We would like to invite you to participate in the 9th international scientific conference DiVAI 2012 - Distance Learning in Applied Informatics (May 2 - 4, 2012)

The conference proceedings will undergo the Thomson Reuters selection process to apply for coverage in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index and authors of selected papers will be invited to publish enhanced version in special issues of Journals:

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning (ISSN 1742-7193, indexed in SCOPUS)
Recent Patents on Computer Science (ISSN 1874-4796, indexed in SCOPUS)
Problems of Education in the 21st Century (ISSN 1822-7864)
Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science (ISSN 1803-1617)
Technology of Education (ISSN 1335-003X)

The scope of the conference includes but is not limited to the following major topics:

Section 1 – Information Technologies Supporting Learning

Authoring Tools and Content Development
Web Based Learning, Wikis and Blogs
E-learning Platforms, Portals
Digital Libraries for E-learning
Multimedia and E-learning
Ontologies and Meta-Data Standards

Section 2 – Web Intelligence

Web Information Filtering and Retrieval
Web Data Mining
Meta-Knowledge Discovery and Representation
Personalized and Adaptive E-learning
Personalized Web Sites and Services

Section 3 – Learning/Teaching Methodologies, Assessment and Learning Environments

Blended and Collaborative Learning
Modeling of Educational Activities
Assessment Methods in Blended Learning Environments
E-testing
Pedagogy Enhancement with E-learning
Ubiquitous Learning Environments and Applications
Technology Enhanced Learning
Virtual Labs and Virtual Classrooms
E-learning Success Cases

International Program Committee
Boris Aberšek (Univerza v Mariboru, SI)
Abzetdin Adamov (Kafkaz University, Baku, AZ)
Chris Abbott (King's College London, UK)
Martin Bílek (UHK Hradec Králové, CZ)
Andris Broks (University of Latvia, LV)
Douglas Butler (iCT Training Centre, Peterborough, UK)
Ludvík Eger (ZČU Plzeň, CZ)
Sue Greener (Brighton Business School, UK)
Claudio Guarnaccia (Engineering Faculty, University of Salerno, IT)
Mikuláš Huba (STU Bratislava, SK)
Stanislaw Jusczyk (Univ. of Silesia, Katowice, PL)
Jana Kapounová (OU Ostrava, CZ)
Cyril Klimeš (OU Ostrava, CZ)
Alexander Khoroshilov (IITE Moskva, RU)
Vincentas Lamanauskas (Siauliai University, LT)
Jan Lojda (ČADUV Praha, CZ)
Arno Louw (University of Johannesburg, ZA)
Jaroslava Mikulecká (UHK Hradec Králové, CZ)
Peter Mikulecký (UHK Hradec Králové, CZ)
Eva Milková (UHK Hradec Králové, CZ)
Arnošt Motyčka (MZLU Brno, CZ)
Nicholas Mousoulides (University of Nicosia, CY)
Tomáš Pitner (MU Brno, CZ)
Petra Poulová (UHK Hradec Králové, CZ)
Antonín Slabý (UHK Hradec Králové, CZ)
Darina Tóthová (SPU Nitra, SK)
Pavel Trojovský ( UHK Hradec Králové, CZ)
Eugenia Smyrnova Trybulska (University of Silesia Katowice, PL)
Milan Turčáni (UKF Nitra, SK)
Andreas Ulovec (Universität Wien, AT)
Ivan Vrana (EUNIS-CZ, CZ)
Mateja Ploj Virtič (University Maribor, SI)
Wei-Chi Yang (Radford University, USA)
Ľubomír Zelenický (UKF Nitra, SK)

Program Committee
Zoltán Balogh (UKF Nitra, SK)
Soňa Čeretková (UKF Nitra, SK)
Jiří Dostál (UP Olomouc, CZ)
Martin Drlík (UKF Nitra, SK)
Mikuláš Gangur (ZČU Plzeň, CZ)
Milan Houška (ČZU Praha, CZ)
Štěpán Hubálovský (UHK Hradec Králové, CZ)
Alexej Ignatenko (IPSNAS Kyjev, UA)
Jozef Kapusta (UKF Nitra, SK)
Kateřina Kostolányová (OSU Ostrava, CZ)
Michal Munk (UKF Nitra, SK)
Jiří Pospíšil (UP Olomouc, CZ)
Ivana Rábová (Mendelu Brno, CZ)
Lucie Rohlíková (ČZU Plzeň, CZ)

Conference will be held in the Hotel Thermal*** Recreation Complex Vadaš, Štúrovo, Slovakia.

Deadlines

Paper submission: February 15, 2012
Paper acceptance: March 15, 2012
Registration and payment: April 2, 2012
Camera-ready paper submission: April 2, 2012
DiVAI Conference: May 2 - 4, 2012