The workshop focuses on current research trends in technology enhanced learning solutions that aim at addressing the multiplicity and complexity of needs of Communities of Practice all along their lifecycle. The workshop seeks for quality research papers that propose solutions to the issues identified above. Also for papers that comment on the experience gained by diverse communities after using such solutions. The workshop advocates for approaches that build on the synergy of concepts such as multimedia information authoring and reuse, knowledge management, as well as argumentation, negotiation and collaboration support. It aims to bring together scientists and engineers who work on designing and/or developing the abovementioned solutions, as well as practitioners who evaluate them in diverse real environments. Particular interest will be given to approaches built according to well-established pedagogical principles.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

* Software Engineering issues in tools supporting CoPs
* Multimedia authoring and reuse in CoPs
* Knowledge management services for CoPs
* Mediation services for CoPs
* Computer-supported collaborative argumentation
* Learning issues and CoPs
* User profiling and awareness issues in tools supporting CoPs
* Adaptability issues in tools supporting CoPs
* Visualization issues in tools supporting CoPs
* Web-based interactive applications
* Evaluation issues and case studies

Papers up to 10 and no less than 5 pages are solicited. All submissions should be original and not published elsewhere or intended to be published during the review period. They must correspond to the EC-TEL conference format requirements, as they are described at the conference's web site (http://www.ectel09.org/calls.workshops.html). All accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors. Workshop attendees need to register for the main EC-TEL conference.

Authors of the workshop's best papers will be requested to further elaborate their work and prepare an extended version for potential publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, and an edited book in the context of the Advances in Web-based Learning (AWBL) Book Series.

Submissions should be sent by e-mail to both Manolis Tzagarakis (tzagara@cti.gr) and Styliani Kleanthous (stellak@comp.leeds.ac.uk).

Important dates

* June 25, 2009: workshop paper submission deadline
* July 5, 2009: notification of workshop paper acceptance
* July 15, 2009: workshop paper camera-ready submission