4th Workshop on Intelligent Support for Learning in Groups
at the 17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2015)
June 22, 2015
Madrid, Spain
Contact
Ilya Goldin : ilya.goldin@pearson.com
Roberto Martinez : roberto@it.usyd.edu.au
Erin Walker : erin.a.walker@asu.edu
Rohit Kumar : rkumar@bbn.com
Jihie Kim : jihie.kim@gmail.com
Instructions for authors
Dear authors. Please, prepare your posters following the standard conference instructions: http://perseo.lsi.uned.es/aied2015/index.php?page=presenter-instructions. Thanks.
Goals
We are pleased to announce that the Fourth International Workshop on Intelligent Support for Learning in Groups (ISLG) will be held as a part of the 17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2015) in Madrid, Spain. The goal of this series of workshops is to bring together Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) researchers with learning sciences (LS) and computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) researchers to share approaches and exchange information about adaptive intelligent collaborative learning support.
Technological advances in the use of AIED and intelligent tutoring technologies over the past two decades have enabled the development of highly effective, deployable learning environments that support learners across a wide range of domains and age groups. Alongside, mass access to and adoption of modern communication technologies have made it possible to bridge learners and educators across spatiotemporal divides. As educational service providers, including schools and universities, deploy a variety of educational technologies in online and face-to-face settings, and large volumes of educational content including videos, presentations, books and games are accessible on mobile/tablet devices, students can now collaborate using educational technology in ways that were not previously possible.
Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) seek to individualize each student's learning experience, but this need not imply a solitary learner experience. Research in LS and CSCL has revealed the pedagogical benefits of learning in groups, as well as how to structure the activity to lead to productive interactions. A variety of recent systems have demonstrated ways in which an adaptive learning environment can incorporate and benefit from the presence of multiple learners. Similarly, students using CSCL systems have been shown to benefit from the introduction of adaptive support that targets and improves the collaboration.
It is of high relevance to the AIED community to explore how AI techniques can be brought to bear to support collaborative learning, and how theories of how students learn in groups can inform the design of adaptive educational technologies. The goal of this series of workshops is to gather the sub-community of AIED researchers interested in intelligent support for learning in groups with learning scientists and CSCL researchers to share approaches and exchange information about adaptive intelligent collaborative learning support.
We aim to explore ways that the current state of the art in intelligent support for learning in groups can be informed by learning sciences research on collaborative learning principles. The goals of this workshop are to form connections between the AIED and CSCL communities with the outcome of writing two companion review or position papers for each community based on the themes of the workshop.
Topics of Interest
We will ground our discussions on the following topics:
Call for Papers
We welcome papers under two categories:
Participation Requirements: All workshop participants are encouraged to submit at least one paper under any of these two categories. There is no restriction on the number of papers submitted by the same author. The submission of a paper is not compulsory.
Formatting: All submissions should be formatted as per ITS formatting guidelines (LNCS template). Please use the formatting instructions and templates provide at http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0
Submission: Please submit your papers using the website https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=islg2015
Proceedings: Accepted papers under both categories will be included in workshop proceedings.
Important Dates
Organizers
Program Committee
James Lester
Ari Bader-Natal
Sharon I-Han Hsiao
Charalampos Karagiannidis
Yannis Dimitriadis
Alejandra Martínez Monés
Toby Dragon
Jessica Andrews
Tiffany Barnes
Sherice Clark
Seiji Isotani
Jennifer Olsen
Girlie C. Delacruz
Bruce McLaren
North Carolina State University, USA
Minerva Project, USA
Columbia University, USA
University of Thessaly, Greece
University of Valladolid, Spain
University of Valladolid, Spain
Ithaca College, USA
Educational Testing Service, USA
North Carolina State University, USA
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
University of California, USA
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Registration
Registration for the 4th Workshop on Intelligent Support for Learning in Groups (ISLG) is open now.
Please visit the following link to register.
http://perseo.lsi.uned.es/aied2015/index.php?page=registration
Note:
1. Workshop participants must register for the full conference plus each workshop that they plan to attend.
2. Early registration rates are available till April 27, 2015.