3rd Workshop on Intelligent Support for Learning in Groups
at the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
June 5, 2014
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
Contact
Jihie Kim : jihie@isi.edu
Roberto Martinez : roberto@it.usyd.edu.au
Directions: The Workshop be held in Room 3 which is in the basement of Hamilton Library (HL) room 3G of the University of Hawaii. When you enter HL you will see a sign directing you to the LIS program area (down some stairs on the other side of the check out desk).
Goals
We are pleased to announce that the third workshop on Intelligent Support for Learning in Groups (ISLG) will be held as a part of the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2014) in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The goal of this series of workshops is to bring together intelligent tutoring systems researchers with learning sciences researchers to share approaches and exchange information about adaptive intelligent collaborative learning support.
Technological advances have enabled the development of highly effective, deployable learning environments that support learners across a wide range of domains and age groups. As educational service providers, including mainstream universities, are deploying their courses to online learning platforms, and large volumes of educational content 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 the learning sciences (LS) on collaborative learning activity 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 computer-supported collaborative learning systems have been shown to benefit from the introduction of adaptive support that targets and improves the collaboration, but these pose challenges that might be addressed through interdisciplinary dialogue.
The theme of this year’s workshop is:
“Bridging the social and technical sides of intelligent collaborative learning support.”
In this workshop, we invite discussion and seek to explore ways in which the combination of collaborative and intelligent aspects of a system can benefit the learner by creating a more productive learning environment. Over the past few years, the ITS research community has started investigating extension of the fundamental techniques (student modeling, model-based tutors, integrated assessment, tutorial dialog, automated scaffolding, data mining, pedagogical agents, and so on) to support collaborative learning in groups.
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 ITS and LS community 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 following EasyChair website: (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=islg2014)
Proceedings: Accepted papers under both categories will be included in workshop proceedings.
Important Dates
Organizers
Program Committee
Arthur C. Graesser
Lewis W. Johnson
Rohit Kumar
James Lester
Jeremy Roschelle
Ari Bader-Natal
Ryan S.J.d Baker
Sharon I-Han Hsiao
Heisawn Jeong
Charalampos Karagiannidis
Judy Kay
Bruce M. McLaren
Yannis Dimitriadis
Alina Von Davier
Alejandra Martínez Monés
Toby Dragon
University of Memphis, USA
Alelo Inc., USA
Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA
North Carolina State University, USA
SRI/CIRCL, USA
Minerva Project, USA
Columbia University, USA
Columbia University, USA
Hallym University, South Korea
University of Thessaly, Greece
The University of Sydney, Australia
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
University of Valladolid, Spain
Educational Testing Service, USA
University of Valladolid, Spain
Ithaca College, USA
Registration
Registration will be done through the conference registration site (ITS 2014 Registration).
In addition to basic registration, workshop participants must register for each workshop they plan to attend.