The specific theme of the ITS 2012 conference is co-adaptation between technologies and human learning.
There are nowadays two real challenges to be faced by ITS. The main
technical challenge is due to the unprecedented speed of innovation that
we notice in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), in
particular: the Web. Any technology seems to be volatile; only of
interest for a short time span. The educational challenge is a
consequence of the technical one. Current educational uses of
technologies have to consider the impact of ICT innovation onto
unexpected changes in human practices in any domain including learning,
modifying substantially the classical human learning cycle that since
the nineteenth century was mainly centered on formal teaching
institutions such as the schools. An example of these changes is given
by educational games, another one by the measurable role of emotions in
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Conference Program
Topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to:
- Co-adaptation between technologies and human learning
- Intelligent tutoring
- Informal learning environments, learning as a side effect of interactions
- Collaborative and group learning, communities of practice and social networks
- Simulation-based learning, intelligent (serious) games
- Ubiquitous and mobile learning environments
- Empirical studies of learning with technologies, understanding human learning on the Web
- Adaptive support for learning, models of learners, diagnosis and feedback
- Modeling of motivation, metacognition, and affect aspects of learning
- Recommender systems for learning
- Virtual pedagogical agents or learning companions
- Discourse during learning interactions
- Ontological modeling, semantic web technologies and standards for learning
- Multi-agent and service oriented architectures for learning and tutoring environments
- Educational exploitation of data mining and machine learning techniques
- Instructional design principles or design patterns for educational environments
- Authoring tools and development methodologies for advanced learning technologies
- Domain-specific learning domains, e.g. language, mathematics, reading, science, medicine, military, and industry.
- Non conventional interactions between artificial intelligence and human learning
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