21.1828, Calls: Comp Ling, Lang Acq, Text/Corpus Ling/Germany

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Date: 14-Apr-2010
From: Maja Bärenfänger < maja.baerenfaenger at germanistik.uni-giessen.de >
Subject: Language Technology and Text-Technological Methods for E-Learning

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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:26:16
From: Maja Bärenfänger [maja.baerenfaenger at germanistik.uni-giessen.de]
Subject: Language Technology and Text-Technological Methods for E-Learning

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Full Title: Language Technology and Text-Technological Methods for E-
Learning 

Date: 08-Sep-2010 - 08-Sep-2010
Location: Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany 
Contact Person: Maja Bärenfänger
Meeting Email: maja.baerenfaenger at germanistik.uni-giessen.de
Web Site: http://konvens2010.de/workshop_en.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Language Acquisition; 
Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 16-May-2010 

Meeting Description:

Language Technology and Text-Technological Methods for E-Learning

Workshop to be held in conjunction with the 10th KONVENS ('Konferenz zur
Verarbeitung Natürlicher Sprache', Conference on Natural Language 
Processing)
Date: September 8, 2010
Location: Universität des Saarlands, Saarbrücken (Germany)
http://konvens2010.de/workshop_en.html 

Last Call for Papers

Submission Deadline: May 16, 2010

Theme and Scope
The relevance of E-Learning has grown in the past ten years, both in 
academic and non-university environments. While most of the efforts done 
in the first decade concentrated on the creation of E-Learning platforms 
(Learning Management Systems), a second aspect, which became relevant 
during the last five years, was research on the didactic part of E-Learning, 
trying to locate a place for the technically enhanced learning scenarios in 
the wider range of learning in general. For theses reasons often only 
Computer Science and Educational Science are meant as academic 
disciplines that drive the innovation, it is a fact that in addition 
Computational Linguistics and Text Technology are playing an important 
role, too. Examples of activities of both disciplines are ICALL, CALL and 
other NLP-related tasks and methods used in E-Learning applications, as 
well as the use of linguistic corpora for E-Learning, and E-Learning-related 
standards and specifications (e.g. IEEE LOM, SCORM, IMS Learning 
Design). Although research in these fields is often followed separately from 
each other, both research perspectives on E-Learning share two global 
tasks: 
-The implementation of adaptive and personalized learning,
-The (semi-)automation of generating and retrieving learning objects, tests, 
glossaries or the like. The first task is either accomplished in the framework 
of ICALL and the use of NLP-methods (Computational Linguistics and 
Computer Science), or by adopting standards and specifications like 
SCORM, IMS Simple Sequencing or IMS Learning Design (Text 
Technology). 
With regard to the second task, computational linguists often rely amongst 
others on machine learning techniques or statistical methods, while Text 
Technology often focus on the step further ahead: the modeling of 
sustainable learning content using text-technological methods and tools 
(such as markup languages, open corpora or user generated content), 
which may be both automatically recombined and retrieved on the basis of 
the information provided by their annotation.

This workshop tries to bring together participants from all involved fields,
either academic or non-university. We especially invite contributions dealing 
with the generation, modeling or retrieval of flexible learning objects, 
learning scenarios, or learning sequences, but also contributions dealing 
with E-Learning as a research question included in but not limited to the 
following application fields:
- (Intelligent) Computer-Assisted Language Learning 
- NLP methods in E-Learning applications (e.g. Assessment and Feedback,
Generation of Content, Tests, Glossaries or the like) 
- Ontologies in the context of E-Learning
- Linguistic corpora as a resource for E-Learning
- User generated content in the context of E-Learning

Invited Speakers
- Iryna Gurevych (TU Darmstadt)
- Erik Duval (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Organizers
- Maja Bärenfänger (Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen)
- Maik Stührenberg (Universität Bielefeld)

Program Committee
- Delphine Bernhard (LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay, France)
- Lothar Lemnitzer (Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der 
Wissenschaften)
- Henning Lobin (Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen)
- Cerstin Mahlow (Universität Zürich)
- Michael Piotrowski (Universität Zürich)
- Fridolin Wild (Open University)
- Magdalena Wolska (Universität des Saarlands, Saarbrücken)

Important Dates
- Deadline for submission (extended abstract or full paper): May 16, 2010
- Notification of acceptance: July 6, 2010
- Workshop: September 8, 2010
- Camera-ready full Paper due: October 16, 2010

Submission Format
We welcome contributions in the form of extended abstracts (not longer 
than 4 pages, including bibliography and figures). As the review process will 
be anonymous, your submission must not contain the author(s) name(s) 
and affiliation(s), or other indications of the author(s) identity. Each 
submission will be blind reviewed by at least two members of the Program 
Committee.

The workshop languages are English and German. We encourage the 
submission of contributions in English. Submission should be done via 
EasyChair at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=elcl2010 by May 
16, 2010. Accepted papers will be published in the form of full papers (not 
longer than 10 pages) in a special issue of the Journal for Language 
Technology and Computational Linguistics (JLCL). Full papers should be 
submitted by October 16, 2010.

If you need further information please don't hesitate to contact either Maik
Stührenberg (maik.stuehrenberg(at)uni-bielefeld.de) or Maja Bärenfänger
(maja.baerenfaenger(at)germanistik.uni-giessen.de)

Important Note
Authors of accepted papers must register as participants for KONVENS 
2010, even if they intend to participate in the workshop only. Additional fees 
for the Workshop are 5 EUR.

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