Call for Applications
4th Annual PSLC LearnLab Summer School to be held at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Application Process Open
Monday, July 7, 2008 - Friday, July 11, 2008
FREE!
- An intensive, five-day course focused on creating technology-enhanced courses and learning experiments and on tools to support the design, implementation, running, and analysis of such experiments.
- The course will provide both conceptual background knowledge on advanced technology for learning and hands-on experience with state-of-the-art development tools.
- Learning environment development tools span a range of options from computer-aided instruction and multimedia techniques to intelligent tutoring systems.
- Participation is free!
- Application deadline: Midnight April 2, 2008, Notification of acceptance April 9, 2008.
Summer School Content
We invite applications for participation in an intensive 1-week summer school on technology-enhanced learning experiments and building intelligent tutoring systems. The summer school will provide a conceptual background and considerable hands-on experience in developing, running and analyzing technology-enhanced learning experiments.
Format
The summer school will last five days. Each day will include lectures, discussion sessions, and laboratory sessions where the participants will work on developing a small prototype experiment in an area of math, science, or language learning. The participants will use state-of-the-art tools including the Cognitive Tutor Authoring Tools and other tools for course development, natural language dialog, semi-automated coding of verbal data, and storing and mining of student interaction data.
On the last day, student teams will present their accomplishments to the rest of the participants, followed by a "graduation" party. Participants will be expected to do some preparation before the summer schools starts.
Background Reading
For those who would like to get more information prior to submitting an application, papers available provide background about the topics, technology, and tools that will be discussed during the summer school.
Course Instructors
The primary course instructors will include:
Dr. Kenneth R. Koedinger
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Vincent Aleven
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Carolyn Penstein Rosé
Language Technologies Institute
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Robert Hausmann
Learning Research and Development Center
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Pamela Jordan
Learning Research and Development Center
University of Pittsburgh
Other instructors may include:
Dr. Kurt VanLehn
Learning Research and Development Center
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Bruce McLaren
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. David Klahr
Professor of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
All instructors have considerable experience in research and development in technology-based learning experiments, intelligent tutoring systems and tutorial dialogue systems. Members of the team have taught summer schools for the past four years. All have taught similar material as semester-long courses.
Required Background
The course is intended for anyone with the appropriate computational background and educational zeal to actually build an intelligent tutoring system. This could include seasoned edutech researchers, advanced graduate students, computationally sophisticated teachers and commercial or military instructional developers.
Applications
Please visit our online application page
Important Dates
- The deadline for applications is April 2, 2008.
- Admission decisions will be made by April 9, 2008.
Costs
There will be no charge for attending the summer school. However, participants will be responsible for paying for their own travel, meals and lodging. Dorm rooms at the Carnegie Mellon University campus are available. Academic credit is not available, although participants will receive a certificate verifying their participation.
For More Information
Please address inquiries to Michael Bett, .