E-Learning and Computational Linguistics

0 Preface E-Learning is more and more becoming a commodity in all areas of education ranging from curricular learning at schools and universities via further education and learning on the job to social and game-based learning in spare time activities. At the same time, research on ELearning is scattered across different research disciplines, being often a matter of single initiatives and persons. In the light of this growing gap, the authors of this introduction want to showcase Computational Linguistics and Language Technology as possible key enabling technologies for current E-Learning.