10th International Workshop on Teaching, Learning and Assessment of Databases (TLAD 2012)

CALL FOR PAPERS

TLAD 2012 - 10th International Workshop on Teaching, Learning and Assessment of Databases

9 July 2012

University of Hertfordshire, UK 

(TLAD@abertay.ac.uk
http://www.abertay.ac.uk/TLAD
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4012254)

KEY DATES

Submission of Extended Abstracts or Papers: 16 May 2012
Notification of Acceptance: 25 May 2012
Registration by paper presenter : 22 June 2012
Camera ready copies : 26 June 2012

INFORMATION

The teaching of databases is central to all Computing Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems and Information Technology courses. For the previous 9 years, TLAD workshops have brought together those teaching database modules in order to share good learning, teaching and assessment practice and to explore which methods are appropriate to database modules and closely related areas.

The tenth workshop is taking place at the School of Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire.  It will concentrate on novel teaching and assessment approaches for database and database related modules, as well as covering other issues related to the teaching, learning and assessment of databases. It is intended that the workshop will include time for discussion, and so contributions are sought particularly in the areas of (but not restricted to):

- novel teaching areas and their relationship to databases;
- databases and enterprise level computing;
- creating suitable curricula for the rapidly evolving ways in which database technology is used;
- use of appropriate and novel assessment techniques;
- use of appropriate and novel database technologies to enrich the student experience;
- ensuring that theory and practice are balanced in database teaching;
- exploiting innovative teaching methods in order to enhance the student learning experience;
- exploiting effective learning and teaching mechanisms for distance learning;
- pedagogical and organisational frameworks and paradigms;
- adaptivity in learning systems;
- integrating the teaching of databases from schools, through universities to the CPD of those in employment;
- teaching of internet programming and their use of databases;
- teaching of ubiquitous and pervasive application programming and their use of databases;
- teaching of XML and its relationship with databases;
- teaching of data mining, data warehousing and OLAP;
- teaching of emerging topics and technologies including data spaces, the cloud, database forensics.


We would again like to receive contributions from those who have an involvement in teaching or developing learning materials in all forms of education who have considered the above issues and have some thoughts or solutions to offer. Research papers, demonstrations, panel and discussion topics are welcome.

Please send all submissions (papers, demonstration descriptions or panel/discussion group ideas) to TLAD@abertay.ac.uk. All submissions should be made as PDF or MS Word documents. Due to the lateness of this CFP, extended abstracts are also welcome for initial submission; on acceptance these should be expanded into full or short papers.

For any accepted paper it is a requirement that the presenter be registered for the workshop by the 22nd June for the paper to be published in the proceedings.

The workshop will be supported by the Higher Education Academy as in previous years. Conference proceedings will be published with an ISBN number.

SUBMISSION FORMAT

There is no specific template for the initial submission of extended abstracts or papers. The camera-ready template is available by email on request; the maximum length for papers is 12 pages. If submitting an extended abstract, please include an indication as to whether you are hoping to submit a full paper (approx. 10-12 pages) or a short paper (approx. 6-8 pages) if the abstract is accepted.

WORKSHOP ORGANISATION

STEERING COMMITTEE
Petra Leimich (University of Abertay Dundee)
Workshop co-chair Bernadette Marie Byrne (University of Hertfordshire)
Workshop co-chair David Nelson (University of Sunderland)
Alastair Monger (Southampton Solent University)
Anne James (Coventry University)


PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
to be confirmed