Digitel 2007 - submission extended

There is a rapidly growing interest in the design of digital games and intelligent toys for learning. Digital games use advanced computing, multimedia and Internet technology while intelligent toys are embedded with chips and sensors utilize wireless, mobile, and ubiquitous computing technologies. The game and toy designs that these technologies make possible integrate individual and social activities in new ways, and thus reframe long-standing questions, ideas, and approaches to learning. This conference will convene experts in digital games and toys from academia and industry to address fundamental questions about these new technologies for learning:

*What kinds of meaningful learning takes place through digital toys and games, and how does the process of deep understanding develop in these contexts?

*What new theories are needed to explain the phenomena of learning through digital game and toy-based play--and what old theories can be extended to this domain?

*How can we characterize the pedagogies of digital game and toy based learning?

*How can these technologies be adopted for formal and informal learning settings?

*Are there possible adverse outcomes and how can they be avoided, minimized, or mitigated?

The IEEE International Workshop on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL2007) provides a forum, with keynotes, paper presentations, posters, and panels, for researchers and practitioners from various disciplines to exchange ideas to lay the foundation for this emerging research area. The proceedings of the workshop will be published by IEEE Computer Society.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Foundation and theory for design

Evaluation

Case studies and exemplars

Artificial intelligence

Virtual characters

Vitual storytelling and game narrative

Multiplayer and social game design

Simulation and animation

Entertainment Robots for Education

Augmented/Mixed Reality

Interface

Training

Sport

Non-Visual Senses (smelling, touching, hearing)

Mobile games and its linking to online games

Location-based games and ubiquitous technology

Identity in gaming to learn: roles and role-playing

Optimal experience and flow

Engagement and emotion

Collaboration, competition and community

Social and Cultural aspects

PAPER CATEGORIES:

Full Papers: 8 pages;

Short Papers: 5 pages;

Posters: 3 pages

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission due: Sept 15, 2006

Notification of Acceptance: Nov 1, 2006

Final Articles due: Dec 1, 2006

Early Bird Registration due: Jan 10, 2007

ORGANIZATION

General Chair:

Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zealand

Program Co-Chairs:

Tak-Wai Chan, National Central University, Taiwan

Ana Paiva, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Organization Chair:

Jie-Chi Yang, National Central University, Taiwan

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Elisabeth Andre, Universität Augsburg, Germany

Juha Arrasvuori, Nokia, Finland

Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University, UK

Roger Azevedo, University of Memphis, USA

Ryan Baker, University of Nottingham, UK

Catherine Beavis, Deakin University, Australia

Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University, USA

John B. Black, Columbia University, USA

Rick Borovoy, nTag Interactive, USA

Tony Brooks, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark

Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Daniel Burgos, Open University, The Netherlands

Justine Cassell, Northwestern University, USA

Marc Cavazza, University of Teesside, UK

Kuo-En Chang, Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Yam San Chee, National Institute of Education, Singapore

Gwo-Dong Chen, National Central University, Taiwan

Chryso Chistodoulou, FUNecole Research Institute, Cyprus

Cristina Conati, University of British Columbia, Canada

Richard Van Eck, University of North Dakota, USA

Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Jim Gray, LeapFrog, USA

Toshihiro Hayashi, Kagawa University, Japan

Elisabeth Hayes, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Carrie Heeter, Michigan State University, USA

Ernst A. Heinz, UMIT, Austria

Prendinger Helmut, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Ulrich Hoppe, University of Duisburg, Germany

Sherry Hsi, Exploratorium, USA

Kin-chuen Hui , The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Kenji Ito, Tokyo University, Japan

Carsten Jessen, The Danish University of Education, Denmark

Lewis Johnson, University of Southern California, USA

Barry Joseph, Global Kids, USA

Oskar Juhlin, Interactive Institute, Sweden

Yasmin Kafai, UCLA, USA

Paul A. Kirschner, Open Universiteit Nederland, The Netherlands

Eric Klopfer, MIT, USA

Fong-Lok Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Jimmy Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

James Lester, North Carolina State University, USA

Yi Li, Nanjing Normal University, China

Rosemary Luckin, University of London, UK

Rikke Magnussen, Learning Lab Denmark, Denmark

Maja Pivec, FH Joanneum, University of Applied Sciences, Austria

Jane McGonigal, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Rory McGreal, Athabasca University, Canada

Marcelo Mirad, Vaxjo University, Sweden

Bonnie Nardi, University of California, Irvine, USA

Richard Noss, University of London, UK

Cory Ondrejka, Linden Lab, USA

Zhigeng Pan, Zhejiang University, China

Eva Petersson, Aalborg Universitet, Denmark

Rui Prada, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Marc Prensky, Games2train, USA

Clark Quinn, Quinnovation, USA

Janet Read, University of Central Lancashire, UK

P. Ravindra De Silva, University of Aizu, Japan

Albert Skip Rizzo, University of Southern California, USA

Sofoklis Sotiriou, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greek

Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Coe Leta Stafford, UC Berkeley, USA

Constance Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Masanori Sugimoto, Tokyo University, Japan

Chuen-Tsai Sun, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Charlie C.L. Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Brian Winn, Michigan State University, USA

Jie-Chi Yang, National Central University, Taiwan