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Call for Papers: CMC2008 - 3rd International Conference on Concept

MappingTallinn, Estonia & Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 22-25, 2008

Dear colleague,

CMC2008, the Third International Conference on Concept Mapping has as a

purpose bringing together scholars and practitioners interested in the use

of the concept mapping tool first developed at Cornell University in 1972.

It is being organized by Tallinn University in Estonia, University of

Helsinki in Finland, and the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. If

follows on the success of the First Conference held in Pamplona, Spain in

2004 and the Second Conference held in San Jose, Costa Rica in 2006.

The first two days of the Conference, 22 and 23rd of September, will be held

in Tallinn, with a boat ride on the evening of the 23rd taking all

participants to Helsinki, Finland for the last two days of the Conference,

the 24th and 25th of September. Yes, two countries: Estonia, a world leader

in the use of technology in government and business, and Finland, recognized

worldwide for its quality of education. Join the concept mapping community

and visit two countries, know two cultures, visit Old Town in Tallinn, visit

schools and learn about Finland’s educational system, and meet

concept-mappers from all over the world!

The Conference is aimed at all persons interested in the use of concept

maps, including, but not limited to: facilitation of learning; eliciting,

capturing, archiving, and using “expert” knowledge; planning instruction;

assessment of “deep” understandings; research planning; collaborative

knowledge modelling; creation of “knowledge portfolios”; and administrative

planning and monitoring. We expect participants from a broad range of fields

presenting a wide variety of research and applications of concept mapping.

The papers should present substantial new results in theoretical, empirical

and applied research and studies in all areas of concept mapping. All papers

should be presented in English. The Proceedings of the Conference will

published as a book, and selected papers will be invited for publication in

a peer-reviewed volume. Electronic copies of papers will be made available

on the Conference web site. The program and papers for previous conferences

are available online: cmc2004, cmc2006.

Electronic paper submissions have two categories: full papers and poster

papers. Full papers submissions have a length of up to 8 pages while poster

papers should have a maximum length of 4 pages.

Submission Deadline: Poster & Paper: Friday, March 28, 2008

Notification of Acceptance: May 2, 2008

Camera-ready Papers: June 16, 2008

Links to CMC2008 homepages:

CmapTools view: http://cmc.ihmc.us

Traditional view: http://concept-map.org

On behalf of CMC2008 organizational committee

Alberto J. Cañas, IHMC

Mauri Åhlberg, University of Helsinki

Priit Reiska, Tallinn University