**The submission deadline has been extended until APRIL 23, 2010** With apologies for cross-posting... ================================================================================================= Call for Workshop Contributions Opportunities for intelligent and adaptive behavior in collaborative learning systems http://blog.grockit.com/its-collaboration-workshop/ ================================================================================================= A pre-conference workshop at the Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS-2010), held at held at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, June 14-18, 2010. Organizers: Ari Bader-Natal (Grockit, Inc.), Erin Walker (Carnegie Mellon University), Carolyn Penstein Rosé (Carnegie Mellon University) Intelligent tutoring systems seek to tailor each student?s individual learning experience, but this need not necessitate that the experience itself be solitary. 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 the collaboration. 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. We recognize, however, that researchers face many challenges when working with collaborative intelligent learning systems. This workshop will be a venue for people to discuss lessons learned about the practical difficulties involved in implementing intelligent support for collaborative learning and evaluating it in a rigorous manner. We encourage participants to share findings and theories on how we can overcome the barriers to developing adaptive support for collaboration in order to achieve results that a traditional ITS may not be able to offer, such as increased motivation and social skills in addition to improved learning outcomes. One goal of this workshop is for participants to leave with a new set of ideas surrounding techniques to consider (or avoid) when developing adaptive support for collaborative learning. In short, we wish to share knowledge about: What unique challenges do we face in building collaborative intelligent learning systems? What techniques have we found to be successful (or unsuccessful) in addressing these challenges? Why? And how do we know that these systems are worth all this effort? POTENTIAL TOPICS/THEMES MAY INCLUDE: MODELING ? How can we model effective and ineffective collaboration? ? How can we do student modeling in collaborative contexts? ? How can we use pre-existing models in creating new ones? ASSESSMENT ? How can we use automated dialogue analysis to assess student collaboration? ? Which existing tools can we use to assess student dialogue? ASSISTANCE ? How can we provide assistance/scaffolding to collaboration within the context of an intelligent tutoring system? ? How can we improve intelligent tutoring feedback using peer input? ? How can we intelligently set up conditions conducive to collaboration? PLATFORM ? What practical lessons can we share about experiences building or testing these systems? ? How can we leverage existing architectures (either intelligent or collaborative) in building new systems? PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS: We invite participation from all researchers interested in the role that collaboration can play in intelligent tutoring systems, and we encourage participants to share some of their own experiences and findings with a demo or a poster (accompanied by a short paper of up to 4 pages), or a suggestion for a discussion topic (accompanied by a position paper of up to 2 pages) identifying/describing one of the major challenges that needs to be met in order for us to move forward as a research community. Papers should be submitted as PDF files, formatted similar to ITS conference papers (i.e. using the Springer LNCS LaTeX template or Word template.) Please address all inquiries related to Full Paper submissions and Poster submissions to: ari+its@xxxxxxxxxxx WORKSHOP FORMAT: The workshop goal is to foster communication regarding the challenges surrounding the development and evaluation of intelligent collaborative learning systems. Thus, the workshop will emphasize small and large group discussions rather than conference-style presentations. It will consist of three main activities: a poster/demo session, a break-out discussion session regarding the challenges facing the field, and then a larger group discussion sharing insights from the break-outs. POSTER & DEMO SESSION (1 HOUR) The workshop will begin with a one hour poster and demo session. At the beginning of the session, all presenters will do a 2 minute firehouse-style presentation of their work, so that workshop participants are made aware of all posters and demos in which they may be interested. SMALL GROUP BREAKOUTS (1 HOUR) Next, participants will engage in small group break-out sessions organized around a set of themes drawn from the submitted position papers on the challenges in the field. Within each group, position paper authors will describe their papers, and then groups will discuss potential solutions to the challenges and opportunities for future research and collaboration. Groups will then prepare to present their conclusions to the rest of the workshop participants. LARGE GROUP DISCUSSION (1 HOUR) Finally, participants will come back together for a large group discussion. First, one of the position paper authors from each group will present their theme and an overview of their group discussion, and then a second person from the group will present an alternate perspective on key points of interest from the discussion. Each group will field questions from the other groups. We will conclude with a large group discussion of all themes. SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Send all submissions to Ari Bader-Natal (ari+its@xxxxxxxxxxx). ORGANIZED BY: ? Ari Bader-Natal (Grockit, Inc.) ? Erin Walker (Carnegie Mellon University) ? Carolyn Penstein Rosé (Carnegie Mellon University) PROGRAM COMMITTEE: ? Christa Asterhan (University of Pittsburgh) ? Roger Azevedo (University of Memphis) ? Nilufar Baghaei (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) ? Bob Hausmann (Carnegie Learning Inc.) ? Ulrich Hoppe (University of Duisburg) ? Rose Luckin (University of London) ? Bruce McLaren (DFKI ? Saarbrucken/Carnegie Mellon University) ? Helen Pain (University of Edinburgh) ? Nikol Rummel (University of Freiburg) ? Beverly Woolf (University of Massachusetts ? Amherst) IMPORTANT DATES: ? Submission deadline: April 23, 2010 ? Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2010 ? Camera-ready deadline: June 1, 2010 ? Workshop date: TBD http://blog.grockit.com/its-collaboration-workshop/