This call for paper is for the eLBa Science 2009. Contributions of 8 to 10 pages will be peer-reviewed, published as conference proceedings and presented at the conference in June 2009 in Rostock.

Please note that the paper submission deadline for eLBa Science is extended till February 12, 2009.

AIMS AND SCOPE

The eLBa 2009 conference will again focus on workplace learning, covering all kinds of different »workplaces« such as

• Schools, where the classroom is the workplace of pupils and their teachers,
• Classrooms in colleges and in vocational schools,
• University classrooms as workplaces for students and their professors,
• Workplaces in organizations such as companies, institutions, corporations etc.

Elderly people and people with special needs do need special workplaces and special workplace learning, too.

Following this, the eLBa 2009 conference scope of »workplace learning« addresses diverse topics and perspectives, technologies and theories, implementations and evaluations in the fields of computer science, pedagogy, psychology and design. Accordingly, we invite researches from different fields to contribute to eLBa 2009.


TOPICS of interest include, but are not limited to:

• eLearning in working processes
• eLearning in learning processes
• eLearning for elderly people and people with special needs
• Communication, coordination and collaboration in workplace learning
• Game-based learning, Game-based training
• Visual learning and VR/AR based training
• Didactics for eLearning, games didactics
• Self-directed learning, motivation for learning
• Learning technologies, learning platforms, learning programs
• Best practice, examples from professional use

SUBMISSIONS

We invite submissions of papers presenting original academic or industrial research. Please submit full papers in English language and of 8 to 10 pages by February 12, 2009 (Extended paper submission deadline). All papers must be rendered anonymous to facilitate blind review. They will be peer-reviewed and selected according to reviewer recommendations. Camera-ready papers have to be provided by Mai 1, 2009 and presented at the conference in June in Rostock.

Accepted papers will be published in the eLBa Science proceedings, which will be available at the eLBa Science conference.
Furthermore the best papers get chance to be published as revised and extended papers in the journal "Transacton on Edutainment", published by Springer-Verlag, when complying with the journal topics.

Find more information about the submission format and process at Submissions.