Invitation To The 4rd International Conference On Virtual Learning

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The 4rd International Conference on Virtual Learning http://www.icvl.eu/2009/

http://icvl.eu NEWS TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

C3VIP: "Consistency-Competence-Clarity-Vision-Innovation-Performance" The Conference has no Fee ICVL Awards (Sponsored by Intel Corporation)

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MODELS & METHODOLOGIES (M&M): o Innovative Teaching and Learning Technologies o Web-based Methods and Tools in Traditional, Online Education and Training o Collaborative E-Learning, E-Pedagogy, o Design and Development of Online Courseware o Information and Knowledge Processing o Knowledge Representation and Ontologism o Cognitive Modelling and Intelligent systems o Algorithms and Programming for Modelling TECHNOLOGIES (TECH): o Innovative Web-based Teaching and Learning Technologies o Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) technologies o Web, Virtual Reality/AR and mixed technologies o Web-based Education (WBE), Web-based Training (WBT) o New technologies for e-Learning, e-Training and e-Skills o Educational Technology, Web-Lecturing Technology o Mobile E-Learning, Communication Technology Applications o Computer Graphics and Computational Geometry o Intelligent Virtual Environment SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS (SOFT): o New software environments for education & training o Software and management for education o Virtual Reality Applications in Web-based Education o Computer Graphics, Web, VR/AR and mixed-based applications for education & training, business, medicine, industry and other sciences o Multi-agent Technology Applications in WBE and WBT o Streaming Multimedia Applications in Learning o Scientific Web-based Laboratories and Virtual Labs o Software Computing in Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence o Avatars and Intelligent Agents "Intel® Education" - Innovation in education and research (IntelEdu) (Section proposed by Intel Company) [Link | www.intel.com/education]: o Digital Curriculum, collaborative rich-media applications, student software, teacher software o Improved Learning Methods, interactive and collaborative methods to help teachers incorporate technology into their lesson plans and enable students to learn anytime, anywhere o Professional Development, readily available training to help teachers acquire the necessary ICT skills o Connectivity and Technology, group projects and improve communication among teachers, students, parents and administrators

Research papers - Major Topics The papers describing advances in the theory and practice of Virtual Environments for Education and Training (VEL&T), Virtual Reality (VR), Information and Knowledge Processing (I&KP), as well as

practical results and original applications. The education category includes both the use of Web Technologies, Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Applications, New tools, methods, pedagogy and psychology, Case studies of Web Technologies and Streaming Multimedia Applications in Education, experience in preparation of courseware. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: •

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VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR LEARNING (VEL): o New technologies for e-Learning, e-Training and e-Skills o New software environments for education & training o Web & Virtual Reality technologies o Educational Technology and Web-Lecturing Technology o Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) technologies o Innovative Web-based Teaching and Learning Technologies o Software and Management for Education o Intelligent Virtual Environment VIRTUAL REALITY (VR): o Computer Graphics and Computational Geometry o Algorithms and Programming for Modeling o Web & Virtual Reality-based applications o Graphics applications for education & training, business, medicine, industry and other sciences o Scientific Web-based Laboratories and Virtual Labs o Software Computing in Virtual Reality KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING (KP): o Information and Knowledge Processing o Knowledge Representation and Ontologism o Multi-agent Technology Applications in WBE and WBT o Streaming Multimedia Applications in Learning o Mobile E-Learning, Communication Technology Applications o Cognitive Modelling, Intelligent systems o New Software Technologies, Avatars and Intelligent Agents o Software Computing in Artificial Intelligence

ICVL 2008 - AWARDS According to the above ideas the ICVL Scientific Committee established the following awards: 1. Excellence Award "Intel®Education" - USD 500: Ikuo Kitagaki, Development of Group Division Algorithm And Discussion Support System for Intra-class Discussions, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/met/ICVL_modelsAndMethodologies_paper01.pdf 2. Special Award "Intel®Education" - USD 500: Patrick Wessa, Measurement and Control of Statistics Learning Processes based on Constructivist Feedback and Reproducible Computing, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/invited/ICVL_invitedPapers_paper07.pdf

ICVL Scientific Committee recognises a relevant quality of the written papers and the valuable contributions in virtual learning of the following ICVL authors: 1. Ikuo Kitagaki, Development of Group Division Algorithm And Discussion Support System for Intra-class Discussions, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/met/ICVL_modelsAndMethodologies_paper01.pdf 2. Patrick Wessa, Measurement and Control of Statistics Learning Processes based on Constructivist Feedback and Reproducible Computing, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/invited/ICVL_invitedPapers_paper07.pdf 3. Marks Vilkelis, Alla Anohina, Romans Lukashenko, Architecture and Working Principles of the Concept Map Based Knowledge Assessment System, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/invited/ICVL_invitedPapers_paper06.pdf 4. Thanh Hai Trinh, Cédric Buche, Jacques Tisseau, Modeling of Errors Realized by a Human Learner in Virtual Environment for Training, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/invited/ICVL_invitedPapers_paper05.pdf 5. Jean-Pierre Gerval, Yann Le RU, Virtual Lab: Discovering through Simulation Achievements and Perspectives, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/invited/ICVL_invitedPapers_paper01.pdf 6. Gaetano Bruno Ronsivalle, Piera Vivolo, "Evaluation Traps": A Brief Vademecum to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes in Distance Learning Evaluation, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/met/ICVL_modelsAndMethodologies_paper10.pdf 7. Nathalie Ticheler, Virtual Learning Environments and World Languages. The Way Forward. The Flexi-Pack Project as SOAS-UCL CETL, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/met/ICVL_modelsAndMethodologies_paper04.pdf 8. Ioan Rosca, Val Rosca, Specifications of the "Informatisation" Processes for Productive-Instructive Workflows, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/met/ICVL_modelsAndMethodologies_paper11.pdf 9. Dorin Mircea Popovici, Jean-Pierre Gerval, Felix Hamza-Lup, Norina Popovici, Mihai Polceanu, Remus Zagan, Learning Distributed Activities Inside 3D Virtual Spaces, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/tech/ICVL_technologiesAndSoftwareSolutions_pap er01.pdf 10. Eugen Zaharescu, Georgeta-Atena Zaharescu, Hypermedia System for Online e-Learning and eTesting in Project Management, http://www.cniv.ro/2008/disc/icvl/documente/pdf/tech/ICVL_technologiesAndSoftwareSolutions_pap er07.pdf We are able to inform the ICVL authors and participants that the authors of the papers [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [8] and [9] (see the above list) were invited by the IJCCC executive editor to extend their ICVL papers according to IJCCC guidelines (http://www.journal.univagora.ro/?page=instructions) as soon as possible. The extended version will be sent to the mentioned journal for technical and scientific review in order to be published during 2009. NEWS and EVENTS •

Intel Strengthens Commitment to Education in Romania - BUCHAREST, Romania, March 4, 2009 – Intel Corporation Chairman Craig Barrett today made an impassioned speech on education to Romanian university students, telling them that education and technology are key to creating an innovation economy; In related events, University Politehnica of Bucharest

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(UPB) bestowed the honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa on Barrett today during a special ceremony at the university | http://www.intel.com/ 1959, Invention of the integrated circuit - Intel Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Integrated Circuit; Intel CTO Makes Technology Predictions in Honor of Inventor’s Day; In 1959, inventor Robert Noyce, who later became one of the founders of Intel, created the first planar integrated circuit made from silicon. Noyce’s invention consisted of a complete electronic circuit inside a small silicon chip and helped revolutionize Silicon Valley’s semiconductor industry. Virtually all integrated circuits made today use some form of Noyce’s manufacturing technique. | http://blogs.intel.com/technology/2009/02/whats_your_favorite_invention.php 1971, Invention of the Microprocessor - Fascinating facts about the invention of the Microprocessor by M.E. "Ted" Hoff in 1968; In November, 1971, a company called Intel publicly introduced the world's first single chip microprocessor, the Intel 4004 (U.S. Patent #3,821,715), invented by Intel engineers Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff, and Stan Mazor. | www.thocp.net/biographies/hoff_ted.html |

"Integrating computers and education is essential in the 21st century." Craig Barrett "The new technologies and trends that are transforming the global economy will influence the future of today's students, both personally and professionally." Craig Barrett "With the help of technology, teachers will be leaders in the transformation of education around the world." Craig R. Barrett – Chairman, Intel Corporation

Proceedings (Print and Online) of ICVL The Organisation Committee will elaborate until the ICVL opening, the volume with the conference's papers (Proceedings of the International Conference on Virtual Learning with ISBN, Bucharest University Press) and the CD (ISSN 1844 - 8933)

POST-CONFERENCE: Extended versions of selected papers presented at ICVL will be offered for publishing in the International Journal of Computers, Communications & Control (IJCCC - ISI journal)- http://www.journal.univagora.ro/

Every issue of IJCCC is published in online format (ISSN 1841-9844) and print format (ISSN 1841-9836). The publisher offers free online access to the full content of the journal. However, the printed version of the journal should be ordered, by subscription, and will be delivered by regular mail. At this moment, IJCCC is listed in ISI Thomson Scientific, the Directory of Open Access Journals and is indexed in The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies, Open J-Gate and in Das Informationsportal für die Informatik. The IJCCC is an ISI journal.

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© Project Coordinator: Ph.D. Marin Vlada, University of Bucharest, Romania Partners: Ph.D. Prof. Grigore Albeanu, Ph.D. Mircea Dorin Popovici, Prof. Radu Jugureanu, Prof. Olimpius Istrate Institutions: The Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, University of Bucharest, SIVECO Romania, Intel Company