[UCI-Calit2] SURF-IT seminar: Texts, Technologies, and Teaching

Anna Lynn Spitzer aspitzer at calit2.uci.edu
Mon Aug 18 10:19:05 PDT 2014


SURF-IT Summer Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title:                  Texts, Technologies, and Teaching
Speaker:            Mark Warschauer, professor, education and informatics; associate dean, School of Education
Time:                 11:45 a.m.
Date:                  Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Location:           Calit2 Building, Room 3008

ABSTRACT: Machine learning techniques for text mining and natural language processing (NLP) create new possibilities for enhancing classroom instruction. This
presentation will give an overview of four research projects related to texts and technologies in K-12 instruction, including studies that focus on reformatting of reading
passages to improve comprehension, automated scoring and feedback on writing, large-scale analysis of student writing on Google Docs, and automated agents for monitoring
and stimulating computer-mediated discussion.

SPEAKER BIO: Warschauer is professor of education and informatics at the University of California, Irvine, and associate dean of the UCI School of Education,
where he also directs the Digital Learning Lab. He has been the inaugural editor of two open access journals: Language Learning & Technology, launched in 1997, and AERA
Open, to be launched next month. His recent books include Learning in the Cloud (Teachers College Press), Laptops and Learning (Teachers College Press), and Technology
and Social Inclusion (MIT Press). The SURF-IT student working with Warschauer is Devin Held, a computer science major.

Additional information: A light lunch will be available at 11:45 a.m.; the seminar, which is open to the public, will begin at noon.
For more information, contact Brittany Gray, grayb at uci.edu<mailto:grayb at uci.edu>.


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