CFP: 2nd Workshop on Intelligent Support for Learning in Groups

[robert.st.amant]

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Announcement & First Call for Papers
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*2nd Workshop on Intelligent Support for Learning in Groups*
at the 16th Intl. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED)
July 9 or 13 (TBD), 2013
Memphis, TN, USA
https://sites.google.com/site/islg2013/

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We are pleased to announce that the second workshop on Intelligent Support for Learning in Groups (ISLG) will be held as a part of the 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2013) in Memphis, TN, USA.

Over the past few years, the AIEd research community has started investigating extension of fundamental AIEd techniques to support learning in groups. The goal of this series of workshops is to provide a focused forum for bringing this sub-community of researchers together to share recent advances in the field. Building on its first instantiation last year, this workshop will comprise of papers describing advances in the state of the art AIEd techniques to improve the effectiveness of learning in groups. Additionally, this year's workshop will be organized around the theme of “Quantifying Real-World Impact”.

Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
+ Adaptive support for Groups
+ Content creation on the Web
+ Instructional strategies for the social web
+ Interactive Collaboration systems
+ Modeling groups/learners
+ Motivational, Cognitive, Social factors
+ Tools for Educators

We welcome papers under three categories:
+ Full Papers (8 pages): Work with results about one or more relevant topics
+ Short Papers (4 pages): Work in progress that could benefit from discussion
+ Position Papers (2 pages): Brief statement of interest/experience/outlook

Submission instructions and detailed list of topics is available from https://sites.google.com/site/islg2013/

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*Important Dates*
Friday, April 12, 2013      Full, Short Paper Submissions Due
Monday, May 20, 2013        Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
Monday, June 3, 2013        Camera Ready Papers Due
Monday, June 3, 2013        Position Papers Due
TBD: July (9 or 13), 2013   Workshop held in Memphis, TN

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*Organizers*
Jihie Kim                   University of Southern California, USA
Rohit Kumar                 Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA

*Advisors*
Arthur C. Graesser          University of Memphis, USA
Lewis W. Johnson            Alelo Inc., USA
James C. Lester             North Carolina State University, USA
Carolyn P. Rosé             Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Beverly P. Woolf            University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

*Program Committee*
Ari Bader-Natal             Minerva Project, USA
Ryan S.J.d Baker            Columbia University, USA
Kristy Boyer                North Carolina State University, USA
Stavros N. Demetriadis      Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Toby Dragon                 Saarland University, Germany
Gahgene Gweon               Korea Advanced Inst. of Science and Tech, S.Korea
Sharon I-Han Hsiao          Columbia University, USA
Charalampos Karagiannidis   University of Thessaly, Greece
Judy Kay                    University of Sydney, Australia
Fazel Keshtkar              University of Memphis, USA
Diane Litman                University of Pittsburgh, USA
Bruce M. McLaren            Carnegie Mellon Univ, USA/Saarland Univ, Germany
Elaine Raybourn             Sandia National Labs, USA

Oliver Scheuer              Saarland University, Germany
Erin Walker                 Arizona State University, USA

Questions regarding the workshop can be sent to 
{ ji...@isi.edu , rku...@bbn.com }

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For up-to-date information about the workshop, visit 
https://sites.google.com/site/islg2013/
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