8th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL’09) 

 
August 19-21, 2009, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

 
http://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2009/ 

 
ICWL is an annual international conference on web-based learning. Since the first ICWL 
was held in Hong Kong in 2002, it has been held in Australia (2003), China (2004), Hong 
Kong (2005), Malaysia (2006), United Kingdom (2007), and China (2008). The 8th ICWL 
2009 will be held in Aachen, Germany, a city with rich culture, high-tech research, and a 
truly European spirit. ICWL 2009 will be jointly organized by Hong Kong Web Society, 
RWTH Aachen University, and Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science. The technical 
program will feature keynote addresses, workshops, tutorials, in addition to presentations 
of refereed papers. Areas of interest include but are not limited to the following: 
 
 Technology Enhanced Learning 
 Web-based Learning for Oriental Languages 
 Mobile Learning 
 Social Software and Web 2.0 for Technology Enhanced Learning  
 Learning Resource Deployment, Organization and Management 
 Design, Model and Framework of E-learning Systems 
 E-learning Metadata and Standards 
 Educational Gaming and Multimedia Storytelling for Learning  
 Practice and Experience Sharing 
 Pedagogical Issues 
 

Paper Submissions 
 
Authors are invited to submit original papers on research results or novel applications in 
web-based learning. Papers for submissions should be formatted in single column of no 
more than 10 pages in single line spacing and in PDF format for review. All accepted 
papers will appear in the conference proceedings. All accepted full papers presented in 
the conference will be published as a volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer 
Science (tentative). It is further planned that authors of the best papers will be invited to 
submit their extended versions for special issues of relevant journals. 
 
Full Paper Submission Deadline: March 1, 2009 
Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: March 1, 2009 
Poster Paper Submission Deadline: May 1, 2009 
 
For more information about the conference, workshop proposal or paper submission, 
please check the conference web site or send an email to: icwl2009@hkws.org 
 

                            

 Conference Committee 
 
General Chair 
Matthias Jarke 
RWTH Aachen University, Germany 
 

General Co-Chairs 
Ralf Klamma 
RWTH Aachen University, Germany 
Rynson Lau 
City University, Hong Kong  
 

Program Co-Chairs 
Marc Spaniol 
Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science, 
Germany 
Qing Li 
City University, Hong Kong 
 

Organization Co-Chair 
Yiwei Cao 
RWTH Aachen University, Germany 
 

Workshop Co-Chairs 
Baltasar Fernández-Manjón 
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain  
Frederick Li 
Durham University, United Kingdom 
 

Publicity Co-Chairs 
Anna Glukhova 
RWTH Aachen University, Germany 
Christian Gütl 
TU Graz, Austria 
Yuanchun Shi 
Tsinghua University, China 
 

Treasurers 
Howard Leung 
Hong Kong Web Society, Hong Kong 
Zinayida Petrushyna 
RWTH Aachen University, Germany 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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