2018 4th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) - Workshop, Long and Short Paper, and Poster Proceedings

ILRN 2018 is the fourth annual international conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, following the 2017 edition in Coimbra (Portugal), and returning for the second time to the United States, after the Santa Barbara edition in 2016.

There have been sixty-seven submissions to the conference in 2018 encompassing long and short papers, posters, demo proposals, special tracks and workshops. Albeit a third less than last year when the total was ninety-four, it is fifty percent more than in the last North American edition. Clearly, while travel logistics from other continents to the United States still pose challenges to participation, the research area is attracting more
attention in North America, and more people overseas are overcoming those challenges. Of a total 150 authors of accepted papers and posters, 55% are from North America and 45% from the rest of the world, with Europe accounting for 21%, Africa 12%, South America 7%, and Asia 5%. The iLRN goal of developing a balanced transatlantic (and beyond) event enabling exchange of practices and research is being achieved. Authors of accepted contributions are from Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom and the United States. Within the United States, there is exciting diversity as authors are from 17 states: Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.

The overall acceptance rate for full papers was twenty-nine percent, with all papers and posters being independently reviewed: full/long papers by 3 – 5 reviewers, short papers by 2 – 4 reviewers and posters by 2 reviewers. All authors were given a good mix of feedback on how to improve their submissions for publication and presentation at the conference. In cases where the reviewers agreed that much more work was needed for a given format, full/long papers were invited to be resubmitted as short papers and short papers as posters. Fourteen of the accepted papers were published in an edition of Springer’s series Communications in Computer and Information Sciences, the remaining revised papers and poster abstracts being included in this volume.

If you are not already involved in thinking about or researching immersive learning, check out these proceedings, and get excited about joining the iLRN community.

This Academic Workshop, Long and Short Paper, and Poster Proceedings volume is part of the Academic Track and is published by Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz.

To access the full documents please visit Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz' website: https://www.tugraz-verlag.at/en/gesamtverzeichnis/informatik-und-biomedizinische-technik/ilrn-2018-montana-ebook/.

Editors

• Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas, USA
• Colin Allison,University of St Andrews, UK
• Leonel Morgado, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
• Johanna Pirker, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Anasol Peña-Rios, British Telecom Research Labs, UK
• Todd Ogle, University Libraries, Virginia Tech, USA
• Jonathon Richter, iLRN President and CEO, USA
• Christian Gütl, Graz University of Technology, Austria

ISBN 978-3-85125-609-3

Copyright ©2018 by the Immersive Learning Research Network. For reprints and permissions policies please visit Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz' website.

The papers in this book comprise the proceedings of the meeting mentioned on the cover and title page. The papers in this publication reflect the authors' opinions. Their inclusion in this publication does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the editors or the Immersive Learning Research Network.

To cite this volume please use the recommended format:

Beck, D., Allison, C., Morgado, L., Pirker, J., Peña-Rios, A., Ogle, T., Richter, J., & Gütl, C. (Eds.) (2018). iLRN 2018 Montana, Workshop, Long and Short Paper, and Poster Proceedings from the Fourth Immersive Learning Research Network Conference, iLRN 2018, London, UK, June 24-29, 2018. Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz. ISBN 978-3-85125-609-3

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