Intelligent Tutoring in Serious Games

ABSTRACTS

Thursday August 24, 2006

8:00 - 8:45      Registration and breakfast at ICT

8:45 - 9:00      "This is the CCT" in the VR theater

9:00 - 9:15      Welcome & workshop overview - H. Chad Lane & Randy Hill

9:15 - 10:15    Eight Serious Games at ICT:  Lessons Learned and Challenges                                   Identified - Michael van Lent [ppt]

10:15 - 10:30  Break

10:30 - 11:30  Tactical Language and Culture Training System - Lewis Johnson [ppt]

11:30 - 12:15  An analysis of generative dialogue patterns across interactive
                        learning environments: Explanation, elaboration, and
                        co-construction  - Bob Hausmann [ppt]

12:15 - 1:00    Lunch at ICT

1:00 - 2:00      Research-based Principles for the Design of Multimedia Learning
                        Environments - Rich Mayer [ppt]

2:00 - 3:15      Take shuttle to Dave and Busters.

3:15 - 4:00      Negotiating with Virtual Humans - Bill Swartout [ppt]

4:00 - 4:45      Real-time coaching in virtual worlds - Bruce Roberts [ppt]

4:45 - 5:00      Break

5:00 - 5:45      Collaborative Warrior Tutoring - Tom Livak [ppt]

5:45 - 7:45      Dinner & video games at D&B

7:45 - 8:30      Shuttle returns to ICT

9:00 - 10:00    Narrative-Centered Learning Environments - James Lester [pdf]

                        Diagnosing Self-efficacy in Intelligent Tutoring Systems 
                        - Scott Mcquiggan  [pdf]

10:00 - 10:45  Emergent and Guided Narrative for Training and Education in Virtual                             Worlds - Mark Riedl [ppt]

10:45 - 11:00  Break

11:00 - 12:00  When are tutorial dialogues more effective than reading? 
                        - Kurt VanLehn [ppt]

12:00 - 12:45  Lunch at ICT

12:45 - 1:30    Researching the Effectiveness of Serious Games:  Asking the Right                             Questions - Jen Solberg [ppt]

1:30 - 2:30     Evaluating the Learning and Motivation Effects of Serious Games
                        - Dick Clark [ppt]

2:30 - 3:30      Interactive demos & break
                        - Virtual Humans (VR Theatre), David Traum & Patrick Kenny
                        - Andes, Kurt VanLehn & Mike Ringenberg
                        - Tactical Language and Culture Training System, Lewis Johnson
                        - Full Spectrum Warrior (Screening Rm), Matt Trimmer, Mike van Lent
                        - Collaborative Warrior Tutoring, Tom Livak

3:30 - 4:15      Research on Development of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) to                               Support Embedded Training (ET) in Future Army System                                              - Henry Marshall [ppt]

4:15 - 5:00      Winning and Learning:  Making the link between domain content and
                        game success explicit - H. Chad Lane [ppt]

5:00 - 5:30      Group discussion & wrap-up