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Call for Papers:
AAAI Spring Symposium
Using Electronic Tangibles to Promote Learning: Design and Evaluation
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~AAAI10-ETPL/
March 22-24, 2010, Stanford University
Submissions due: Oct 2, 2009
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For over twenty years, robots, electronics, microcontrollers, and
other physically-instantiated devices have been used as educational
tools in both formal (in-school) and informal (out-of-school)
settings. Particularly at the high school and undergraduate levels,
these tools have been used to enhance computer science education and
illustrate artificial intelligence concepts. In the last several
years, a number of programs have been developed which use physically
instantiated devices to promote learning in a wider variety of topics,
including science, engineering, math, as well as storytelling,
sculpture, and other art forms. Such programs, while not always
directly teaching AI concepts, do promote technological literacy in
participants and may motivate some to further study in science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM). In order to further expand
programs based on electronic, tangible components into these and other
areas, it is important to demonstrate the impacts that these education
programs have on participants, in both the short- and the long-term.
This workshop will provide a forum for researchers working with many
different types of programs, including researchers in robotics,
computer science, education, and formal and informal learning
evaluation. This workshop will highlight (1) work featuring AI- and
electronic tangibles used to promote learning in any topic (including
approaches targeting arts and humanities in addition to STEM
education); and (2) descriptions of the evaluation methodology and
impacts of such programs. Topics of interest include:
* Design of physically instantiated electronic educational tools
* Curriculum design process
* Evaluation methodology for programs featuring electronic tangibles
* Evaluation results from such programs, both quantitative and
qualitative
We welcome contributions describing programs in both in and out of
school settings, utilizing a variety of electronic tangibles (robots,
microcontrollers,...), targeting any age, and promoting learning in
the arts, humanities, or STEM disciplines. In addition to papers, we
welcome short abstracts for demonstration/hands-on sessions and panel
discussion sessions.
Submissions
We welcome prospective participants to submit either full papers (up
to 6 pages), short papers (1-2 pages), or panel proposals (up to 2
pages, clearly indicating the names, affiliations, and email addresses
for all panelists). Where appropriate, participants are strongly
encouraged to demonstrate educational projects at the symposium and/or
provide hands-on experiences for other symposium participants (please
indicate your demonstration plans with paper submissions). Selected
papers (both long and short) from the symposium will be published as
an AAAI technical report. All submissions should be in PDF format
adhering to the AAAI conference paper formatting guidelines, and
should be sent to Tom Lauwers at [email protected] by October
2nd, 2009.
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Douglas S. Blank
Director, Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE)
http://www.roboteducation.org
Chair, and Associate Professor, Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College
http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank (610)526-6501
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