Special Session on SMART E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS (ELA 2016) is part of the 23rd International Conference on Information and Software Technologies (ICIST 2017)
October 12-14, 2017, Druskininkai, Lithuania

SCOPE
Special Session on e-Learning Technologies and Applications (ELA 2016) covers all IT related technical aspects of eLearning environments and systems. The session aims at bringing together researchers who are interested in the intersection area between the technological point of view and the student-centered view of information technologies for e-Learning. We invite you to submit a broad range of contributions related to the latest achievements and research in smart e-learning.

TOPICS
Topics of the special session consist of all aspects related to e-Learning Technologies and Systems. They include but are not limited to:
- Smart e-learning: concepts, strategies, and approaches
- Educational applications of smart technology and smart systems
- Smart technology-based educational software and hardware systems
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems Internet-of-Things (IoT) in eLearning
- Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
- Web 3.0 based learning
- Best practices and case studies on e-learning
- Benefits, quality and effectiveness of e-learning

PUBLICATIONS
All accepted papers will appear in the ICIST Conference Proceedings Volume (published by Springer as a part of CCIS series) and submitted for indexing to Clarivate Analytics Web of Science.
Previous Proceedings:
ICIST 2014: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319119571
ICIST 2015: http://www.springer.com/br/book/9783319247694
ICIST 2016: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319462530
Selected authors of best papers will be also invited to submit extended versions of their papers to Information Technology and Control journal (ISSN 1392-124X; Clarivate Analytics WoS IF 0,633 (2015)).

SESSION CHAIRS
Assoc. Prof. Danguolė Rutkauskienė
Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
danguole.rutkauskiene@ktu.edu
Prof. dr. Radu Adrian Vasiu
Politechnica University of Timisoara, Romania
radu.vasiu@cm.upt.ro

SPONSORED AND SUPPORTED BY
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU)
Politechnica University of Timisoara (UPT)

CONTACTS
E-mail: icist@ktu.lt
Web site: http://icist.if.ktu.lt/