number of accepted contributions we secure funding either from STELLAR (http://www.stellarnet.eu) or EATEL (http://www.ea-tel.eu/) so that registration fees for the conference and the doctoral consortium are waived for participants.

ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION PROCESS
In contrast to regular conference papers, submissions should address specifically doctoral work!
Therefore, the following elements have to be addressed in the papers:
    * A clear formulation of the research question,
    * An identification of the significant problems in the field of research,
    * An outline of the current knowledge of the problem domain, as well as the state of existing solutions,
    * A presentation of any preliminary ideas, the proposed approach and the results achieved so far,
    * A sketch of the applied research methodology,
    * A description of the Ph.D. project's contribution to the problem solution,
    * A discussion of how the suggested solution is different, new, or better as compared to existing approaches to the problem.

Papers will be reviewed by at least two members of the doctoral consortium committee who will be selected from the EC-TEL 2011 programme committee. Accepted students will be asked to peer-review two accepted papers prior to the Doctoral Consortium. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings at http://CEUR-WS.org.

Only electronic submissions are accepted. Please use https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dcectel2011 for uploading. Papers describing doctoral work should be submitted in PDF format before July 15, 2011. Authors should use the Springer LNCS format. For camera-ready format instructions, please see For Authors instructions at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.  The paper length should not exceed 6 pages. A supporting letter by the supervisor of the PhD works should be also uploaded.

Accepted students should prepare:
1. An introduction of themselves and their PhD project for the introductory session.
   Duration: 60 sec max.
2. A 15 - 20 minute presentation of their PhD project to be used for introducing discussion about their project and its main issues during the small group sessions. 
3. Students are also invited to prepare a poster about their Ph.D. for the ECTEL 2011 poster session.

All papers will be reviewed after acceptance by at least two senior researchers and one of the accepted doctoral candidates. A discussant, a member of the doctoral consortium committee, will be appointed to each paper. Discussant comments will be followed by a plenary discussion of the paper. At the end of the consortium there will be a general discussion, including a brainstorming session about current and future research topics in the area.

CALENDAR
July 21, 2011: Deadline (extended) for submitting applications to the ECTEL Doctoral Consortium
July 26, 2011:  Notification of acceptance, Assignment of Peer Reviews
August 22, 2011: Peer reviews and discussant reviews sent to students
September 8, 2011: Final version of Doctoral Consortium Submission sent for publishing
September 20 or 21, 2011: Doctoral Consortium at ECTEL

Research topics for the Doctoral Consortium at ECTEL 2011

Technological underpinning:
  Large scale sharing and interoperability
  Personalization, user modelling and adaptation
  Context-aware systems
  Social computing
  Social media
  Semantic Web
  Mobile technologies
  Serious games and 3D virtual worlds
  Network infrastructures and architectures for TEL
  Sensors and sensor networks
  Augmented reality
  Learning-enhanced rooms, campuses and outdoor environments
  Data mining and information retrieval
  Recommender systems for TEL
  Natural language processing and latent semantic analysis
  eLearning specifications and standards
  Learning analytics
  Pervasive and ubiquitous technologies
  Tangible technologies

Pedagogical underpinning:
  Problem- and project-based learning / Inquiry based learning
  Computer supported collaborative learning
  Collaborative knowledge building
  Game-based and simulation-based learning
  Story-telling and reflection-based learning
  Instructional design and design approaches
  Communities of learners and communities of practice
  Teaching techniques and strategies for online learning
  Learner motivation and engagement
  Evaluation methods for TEL
  Assessment for learning

Individual, social & organizational learning processes:
   Cognitive mechanisms in knowledge acquisition and construction
  Self-regulated and self-directed learning
  Reflective learning
  Inquiry-based learning
  Social processes in teams and communities
  Social awareness
  Knowledge management and organizational learning
  Sustainability and TEL business models and cases
  Business-learning models
  Trust and reputation in TEL
  Fitness and evolvability of learning environments

Learning contexts and domains:
   Applications of TEL in various domains
  Formal education: initial (K-12, higher education), post-initial (continuing education)
  Workplace learning in small, medium and large companies
  Aggregated learning at the workplace Distance and online learning
  Lifelong learning (cradle to grave)
  Vocational training
  Informal learning
  Non-formal learning
  Ubiquitous learning
  Knowledge management
  Mobile and contextual learning
  Open learning

TEL in developing countries:
  ICT Inclusion for learning
  Digital divide and learning
  Generation divide and learning
  Education policies
  Rural learning

TEL, functional diversity and users with special needs:
  Accessible learning for all
  Visual, hearing and physical impairments
  Psycho-pedagogic support for users
  Educational guidance for tutors
  Adapted learning flow, content and monitoring process
  Standards about accessibility and learning
 
ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Katherine Maillet, Telecom & Management SudParis, France
Mike Sharples, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (to be announced)