From: birnbaum@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Lawrence Birnbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.edu
Subject: IJCAI Workshop CFP: Models of Teaching and Models of Learning
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:42:39 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science



                           Call for Participation:

       IJCAI-93 Workshop on "Models of Teaching and Models of Learning"

                   To be held in conjunction with IJCAI-93

           Chambery, Savoie, France, August 29 -- September 3, 1993


Topic:

The organizing committee listed below is pleased to announce a one-day
workshop on the topic of "Models of Teaching and Models of Learning," to be
held in conjunction with IJCAI-93, Chambery, Savoie, France, August 29 --
September 3, 1993.  The workshop is aimed at exploring the relationships among
current cognitive models of human learning, machine learning, and AI-based
teaching models and systems.  In particular, it will address such questions
as:

What do models of human and machine learning tell us about effectively
structuring teaching environments in a variety of tasks and domains?

Conversely, what does our knowledge of conditions and methods for effective
teaching tell us about human, and potentially machine, learning?

What is the best role for individual examples or cases in teaching and
learning?  When and how should general rules be given to students?

What is the relationship between student models in teaching systems and models
of human and machine learning?  What is the proper role of student modelling
in teaching?

How can issues of motivation be addressed in teaching systems?

What should the relative roles of content issues and architectural issues be
in our models of teaching and learning?

How does technology (e.g., the use of simulation or multimedia) affect our
ability to construct effective teaching systems?


Format:

The workshop program will include both invited and submitted papers.
Presentations will be organized into a number of thematically coherent panels
to encourage discussion.  In order to encourage the broadest possible
participation, the workshop program will also include a poster session.  For
the same reason, researchers and students who wish to attend the workshop
without presenting a paper or poster are encouraged to do so.


To participate:

To present a paper or a poster, please submit an extended abstract (2-3 pages)
by April 1, 1993.  Submission may be either by electronic mail to
workshop93@ils.nwu.edu, or by hard copy to

        IJCAI-93 Workshop
        Northwestern University
        The Institute for the Learning Sciences
        1890 Maple Avenue
        Evanston, IL 60201  USA

Authors will receive notification of acceptance by May 1, 1993.  Final papers
(in hard copy only) are due back to us by June 15, 1993.

If you wish to attend the workshop without presenting, please send us a copy
of your vita.

If you have any further questions, please contact us at the above addresses.


Registration

All workshop attendees must register for the main IJCAI-93 conference and pay
full registration fees.  An additional fee of 300 FF will be charged for the
workshop.


Organizing committee

        Roger Schank, chair
        Northwestern University
        The Institute for the Learning Sciences
        Evanston, IL  USA

        John Anderson
        Carnegie-Mellon University
        Dept. of Psychology
        Pittsburgh, PA  USA

        Francesco Antonucci
        Istituto di Psicologia, CNR
        Rome, Italy

        Lawrence Birnbaum
        Northwestern University
        The Institute for the Learning Sciences
        Evanston, IL  USA

        Pierre Dillenbourg
        Universite de Geneve
        Faculte de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education
        Geneva, Switzerland

        Elliot Soloway
        University of Michigan
        Dept. of Computer Science
        Ann Arbor, MI  USA