Aims

The International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE) is an international forum for the presentation and debate of the latest research advances on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Education. The Symposium aims at becoming a major point of contact between researchers, developers, institutional representatives and educators willing to share their points of view, knowledge and experiences.

This is the fourteenth edition of SIIE and it has as main topic the advances in learning technologies and the practical application of them from a Web 2.0 point of view. The idea is to contribute demonstrating the acceptation and consolidation of this approach in learning processes in every level, i.e., formal, non-formal or informal ones, and the evolution towards social-semantic approach too, more related to Web 3.0.

Contributions

The Symposium welcomes high quality contributions describing original work of Computers in Education. Contributions can be of any of the following three categories: papers, software demonstrations and posters. Contributions can be written in Spanish, Portuguese or English.

All contributions must be sent as PDF files and follow the official IEEE Proceedings format guidelines (http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html). Contributions will be limited to the following number of pages: papers (6 pages), software demonstrations (4 pages) and posters (2 pages).

Submissions must be made using the conference management system available in the SIIE 2012 web page (http://siie12.uols.org).

Accepted papers will be published in the Symposium Proceedings (CD-ROM with ISBN) and distributed to participants. The papers written in english will be indexed at the IEEE xplore.

Moreover, several selections of the best papers will be made and published as extended papers in different journals. At the moment, we have confirmed special issues in the following:

• Computers in Human Behavior (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-in-human-behavior/). Special Issue on “Human Behaviors in Computer-based Education Systems”

• Journal of Universal Computer Science(http://www.jucs.org/) Special Issue associated with the session on International Research Projects on Socio-Semantic Technologies Applied to Education (http://grial.usal.es/grial/node/210)

• Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology (http://www.acs.org.au/jrpit/) Special Collection.

• International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital (http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijlic)

• IEEE RITA Journal (http://rita.det.uvigo.es/)

• ADIE Journal, IE Comunicaciones (http://www.adie.es/)

• Novática Journal (http://www.ati.es/novatica/)

• Teoría de la Educación. Educación y Cultura en la Sociedad de la Información – TESI Journal (http://revistatesi.usal.es/)

• Annual publication (TICAI2008) of the Latin American chapters of the IEEE Education Society.

As an innovation, we will be introducing the “Antonio Vaquero” prize for the best SIIE 2012 research paper.

Scope

Regarding the main symposium theme or in a complementary way, topics relevant to the conference include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Learning analysis

• Application of pedagogical theories to design educational software

• Web semantic applied to education

• Educational software for specific domains

• Distance, on-line and blended learning

• Collaborative learning

• Mobile/ubiquitous computing in education

• Authoring of educational materials

• Open Knowledge in Education

• Design and standardization of educational technologies, modelling languages and metadata

• Design, development and evaluation of innovative educational software

• aAssessment: Theories, methods, tools and experiences

• Personal Learning Environments

• Teacher training in ICT

• Knowledge, technology and competences management in Education

• Artificial Intelligence in Education

• Human-computer interaction in education

• Virtual and remote laboratories

• Methodologies of use and innovative experiences with educational software

• Educational data mining

• Multimedia, hypermedia and visualization in education

• Virtual worlds in Education

• Educational robotics

• Web-based systems of courses, tools and resources

• Learning Management Systems: Architectures and platforms

• Non-formal and informal learning in workplace

• Games and simulations in Education

• Social web and communities of practice

Associated Events

• Taller de la idea a la realidad (http://workshop.uols.org/delaideaalarealidad.html)
• SIIE 2012 Special Session on International Research Projects on Socio-Semantic Technologies Applied to Education (http://grial.usal.es/grial/node/210)
• 3er Taller en Ingeniería del Software en e-Learning (ISELEAR'12) (http://ilsa.fdi.ucm.es/iselear-12/iselear12.php)
• Keynotes Speakers:
• Dr. Charles Severance
  Abstract: The University As A Cloud: Trends in Openness in Education.
  This talk looks at how Universities need to apply the concept of “open” across their entire enterprise. The boundaries between the university and the world outside of the university are becoming increasingly blurry. The move toward a more porous approach across the domain of higher education activity is necessary to maintain the relevance, value, and competitive advantages of institutions, as society becomes increasingly open. Openness and transparency is a trait that is becoming “expected” for individuals, governments, and higher education. We will examine opportunities for universities to accentuate and enhance their strengths and positive qualities in an era of openness.