NEW! AAAI-08 Teaching Forum Dear AAAI Members,

We would like to draw your attention to a new feature at the conference this summer in Chicago -- the AAAI 2008 Teaching Forum. The Teaching Forum aims to provide a means for researchers and educators to share ideas, strategies, and resources related to education in AI. The forum has four components, which are integrated into the AAAI 2008 conference events: a colloquium focused on AI-themed educational resources (presented in conjunction with the AAAI-08 Workshop Program), a track in the video program, a panel during the main technical program, and invited posters presented in the Teaching Forum display area.

Colloquium on AI Education
The Colloquium on AI Education will bring together educators, researchers, and curriculum designers to present and discuss successful means for teaching AI in a variety of contexts. The goal of the colloquium is to provide a forum where teaching materials and strategies can be shared among educators to improve AI education more broadly. Moreover, the colloquium will also provide the opportunity to discuss common challenges that may be encountered in teaching AI. Submissions are due April 7. For more information, please contact the chairs: Zachary Dodds (Harvey Mudd), Haym Hirsh (NSF/Rutgers), and Kiri Wagstaff (JPL/NASA).

Video Program Track
The Teaching Forum Video track focuses on videos produced with an educational mission. Such videos include both instructional/expository videos, which aim to directly teach a particular topic as well as videos, which can effectively serve to demonstrate, in an educational context, various methodologies, algorithms, or systems used in AI. One important differentiator of such education videos is that they should generally be appropriate for students learning AI rather than researchers already engaged in the field. Submissions are due April 4. For more information, please contact Chair Michael Bowling (University of Alberta). For submission information, please the Video Track CFP at http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2008/aaai08videos.php.

For complete information about the AAAI-08 Teaching Forum, please see  http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/2008/aaai08teaching.php, or contact the cochairs: Marie desJardins (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Adele Howe (Colorado State University), and Mehran Sahami (Stanford University) .

We look forward to your participation at AAAI-08!

Regards,

Carol Hamilton
Executive Director, AAAI


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