[games_access] 3rd workshop on Inclusive E-Learning (September, London)

[Sandra Uhling]

Hello,

FYI: There will be a workshop on Inclusive E-Learning in September in
London.

Source:
http://iel.mixxt.org
http://iel.mixxt.org/networks/wiki/index.iel2010


3rd workshop on Inclusive E-Learning
9th/ 10th September 2010 – King's College London
Following two successful previous workshops in 2008 (Maastricht/The
Netherlands) and 2009 (Rostock/Germany), in the 3rd workshop on Inclusive
E-Learning (IEL) we would like to go further into the question how we can
provide inclusive systems addressing people with and without special needs
and where are the limits of these demands. In our 2009 workshop we learned
that e-inclusion should not be limited to supporting people with different
kinds of disabilities by technology. In fact, designing systems which are
per se enabled to support people with learning difficulties or special needs
is probably an even more important issue.

Apart from the fact that only few people work towards these aims in the
field of e-learning, collaborative learning, shared knowledge construction
and the like, there is still a lack of an interdisciplinary European
research community. One of the reasons is that research on e-inclusion,
assistive technology, accessible systems, etc. seems to be a localised topic
regarding language and cultural issues. Another reason can be seen in the
fact that in the past inclusive e-learning did not play a major role in
conferences which are capable to bring together researchers with different
backgrounds to address the above mentioned topics from an interdisciplinary
perspective.

We invite interdisciplinary researchers and developers for special solutions
for elderly people, people with learning disabilities and people with
special (educational) needs, to benefit from each other’s experiences. We
would like to address the comparable difficulties experienced by different
types of learners with disabilities, early learners and elderly people when
using ICT.

For further information please visit the workshop’s website
http://iel.mixxt.org or send an email to iel2010 at easychair.org.

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Workshop Programme (tentative)
Thursday, September 9
13.00 - lunch and informal welcome
13.45 - official welcome and introduction

14.15
Markus Berg, Petra Gröber and Martina Weicht: Inclusive eLearning - Special
needs and special solutions?

15.00
James Ohene-Djan: invited talk

15.45 - coffee/tea break

16.15
Michael Schaten: Redesigning an inaccessible E-Learning authoring tool –
increasing accessibility with limited effort and resources

17.00


17.45 - end
19.30 - Pub / Drinks & Bar Meals

Friday, September 10
09.00 - welcome

09.15
Steffen Malo and Petra Müsebeck: Winterfest - An Adventure Game for Basic
Education

10.00
Klaus Jantke, Swen Gaudl and Andrea Hofmann: Critical Decision Points in
Inclusive Game Design

10.45 - coffee/tea break

11.15
Markus Berg, Petra Gröber and Martina Weicht: User Study: Talking to
Computers

12.00 - final discussion
13.00 - end; sandwich lunch possible

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Important dates
Submission deadline: 15 April 2010

Notification: 14 May 2010

Camera Ready: 15 June 2010 5 July 2010

Registration: 31 July 2010 for authors, 15 August 2010 for participants -
Please use the registration form.

Workshop dates: 9 & 10 September 2010

Please note: The workshop will take place as a two half-day workshop,
starting and finishing at lunchtime!

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Main Topics
Interesting topics for submissions are (but not restricted to):

    * Computer enriched environments/scenarios to support everyday life
management of disabled or elderly people
    * Practice reports
    * Study results about difficulties with and/or advantages of computers
used by elderly or disabled people
    * Software developed for the target groups
    * Research/studies about differences and similarities observed when
disabled and elderly people are using computers


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Submissions
Submission to IEL2010 is closed.

    * Please submit extended abstracts of 6-12 pages following the
guidelines below.
    * The workshop proceedings will be published as a book (including an
accessible e-book version).
    * Accepted papers will have a maximum length of 20 pages.

Submissions should be either in PDF or Word format. Writing with LaTeX will
be highly appreciated. If you do so, please use the style file provided by
EasyChair. If you prefer MS Word please use 11pt.

To submit your paper please use the workshop’s EasyChair submission page:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iel2010
If you do not have an EasyChair account, you will have to create one for
your paper submissions.

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Workshop Chairs

    * Chris Abbott, King's College London, UK
    * Andreas Lingnau, University of Strathclyde, UK
    * Alke Martens, University of Rostock, Germany
    * Martina Weicht, University of Rostock, Germany 


Programme Committee

    * Stefan Carmien, Fatronic, Spain
    * Andreas Harrer, Catholic University Eichstaett, Germany
    * Klaus Miesenberger, University of Linz, Austria
    * Peter Zentel, PH Reutlingen, Germany