From: paulb@castle.ed.ac.uk (Paul Brna)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.edu
Subject: PEG'93: First Announcement and Call for Papers
Date: 13 Apr 92 09:46:29 GMT
Organization: Department of Atificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University


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**         First Announcement and Call for Papers           **
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**                       PEG93                              **
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**        Seventh International PEG Conference              **
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**   AI Tools and the Classroom: Theory into Practice       **
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**             Moray House Institute of Education           **
**                  Heriot-Watt University                  **
**                      Edinburgh                           **
**                July 2nd - July 4th, 1993                 **
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The  Seventh  International  PEG  Conference  will  be held in
Edinburgh. It will be arranged  by  PEG  in  association  with
Moray  House  Institute  of Education, Heriot-Watt University.
The Conference will be of interest to  researchers,  teachers,
teacher  educators, curriculum developers and education policy
makers.

Topics

PEG93  will  centre  on  concepts,  tools  and  techniques  of
Artificial  Intelligence  which have direct application to the
classroom. Papers will focus on  current experience  of AI  in
education  and on research which could transfer AI theory into
educational practice now or in the near future.

The topics covered will be

        %  Knowledge Based Educational Tools
        %  Learning and Cognition
        %  Hypermedia
        %  Teaching AI languages
        %  Methods and practices of research
        %  Classroom experiences

Teachers and researchers are invited to submit papers  on  the
topics mentioned.

Intending  authors  should  initially  submit the title and an
abstract of about 400 words, giving the name, affiliation  and
address for  correspondence.  The abstract, to be submitted by
December 1st, 1992, should clearly identify  the  topic  under
which the   paper  is  to  be  considered.    If  the  paper's
presentation would involve a significant element  of  computer
demonstration  or  other  practical  work then workshop rather
than seminar format should be indicated.

Contributions are especially sought from  practising  teachers
and from combined teacher/researcher groups.

Abstracts should be sent to:

PEG93 Papers Committee
c/o Tom Conlon
Moray House Institute of Education
Heriot-Watt University
Holyrood Road
Edinburgh  EH8 8AQ, UK

Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by February 1st
1993. They should then submit the full text of papers (maximum
5000  words,  two camera ready copies) to the Papers Committee
by March 15th 1993.

History of PEG

Since their inauguration in  1985  the  PEG  Conferences  have
grown to  become a major international event.  They are unique
in   bringing   together   AI   researchers   and    education
practitioners,  and  also  in their emphasis on the realisable
applications of AI to teaching and learning, with emphasis  on
school level education.

The  two  most  recent  PEG conferences were PEG89 in Uppsala,
Sweden, and PEG91 held in Rappallo, Italy.  The  latter  event
attracted 120 contributors from 25 countries.

Papers Committee

P. Barker,   R.M.  Bottino, J.H. Briggs, P. Brna, A. Cole,  T.
Conlon, P. Cope,  P. Forcheri, M. T.JMolfino,  J. Nichol,   H.
Pain.

Planning Group

P. Barker,  J. Briggs,  P. Brna,  A. Cole, T. Conlon, P. Cope,
J. Nichol,  H. Pain.

Address for Correspondence

PEG93 Planning Group
c/o Tom Conlon
Moray House  Institute  of Education
Heriot-Watt University
Holyrood Road
Edinburgh EH8 8AQ,  UK  
Tel:  031  556  8455  
Fax:  031  557   3458   
Email: tomc@cs.hw.ac.uk
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