Information and communication technologies to date have advanced to a state in which an increasing diverse range of tools can be constructed or are already easily accessible and available for supporting learning and educational assessment in a wide variety of ways.  These tools can be built on contemporary technologies such as Web-based e-learning systems, intelligent tutoring systems, mobile hand-held devices, interactive games and multimedia simulation environments.  There are also educational tools built on emerging technologies such as Semantic Web, Web 2.0, immersive virtual reality environments, personalized and adaptive platforms, interactive podcasts, context-aware systems.  The possibilities, opportunities and innovative ideas of applying these contemporary and emerging technologies to education are enormous and virtually boundless.  However, simply adopting advanced technologies in the classroom or e-learning systems, or a blending or both, is not necessarily or automatically beneficial to the learner in the educational context.  Technologies need to be meaningfully integrated to the daily educational tasks such as face-to-face lessons, formative or summative assessment, practice of skills and techniques, problem solving, critical reflection, collaborative case studies, and other forms of learning that are carried out in practice.  Pedagogies and assessment strategies have to be well conceived, adequately planned, and properly implemented in order to ensure the realization of true benefits of technology use.

The core theme of this workshop is on the practical strategies for integrating technologies in assessment and learning.  It aims to bring researchers and educators to a forum under this theme, through which practices and experiences are shared, critical reflections and thoughts are debated, challenges and opportunities are explored, and innovative ideas are generated and exchanged.

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include, but not limited to:

• Strategies for using assessment and learning systems
• Pedagogical application of Web 2.0 tools
• Integration of social networking practices to learning
• Instructional models that incorporate emerging technologies
• Practical use of automated assessment tools
• Strategic deployment of mobile learning tools in the classroom
• Use of location-aware devices to enhance educational values in field studies

Important Dates

□ Full paper submission deadline :August 17, 2009
□ Notification of acceptance :August 24, 2009
□ Final paper (camera ready) deadline :August 31, 2009

Submission Information

The maximum page length is 5 pages and the format follows the template in Author Guidelines of ICCE 2009 (http://www.icce2009.ied.edu.hk/cfp_author_guid.html).

Please send your submission to flwang@cityu.edu.hk by August 17, 2009.

Workshop Co-Chair

Y.T. Yu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (csytyu@cityu.edu.hk)
Philips F.L. Wang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (flwang@cityu.edu.hk)

Program Committee
F. T. Chan, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Giuliana Dettori, Institute for Educational Technologies, Italy
Michael Gardner, University of Essex, UK
Man Fai Lau, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Kris M. Y. Law, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Diana Perez-Marin, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Timonthy K. Shih, National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan
Stefanie Sieber, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany