Call for Papers Real Virtual Relationships A special issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research to be published 2017 Q2 Guest Editors: Richard E. Ferdig (Kent State University, USA) Kristine E. Pytash (Kent State University, USA) Elyse Graham (SUNY Stony Brook, USA) Glenn W. Muschert (Miami University, USA) Deadline for abstracts: March 15, 2017 MOTIVATION AND SCOPE: We live in an era of digitally-mediated relationships. From finding a spouse online to daily interactions facilitated through social media, it is difficult for many people to imagine building and sustaining both platonic and romantic relationships without technology. Virtual worlds are no…

Call for Papers Minitrack: Usage of Simulations, Educational Games and Gamification in Education Track: IS in Education, IS Curriculum, Education and Teaching Cases (SIGED) 2017 Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) Boston, MA, August 10-12, 2017, http://amcis2017.aisnet.org/ Deadline for paper submission: March 1, 2017 The Usage of Simulations, Educational Games and Gamification in Education minitrack solicits studies that examine the usage of serious games, simulations, or gamification in education. Although the focus is on studies on information systems education, studies from other fields are also welcome especially if the results can be used across different educational settings. This track invites…

Call for Papers Joint Conference on Serious Games 2017 (JCSG 2017) 23-24th November 2017, Valencia, Spain http://jointconference-on-seriousgames.org/ Paper submission deadline: April 1st, 2017 FUSION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE SERIOUS GAMES OUTCOME Over the last 10 years, the use of serious games in several fields like learning, simulation, training, health, well-being, management, assessment or marketing exploded. We gained a deeper knowledge on their efficiency and effectiveness, in particular taking into consideration the needs of the digital natives’ generation, and the single or combined use of scientific and artistic fields has grown in acceptance. However, there are still several barriers in…

ACM UMAP Workshop – HAAPIE 2017 – FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS The 2nd International Workshop on Human Aspects in Adaptive and Personalized Interactive Environments, in conjunction with the 25th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2017), Bratislava, Slovakia, 9-12 July 2017 Full details are available online: http://haapie.cs.ucy.ac.cy IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: 20 April 2017 Notification: 20 May 2017 Camera-ready: 28 May 2017 MOTIVATION & GOALS State-of-the-art approaches in adaptation and personalization research consider user models that mostly maintain information regarding the “traditional” user characteristics (i.e., experience, knowledge, interests, context), and related contextual or technology aspects (i.e.,…

Call for Workshop Papers 2nd International Workshop Playable Cities: The City As A Digital Playground This workshop will be held as part of the INTETAIN 2017 conference, June 20–22, 2017, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal: http://www.intetain.org/2017/show/home Paper Submission deadline: 1 April 2017 PLAYABLE CITIES What is a playable city? “A Playable City is a city where people, hospitality and openness are key, enabling its residents and visitors to reconfigure and rewrite its services, places and stories.” This notion of ‘making cities playable’ was introduced some years ago in Bristol (UK). Originally it was meant to distinguish smart cities from playable cities, where…

[From Penn State News] Arts and Design Research Incubator to host embodied cognition symposium March 22 Stephanie Swindle February 20, 2017 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Arts and Design Research Incubator (ADRI) will host a symposium titled “Embodied Cognition and Communities of Practice” from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, in the ADRI, located in 16 Borland Building. Embodied cognition is an interdisciplinary research program exploring the ways brains, bodies and environment interact to shape thinking and doing. The ADRI has gathered a panel of practitioners from different areas for a robust conversation, to be led by noted…