A3H 2009 - A3H: Seventh International Workshop on Authoring of Adaptive and Adaptable Hypermedia

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Category A3H 2009

Deadline: June 30, 2009 | Date: September 29, 2009

Venue/Country: Nice, France

Updated: 2010-06-04 19:32:22 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Adaptable Hypermedia

At EC-TEL 2009:

The Fourth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning

"Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines"

http://www.ectel09.org/

Nice, France, September 29 - October 2, 2009

(Submission deadline: 30th June, 2009)

WORKSHOP SITES:

* at the ECTEL site: http://www.ectel09.org/calls.workshops.html

* independent site: http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~acristea/A3H09/

Suggested themes that the papers should be addressing include, but are

not limited to:

THEMES:

* Authoring for adaptivity based on Semantic Web standards or other

standards

* Authoring for adaptivity based on Web 2.0 ideas, methodology,

technology, applications

* Folksonomies and ontologies in authoring of adaptive hypermedia

* Automation in authoring of adaptive hypermedia

* Verification, termination and confluence

* Multi-modal and multi-layered authoring models

* Design patterns for adaptive hypermedia

* Authoring user models and group models for adaptive/adaptable hypermedia

* Collaborative authoring

* Role-based authoring

* Automatic, adaptive authoring

* Generic authoring frameworks for adaptive/adaptable hypermedia

* Generic authoring tools in adaptive/adaptable hypermedia

* Reusable user models, group user models, and pedagogic models

* Evaluation of authoring tools for adaptive hypermedia

MOTIVATION OF THE WORKSHOP:

This workshop follows a successful series of workshops on the same

topic: A3H at AH?8 in Hannover, UM?7, in Corfu, AH?6, in Dublin, at

AIED?5, in Amsterdam, at AH?4, in Eindhoven, and at WBE?4 in Innsbruck.

The current workshop targets work on design, implementation and

evaluation of general Adaptive and Adaptable (Educational) Hypermedia,

with special emphasis on major trends in web authoring and the design

and creation of web material:

?General frameworks and advanced tools for authoring Adaptive Hypermedia

?Visual and graphical authoring environments for Adaptive Hypermedia

?Multi-modal and multi-layered authoring models

?Termination, confluence and verification from an authoring point of view

?Authoring for the Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web

?Collaborative authoring

Authoring of Adaptive Hypermedia has been long considered as secondary

to adaptive hypermedia delivery. However, authoring is not trivial at

all. There exist some approaches to help authors to build

adaptive-hypermedia-based systems, yet there is a strong need for

high-level approaches, formalisms and tools that support and facilitate

the description of reusable adaptive websites. However, a shift in

interest occurred (fuelled in part by this workshop series), as it

became clearer that the implementation-oriented approach would forever

keep adaptive hypermedia away from the �ayman?author. The creator of

adaptive hypermedia cannot be expected to know all facets of this

process, but can be reasonably trusted to be an expert in one of them.

It is therefore necessary to research and establish the components of an

adaptive hypermedia system from an authoring perspective, catering for

the different author personas that are required. This type of research

has proven to lead to a modular view on the adaptive hypermedia.

Therefore, important issues to discuss are, among others:

* How can frameworks and advanced tools facilitate and contribute to

automate authoring?

* How can visual, e.g. drag and drop environments make authoring easier?

* How can verification be made possible in authoring environments? To

what extent can it be automated?

* How and to what extent can Semantic Web standards be applied in the

authoring process?

* How can Web 2.0 concepts and methodology be used in authoring?

* How does grouping of authors or assignment of authoring roles

influence the authoring process, and are there ways to optimize this?

TARGET AUDIENCE:

The workshop is targeted at all people working towards or just

interested in state-of-the art on the discovery and use of patterns,

formalisms, mechanisms and implementations that can help them to develop

and author adaptive hypermedia, in educational domain and beyond. The

richer the adaptation of a hypermedia-based system is, the more complex

its specification needs to be. Therefore, there is a clear need of using

standards, automation, discovering patterns and developing formalisms,

mechanisms or tools to facilitate and support the task of authoring

adaptive hypermedia, by performing it, in some cases,

(semi-)automatically. The necessity of these patterns can be as a result

of authoring push or AH system interfacing or ultimately open (adaptive)

hypermedia or pull. This means that patterns can emerge from repetitive

structures used by AH authors; alternatively, patterns can emerge from

interface programs or interface languages between different adaptive

hypermedia systems, or from trying to interface to the open adaptive

hypermedia. As the technology advances, and as the web standards are

becoming more competitive, communities from different corners, such as

Adaptive Hypermedia and Semantic Web need to be put together, to solve

old problems, such as the one of Authoring of Adaptive Hypermedia.

Moreover, this workshop is also targeted at people interested in the new

Web 2.0 methods technologies, and in how these can be applied to push

forward the authoring process, by using the force of the masses, instead

of the expertise of the few (as is the case in the Semantic Web).

Thus, the target audience includes researchers and practitioners that

are active in all these fields, as well as representatives of larger

projects or networks dealing with these issues. We encourage this

audience to submit papers to the workshop on their latest results and ideas.

Moreover, the workshop is also targeted at people who are interested to

hear and discuss the state of the art and the future of this important

domain of adaptive hypermedia and adaptive web authoring. We encourage

them to participate actively in the discussions for which time will be

especially allocated, as well as in the other interactive sections, such

as questionnaires and (if possible) demos.

The workshop抯 main aim is to bring together researchers working or

interested in the emerging fields of semantic web, Web 2.0 and adaptive

hypermedia authoring. We expect to extract and discuss these merge of

research and application directions, as well as see their

implementations and evaluations, encouraging the transition towards

standard extensions and improvements in the field.

Participants are expected to leave with a better knowledge of the state

of the art of the field, as well as to have a fruitful brain-storming

session generating new ideas and opening new paths.

Results of the discussions and questionnaire processing will be posted

after the workshop on-line on the workshop site, as is the case with the

previous editions of this workshop.

ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP:

This is a half-day workshop. There will be paper presentation (full;

short; posters) and discussions+panel.These discussions will be open to

all; not only those who have papers accepted at the workshop but also

any other interested parties are welcome.

After the paper presentations, the discussion based on these questions

will begin. Both the presenters and the audience will be asked to

contribute to the answering of these questions. We intend to continue

the tradition started in the past workshop series, where this discussion

was organized in the form of a panel of well-known invited speakers,

which triggered and broadened the discussion with the rest of the audience.

EXPECTED RESULTS:

The workshop will also lead to a better understanding and

cross-dissemination of how Semantic Web technology, standards and

methods, as well as Web 2.0 methods can be applied in the field of

Authoring of Adaptive and Adaptable Hypermedia and Web Personalization.

Moreover, this workshop will lead to a better understanding of how

manual and automatic authoring can be combined to achieve best results,

especially based on patterns extracted from existing design and

authoring processes in AH.

The workshop aims to attract the interest of the related research and

practitioner communities to the important issues of design and

authoring, with special focus on Semantic Web and Web 2.0 applied in

adaptive hypermedia; to discuss the current state of the art in this

field; and to identify new challenges in the field.

Moreover, the workshop can be seen as a platform that enables the

cooperation and exchange of information between European and

non-European projects.

PAPERS AT THE WORKSHOP:

We welcome discussion proposals as well as research papers. Papers

accepted for the workshop will be published in the workshop proceedings

of the ECTEL?009 conference.

Selected papers will also be invited for a Special Issue in a selected

journal.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission deadline: 30th June, 2009

Notification of acceptance or rejection: 15 August, 2009

Final versions due: 5th September, 2009

Workshop: September 29/30 (TBC), 2009

Main conference: September 29- October 2, 2009

Earlier submission is encouraged. Please send an intention e-mail with a

title and a short intentional abstract as soon as you decide to submit.

Submit to contacts as below by email

(acristeadcs.warwick.ac.uk,Rosa.Carrouam.es). Online submission may be

available later - check site for more information.

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES:

Full papers: 10-15 pages

original mature research results

Short papers: 4-6 pages

original ongoing research

Posters: 2 pages

original ongoing research or research ideas of visual nature

All submissions must be formatted according to Springer LNCS guidelines

and submitted as informed by the AH2008 website.

All submissions will undergo a thorough reviewing and refereeing process

in order to decide on acceptance.

The submissions should be in the format of Springer Lecture Notes in

Computer Science (LNCS).

Please check http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html for

instructions on how to prepare submissions.

IMPORTANT: Selected papers will also be invited for a Special Issue in a

selected journal!

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS:

Alexandra I. Cristea, University of Warwick (UK)

Rosa M. Carro, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain)

WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS (TBC):

Helen Ashman, University of Nottingham (UK) http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~hla/

Susan Bull, University of Birmingham (UK) http://www.eee.bham.ac.uk/bull/

Paul De Bra, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (Netherlands)

http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~debra/

Tim Brailsford, University of Nottingham (UK) www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~tjb/

Licia Calvi, University of Pavia (Italy)

http://soc.kuleuven.be/com/mediac/cuo/?p=member&id=4

Cristina Conati, University of British Colombia (Canada)

http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~conati/

Declan Dagger, Trinity College Dublin (Irland)

https://www.cs.tcd.ie/Declan.Dagger/

Hugh Davis, Southampton University (UK) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~hcd/

Serge Garlatti, GET-ENST Bretagne (France)

http://perso.enst-bretagne.fr/~garlatti/HomePage/

Franca Garzotto, Milano Politecnic (Italy)

http://www.iei.pi.cnr.it/SIMOS/People/garzotto.htm

Nicola Henze, University of Hannover (Germany)

http://www.kbs.uni-hannover.de/~henze/

Judy Kay, University of Sydney (Australia) http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/~judy/

Kinshuk, Athabascau University (Canada)

http://scis.athabascau.ca/scis/staff/index.jsp?ct=kinshuk&sn=null

Toshio Okamoto, University of Electro-Communications (Japan)

http://www.ai.is.uec.ac.jp/

Alvaro Ortigosa, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain),

http://www.ii.uam.es/~ortigosa/index-e.htm

Helen Pain, University of Edinburgh (UK)

http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/helen/

Simos Retalis, University of Piraeus (Greece)

http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/~retal/

Pilar Rodr韌uez, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain)

http://www.ii.uam.es/~pilar/

Marcus Specht, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology

(Germany) http://www.marcuspecht.de/home.html

Daniel Schwabe, PUC - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

http://www-di.inf.puc-rio.br/schwabe//

Carlo Strapparava, IRST (Italy) http://tcc.itc.it/people/strapparava.html

Craig Stewart, Queen Mary, University of London (UK)

http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/department/staff/research/craigs.htm

Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University (UK) http://www.soc.staffs.ac.uk/lu1/

Vincent Wade, Trinity College (Ireland) https://www.cs.tcd.ie/Vincent.Wade/

Gerhard Weber, Freiburg University of Education (Germany)

http://art.ph-freiburg.de/psy/people/GWeber.html

CONTACT:

Dr. Alexandra Cristea, Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science, Room 321

University of Warwick

Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

tel.: /direct/:(+44) 24 765 73774; /secretary/: (+44) 24 7652 3668

fax: +44 24 7657 3024

http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~acristea/

Email: a.i.cristeawarwick.ac.uk, acristeadcs.warwick.ac.uk

Dr. Rosa M. Carro - Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

Universidad Auté?‡onoma de Madrid

Escuela Polité??nica Superior

Office B-318

Phone: + 34 91 497 22 76

Fax :+ 34 91 497 22 35

http://www.ii.uam.es/~rcarro/r_home_e.html

E-mail: Rosa.Carrouam.es