Call for Papers (Extended Deadline for complete paper submission)
"Motivating Students with Mobiles for STEM" (MsM for STEM 2017) Special Session
Organized in conjunction with
EDUCON 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference
25-28 April 2017, Athens, Greece
http://educon-conference.org/educon2017
Scope
Mobile learning, offers learners the potential to acquire knowledge and skills in a ubiquitous and personalized manner, facilitating a learner-centered learning experience in “anytime and anywhere” settings. Among the numerous elements that are associated with a successful mobile learning strategy, emotional, affective and motivational factors are considered especially important and need to be further investigatedoffers learners the potential to acquire knowledge and skills in a ubiquitous and personalized manner, facilitating a learner-centered learning experience in "anytime and anywhere" settings. Among the numerous elements that are associated with a successful mobile learning strategy, emotional, affective and motivational factors are considered especially important and need to be further investigated.
STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) education is currently one of the main priorities in many educational systems worldwide. Despite the fact that employment opportunities in STEM professions are growing, the number of students interested in pursuing science careers is on a descendent trend. How can mobile technologies be used in order to motivate students towards STEM education?
The special session “Motivating Students with Mobiles for STEM” (MsM for STEM 2017), within the “EDUCON 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference”, in line with the objectives of the MsM’2014 and MsM’2015 Special Sessions and the growing interest of the educational community towards fostering STEM education, aims to continue and promote the discussion about the motivational aspects of mobile learning, with special focus on supporting STEM education. It will provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present their latest work on evaluating the impact of mobile learning on student motivation and learning, and propose pedagogies, motivational strategies, instructional design methodologies and implementations to support and enhance STEM education through the appropriate uses of mobile technology.
Topics of Interest
The special session “Motivating Students with Mobiles for STEM” (MsM for STEM 2017) invites original papers (full/short/poster submissions) focusing on fostering student motivation and engagement in STEM subjects, using mobile technologies. The topics include (but are not limited to):
- Modeling Motivation in Mobile Learning for STEM,
- Evaluation and Measurement of Motivation in Mobile Learning for STEM,
- Pedagogies and Motivation in Mobile Learning for STEM,
- Motivation and Affect in Mobile Learning for STEM,
- Motivation and Cognition in Mobile Learning for STEM,
- Motivation and Creativity in Mobile Learning for STEM,
- Personalized Motivational support in Mobile STEM Learning,
- Motivational Feedback in Mobile STEM Learning,
- Mobile assisted Problem-based and Project-based Learning to increase Motivation towards STEM,
- Motivation in Virtual and Remote operated labs with mobile devices,
- Motivation in Inquiry-based Mobile Learning,
- Motivating Mobile Learning for students with disabilities,
- Motivation in Game-based Mobile Learning,
- Motivation in Wearables-based Learning,
- Gamification and Motivation in Mobile Learning for STEM,
- Collaborative Mobile-based STEM Learning,
- Motivation in mobile MOOCs for STEM,
- Motivating mobile students in Cloud-based Learning,
- Mobile Learning Assessment and Motivation in STEM Education,
- Mobile Learning Adoption and Acceptance in STEM Education,
- Mobile Learning and gender-related issues in STEM Education
- Teachers and Students perceptions about Mobile Learning for STEM,
- Parents perceptions about Mobile Learning for STEM.
MsM for STEM 2017 Special Session Chairs
Stavros A. Nikou, IPPS, University of Macedonia, Greece, http://users.uom.gr/~snikou
Submission
Articles submitted to “MSM for STEM 2017” will follow the Conference Submission System (https://www.conftool.com/educon/) and presented papers will appear in the EDUCON2017 proceedings, published by IEEE and listed in IEEE Xplore. Before preparing your paper, please read carefully the instructions for authors, then submit it to the Conference Submission System.
Selected papers could be rewritten and submitted to special issues of OnlineJournals.ORG, (http://www.online-journals.org)
Important Dates
06 Dec 2016: Submission of complete papers
21 Dec 2016: Notification of acceptance
06 Feb 2017: Author registration and payment, Camera-ready submission
25 Apr 2017: Pre-conference workshops
26 Apr 2017: Conference Opening
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