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Preliminary Call for Papers                                    

The 1st International Conference on Web-based Learning

http://www.hkws.org/cwlearn

 

As Part of

the 28th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB’2002)

          http://www.cs.ust.hk/vldb2002

August 17-19, 2002        Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong SAR, China

Organized by :     The Hong Kong Web Society

Sponsored by :      City University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Conference Theme

It is recognized that the traditional classroom approach to learning cannot cope with all the needs of the individual students and the increasing demand for life-long learning. The popularity of the World Wide Web and its development has enabled the creation and implementation of Web-based learning. This is of particular importance to shift from a teacher-centered learning environment to student-centered. The evolving new generation of education environment leads to a revolution in traditional teaching methods.

 

With the rapid development of Web-based learning and new concepts like virtual classrooms, virtual laboratories and virtual universities, many issues need to be addressed. On the technical side, there is a need for the effective technology for deployment of Web-based education. On the learning side, the cyber mode of learning is very different from the classroom-based learning. How can instructional development cope with this new style of learning? On the management side, the establishment of the cyber university imposes very different requirements for the set up. Does industry-university partnership provide a solution to addressing the technological and management issues? As with many other new developments, more research is needed to establish the concepts and best practice for Web-based learning.

 

The rapidly growing demand for e-learning is forcing educational institutions to expand in remote learning through the Web in terms of technological and pedagogical development. The successful application of e-learning provides enhancements in workforce performance, helps to lower cost, and encourages innovation. This conference aims at providing an in-depth study of the technical, pedagogical, as well as management issues of Web-based learning. The Hong Kong Web Society is organizing this conference in conjunction with City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to provide a forum to bring together educators, researchers, technologists and implementers of Web-based learning from around the world to discuss the state of the art in this area.

 

Conference Objectives

Ø       To provide a forum for discussion among educators, researchers, technologists for addressing the various aspects on Web-based learning.

Ø       To provide a showcase for the implementation of the cyber mode of learning and to address the technical, pedagogical, management and social issues associated with the implementation.

Ø       To explore concepts and examples of good practice in developing, integrating and delivering e-learning solutions.

Ø       To provide an opportunity for conference participants and solution providers for e-learning to exchange views and provide feedback on Web-based learning.

Topics

Topics relevant to the conference theme include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Virtual University                                          - Infrastructure of Web-based Learning            - Pedagogical Issues

- Virtual Classroom and Virtual Laboratories       Environment                                                - Concepts and Examples of Good Practices

- Borderless Education                                      - Developing, Integrating and Delivering          - Collaborative Learning         

- Cyber Education Initiatives                               e-Learning Solutions                                     - Asynchronous Learning

- Innovative Curriculum in e-Learning             - Building Learning Architectures                     - Distance Leaning

- Teaching, Learning and Assessment Strategy - Digital Libraries for e-Learning                      - Evaluation/Performance Measurement
   in Virtual Classroom                                      - Authoring Tools and  Integrated Platforms       & Assessment

- Industry-Institute Partnership                           for e-Learning                                               - Instructional Design for e-Learning

- Management of Learning Resources               - Interactive e-Learning Systems                      - Web-based Training for Customers

- Knowledge Management for e-Learning         - Intelligent Training Technology                    - Community Building for e-Learning

- Learning & Content Management Systems    - Electronic Publishing Tools for e-Learning   

- Organizational e-Learning Strategy                - Research Perspectives in e-Learning              - Database Architecture for Web-based learning

- Quality Management in Web-based Learning - Multimedia-based  Learning Systems              - Multimedia databases for Web-based learning

 

Paper Submission

 

We invite contributions covering the above aspects in Web-based learning. Papers can be presentation of research results and case studies of individual experience and work in progress. Papers should be of high quality, original, unpublished, and not submitted elsewhere. Authors of contributed papers are asked to submit a paper with 5000 words for the respective contribution to the Conference Secretary cswlearn@comp.polyu.edu.hk according to the format specified in General Information for Authors at the conference Web page http://www.hkws.org/cwlearn Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by a major international publisher, and best ranked papers in a special issue of an international journal.

 

Important Dates

17-19 August, 2002                                Conference Dates

 

1 April, 2002                          Deadline for paper submissions

1 May, 2002                           Notification for Acceptance

15 May, 2002                         Deadline for Submitting Camera-Ready Version of Full Papers

1 July  2002                            Deadline for (Early)  Registration

 

Conference Organization

 

Honorable conference chair:                    Cheung, T Y            City University of Hong Kong

Conference Chair:                                    Fong, Joseph            Hong Kong Web Society

 

Organizing Chair:                     Chan, Keith             Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Industrial Stream:                                     Fong, Anthony        City University of Hong Kong

Treasurer:                                                Li, Qing                   City University of Hong Kong

Publication:                              Tsang, Philip           Open University of Hong Kong

Web Master:                                            Leong Hong Va        Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Local Arrangement:                                 Ng, Margaret            Hong Kong Web Society

Publicity:                                                 Chan, Jimmy            Open University of Hong Kong      

Tutorial management:                              Yeung, W. Lok        Lingnan University                   

Conference Secretary:                              Chan, Cherry           Hong Kong Polytechnic University

 

Program Committee Chairs:

 

PC Co-Chair:                           Jia, Weijia                                City University of Hong Kong

PC Co-Chair:                           Cheung, Ronnie        Hong Kong Polytechnic University

PC Co-Chair:                           Kwan, Reggie           Open University of Hong Kong

 

Program Committee Members:

 

Aberer, Karl             GMD-IPSI, Germany                                                                Lee, Dik                    Hong Kong Uni. of Science&Technology, H. K.

Bressan, Stėphane    National University of Singapore, Singapore                            Le Gruenwald, G.      University of Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Busseler, Christoph  Oracle Corporation, U.S.A.                                      Li, Guojie                 Institute of Computing Technology, China

Cao, Jiannong          Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong      Liu, Chun nian         Beijing Polytechnic University, China    

Chan, Daniel            SYSTEK Information Technology Ltd., Hong Kong                Maier, David            Oregon Graduate Institute, Oregon, U.S.A               

Chang, Elizabeth      IPower B2B, Australia                                              McLeod, Dennis       University of Southern California, U.S.A

Chen, Arbee             National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C.       Meesrsman, Robert  Free University of Brussels, Belgium

Chen, Houn-Gee       National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan , R.O.C.                 Mylopoulos, John    University of Toronto, Canada               

Chen, Peter              Lousiana State University,  U.S.A.                           Navathe, Shamkant  Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A  

Cheung, David          University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China          Orlowska, Maria       University of Queensland, Australia        

Chin, Francis            University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China          Paul, Ray                 Brunel University, U.K.                           .

Corkindale, David    University of South Australia, Australia                   Smith, Peter             Sunderland University, U.K                     

Dillon, Tharam        LaTrobe University, Australia                                  Su, Stanley               University of Florida, U.S.A.

Fung Chiwai             Vocation Training Council-IVE, Hong Kong                            Tang, Changjie         Sichuan University, China

Halang, Wolfgang    Fernuniversitaet Hagen, Germany                            Thalheim, Bernhard Technical University Cottbus, Germany

Hou, Wen-Chi          Southern Illionis University at Cardondate, U.S.A    Thiel Ulrich             Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany

Hughes, John            University of Ulster, Northern Ireland                     Tjoa, A Min             Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Huang, Shi-Ming      National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, R.O.C.        Wong, Tat-Meng               Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Ip, Horace                City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong                             Wei, Sun                  Florida International University, U.S.A
Jin, Qun                   University of Aizu, Japan                                         Wong, Kam Fai        Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Karlapalem, Kamal  Indian Institute of Information Technology, India   Wu, Simon               Merrill Lynch, U.S.A

Kunii, Tosiyasu        Hosei University, Japan                                           Zhao, Wei                                Texas A & M University, Texas, U.S.A.

Lam, Ernest             Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong                             Zhou, Wanlei           Deakin University, Australia   

                                                                                                                Zhuang, Yueting       Zhejiang University, China