2nd European Immersive Education Summit

26th and 27th November 2012

École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratif EnsAD (Paris, France)

Important Dates

• Paper submission: 27th July 2012
• Notification of acceptance: 28th September 2012
• Final paper submission: 26th October 2012
• Summit: 26th-27th November 2012

Overview

The theme for the 2nd European Immersive Education (iED) Summit is:

Immersive Education: combining creativity, art and pedagogy

The two-day event is open to the global academic community and experts in immersion, simulation, learning games, virtual reality and full, augmented and mixed reality. 

The École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD) in Paris has the mission to provide artistic, scientific and technical training for creative designers engaged in design and research in all aspects of the decorative arts. EnsAD is involved in research on the creation of artistic and shared online spaces, exploring the aesthetic and sociological implications of immersive 3D environments. 

• As spaces of live creation (art experimentation)
• As spaces for exposing and represent art (museography & design)
• As spaces for idea exchange and communication (collaborative platforms for artistic and academic community)

Confirmed keynote speakers include:

• Prof. Chris Fowler - Virtual Reality and Learning: Where’s the pedagogy? The School of Education, The University of the West Indies

Background 

There is a growing interest in the use of virtual and mixed-reality environments for online teaching and learning. Immersive Education gives participants a sense of "being there" even when attending a class or training session in person isn't possible, practical, or desirable, which in turn provides educators and students with the ability to connect and communicate in a way that greatly enhances the learning experience. Originally available only to university students, the next generation of Immersive Education is focused on a broad spectrum of academic and non-academic users (higher education, K-12, and corporate training).

iED Summits are official Immersive Education Initiative conferences organized specifically for educators, researchers, and administrators. iED Summits consist of presentations, panel discussions, break-out sessions and workshops that provide attendees with an in-depth overview of immersive learning platforms, technologies and cutting-edge research from around the world. iED Summits feature new and emerging virtual worlds, learning games, educational simulations, mixed/augmented reality, and related teaching tools, techniques, technologies, standards and best practices.

This summit will address core topics on the use of virtual and mixed-reality environments for online education and training applications. The scope will be fairly broad and will look at a range of innovative uses of virtual reality immersive environments. This could range from using and developing virtual environments through to practitioners with experience of teaching online and developing new approaches and pedagogies, including underpinning theories, human factors, pedagogy and design/evaluation strategies, case studies and more technical/scientific research topics. Submissions that have empirical results derived from virtual or mixed-reality immersive education test-beds are also encouraged.

This is the second summit organised by the newly formed European Chapter of the Immersive Education Initiative (http://europe.immersiveeducation.org), and builds on the success of the previous iED Europe summit held in Madrid in November 2011. See http://europe.immersiveeducation.org/events/ied-europe-summit for an overview of the previous summit and the online proceedings. The European summit complements the international summits that are held in Boston and organised by the Immersive Education Initiative in the USA. (see http://mediagrid.org/summit/).

Topics of Interest includes, but are not limited to, the following:

• Blended/Hybrid learning
• Personalised learning
• Intelligent agents in learning
• Edutainment & Game-Based Learning
• Location-based and contextual learning
• Immersive Educational technology markets & challenges
• Virtual and mixed-reality for education
• Educational software/hardware
• Intelligent classroom
• Virtual laboratories and tools
• Pedagogy for the Internet Age
• Innovations in the teaching laboratory
• Student assessment in high-tech teaching environments
• Cultural dimensions of educational technology
• Educational technology innovations
• Social/Collaborative learning
• Smart educational environment
• Teaching strategies to maximise benefits of emerging technology
• Future research issues for Immersive Education

The iED Europe 2012 Summit executive committee comprises:

• François Garnier, École nationale supériore des Arts Décoratifs, France (iED Europe Summit Chair)
• Michael Gardner, University of Essex, UK (Programme Committee Chair)
• Beatrice Hasler, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel (Proceedings Chair)
• Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Christian Gütl, Technische Universität Graz, Austria
• Daniel Livingstone, University of the West of Scotland, UK
• Pasi Mattila, Center for Internet Excellence, Finland
• Aaron Walsh, Boston College, USA (iED board chair)

Program committee(to be confirmed):

• Dietrich Albert, University of Graz, Austria
• Leena Arhippainen, University of Oulu, Finland
• Michael E. Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria
• Sanna Brauer, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• Santi Caballé Llobet, UOC, Spain
• Vanessa Chang, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
• Sara de Freitas, Coventry University, UK
• Matjaz Debev, University of Maribor, Slovenia
• Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Nellie Deutsch, University of Phoenix, Canada
• Samir A. El-Seoud, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
• Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
• José Jesús García Rueda, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Michael Gardner, University of Essex, UK
• François Garnier, École nationale supériore des Arts Décoratifs, France
• Vania Guerra, École Polythechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
• Christian Gütl, Technische Universität Graz, Austria
• Judson Harward, MIT, USA
• Beatrice Hasler, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel
• Sven Havemman, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Margit Hoefler, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• María Blanca Ibáñez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Michael Jacobson, University of Sydney, Australia
• Monique Janneck, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences, Germany
• Bruno Joho, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
• Larry Johnson, New Media Consortium, USA
• Frank Kappe, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Irene Karaguilla Ficheman, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
• Nathan Labhart, University of Zurich, Switzerland
• Stephanie Linek, Universität Graz, Austria
• Miguel Lizondo, Deimos Space, Spain
• Daniel Livingstone, University of the West of Scotland, UK
• Phillip D. Long, University of Queensland, Australia
• Michelle Lucey-Roper, Federation of American Scientists, USA
• Pasi Mattila, Center for Internet Excellence, Finland
• Maggie A. McPherson, University of Leeds, UK
• Jermol Mitja, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
• Abelardo Pardo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Ignazio Passero, University of Salerno, Italy
• Lalita Rajasingham, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• Robby Ratan, Michigan State University, USA
• Peter Reimann, University of Sydney, Australia
• Torsten Reiners, University of Hamburg, Germany
• Daniel Rongo, EON Reality Pte Ltd, Singapore
• Saverio Salerno, University of Salerno, Italy
• Diane Salter, University of Hong Kong, China
• Pilar Sancho Thomas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
• Sandra Schaffert, Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft, Austria
• Andreas Schmeil, University of Lugano, Switzerland
• Matthew Schmidt, University of Missouri, USA
• Aidai Seidakmatova, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel
• Marc Spaniol, Max-Planck-Institut, Germany
• Aaron Walsh, Boston College, USA
• Nicole Yankelovich, OpenWonderland, USA

Organizing committee

• François Garnier, École nationale supériore des Arts Décoratifs, France (iED Europe Summit Chair

Paper and poster submissions

Short and long papers

The summit will consist of both short/long paper presentation sessions. The submitted papers should be of no more than 6 pages (short paper) or 12 pages (long paper). Similar to the last European summit, the best papers of the summit will be given the opportunity to submit a revised version to a leading journal for publication (the Springer Series in Immersive Environments is considered as a possibility). All papers from the summit will be published in online proceedings with a confirmed ISBN number/reference. Papers should be submitted via the iED submission system http://summit.ImmersiveEducation.org/EUROPE/submitters.html

Poster presentations

Work in progress may be also presented by means of posters. The poster submission should consist of a paper of maximum 2 pages. The format of the paper and poster submissions should follow the IOS guidelines (http://www.iospress.nl/authco/instruction_crc.html) and be submitted via the iED submission system (http://summit.ImmersiveEducation.org/EUROPE/submitters.html). The Programme Committee will review all papers through a non-blind review process. Note that at least one author for each accepted paper must register and present the paper at the summit.

Demonstration proposals

Proposals to present demonstrations of new technologies for Immersive Education are welcome. Demonstration proposals should clearly describe the motivation for the tool and how it will be demonstrated at the summit. Demonstration descriptions will not be published in the proceedings; therefore, demonstrations can include both previously published work and work that is not yet ready for publication. Submissions should be no longer than 3 pages in length using the IOS template and sent through the iED submission system (http://summit.ImmersiveEducation.org/EUROPE/submitters.html).

Virtual World Art and Creation Proposals

Proposals to present virtual world art experimentation (art research, performance, art exhibition, architecture, design) as part of a wider exhibition at the summit are welcome. These proposals should clearly describe the concept of the art experimentation and the artistic motivation of the piece. It is expected that the creator will present their work on a large screen in a conference room with on line access. Other media are also possible ( machinima, installation, picture, ext …). If specific requirements are need for the demonstration (eg. space, wall hanging, equipment, etc) they should be clearly described in the proposal. 3D art exhibits will not be published in the proceedings; therefore, they can include both previous work and work that has not yet been exhibited. Submissions should be no longer than 1 page in length using the IOS template and sent through the iED submission system (http://summit.ImmersiveEducation.org/EUROPE/submitters.html).