Call for contributions

Relevant topics

include but are not limited to:

• Models of learning experiences in Smart Cities
• Learning spaces for formal and informal learning
• Boundaries between formal and informal learning
• Technological, pedagogical, social challenges to learning in smart cities
• Techno-ecosystem for Smart City Learning
• Novel approaches to learning and scenarios
• Ubiquitous Gamification
• Experiences and models for social learning in the Smart City
• Digital literacy for Smart City Learning
• Geo-localities and cultural effects
• Success and fiasco stories
• Privacy, Data Control and Security
• Ecological monitoring and Analytics for Smart City Learning
• Empirical research and investigations related to ICT usage and future trends

Important dates:

• Deadline for submission: 1st July, 2014 -> 15th July, 2014
• Notification of acceptance: 1st August 1, 2014 -> 20th August, 2014
• Camera ready submission: 1st September, 2014

Format of the contributions & Participants selection

Participants will be selected on the basis of a submitted position paper of maximum 4 pages (LNCS style). All submissions will be reviewed at least by two members of the scientific committee and by the workshop organizers. The selection will be done to ensure scientific quality together with the presence of different perspectives and to foster discussion.

The submission and review process will be handled by Easychair -> link for paper submission

To promote discussion we intend to limit the number of accepted contributions to 12-15 and participation to no more than 20-25 people (the authors plus a small number of listeners strongly motivated to contribute to the discussion).

Proceedings

After the workshop, participants will be invited to prepare a revised and extended paper to be included as part of a special issue of Interaction Design and Architecture(s) (IxD&A); a slot has been reserved for the second half of 2015. The call for papers will be open to assure high quality of the special issue.