It has been a while. Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, various restrictions are being eased both domestically and internationally. In our field, it has become possible to attend international conferences in person again. I used to attend in person when I was in the United States, and it really is a great experience. Discussions become much more lively.

Now, regarding those international conferences, the International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE) 2023, which focuses on Educational Technology, will be held in Shimane, Japan, from December 4th to 8th. Since it is an international conference held domestically, it is easy to participate, and there will be workshops in addition to research presentations. I hope you will take this opportunity for research presentation and networking. I am also involved as a member of the organizing committee. The themes, submission deadlines, and other details are listed below. There is still plenty of time. Please do consider submitting your work and participating.

I look forward to your submissions and attendance.

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Call for papers for ICCE2023:
The 31st International Conference on Computers in Education
December 4-8, 2023
Matsue, Shimane, JAPAN
https://icce2023.apsce.net
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The 31st International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2023) is organized by the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE). ICCE 2023 will be held on December 4-8, 2023, from Monday to Friday at Matsue, Shimane prefecture, Japan. Pre-conference events (e.g., Doctoral Student Consortium, workshops, and tutorials) will be conducted on the first two days and the main conference will begin on December 6th, 2023.
Accepted papers in the main conference, workshops, Early Career Workshop, Doctoral Student Consortium and Work-in-Progress Posters will be published in proceedings, which will be submitted to Elsevier for inclusion in Scopus. Proceedings of the main conference (excluding posters) will also be submitted to Thomson Reuters for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
ICCE2023 is planned to be held as a “in-person” event only at this moment. This may change to a hybrid mode according to the situation.

THEMES
The seven theme-based sub-conferences will foster the building of strong research communities within the broader field of Computers in Education and Educational Technology. The meta-conference umbrella will play not only the dual role of allowing researchers to enhance their identity in their thematic research communities, but also allowing cross-disciplinary interactions to help broaden the scope of and inspire future innovative research.
C1: ICCE Sub-Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education/Intelligent Tutoring System (AIED/ITS) and Adaptive Learning
C2: ICCE Sub-Conference on Computer-supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) and Learning Sciences
C3: ICCE Sub-Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT), Learning Analytics and Digital Infrastructure
C4: ICCE Sub-Conference on Classroom, Ubiquitous, and Mobile Technologies Enhanced Learning (CUMTEL)
C5: ICCE Sub-Conference on Educational Gamification and Game-based Learning (EGG)
C6: ICCE Sub-Conference on Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)
C7: ICCE Sub-Conference on Practice-driven Research, Teacher Professional Development and Policy of ICT in Education (PTP)

We welcome contributions that report accomplished research as well as work in progress. Papers that describe innovative architectures and models (e.g. Deep-Learning-Based Models), discuss results from AIED/ITS systems in use, and present evaluations of AIED/ITS systems are strongly encouraged. The conference also welcomes research works dealing with innovative ideas (theoretical or conceptual) that have the potential for significant impact on future research in AIED/ITS field.

PAPER CATEGORIES
Separate calls for papers are available for each sub-conference under the following seven themes:
Full paper (8-10 pages)
Short paper (5-6 pages)
Poster paper (2-3 pages)

AWARD
All the accepted full papers are eligible for the competitions of:
Best Overall Paper Award
Best Student Paper Award (restricted to papers whose first author is a graduate or undergraduate student)
Best Technical Design Paper Award
In addition, all the accepted poster papers are eligible for the competition of Best Poster Design Award(s). Please visit the award rules and criteria.

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission Due: May 1, 2023 (Greenwich Time 23:59)
Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2023
Camera-ready paper due: July 20, 2023
Author registration deadline: September 15, 2023