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SECOND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
External representations in AIED: Multiple forms and multiple roles
Sunday May 20th.
http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/research/credit/AIED-ER
A Workshop associated with AIED2001, San Antonio, May 19-23, 2001
http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk/aied2001/
External representations (ERs) can fulfil numerous roles in AIED systems: in
the interface (GUI, VR conventions); representation of domain knowledge
(e.g. Geometry, Circuit Diagrams); representations of learning processes
(e.g. as prompts for reflection) or as aids to problem solving and
communication (e.g. sketches and diagrams). ERs are not merely windows to
what is being taught but are fundamental components of the teaching and
learning process.
They have now been actively researched in AI-ED for over 20 years but we
face the challenge of the ever-increasing representational possibilities
afforded by new media such as virtual reality, multi-media, portables and
wearable devices. Is past or 'legacy' research (based on earlier technology
or paper and pencil based tasks) obsolete and irrelevant? As the pace of
change quickens, how can researchers 'keep up' when research can be so time
consuming? Do we need new 'rapid' methodologies?
Key questions that are relevant to this workshop include:
*What new representational possibilities are afforded by new computational
media, e.g. how can VR, dynamic animation, multi-media, be used for the
design of innovative learning environments
*What are the implications for research on external representations for
small-screen, portable and wearable devices?
* Is it useful to consider the "design space of representationsî? Are there
useful general structural and functional features of representations?
* How can representation serve as a focus for collaboration and how are they
in term influenced by collaborative activity?
* How do we manage the trade-off between amount of information and the load
of integrating multiple displays when learning with more than one
representation?
* What information should be captured in student models in order to support
learners working with complex graphical interfaces?
The workshop aims to explore future directions for research on external
representations in AI-ED, and will focus particularly on addressing the
apparent tension between a) ensuring good and careful practice via
principled and evidence-based design and b) keeping pace with the ever
widening representational possibilities of new computational media.
Workshop Structure
The workshop will consist of short paper and poster presentations aimed at
showing how your research addresses some of these key questions. A
significant proportion of the workshop will be spent in group discussion
addressing the workshop themes of evidence-based design and possibility of
new media. To this end participants will be encouraged to make screen
capture movies (or some static images if screen capture is too difficult) of
any environments/ representations they are presenting. We will distribute
these demos ahead of workshop via web. We will also select some of these
videos that best exemplify either one or both of these themes to be shown
during the workshop. These demos will serve as the basis for the extended
discussion sessions.
Submission details
A contribution can consist of an extended abstract (about 2 pages) or short
paper (about 6 pages text + up to four pages of figures)
The deadlines are:
15 March 2001: submission of proposed papers,
5 April 2001: paper acceptance notification,
25 April 2001: final version of accepted submissions due from participants
to organizers.
On receiving paper acceptance notification, presenters will then be asked to
submit the screen capture movies ñ further detail on how to submit these
will be provided at the appropriate time.
Please send your contribution: by e-mail as an attached document format in
Word or PDF or Postscript to [log in to unmask] For
information about contributions and participation, please contact Shaaron
Ainsworth ([log in to unmask]) or Richard Cox
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Workshop Program Committee
Shaaron Ainsworth, University of Nottingham, UK (Co-Chair), Richard Cox,
University of Sussex, UK (Co-Chair), Ken Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon
University, USA, Helen Purchase, University of Queensland. Australia, Dan
Suthers, University of Hawai`i, USA, Nicolas Van Labeke, University of
Nottingham, UK
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