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The Second International Workshop on Learning Methodologies and Platforms used in the Cisco Networking Academy LMPCNA 2010 March 7-13, 2010 - Cancun, Mexico |
This workshop is part of ICNS 2010.
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| Publishing Information: |
All CPS Publications are included in the IEEE Xplore All CPS Publications are archived in IEEE Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL) Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a IARIA Journal |
| Submit a Paper: |
First, fill out the submission form with information about your paper. Please, fill it out only once for each paper, and do not resubmit it. Contact the address below if you run into any difficulties.
As the designated correspondence author, you will then receive a first e-mail message containing the paper ID. The information in the email will allow you to submit your paper.
If you have some problems send your paper via this e-mail (please report your paper ID in the text of your mail AND the name of the conference).
The conference staff will contact you only if the paper does not print properly or has other problems.
You can change information about your paper, submit brief corrections, view an email trail, and even edit your personal information by following the link in the initial confirmation email.
| Touristic Information: |
Touristic information is available from the hosting conference, ICNS 2010.
| Hotels and Travel: |
Hotels and travel information is available from the hosting conference page, ICNS 2010.
| Call for Papers: |
Cisco Networking Academy is an education initiative that delivers information and communication technology skills to improve student’s career around the world. Cisco Networking Academy provides online courses, interactive tools, and lab activities to help individuals develop the skills needed to fill ICT positions in virtually every type of industry. It also provides numerous programs and resources to link students and alumni with potential employers.
This innovative learning program that has more than 11,000 Academies spread world wide in more than 160 Countries with more than 472,000 students registered and more than 16,000 instructors. It realizes more than 25,000 online exams per day. The number of academies in the CNA has been growing continuously during its 12 years of existence. The CCNA course has been translated in 10 different languages.
This international workshop will serve as a forum for teachers and instructors from the academia and the industry to exchange ideas. The topics could be on techniques, methodologies and applications, best practices, awareness and experiences as well as future trends and needs related to all aspects of education and technologies.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- New learning methodologies
- Blended learning
- Accessibility in Learning
- Online laboratories
- Virtual laboratories
- Remote laboratories
- Learning strategies to enhance online courses
- Learning Content adaptation for blended learning
- Learning platforms and their compatibility with cisco.netacad.net
INSTRUCTION FOR THE AUTHORS
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to one of the IARIA Journals.
Publisher: CPS (see: http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/)
Archived: IEEE CSDL (Computer Science Digital Library) and IEEE Xplore
Submitted for indexing: Elsevier's EI Compendex Database, EI’s Engineering Information Index
Other indexes are being considered: INSPEC, DBLP, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index
Important deadlines:
Extension till November 4 to accommodate EU Project deadlines| Submission (full paper) | |
| Notification | |
| Registration | December 13, 2009 |
| Camera ready | December 18, 2009 |
Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission. All received papers will be acknowledged via an automated system.
Final author manuscripts will be 8.5" x 11", not exceeding 6 pages; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost. The formatting instructions can be found on the Instructions page.
Posters
Posters are welcome. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as poster. Submissions are expected to be 6-8 slide deck. Posters will not be published in the Proceedings. One poster with all the slides together should be used for discussions. Presenters will be allocated a space where they can display the slides and discuss in an informal manner. The poster slide decks will be posted on the IARIA site.
For more details, see the Posters explanation page.
Work in Progress
Work-in-progress contributions are welcome. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as work in progress. Authors should submit a four-page (maximum) text manuscript in IEEE double-column format including the authors' names, affiliations, email contacts. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings.
For more details, see the Work in Progress explanation page
Technical marketing/business/positioning presentations
The conference initiates a series of business, technical marketing, and positioning presentations on the same topics. Speakers must submit a 10-12 slide deck presentations with substantial notes accompanying the slides, in the .ppt format (.pdf-ed). The slide deck will not be published in the conference’s CD Proceedings. Presentations' slide decks will be posted on the IARIA's site. Please send your presentations to petre@iaria.org.
Tutorials
Tutorials provide overviews of current high interest topics. Proposals should be for three hour tutorials. Please send your proposals to petre@iaria.org
Panel proposals
The organizers encourage scientists and industry leaders to organize dedicated panels dealing with controversial and challenging topics and paradigms. Panel moderators are asked to identify their guests and manage that their appropriate talk supports timely reach our deadlines. Moderators must specifically submit an official proposal, indicating their background, panelist names, their affiliation, the topic of the panel, as well as short biographies. The panel's slide deck will be posted on the IARIA's site.
For more information, petre@iaria.org
| Committees: |
LMPCNA Advisory Chairs
Kristen Dicerbo, Cisco Learning Institute, USA
Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Iain Murray, Curtin University of Technology - Bentley / Western Australia, Australia
Harry Wang, Cisco Academy Training Centre - Asia Pacific / Box Hill Institute, Australia
LMPCNA 2010 Technical Program Committee
Nalin Abesekera, Open University of Sri Lanka -- Nawala, Sri Lanka
Tomaz Amon, BioAnim - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Joan Arnedo Moreno, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Russel Beale, University of Birmingham - Edgbaston, UK
Giancarlo Bo, Giunti Labs, Italy
Doina Bucur, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada
K. O. Chow, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Pavel Cicak, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Giuseppe Cinque, Cisco Academy Training Centre - Consorzio ELIS, Italy
Rebeca de la Vega,Cisco Networking Academy Mexico, Mexico
Kristen Dicerbo, Cisco Learning Institute, USA
Adam Maria Gadomski, HOIR / ECONA / ENEA - Rome, Italy
Jan Genci, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
Feher Gyula, Budapest Polytechnic / Cisco Academy Training Center, Hungary
Frantisek Jakab, AAM Cisco Slovakia & Ukraine, Slovakia
Martin Klimo, University of Zilina, Slovakia
Eugenijus Kurilovas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics - Vilnius, Lithuania
Elaine Lawrence, University of Technology - Sydney, Australia
Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Bill Lockitt, QTP Ltd., UK
Rory McGreal, Athabasca University, Canada
Luvai F. Motiwalla, University of Massachusetts -- Lowell, USA
Iain Murray, Curtin University of Technology - Bentley / Western Australia, Australia
Margit Pohl, Inst. f. Gestaltungs- und Wirkungsforschung/TU Wien, Österreich
Josep Prieto-Blázquez, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Clark Quinn, Quinnovation, USA
Jelena Revzina, Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Latvia
Ricardo Santos, Cisco Networking Academy Program / Regional Manager, Latin America & the Caribbean, Brazil
Eileen Scanlon, Open University, UK
Andrew Smith, The Open University, UK
Edward Swenson, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA
Djamshid Tavangarian, University of Rostock, Germany
Harry Wang, Cisco Academy Training Centre - Asia Pacific) / Box Hill Institute, Australia
| Tutorials: |
Tutorials are available from the hosting conference page, ICNS 2010.
| Preliminary Program: |
Preliminary program is available from the hosting conference page, ICNS 2010.
| Manuscript Preparation: |
Manuscript preparation is available from the hosting conference page, ICNS 2010.
| Registration Form: |
Registration form is available from the hosting conference page, ICNS 2010.
| Statistics: |
Statistics are available from the hosting conference page, ICNS 2010.
| Photos: |
Photos are available from the hosting conference page, ICNS 2010.
| Awards: |
Awards are available from the hosting conference page, ICNS 2010.
