Call for Chapters

Extended deadline for proposals: 23 December 2007


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CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Cognitive and Emotional Processes in Web-based Education: 
Integrating Human Factors and Personalization

A book edited by Dr. Constantinos Mourlas, Nikos Tsianos and Panagiotis
Germanakos, 
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

http://www.media.uoa.gr/~mourlas/COGNITIVEbook/index.html

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Introduction The way people perceive and process information is widely
varied on the basis of 
individual differences that can provide a framework for explaining
significant 
divergences in academic performance. However, individual differences do not 
imply different learning potential. Researchers insist that different ways
of 
processing information require corresponding information providing
approaches in 
order for equivalent learning performance to be achieved. A preliminary 
classification of individual characteristics that affect the outcome of
learning
procedures is the distinction between cognitive and emotional parameters.
These
parameters cover a wide spectrum of human factors and both comprise a very 
important research area in web-based learning. Moreover, such human factors
lead 
also to social and group considerations, especially if one takes into
account 
the interpersonal aspect of web-based learning.

The notion of personalization addresses this matter in a comprehensive
manner, 
for as much as the main aim of personalizing the web-content is the
optimization 
and facilitation of users' interactions within the internet.  Internet 
Technologies, Adaptive Hypermedia and User Profiling techniques are often
closely 
related to this concept of personalization, with demographical, habitual and

behavioural characteristics taken mostly into account. Finally, the semantic

augmentation of the data is nevertheless a prerequisite in the field of 
personalization, and when learning processes are involved, it needs to be 
extended towards the area of learners' intrinsic characteristics.

The Overall Objective of the Book The core aim of the proposed book is to
gather 
an extended volume of research in the interdisciplinary field of human
cognition 
and educational hypermedia, in order to explain differences in individual 
performance and to incorporate individual differences in web-based learning
design. 
The book will focus on the convergence of psychological theories and
contemporary 
research on web-mediated information processing, since an emergence of new
methodologies 
and techniques is much needed. Topics on the field of cognitive psychology 
and psychological research on the role of emotions on academic performance
will be 
extensively covered.  Personality theories, emotional intelligence and
pedagogical 
approaches in the context of web-based learning are also within the scope of
this approach. 
At a second level, issues on personalization and semantic enhancement of
both 
user profile and educational content will be addressed, to support the
notion of 
adaptation in various application levels.

The content of the book, specifically, will cover areas such as cognitive
and 
learning style, working memory, attention and visual attention, problem
solving, 
reasoning, intelligence, verbal, spatial and mathematical ability, cognitive

processes, personality theories, anxiety, academic emotions, emotional 
intelligence, emotional skills, affective computing, biometrics of emotion, 
collaborative learning, pedagogical theories and social and network
computing. 

More precisely the book will cover research measuring the effect of all the
above 
factors in the design of effective e-learning content. The book will also
evaluate 
of all these factors in adaptive hypermedia design, user profiling and web 
personalization.

The Target Audience The proposed book will be useful to academics, teachers
and researchers, 
professionals in the field of e-learning, and to people that belong to the
broader 
field of education. The book will cover a large number of topics in the area
of 
cognitive and emotional individual differences, web-based learning and
adaptation 
and personalization of e-learning systems, providing pragmatic references, 
analysis, new methodologies, and interdisciplinary approaches that cover the

subject more comprehensively, incorporating the latest suggestions and
solutions. 
These approaches may also be of significant importance to researchers in the
area 
of the semantic web, especially when the semantic augmentation of the data 
concerns educational and e-learning applications.

Topics of interest may focus on, but are not restricted to:
Section I:  Cognition and Learning
- Cognitive and learning Styles
- Working memory in the context of the web
- The role of attention in web-based environments
- Spatial ability and hypermedia navigation
- Eyetracking tools, methods and measurements
- Problem solving and reasoning ability
- Individual traits in web-based learning

Section II: Emotion and Learning
- Anxiety (academic anxiety, computer anxiety, cognitive anxiety etc.)
- Academic emotions
- Emotional intelligence and emotional skills in learning
- Self efficacy in e-learning
- Personality theories in the context of computer mediated learning
environments
- Affective computing and learning
- Biometric measurements and research in web-based learning
- Emotional state and traits in e-learning processes

Section III: Pedagogical approaches in web-based environments
- Learning strategies
- Exploratory learning
- Collaborative learning
- Social and network computing in web-based learning
- Web-based communities of practice

Section IV: Cognition-Aware and Affective Hypermedia   
- Adaptive Hypermedia
- The incorporation of cognitive and emotional parameters in user profiling
- Effects of cognitive and emotional parameters in the design of effective
e-learning content
- Adaptation and personalization techniques in web-based learning
- Tracking state changes of the user and dynamic adaptation
- Assessment of hypermedia that take into account individual differences and
best practices

Section IV: User Modeling
- Acquisition, updating and management of user models and student models
- Evaluation of user modeling techniques and eLearning applications 
- User Modeling in the Semantic Web
- Group modeling and adaptive support of collaboration
- User modeling for multimodal interactions
- Modeling of affective factors, social aspects and attitudes
- Privacy and security

Section  V: Semantic Content Creation and Delivery
- Semantic Web technologies
- Ontology and taxonomy design and development for personalized web-based
learning systems
- Semantic architecture systems design and evaluation

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to electronically submit on or
before 
December 23, 2007, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the
mission and concerns 
of their proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by
January 6, 2008, 
about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational
guidelines. Full chapters 
are expected to be submitted by March 17, 2008. All submitted chapters will
be reviewed on a 
double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by IGI
Global, (Formerly Idea 
Group Inc.), http://www.igi-pub.com, IRM Press, Information Science
Publishing, CyberTech 
Publishing, and Information Science Reference (formerly "Idea Group
Reference"). Inquires and 
submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) by mail to the
editors.

Editors of the book

Dr. Constantinos Mourlas
Nikos Tsianos
Panagiotis Germanakos

Laboratory of New Technologies, Faculty of Communication & Media Studies, 
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 
5 Stadiou Str., 7th floor GR 105-62, Athens, Greece

Tel.: +30 210 3689282
Fax: +30 210 3220820
E-mail: {mourlas,ntsianos,pgerman}@media.uoa.gr
Url: www.media.uoa.gr/~{mourlas,ntsianos,pgerman}

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