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cs.um.edu.mt>EACL-99, University of Bergen, 12th June 1999 POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON COMPUTER AND INTERNET SUPPORTED EDUCATION IN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGY SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 12th March 1999 HOME PAGE http://www.cs.um.edu.mt/~mros/celst WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Our field is such that curricula have always been closely related to computational theories and related tools. However, the tools that are available are often no more than unrefined versions of programs developed in research laboratories that authors have generously made available to the public. Consequently, the relationship between available tools and the goals of Education in Language and Speech Technology (ELST) is, more often than not, a casual one that individual course designers may seek to strengthen by, for example, adapting the functionality of the tools themelves, the user interface, the context in which they are presented, etc. In other cases, computatational tools are specially developed to suit the needs of particular courses. Given the number of courses in existence whose aims are basically rather similar, it is reasonable to suppose that a lot of work is being unnecessarily repeated. One of the concrete objectives of this workshop is to establish a registry of computational tools that are currently being used to support ELST. A related aim, is to consider whether it is feasible or desirable to adopt common approaches to the development of tools and environments specifically designed with educational goals in mind. No such discussion can be seriously entertained without also considering the role of internet which gives us the means to deliver course components, if not complete courses, at a distance. The advantages of internet delivery in general are obvious: practically limitless multimedia resources, asynchronous patterns of connection, access to world expertise, flexible styles of interaction ranging from student-centered, resource-oriented teaching to interactive virtual classroom discussions and demonstrations -- and more. Far less clear, and far less considered, are: - the particular areas of ELST where internet delivery is likely to have significant advantages over other computer-based delivery media such as CD ROM. - the special nature of course materials/authorware that are available or that need to be developed to support internet based distance learning in the area of language and speech technology. The workshop will offer a forum - albeit a brief one - for the presentation and discussion of the above issues and other related ones. A medium/long term aim of this initiative is the establishment of a more permanent framework (e.g. a special interest group under the auspices of the learned associations and/or ELSNET) within which the educational issues in our field could be given the time and attention they deserve. SUBTOPICS * Computational Tools for ELST * Online Components for ELST * Specialised Tutorials for ELST * Authorware (tools supporting production of materials for ELST) * Tool Oriented Curriculum Design * Multilingual Course Delivery * Course Management Issues * Distance Education for LST PRELIMINARY WORKSHOP PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Michael Rosner, University of Malta, Malta (coordinator) Doug Arnold (Essex) Gerrit Bloothooft (Utrecht) Chris Bowerman (Sunderland) Anders Erikkson (Umea) Steven Krauwer (Utrecht) Mark Huckvale (London) Fabio Pianesi (Trento) Koenraad de Smedt (Bergen) Mark Tatham (Essex) Maria Wolters (Bonn) Felisa Verdejo (Madrid) INVITED SPEAKER: To Be Announced FORMAT REQUIREMENTS * Electronic submissions only, Postscript or Word V7 format. * Please provide a list of keywords and indicate the best fitting subtopic(s) from the above list. * Blind submissions: provide author information on a separate header page. Avoid obvious self refererences in text. * LaTeX users are encouraged to use the style file provided by ACL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/eacl99/style/eaclsub.sty (style file) http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/eacl99/style/acl.bst (bibstyle) http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/eacl99/style/eacl99sample-sub.tex (example) * Word users see http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/eacl99/style/eaclsub.doc * Maximum length is 8 pages including figures and references. * Please use A4 or US letter format and set margins so that the text lies within a rectangle of 6.5 x 9 inches (16.5 x 23 cm). * Use classical fonts such as Times Roman or Computer Modern, 11 to 12 points for text, 14 to 16 points for headings and title. * Please submit papers to mrosMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue