Workshop on
"Intelligent Support in Learning Environments with Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Technologies"

  
 

WORKSHOP FOCUS

Increasingly, technology enhanced learning scenarios are conceived in an integrated perspective beyond certain pieces of software running on single computers and also beyond web-based learning environments for single users. New ideas are centred around combining different software tools, web resources and also new peripherals (non standard hardware such as smart objects and mobile devices) in a way that improves “educational workflows”, avoiding discontinuities in the learning processes and in the creation, trans­formation, aggregation and re-use of learning objects. Learning environments with mobile and ubiquitous computing technologies, henceforth called Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning Environments or MULEs, are the concrete manifestation of this trend. An essential notion in this context is the one of “one-to-one” (one device per learner) learning settings. One-to-one technology enhanced learning refers to the design and investigation of learning environments and pedagogical models in which every learner is equipped with at least one wireless enabled computing device.

The idea of this workshop is to explore and stimulate synergies between two lines of research: (1) the development of MULEs, and (2) the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques in teaching/learning environments, especially in Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS). It is evident that MULEs will benefit from advanced awareness mechanisms and from the integration of student models. But also vice versa, the field of ITS would benefit from exploring new types of peripherals and more openly defined learning scenarios without giving up its specific orientation towards providing learning support systems with certain types of deeper understanding of the learner, the tasks or problems. The general challenge is to make contextual information explicit in the computational environment in order to facilitate more informed decisions on the part of the participants (including learners, tutors and teachers).

TOPICS

We particularly invite research contributions which combine intelligent mechanisms on the representational and processing level with mobile and ubiquitous features in the learning environment. Consolidated work should be described in the form of research papers (up to 8 pages), ongoing work in the form of shorter “work-in-progress” papers (up to four pages) or posters (2 pages).
  • Extending awareness and contextualisation in mobile and ubiquitous learning environments (MULEs) using AI techniques
  • User modelling and profiling for mobile/ubiquitous learning
  • Intelligent support agents in MULEs (architectures - examples - techniques)
  • Mobile and ubiquitous computing devices as front ends for intelligent tutoring systems
  • Artifical agents / characters in MULEs (architectures - examples - techniques)
  • Emotional design and motivational support in MULEs
  • Domain specific applications (e.g., language learning, mathematics)

WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Susan Bull (UK)
Tak-Wai Chan (Taiwan)
Yam San Chee (Singapore)
Weiqin Chen (Norway)
Pierre Dillenbourg (Switzerland)
Ulrich Hoppe (Germany)
Kinshuk (New Zealand)
Siu-Cheung Kong (Hong Kong, China)
Marcelo Milrad (Sweden)
Riichiro Mizoguchi (Japan)
Hiroaki Ogata (Japan)
Luigi Sarti (Italy)
Yao-Ting Sung (Taiwan)
Dan Suthers (Hawaii, USA)
Felisa Verdejo (Spain)

IMPORTANT DATES

  • April 3, 2006: Submission deadline for workshop papers

  • April 20, 2006:  Acceptance notification

  • May 5, 2006: Final version deadline for workshop papers

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submissions should be sent as either MSWord .doc or PDF files to o mules-ws@collide.info using the ITS 2006 workshop submission template.
   
 
 

Proposed by H. Ulrich Hoppe, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and Tak-Wai Chan, National Central University, Taiwan