Papers, Posters, Panels & Symposia
Call for Papers
CSCL invites papers on the nature of collaborative
learning in technologically supported environments from empirical,
theoretical, conceptual and design based perspectives. The conference
theme, inspired by William Blake’s poem “Auguries of Innocence,”
reflects this unique aspect of CSCL in which interactions and learning
need to be understood, supported, and analyzed across multiple levels.
All submitted papers will be considered for several
prestigious awards: Best Paper Award, Best Student Paper Award, and
Technology Design Award.
Publication Formats
CSCL 2013 will offer a variety of publication formats,
including: Full and short papers, symposia, posters and demonstrations.
To be considered for inclusion in the conference, all full papers,
short papers and poster papers must be submitted by Friday November 9,
2012. Full papers are limited to 8 pages; short papers are limited to 4
pages; poster abstracts are limited to 2 pages. Submissions must follow
the formatting instructions of their respective submission category.
All papers will be subjected to peer review by an international program
committee. The Program Committee reserves the right to determine
whether a submitted paper is accepted for presentation as a long paper,
short paper, or poster. All accepted papers, posters, symposia and
demonstrations will be
published in the proceedings.
1. Full Papers (8 pages)
Full papers are for mature work,
requiring lengthy explanations of the conceptual background,
methodology and data and analysis. Full paper submissions should state:
(a) the major issue(s) addressed, (b) potential significance of the
work, (c) the theoretical and methodological approach(es) pursued, (d)
major findings, conclusions, implications, and (e) relevant scholarly
references. Moreover, the relevance to the theme of the conference
should be made clear. We also encourage papers that address conceptual
issues in CSCL research, and papers that help to set the programmatic
agenda for the future of CSCL research.
Review: All full papers will be reviewed blind. Please
prepare your papers accordingly.
Deadline is passed
2. Short Papers (4 pages)
Short papers are for work that makes
significant contributions, but that is still in progress, of smaller
scale, or that can be reported briefly. Otherwise, the same criteria
apply as listed for full papers above.
Review: All short papers will be reviewed blind.
Please prepare your papers accordingly.
Deadline is passed
3. Posters (2 pages)
Posters are for work that is in early
stages and for novel and promising ideas. The two-page abstract should
identify the aspect of the work that will likely lead to productive
discussions with conference participants in a poster session, including
figures exemplifying the visual support to be provided for these
discussions in the poster.
Review: All posters will be reviewed blind. Please
prepare your papers accordingly.
Deadline is passed
4. Symposia (8 pages)
Symposia are for conveying larger
ideas or results about a specific issue. Discussion among members of
the
symposium and with the audience should be moderated to focus on certain
positions or controversies. (It is not sufficient for a symposium to
simply be a set of related papers, such as papers from a specific
research group; authors who want to have a set of papers presented
together should submit each paper for review as a paper, and after the
review send an email to the Program Committee requesting that the
accepted papers be grouped together in one or more sessions, along with
a suggested chair and/or discussant for the session. We expect symposia
to address a larger issue of interest to CSCL.) A clear description
should be provided of: (a) the overall focus of the symposium, (b) the
major issues addressed, or overarching or integrative points
illustrated by the collective work, (c) how the collective
presentations contribute towards the issues or points raised, and (d)
the significance of the contributions. Separate brief descriptions of
the content of each presentation should be included in the 8-page
submission.
Review: Symposia or panels will NOT be blind reviewed.
Deadline is passed
5. Panels (3 pages)
Panels are for coordinating multiple
perspectives on a specific topic that is timely and relevant to the
CSCL community. A clear description should be provided of: (a) the
importance of the panel topic to CSCL research, (b) the major
perspectives that will be presented and how they contribute to
understanding of the topic, (c) how the panel members will engage the
conference audience.
Review: This category will NOT be blind reviewed.
Deadline is passed
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6. Demonstrations (4 pages
for proceedings + 1 page appendix)
Demonstrations provide an opportunity
to interactively present new tools and technologies for supporting
and/or analyzing collaborative learning. A demonstration session takes
place during the conference and is of similar duration to that of a
paper session. (Those interested in providing an extended tutorial on
the use of a tool should propose a pre-workshop tutorial session.)
Submissions should describe: (a) the purpose of the tool or technology,
(b) the novel contribution of this tool or technology and its
significance for CSCL research or practice, and (c) how the
demonstration experience will be structured, including interaction with
audience members. Aspects of the experience that are necessary to
support the submission but which would not be of interest to someone
reading the proceedings after the conference (e.g., special equipment
requirements, or logistics requirements) should be placed in the 1-page
appendix to the submission, and will not be included in the published
proceedings.
Review: This category will NOT be blind reviewed.
Deadline is passed
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Presentation Formats
Presentation
formats address the manner of presentation at the meeting, in contrast
to the
publication formats for peer review and the printed proceedings,
described
above. CSCL 2013 will offer interactive presentation formats,
especially for
full papers, short papers and posters. Sessions will promote
interaction and collaborative
learning through presentation, demonstration, and discussion. After
all,
this is a conference on
collaborative learning!
The
publication format and the presentation
format will be decoupled. As in past CSCL conferences, authors will
submit full
papers, short papers and posters to be considered for publication (see
details of
the submission categories). At the time of submission, authors will
also be
asked to express their preference for a presentation format. The
reviewers and
the program committee can also make recommendations as to the format.
Presentation format will be assigned in order to maximize the
interactive
conference experience, balanced by considerations of the nature of the
work,
author preferences, and the program committee’s review process.
The quality
and acceptance rates of submission
formats will be of the same high standard as previous CSCL conferences.
Acceptance letters will indicate that submissions are accepted as full
and
short papers, symposia, panels,
posters, and demonstrations for the
conference, and each will be published
in the proceedings; and have equal status for acquiring travel funding,
and for
contributing to authors’ scholarly records, such as dissertations and
tenure
packets. All full and
short papers, symposia, panels, posters, and demonstrations will be
published
in the proceedings.
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