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    Workshop summary:

    AIED has been providing the research community with models that capture learning activities and contexts in order to build artifacts that enhance learning through intelligent technologies. However, many of the above models have not been studied in the context of on line learning. By bringing these models together with intelligent information systems, into the context of online learning, we approach the idea of the “Intelligent Learning Management Systems” (ILMS).

    Traditionally, LMS have been used to gather, manage and distribute learning content. Recently, since the complexity of these systems and of the content to be distributed keeps increasing, interoperability standards have become more important. Still, many researchers believe that the future of on line teaching will go beyond this functional approach. The new LMS should integrate: new models that describe the learner and the learning process, new technologies that improve the traditional roles of the LMS, and new interoperability standards. This will require finding new conceptual approaches to how technology may be used to improve the quality of learning outcomes. The challenges include building architectural standards that not only satisfy today’s industry and academic requirements, but also anticipate those of the future. Further challenges include improving software engineering standards (usability, reusability, scalability, etc.) Finally, LMS will require new perspectives on how to integrate the learning processes with the appropriate delivery of content. The ultimate goal is to build ILMS that yield significant learning gains !

    The goal of the proposed workshop is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between the research and commercial communities working on the development of tomorrow’s LMS. Together these communities will contribute a definition and better understanding of the intelligent learning management system to the research field.

    The discussions will be centred on new applications and user scenarios that could be supported by intelligent learning management systems. These could be broadly defined as the result of integrating various learning models into web based delivery systems that comply with interoperability standards. We expect the workshop to better develop this definition We believe that achieving a definition for “Intelligent Learning Management Systems” would be an important contribution to the research field.


Workshop scientific committee:

Chairs:
Rafael A. Calvo, Web Engineering Group – University of Sydney
Monique Grandbastien, Computers and Education Group, LORIA, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France

Members

  1. Bob Aiken, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
  2. Jesus Gonzalez Boticario, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia
  3. Jacqueline Bourdeau, LICEF, Montreal, Canada
  4. Cristina Conati, University of British Columbia.
  5. Al Essa, Executive Director of Information Technology. Sloan School of Management- Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  6. Eddy Forte, EPFL and ARIADNE Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland
  7. Paul Lefrere, The Open University – Institute of educational Technology – UK. Interoperability and Modelling Languages. editor-in-chief of the Journal of Educational Media.
  8. Pascal Leroux, LIUM, Le Mans, France
  9. Jon Mason, education.au limited and Educational Technology Standards Australia
  10. Paul Nicholson, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
  11. Gilbert Paquette, CIRTA-LICEF, Montreal, Canada,
  12. Lynette Schaverien, University Technology Sydney, Australia
  13. Kalina Yacef, The University of Sydney, Australia

Expected audience:

We expect the workshop to be of interest to:

  • The e-learning industry and actors
  • People working on models in the AIED research community, collaboration models, user models, domain models, ontologies, architectures,
  • Researchers and developers of LMS, including software architects and researchers of artificial intelligence and information systems.
  • People working in international standardization groups such as EML groups, SCORM, IMS, ARIADNE, IEEE LTSC, Dublin Core Education Group, EduSource Canada, etc.

We encourage the participation of active researchers as well as from people involved in deploying LMS either as vendors or as consumers. We encourage a good mixture between experienced researchers and newcomers to the field. A wide varity of backgrounds should result in stimulating debates and new ideas.

 

 

Workshop format and organisation:

The workshop will take place in two sessions during one day. The first session will comprise 2 blocks of discussion time, opened with 2 brief talks by invited speakers to stimulate discussion. We believe that the discussion will be of most value, so plenty of time will be allocated. The four discussion sessions will be sequenced in a way that it best addresses the questions formulated at the beginning. A poster session will run in parallel so the audience can discuss particular research projects during the extended “coffee breaks”.

Submission details :

You are invited to submit your original papers in one of the topics adressed in the above presentation. We will review research papers (up to 6000 words) and short papers (3000 words) describing work in progress or personal/company position. Each contribution will be reviewed by two members in the workshop committee.

Accepted contributions will chosen for presenatation/discussion among the WS committee members, both contributions and discussions will be available on the workshop website, so that time is devoted to questions and discussions during the workshop. The invited talks and the accepted contributions will be published in the workshop’s proceedings. The accepted contributions will also be presented as posters during the workshop.

Papers should be at least 10 points double spaced and no longer than 6,000 words (this limit might be flexible. Submissions should be sent as PDF files, to gosia@ee.usyd.edu.au, only electronic submissions are accepted. Submissions should not include authors names or affilliations (in order to make the review process double blind). This information should be clearly stated in the email containing the PDF. The submitted papers will be evaluated by at least two members of the WS committee, we will use a double blind review process. SO PLEASE DO NOT WRITE THE AUTHORS NAMES ON THE PAPER ITSELF, they have to be writen on the cover page only.

 

Schedule :

 Submission by April 15

 Acceptance notification by
May 15th

 Final texts due for June 5th.

Miscellaneous information:

Workshop participants should be registred to the AIED 2003 conference.

Please let us know if you are planning to submit a presentation so we can have an estimate of the number of people attending.

Special support for students might be available.

Updated information and online community will be available at:
http://www.weg.ee.usyd.edu/ilms

The organizers acknowledge the valuable contribution
of Apple Computer Australia