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Call for Papers
Workshop on EDM & Games: Leveling Up Engaged Learning with Data-Rich
Analytics
Co-located with EDM 2019
July 2, 2019, Montréal, Canada
We are pleased to announce an upcoming workshop on “EDM & Games: Leveling
Up Engaged Learning with Data-Rich Analytics” at the 2019 International
Conference on Educational Data Mining in Montréal, Canada.
Additional information is available at:
https://sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/edm-games-2019
OVERVIEW
Recent advances in educational data mining (EDM) are creating new
opportunities for game-based learning. Games have long been recognized for
their capacity to engage players in immersive virtual worlds and complex
problem scenarios. Now, there is growing evidence that games are also an
effective medium for enhancing learning. As learners interact with
educational games, rich streams of in-game behavior data are generated that
can be modeled and analyzed using EDM techniques. Increasingly, these data
streams also include multimodal sensor data, such as eye tracking, facial
expression, posture, and biometric data. The increasing availability of
trace-level data from games has created new opportunities for investigating
methods to analyze and model learner behavior in these environments.
In light of these advances, several questions have begun to emerge at the
intersection of EDM and games:
** Which EDM techniques are best suited for addressing the distinctive
challenges posed by game-based learning, such as open-ended tasks,
unexpected learner behaviors, and balancing learning and engagement
effectively?*
** How can we leverage EDM techniques to inform evidence-based design
principles for game-based learning?*
** What are the unique contributions that EDM can provide toward enhancing
our understanding of the moment-to-moment signatures of engaged learning?*
To explore these questions, the workshop will bring together researchers
interested in the intersection of EDM and games to better understand
student learning and engagement using data-rich analytics. We are keenly
interested in research that leverages novel data mining techniques and
methodologies to enhance our understanding of student learning and
engagement, as well as enable enriched learning experiences that are both
effective and engaging.
We welcome papers on a broad range of topics that explore the nexus of EDM
and games across different educational settings (e.g., schools, museums,
after-school programs, training, healthcare), student populations (e.g.,
pre-school, primary, secondary, post-secondary, adult), and educational
domains (e.g., science, mathematics, history, art, defense, professional
training).
Topics of Interest:
Within the context of EDM and games, general topics of interest include,
but are not limited to:
* Game-based assessment
* Models of learner engagement
* Affect recognition and understanding
* Multimodal analytics
* Learner modeling
* Plan, activity, and intent recognition
* Tutorial planning
* NLP in game-based learning
* Data-driven content generation
* Novel methods and techniques
* Modeling preparation for future learning
* Data-driven game design
* Game-based collaborative learning
* Modeling metacognition and SRL
* Assessment in team-based games
Important Dates:
* Paper Submission Deadline: April 22, 2019
* Notification of Acceptance: May 22, 2019
* Camera Ready Deadline: June 13, 2019
* EDM & Games Workshop: July 2, 2019
Submissions:
We invite paper submissions describing mature and/or ongoing relevant
research (6-10 pages).
Top reviewed papers will be accepted for oral presentation. Additional
papers may be accepted for poster presentation. All accepted papers will be
published in the joint proceedings of the EDM 2019 workshops through CEUR (
http://ceur-ws.org).
Papers should be formatted according to the EDM template:
* Word: http://educationaldatamining.org/EDM2016/files/edm_word_template.doc
* LaTeX: http://educationaldatamining.org/EDM2016/files/edm_latex.zip
Please submit all papers (PDF) via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=edmgames19
Organizers:
Jonathan Rowe, North Carolina State University
Bradford Mott, North Carolina State University
Luc Paquette, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Seung Lee, North Carolina State University