The 1st ICCE workshop on
Embodied Learning: Technology Design, Analytics & Practices.
Held in conjunction with International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2021)
Newer accounts of cognition and learning, such as 4E (embodied, embedded, extended and enacted) cognition suggest that cognition and learning are grounded in action (Menary, 2010; Newen et al., 2018). Hence learning design and assessment should be grounded in action. However, designing for embodied learning is relatively new within educational technology. Existing work is fragmented and fails to provide concrete design principles (e.g. Lindgren & Johnson-Glenberg, 2013; Malinverni & Peres, 2014; Abrahamson & Lindgren, 2014; Skulmowski & Rey, 2018) . Further, the benefits of embodied learning are attractive yet elusive (Pande, 2020; Skulmovski & Rey, 2018).
In order to realize the hypothesized benefits of embodied learning, it is important to identify the learning mechanisms underlying embodied learning and quantify its benefits. Given the nature of embodied learning systems, it is necessary to use multimodal data to capture all learning interactions such as large and small body movements, speech and eye gaze in order to identify the learning mechanisms (Abrahamson et al, 2020). Analysis of embodied learning scenarios thus becomes challenging but is intricately tied to design and its refinement. The goal of this workshop is to provide an interactive avenue for researchers to discuss a strongly theory-grounded approach to learning, TEL designs, learning analytics and findings related to embodied learning when deployed in various educational settings.
The workshop accepted the following papers for presentation and discussion (download here)
The details of the call for the workshop and PC members are here.
Presentation Schedule on 22 November, 2021
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Organizing Committee
Rwitajit Majumdar Kyoto University, Japan. Rwitajit is a Senior Lecturer at the Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies in Kyoto University. His research interests include: Learning Analytics, HCI in data-driven AI services in education.
Aditi Kothiyal Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland. Aditi is a postdoctoral researcher in the Computer Human Interaction for Learning and Instruction (CHILI) lab at EPFL where she works in educational robotics and multimodal learning analytics. She received a PhD in Educational Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Her research interests lie at the boundaries of engineering education, educational technologies and embodied learning.
Prajakt Pande Roskilde University, Denmark. Prajakt is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, Denmark. He also holds the title of Project Manager/Principal Investigator (Research) at Roskilde University’s Centre for Virtual Learning Technologies. Prior to his postdoc, he worked as an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Science at SR University in southern India. Prajakt graduated from the Learning Sciences Research Group at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, and his academic interests are situated at the interface between embodied cognition, technology-enhanced learning, and STEM education (ResearchGate).
Shitanshu Mishra MGIEP UNESCO, India. Shitanshu is a learning and educational technology scientist with over nine years of experience currently associated as information technology officer at MGIEP, UNESCO. After completing his Ph.D. at the Educational Technology department in IIT Bombay (Mumbai, India) he worked with the Computer Science department at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, USA). His research areas include AI in Education, Multimodal Learning Analytics, Modeling Cognitive and Metacognitive strategies, and Technology Enhanced Learning of Disciplinary Practices.
Jayakrishnan Madathil Warriem IIT Madras, India. Jayakrishnan is currently working as Senior Scientist with National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning at IIT Madras, India. In his current role he is working primarily on mainstreaming MOOCs within Higher Educational Institutions in India and also works with teachers from these HEIs in professional development activities. His research interests are in the area Online Instructional Design and Communities of Practice.