Hello, Hope this email finds you well. Can you please help promote our Workshop? Many thanks in advance for your help. Best regards, Mariana Reimão Carvalho ************************************************************************** 1st workshop on the Gamification of the Learning Processes (GaLePro) https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/tracks/workshops/galepro To be held in the 11th International Conference in Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning (MIS4TEL) Salamanca (Spain) | 6th-8th October, 2021 ************************************************************************** ================================= SCOPE ================================== Thanks to recent technological developments in several fields, the learning process can now be augmented in many different ways, achieving goals such as teaching personalization, efficient communication processes, better content management, among others. While these developments are relevant in any form of learning, they are much more so in Blended or Distance Learning. In these forms of learning, in which Student are often physically apart from the Professor, maintaining adequate levels of engagement and motivation in Students is a major challenge. The use of technologies that are interactive, appealing, and provide a sense of reward for learning tasks are thus paramount. This is the main motivation for this workshop. Specifically, it focuses on the use of technologies, approaches or methodologies that fall under the Gamification umbrella. Gamification can be briefly defined as the use of game elements in an otherwise nongame environment. In education, game elements the use of gamification can include simple aspects such as a change in language or assignments, to the implementation of competitions, rewards, leaderboards, or the use of actual games to implement and test the learned concepts. Using these approaches, gamification has been shown to improve student engagement, motivation and overall satisfaction with the learning process. This workshop thus aims to be a multi-disciplinary forum for practitioners from several fields including Education, ICT, Artificial Intelligence or Psychology to discuss novel approaches, methodologies or technologies in which game concepts are used with the purpose of improving the learning process. ================================= TOPICS ================================== The topics of GaLePro include, among others: - Gamification in the classroom - Gamification in distance learning - Use of digital/physical games in the grading process - Innovative game elements - Serious games - Gamification in STEAM - Collaborative tools in education - Storytelling in teaching/learning - Gamification and student motivation - Psychology and Human factors - Gamification design principles - Gamification frameworks - Practical use cases of gamification in education - Legal aspects of using gamification in education ================================= VENUE ================================== The 1st workshop on the Gamification of the Learning Processes (GaLePro) will take place in the context of the 11th International Conference in Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning (MIS4TEL). MIS4TEL will be held in Salamanca (Spain) on October 6th-8th, 2021, in parallel with the PAAMS'21 International Conference. =============================== SUBMISSION ================================ Papers must be formatted according to the Springer AISC (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing) Template. Contributions should be full papers (10 pages) or exceptionally short papers (6 pages), including figures and references. All proposed papers must be submitted in electronic form (PDF format) using the MIS4TEL conference management system. To submit a paper follow de instructions at https://www.mis4tel-conference.net/submission and then select the appropriate workshop in the submission system. Accepted papers will be included in MIS4TEL 2020 Proceedings, published by Springer. At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. All accepted papers will be published by AISC Springer Verlag. ============================= IMPORTANT DATES ============================= Deadline for paper submission: 30th April, 2021 Notification of acceptance: 7th June, 2021 Camera-Ready papers: 28th June, 2021 Conference: 6th-8th October, 2021 ============================== ORGANIZATION ============================== Davide Carneiro CIICESI/ESTG.IPP dcarneiro(a)estg.ipp.pt Mariana Reimão Carvalho CIICESI/ESTG.IPP mrc(a)estg.ipp.pt Rui Silva CETRAD/UTAD ruisilva(a)utad.pt