EDM - Day 2

Submitted by Ankit Ranka on Sat, 06/12/2010 - 10:23am.
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Key note talk from
Cristina Conati
is going on.

Topic - "Data-based Student Modeling in Exploratory Learning Environments"

Exploratory Learning Environments (ELE) - Designed to help users acquire knowledge by freely experiencing a target domain.



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Ankit Ranka Says:
Sat, 06/12/2010 - 11:44am

Young researcher track papers are being presented in this session.

Both presenters were not able to make into the conference due to visa issues.
But they recorded there presentation and they are answering questions over skype. (a great example of knowledge crossing borders)

1. Mining Students’ Interaction Data from a System that Support Learning by Reflection

2. Using Educational Data Mining Methods to Study the Impact of Virtual Classroom in E-Learning


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Ankit Ranka Says:
Sat, 06/12/2010 - 10:27am

Challenge - build student models for environments in which it is hard to define effective interaction


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Gary Natriello Says:
Sat, 06/12/2010 - 11:17am

This is an important topic where we need to make major gains if we are to replicate some of the more demanding aspects of classroom environments. It runs directly into concerns about how to assess learning.