Technical Program

Workshops Program

Tutorials Program

YRT Program

Demonstrations Program

Program-at-a-Glance

Monday -----Tuesday -----Wednesday -----Thursday -----Friday

June 23 to June 24, 2008 : Workshops, Tutorials & YRT @ UQAM

Monday (2008/6/23)

Time/Venue

UQAM-SH3420

~~UQAMSH3220~~

UQAM-SH3620

UQAM-PK4665

UQAM-SU1550

UQAM-SH3260

8 :00- 6 :00

Registration

9 :00- 4:00

W1: ITSs for Ill-Structured Domains Focusing on Assessment and Feedback

~~W2: Towards ITS through Web3D~~

Cancelled

W3: Emotional and Cognitive Issues in ITS (WECITS'2008)

T1: Semantic Web and Intelligent Learning Environments

W4: Ontology-based Learning Resource Repositories

YRT Sessions

Tuesday (2008/6/24)

Time/Venue	UQAM-SH3620	UQAM-SH3420	UQAM-SH3220	UQAM-PK4665	UQAM-SH3260
8 :00 - 6 :00	Registration
9 :00 - 4 :00	W5: Ontologies and semantic web for ITSs(SWEL'2008)	W6: Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning in Educational Technologies	W7: Culturally-Aware Tutoring Systems ( CATS '2008)	T2: Constraint-Based Tutoring Systems: From Theory to Authoring	YRT Sessions
4:30 – 8:00	RECEPTION + DEMO SESSION 1 (UQAM – CO building - AGORA Hydro-Québec)

June 25 to June 27, 2008 : Main Conference @ Marriott Hotel

Paper-Session Code Legend
WM	Wednesday Morning
WA	Wednesday Afternoon
TM	Thursday Morning
FA	Friday Morning
FM	Friday Afternoon

Monday -----Tuesday -----Wednesday -----Thursday -----Friday

Wednesday (2008/6/25)

Time/Venue	CartierABC	MaisonneuveA	MaisonneuveBC	MaisonneuveEF
8 :00 – 5: 30	Registration
8 :30 - 8 :45	Welcome
8 :45 - 9 :45	Keynote 1: Kurt VanLehn The Interaction Plateau: Answer-based tutoring < step-based tutoring = natural tutoring Chair: Beverly P. Woolf
9 :45-10 :15	Coffee Break
10 :15-12 :15	Paper session (WMa): Machine Learning 1 Chair: TBA	Paper session (WMb) : Evaluation and Assessment 1 Chair: P. Winne	Paper session (WMc) : Detection of Student Affect Chair: L. Johnson	Paper session (WMd) : Authoring Tools 1 Chair: A. Mitrovic
	Towards Collaborative Intelligent Tutors: Automated Recognition of Users' Strategies -- Y. Gal, E. Yamangil, A. Rubin, S. Shieber, B. Grosz	How does an intelligent learning environment with novel design affect the students’ learning results--M. Lepp	Self versus Teacher Judgments of Learner Emotions during a Tutoring Session with AutoTutor-- S. D'Mello, R. Taylor, K. Davidson, A. Graesser	Helping Teachers Build ITS with Domain Schema -- B. Martin, A. Mitrovic
	Automatic Generation of Fine-Grained Representations of Learner Response Semantics -- R. Nielsen, W. Ward, J. Martin	Learning Linked Lists: Experiments with the iList System--D. Fossati, B. Di Eugenio, C. Brown, S. Ohlsson	Viewing Student Affect and Learning through Classroom Observation and Physical Sensors-- T. Dragon, I. Arroyo, W., B. P. Woolf, W. Burleson, R. el Kaliouby, H. Eydgahi	Evaluating an Authoring Tool for Model-Tracing Intelligent Tutoring Systems --S. Blessing, S. Gilbert
	Word Sense Disambiguation for Vocabulary Learning-- A. Kulkarni, M. Heilman, M. Eskenazi, J. Callan	Childrens’ Interactions with Inspectable and Negotiated Learner Models-- A. Kerly, S. Bull	Comparing Learners’ Affect While Using an Intelligent Tutoring System and a Simulation Problem Solving Game-- Ma. M. T. Rodrigo et al.	Agent Shell for the Development of Tutoring Systems for Expert Problem Solving Knowledge -- V. Le, G. Tecuci, M. Boicu
	Automatic Construction of a Bug Library for Object-Oriented Novice Java Programmer Errors-- M. Suarez, R. Sison	Re-evaluating LARGO in the Classroom: Are Diagrams Better than Text for Teaching Argumentation Skills--N. Pinkwart, C. Lynch, K. Ashley, V. Aleven	Towards Emotionally-Intelligent Pedagogical Agents—D. Zakharov, A. Mitrovic, L. Johnston	Expanding the Plausible Solution Space for Robustness in an Intelligent Tutoring System—H.Kazi, P.Haddawy, S., Suebnukarn
12 :15-1 :30	Lunch
1 :30-2 :30	Keynote 2: Julita Vassileva Social Learning Environments: New Challenges for AI in Education Chair: Jim Greer
2 :30-3 :30	Paper session (WAa): Machine Learning 2 Chair: J. Beck	Paper session (WAb): Cognitive Models Chair: S. Lajoie	Paper session (WAc): Collaboration Chair: G. McCalla	Paper session (WAd): Natural Language Techniques Chair: N. Heffernan
	Using Hidden Markov Models to Characterize Student Behavior in Learning-by-Teaching Environments—H. Jeong, A. Gupta, R. Roscoe, J. Wagster, G. Biswas, D. Schwartz	Using Optimally Selected Drill Practice to Train Basic Facts-- P. Pavlik Jr., T. Bolster, S. Wu, K. Koedinger, B. MacWhinney	Shall we explain? Augmenting Learning from Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Peer Collaboration -- R. Hausmann, B. van de Sande, K. VanLehn	Semantic Cohesion and Learning-- A. Ward, D. Litman
	To Tutor the Tutor: Adaptive Domain Support for Peer Tutoring-- E. Walker, N. Rummel, K. Koedinger	Eliminating the Gap between the High and Low Students through Meta-Cognitive Strategy Instruction --M. Chi, K. VanLehn	Theory-Driven Group Formation through Ontologies---S. Isotani, R. Mizoguchi	Dialogue Modes in Expert Tutoring--W. Cade, J. Copeland, N. Person, S. D'Mello
3 :30-4 :00	Coffee Break
4 :00-5 :30	Poser Session 1

Monday -----Tuesday -----Wednesday -----Thursday -----Friday

Thursday (2008/6/26)

Time/Venue	CartierABC	MaisonneuveA	MaisonneuveBC	MaisonneuveEF
8 :00 - 1 :30	Registration
8 :30- 9 :30	Keynote 3: Judy Kay Life-long learning, learner models and augmented cognition Chair: Esma Aïmeur
9 :30-10 :00	Coffee Break
10 :00-12 :00	Paper session (TMa): Feedback & Tutorial Dialogue Chair: A. Graesser	Paper session (TMb): Data Mining to Support Teachers And Students Chair: R. Baker	Paper session (TMc): E-Learning and Web-Based ITS Chair: G. Gauthier	Paper session (TMd): Evaluation and Assessment – 2 Chair: M. Grandbastien
	Case Study Empirical Comparison of Three Methods to Evaluate Tutorial Behaviors-- X. Zhang, J. Mostow, J. Beck	Helping Teachers Handle the Flood of Data in Online Student Discussions -- O. Scheuer, B. McLaren	Interoperable Competencies Characterizing Learning Object in Mathematics.-- E Melis, A. Faulhaber, A. Eichelmann, S. Narciss.	Automatic Multi-criteria Assessment of Open-Ended Questions: a case study in School Algebra-- E. Delozanne, D. Previt, B. Grugeon, F. Chenevotot
	Balancing Cognitive and Motivational Scaffolding in Tutorial Dialogue -- K. Boyer, R. Phillips, M. Wallis, M. Vouk, J. Lester	What's in a Cluster? Automatically Detecting Interesting Interactions in Student E-Discussions -- J. Miksatko, B. McLaren	Comparing Classroom Problem-Solving with No Feedback to Web-Based Homework Assistance-- M. Mendicino, N. Heffernan , L. Razzaq	Story-based Learning: The Impact of Narrative on Learning Experiences and Outcomes.-- S. McQuiggan, J. Rowe, S. Lee, J. Lester
	Assessing the impact of positive feedback in constraint-based tutors.--D. Barrow, A. Mitrovic, S. Ohlsson, M. Grimley	Scaffolding On-line Discussions with Past Discussions: An Analysis and Pilot Study of PedaBot-- J. Kim, E. Shaw, S. Ravi, E. Tavano, A. Arromratana, P. Sarda	Harnessing learner’s collective intelligence: a Web2.0 approach to E-learning--H. hicham, E. Aimeur	Why Tutored Problem Solving may be better than Example Study: Theoretical Inplications from a Simulated-Student Study-- N. Matsuda, W. Cohen, J. Sewall, G. Lacerda, K. Koedinger
	Individualizing tutoring with learning style based feedback--S. Parvez, G. Blank	How who should practice: Using learning decomposition to evaluate the efficacy of different types of Students--J. Beck, J. Mostow	The Use of Ontologies to structure and support interactions in LOR --A. Dufresne, M. Rouatbi, F. Guerdelli	Using Similarity Metrics for Matching Lifelong Learners -- N. Van Labeke, A. Poulovassilis, G. Magoul
12 :00-1 :30	Lunch (ITS Meeting – Steering Committee)
1 :30	Departure to Château de l’Esterel
3 :00 –5 :30	Social Events – outdoor activities
6 :00 - 7: 00	Panel 1: 20 years of ITS conference Moderator: Claude Frasson
7 :00 - 8: 00	Keynote 4: Alan Lesgold Intelligent Training Systems: Lessons Learned from Building Before It Is Time Chair: Susanne Lajoie
8: 00 -	Banquet

Monday -----Tuesday -----Wednesday -----Thursday -----Friday

Friday (2008/6/27)

Time/Venue	Cartier	MaisonneuveA	MaisonneuveBC	MaisonneuveEF
8 :00- 10 :00	Registration
8 :30- 09 :30	Keynote 5: Allan Collins Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology Chair: Claude Frasson
9 :30-10 :00	Coffee Break
10 :00-12 :00	Paper session (FMa): Responding to Student Affect Chair: J. Lester	Paper session (FMb): Human Factors and Tutor Feedback Chair: V. Aleven	Paper session (FMc): Data Mining-to Improve Tutor Interaction Chair: K. Yacef	Paper session (FMd): Semantic Web and Ontology Chair: R. Mizoguchi
	Seeing the face and observing the actions: the effects of nonverbal cues on mediated tutoring dialogue.-- F. Tajariol, J. Adam, M. Dubois	The Politeness Effect in Intelligent Foreign Language Tutoring System ---- N. Wang , J. W. Lewis	How does students' help-seeking behaviour affect learning? --M. Mathews, A. Mitrovic	An Architecture for Combining Semantic Web Techniques with Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Pedro J. Muñoz Merino, Carlos Delgado Kloos
	What are You Feeling?: Investigating Student Affective States during Expert Human Tutoring Sessions--B. Lehman, M. Matthews, S. D'Mello, N. Person	Investigating the Relationship between Spatial Ability and Feedback Style in ITSs-- N. Milik, A. Mitrovic, M. Grimley	Toward automatic hint generation for logic proof tutoring using historical student data -- T. Barnes, J. Stamper	Bridging the Gap between ITS and eLearning: towards Learning Knowledge Objects--- A. Zouaq, R. Nkambou, C. Frasson
	Affective Transitions in Narrative-Centered Learning Environments--S. McQuiggan, J. Robison, J. Lester	The Dynamics of Self-Regulatory Processes within Self- and Externally Regulated Learning Episodes --A. Witherspoon, R. Azevedo, S. D'Mello	Using Knowledge Discovery Techniques to Support Tutoring in an Ill-Defined Domain -- R. Nkambou, M. Engelbert, P. Fournier-Viger	Leveraging the Social Semantic Web in Intelligent Tutoring Systems-- J. Jovanovic, C. Torniai, D. Gaevic S. Bateman, M. Hatala
	Responding to Student Uncertainty during Computer Tutoring: An Experimental Evaluation-- K. Forbes-Riley, D. Litman, M. Rotaru	Use of Agent Prompts to Support Reflective Interaction in a Learning-by-Teaching Environment--L. Wu, Chee-Kit Looi	Does help help? Introducing the Bayesian Evaluation and Assessment methodology-- J. Beck, K. Chang, J. Most ow, A. Corbett	Structurization of Learning/Instructional Design Knowledge for Theory-aware Authoring systems ---H. Yusuke, J. Bourdeau, R. Mizoguchi
12 :00-1 :30	Lunch (AIED Meeting)
1 :30-2:30	Panel session (FAa)	Paper session (FAb): Authoring Tools 2 Chair: R. Nkambou	Paper session (FAc): Student Models Chair: E. Mephu	Paper session (FAd): Narrative Tutors And Games Chair: R. Azevedo
	Panel2– Cartier A Intersection of cognition, affect and learning environments Moderator: Susanne Lajoie	Open community authoring of targeted worked example problems. T. Aleahmad, V. Aleven, R. Kraut	Developing a Computer-Supported Tutoring Interaction Component with Interaction Data Reuse --C. Lin, C. Chou, T. Chan	Student Note-Taking in Narrative-Centered Learning Environments: Individual Differences and Learning—S. McQuiggan, J. Goth, E. Ha, J. Rowe, J. Lester
		A Standard Method of Developping User Interfaces for a Generic ITS Framework-- M. Fortin, J.F. Lebeau, A. Abdessemed, F. Courtemanche, A. Mayers	More Accurate Student Modeling Through Contextual Estimation of Slip and Guess Probabilities in Bayesian Knowledge Tracing-- R. Baker, A. Corbett, V. Aleven	Assessing Aptitude for Learning with a Serious Game for Foreign Language and Culture-- L.W. Johnson, S. Wu
3 :00-4 :30	Poster Session 2 Demo Session 2
4 :30-5 :30	Closing Ceremony
7 :30	Public conference by DANIEL DENNETT Title: From Animal to Person: How Cul ture Makes Up our Minds Place: Studio Alfred-Laliberté ( 405, Sainte-Catherine East)

Paper Sessions: Monday -----Tuesday -----Wednesday -----Thursday -----Friday

Posters Program: Session 1 & Session 2

POSTER SESSION 1 (Wednesday, 4:00PM-5:30PM @ Cartier ABC)

		Regular Posters
ID		Title	Authors
5		Self-Assessment in a Vocabulary Tutoring System	M. Heilman, M. Eskenazi
12		An Automatic Measure of Reader Engagement and Attention	M. Heilman, C. Feeney
14		Dynamic Browsing of Audiovisual Lecture Recordings based on Automated Speech Recognition	S. Repp, A. Groß, C. Meinel
15		An Agent-Based Framework for Affective Intelligent Tutoring Systems	M. BEN AMMAR
16		Measuring the Difficulty of a Lecture Using Automatic Facial Expression Recognition	W. Jacob, M. Javier, M. Bartlett
19		Minimal feedback during tutorial dialogue	P. Jordan, D. Litman
22		Can Students Edit their Learner Model Appropriately?	S. Bull, X. Dong, M. Britland, Y. Guo
23		When is Assistance Helpful to Learning? Results in Combining Worked Examples and Inte	B. McLaren, S. Lim, K. Koedinger
32		Enabling Reputation-based Trust in Privacy-Enhanced Learning Systems	M. Anwar, J. Greer
40		Authoring Educational Games with Greenmind	B. Martin
48		An Experimental Use of Learning Environment for Problem-Posing as Sentence-Integration in Arithmetic	H. Tsukasa, T. Yokoyama, M. Okamoto, A. Takeuchi
55		Automatic Analyses of Cohesion and Coherence in Human Tutorial Dialogues During Hypermedia	M. Jeon, R. Azevedo
56		Interface Challenges For Mobile Intelligent Tutoring Systems	Q. Brown, F. Lee
59		Agora UCS Ubiquitous Collaborative Space	P. Dugénie, S. Cerri, P. Lemoisson, A. Gouaich
68		Adapte, a tool for the teacher to personalize activities	M. LEFEVRE, N. GUIN, S. JEAN-DAUBIAS
69		Framework for a Competency-Driven, Multi-Viewpoint, and Evolving Learner Model	L. Moulet, O. Marino, R. Hotte, J. Labat
78		Use Chatbot CSIEC to Facilitate the Individual Learning in English Instruction: a Case Study	J. Jia, M. Ruan
93		CoChemEx: Supporting Conceptual Chemistry Learning via Computer-Mediated Collaboration Scripts	D. Tsovaltzi, B. McLaren, N. Rummel, O. Scheuer, A. Harrer, N. Pinkwart, I. Braun
101		Towards an Intelligent Emotional Detection in an E-Learning Environment	I. Nedji, H. Seridi, M. Sellami
105		How do we get the pieces to work together? A new software architecture to support interoperability b	A. Harrer, N. Pinkwart, B. McLaren, O. Scheuer
107		Cognitive Load Estimation for Optimizing Learning within Intelligent Tutoring Systems	F. Courtemanche, M. Najjar, A. Mayers
108		Investigating Learner Trust in Open Learner Models using a 'Wizard of Oz' Approach	A. Kerly, N. Ahmad, S. Bull
111		Personalized learning path delivery: models and example of application	H. Madhour, M. Wentland Forte
112		Semi Automatic Generation of Didactic Resources from Existing Documents	M. Larrañaga, J. Elorriaga, A. Arruarte
116		An Evaluation of Intelligent Reading Tutors	S. Ramachandran
120		An Affective Behavior Model for Intelligent Tutors	Y. Hernández, E. Sucar and C. Conati
122		An Intelligent Web-Based Learning System for Group Collaboration Using Charters	H. Eberspacher, M. Joab
































	YRT Posters
ID	Title			Authors
13	Putting a/the stake in the ground: Making a priori predictions of student learning			Ruth Wylie, Kenneth Koedinger and Teruko Mitamura
14	Supporting the Generation of Isomorphic Tutoring Content			Shane F. Almeida, Manasi P. Vartak and Neil T. Heffernan
15	Applying a Multi-Agent Systems to Promote Intelligence in Learning Objects			Júlia M. C. Silva, Ricardo A. Silveira and Rosa M. Viccari
16	Robust Agent-based Facial Expression Recognition in the Intelligent Tutoring System			Mohamed Ben Ammar
17	A Modelling Framework for Constructivist Learning in Exploratory Learning Environments			Mihaela Cocea
18	Towards Adaptive Educational Programming Environment Based on Learning Styles			Siti Soraya Abdul Rahman
19	Identity and Reputation Management for Online Learners			Mohd Anwar
20	Does Solving Ill-Defined Physics Problems Elicit More Learning than Conventional Problem Solving?			Michael Ringenberg and Kurt VanLehn
5	Modeling Knowledge Co-Construction for Peer Learning Interactions			Cynthia Kersey, Barbara Di Eugenio and Pamela Jordan
22	Proposal of utilization of an animated pedagogical agent to interact affectively with students who have compromised attentional cognitive processes			Elaine H. T. Oliveira and Rosa M. Viccari
23	Trying to Reduce Bottom-out hinting: Will telling student how many hints they have left help?			Yu Guo, Joseph Beck and Neil Heffernan
21	The Use of Reading Comprehension Strategies by Primary School Students in French as a Second Language (FL2) in a Multimedia Environment within a Social Interaction			Rivka Rosenberg

Paper Sessions: Monday -----Tuesday -----Wednesday -----Thursday -----Friday

Posters Program: Session 1 & Session 2

POSTER SESSION 2 (Friday, 3:00PM-4:30PM @ Cartier ABC)

Regular Posters

ID

Title

Authors

127

An Adaptive and Customizable Feedback System for Intelligent Interactive Learning Systems

M. Lopez-Garate, A. Lozano-Rodero, L. Matey

128

Detection of learning styles from learner’s browsing behavior during e-learning activities

N. BOUSBIA, J. Labat, A. Balla

139

Supporting Learners' Organizational Issues in Pedagogic Collective Challenges

P. Moguel, P. Tchounikine, A. Tricot

147

Authoring Mobile Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Z. RAMON, B. M.L., . Guillermo A., R. CARLOS

149

XTutor: an Intelligent Tutor System for science and math based on Excel

R. Gheorghiu, K. VanLehn

150

Adventure in the Boundary between Domain-Independent Ontologies and Domain-Specific Content for CSCL

S. Isotani, R. Mizoguchi

155

One Exercise – Various Tutorial Strategies

G. Goguadze, E. Melis

160

Bi-directional search for bugs: A tool for accelerating knowledge acquisition for equation-based ITS

S. Jung, K. VanLehn

173

Design of a system for automated generation of problem fields

P. Ildiko, G. Fernando

174

Lessons Learned from Scaling Up a Web-Based Intelligent Tutoring System

J. Patvarczki, S. Almeida, J. Beck, N. Heffernan

179

Tailoring of Feedback in Web-Based Learning: The Role of Response Certitude in the Assessment

E. Vasilyeva, M. Pechenizkiy, P. De Bra

181

Trying to Reduce Bottom-out hinting: Will telling student how many hints they have left help?

G. Yu, N. Heffernan, J. Beck

182

Assessment and Learning: Automated Content Scoring of Free-Text

J. Sukkarieh, E. Bolge

183

An Authoring Tool that Facilitates the Rapid Development of Dialogue Agents for Intelligent Tutoring

Y. Cui, C. Rose

184

Using an Emotional Intelligent Agent to Reduce Resistance to Change

I. Menezes, C. Frasson

188

Story Generation to Accelerate Math Problem Authoring for Practice and Assessment

Y. Cui, R. Kumar, C. Rose, K. Koedinger

189

Decision Tree for Tracking Learner’s Emotional State predicted from his electrical brain activity

A. Heraz, T. Daouda, C. Frasson

191

Supporting the Guide on the SIDE

M. Kang, S. Chaudhuri, R. Kumar, Y. Wang, C. Rose, C. Rosé, Y. Cui

192

Comparing Two IRT Models for Cognitive Model Evaluation

H. Cen, K. Koedinger, B. Junker

199

The Effect of Providing Error-Flagging Support during Testing

A. Kumar

204

Cognitive Tutoring System with Consciousness

D. Dubois, M. Gaha, R. Nkambou

208

It’s Not Easy Being Green: Supporting Collaborative “Green Design” Learning

S. Chaudhuri, R. Kumar, M. Joshi, E. terrell, V. Aleven, C. Rose, F. higgs

210

Toward Supporting Collaborative Discussion in an Ill-Defined Domain

A. Ogan, E. Walker, C. Jones, V. Aleven

215

Cognitive and Technical Artifacts to Support the Reuse of Learning Scenario Patterns

E. Villiot-Leclercq, A. Dufresne

219

Integration of a Complex Learning Object in a Web-Based Interactive Learning System

F. Le Calvez, H. Giroire

225

Semantic Web Reasoning Tutoring Agent

C. Panayiotou, B. Bennett

YRT Posters

ID

Title

Authors

1

Educational Interactive Narrative for Ill Defined Domain

Rania hodhod and Daniel Kudenko

2

An Automatic Measure of Reader Engagement and Attention

Michael Heilman and Christine Feeney

3

The Role of Community Feedback in the Example Annotating Process: an Evaluation on AnnotEx

I-Han Hsiao

4

Effective Skill Assessment Using Expectation Maximization in a Multi Network Temporal Bayesian Network

Zachary Pardos, Neil Heffernan, Carolina Ruiz and Joeseph Beck

21

The Use of Reading Comprehension Strategies by Primary School Students in French as a Second Language (FL2) in a Multimedia Environment within a Social Interaction

Rivka Rosenberg

6

Social bookmarking tool based on structurable tags for communities of teachers

Benjamin Huynh Kim Bang and Éric Dané

7

Team training assessment with A.R.S.

Daniel Luedemann, Guy Gouardères and Marc Kaltenbach

8

The Hint Factory: Automatic Generation of Contextualized Help for Existing Computer Aided Instruction

John Stamper, Tiffany Barnes, Lorrie Lehman and Marvin Croy

9

Subliminal priming enhances learning in a distant virtual 3D Intelligent Tutoring System

Pierre Chalfoun and Claude Frasson

10

Self-Assessment in a Vocabulary Tutoring System

Michael Heilman and Maxine Eskenazi

11

The Design of a Mobile Intelligent Tutoring System

Quincy Brown, Frank Lee, Dario Salvucci and Vincent Aleven

12

Can we predict which groups of questions students will learn from?

mingyu feng, Neil Heffernan, Joseph Beck and Ken Koedinger