[edm-announce] CFP AIED 2015 Workshop on Intelligent Support in Exploratory and Open-ended Learning Environments

From: Stephen Fancsali <sfancsali@xxxxxxxxx>
To: edm-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 09:38:07 -0500
[on behalf of Manolis Mavrikis]

6th International Workshop on Intelligent Support in Exploratory and
Open-ended Learning Environments
<http://link.lkl.ac.uk/iseole15>

in conjunction with

17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education

AIED 2015 <http://perseo.lsi.uned.es/aied2015/>

Important Dates

March 20th - Abstract with intention to submit

March 27th - Paper submission deadline

April 20th - Workshop paper notification

Description

By encouraging interaction, exploration and experimentation in environments
that directly represent the domain to the learner, Exploratory Learning
Environments (ELE) adhere to constructivist theories of learning that
emphasise learners' control to construct their own understanding. More
generally, Open-ended Learning environments (OLEs) offer students
opportunities to take part in authentic and complex problem-solving tasks
including inquiry learning activities. This could be by providing a
learning context and a set of tools for (i) seeking and acquiring knowledge
and information, (ii) applying that information to a problem-solving
context, (iii) assessing the quality of the constructed solution, (iv)
evaluating and reflecting on their overall approach, and (v) assessing and
enacting cognitive and metacognitive processes.

However, there are several factors that prevent appropriate learning within
an exploratory learning environment. The structure of the activity
sequences and the level of support by teachers, peers, technologies are
crucial determinants of learning.  This is particularly true in domains
where knowledge is not a directly observable outcome of a situation under
exploration (e.g. simulators) but is externalised by cognitive tools in the
environment. There has been a lot of work in the learning sciences
literature about support for learning in exploratory environments, but
developing the technology to support these learning processes still faces
several impressive challenges that the community is only beginning to
address.

We invite papers that address challenges that are relevant to the broad and
interdisciplinary AIED and EDM community. One our website
http://link.lkl.ac.uk/iseole15 you can find more information and previous
papers on the following illustrative topics:

   - Pedagogical Strategies
   - Classroom integration
   - Learning analytics for teachers
   - EDM approaches
   - Learner Modelling and Open Learner Modelling
   - Support for Collaboration and Group Modelling
   - Authoring tools for feedback
   - Innovative frameworks or techniques for support

Feel free to contact us about your paper, solicit opinions on early
versions and please observe the abstract deadline.


Workshop chairs

o   Manolis Mavrikis, University College London

o   Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University

o   James Segedy, Vanderbilt University

o   Sergio Gutierrez-Santos, Birkbeck

o   Toby Dragon, Ithaca College

Advisory Committee

o   Prof Rose Luckin, London Knowledge Lab, UCL Institute of Education, UK

o   Prof Chronis Kynigos, Educational Technology Lab, University of Athens,
Greece

o   Prof Nikol Rummel, Institute of Educational Research, Ruhr-University
Bochum, Germany

o   Dr Ido Roll, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology,  University
British Columbia
[edm-announce] CFP AIED 2015 Workshop on Intelligent Support in Exploratory and Open-ended Learning Environments

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