ICWL is an annual International Conference on Web-based Learning, founded by the Hong Kong Web Society. The first ICWL was held in Hong Kong in 2002. Since then, ICWL has been held in Australia (2003), China (2004, 2008, 2010, 2015), Hong Kong (2005, 2011), Malaysia (2006), United Kingdom (2007), Germany (2009), Romania (2012), Taiwan (2013), Estonia (2014), Italy (2016), South Africa (2017), Thailand (2018), Germany (2019), China (2020), Macao, China (2021), Spain (2022) and Australia (2023). The 24th ICWL will be held on November 26th -28th, 2024 at Shanghai University, Shanghai, China. It will feature a technical program of refereed papers selected by the international program committee, and keynote addresses offered by eminent scholars.
Call for papers
Authors are invited to submit original papers reporting on research results or novel applications in technology enhanced and web-based learning. Submitted papers have to be in pdf format, and according to the Springer LNCS Authors Guidelines. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three competent reviewers. Submission can be either FULL paper (12-15 pages) or SHORT paper (6-11 pages). All accepted papers presented at the conference will be published in a volume of Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).
Topics of interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- E-Learning Platforms and Tools
- Web-based Learning for Oriental Languages
- Learning Resource Deployment, Organization and Management
- Design, Model and Framework of E-learning Systems
- Practice and Experience Sharing
- Technology Enhanced Learning
- E-learning Metadata and Standards
- Mobile/Situated e-learning
- Collaborative Learning and Game-based Learning
- Pedagogical Issues
Paper submission instruction
Paper submission system is available at: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icwl2024.
All papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance to ICWL 2024, originality, significance and clarity.
Please note:
- Prospective authors are invited to submit original papers reporting on research results or novel applications in technology-enhanced learning and web-based learning. Submissions will be handled through the dedicated EasyChair page.
- Submitted papers have to be in pdf format, and according to the Springer LNCS Authors Guidelines. Formats for the submissions are either Full Paper (12-15 pages) or Short Paper (6-11 pages), including main content and references. Extra pages will have a cost of 100 AUD.
- Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three competent reviewers. The Technical Program Committee of ICWL will manage the review process and will accept submitted papers either as Full Paper or Short Paper.
- All accepted papers presented at the conference will be published in a volume of Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).
- Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers.
- Also authors should comply with Springer’s authors'code of-conduct .
Important Dates
- Abstract: July 15, 2024
- Full paper submission : July 31, 2024
- Notification of acceptance: Sept 15, 2024
- Camera ready: Sept 30, 2024
- Workshop proposals: May 31, 2024
- Notification of W. acceptance: June 10, 2024
- Full registration: Oct 5, 2024
Camera-Ready Instruction
Authors of accepted papers should read the following pertaining to the publication process of their ICWL 2024 contribution.
You have already received the comments by the reviewers in an email. Please take them carefully into account when preparing your camera-ready paper for the proceedings. The final paper and the signed copyright form are due on September 15, 2024.
This is a firm deadline for the production of the proceedings. You should submit your paper using your EasyChair proceedings author role for ICWL 2024.
1. FINAL PAPER: Please submit the files belonging to your camera-ready paper using your EasyChair author account. Follow the instructions after the login for uploading two files:
- either a zipped file containing all your LaTeX sources or a Word file in the RTF format, and
- the PDF version of your camera-ready paper
The page limit is 12-15 pages for Full Papers and 6-11 pages for Short Papers and is strict. Please follow strictly the author instructions of Springer-Verlag when preparing the final version:
Our publisher has recently introduced an extra control loop: once data processing is finished, they will contact all corresponding authors and ask them to check their papers. We expect this to happen shortly before the printing of the proceedings. At that time your quick interaction with Springer-Verlag will be greatly appreciated.
2. COPYRIGHT: Please upload a signed and completed copyright form to us as soon as possible. The Springer copyright form template can be found at HERE.
It is sufficient for one of the authors to sign the copyright form. You can scan the form into PDF or any other standard image format.
Conference Proceedings
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Please visit https://link.springer.com/conference/icwl for conference proceedings. Free access for conference participants will be granted until 31 December 2024.
Organizing Committee
Conference Co-Chairs
General Co-Chairs
Local Organization Co-Chairs
Program Committee Co-Chairs
Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs
Steering Committee Representatives
Contacts
All inquiries about the conference, including submissions, can be directed to the organisation committee at icwl.sete2024@gmail.com.