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ALE-1 2017/18 Course Schedule - Updated 14th March 2018 

NOTE Assignment 2 deadline now 4pm wednesday 21st march 2018

NOTE: May change throughout the course 

Some parts of this schedule ARE STILL TO BE FINALISED: Dates for student seminar series presentations, assignment due dates.
Parts of the schedule that MAY CHANGE include: The list of "topic units" and the order in which they are presented, guest lecture dates and topics. Depending on guest lecturer availability, other things may shift around a bit too (but not deadlines).
(Items in Italics may be updated)

Please note that all readings are listed, by class, on the course readings Page. This schedule has links to materials OTHER than readings.

Week of course	Class date (Tues, Fri)	Topic and activities	Class materials (Slides, handouts, etc)	Deadlines and feedback
W1/2	Tues 16th/ Fri 19th/ Tues 23rd Jan	Introduction to Adaptive Learning Environments: What are those, anyway? AND discussion of course themes, course format, and policies. Introductory lecture and activities on Core Systems:	NB: Please try the systems matching activity before looking at the lecture slides or reading list. Systems matching activity Lecture 1 Introduction slides The "Big Questions" for the course Please read the course overview on the course homepage. Please read the course support and e-mail policy ASAP, so that you know what to expect.	no deadline
W2/3	Fri 26th/ Tues 30th Jan	Core systems and other examples continued (Cognitive Tutors, Autotutor and Standup)	Lecture 2 Core Systems slides , Lecture 3 Core Systems (contd.) See Kopp et al. (2012) paper on the Unit 1 page for the example tutorial dialogue.	SSS1 sign-up via Doodle poll https://doodle.com/poll/ecqnzy57yydksnc5
W3	Fri 2nd Feb/	Unit 1: Knowledge representation, Introduction to Student seminar series 1 (SSS1) and Assignment 1 literature review: "What's the idea of reviewing?", seminar topics and group assignment.	Lecture 4: intro to unit 1, Knowledge Modelling slides SSS1 and Assignment 1 Literature Review Guidance	SSS1 group assignment Assignment 1 officially out (due to submit by 4pm Monday 26th February)
W4	Tue 6th Feb/ Fri 9th Feb	Lecture and activities on  Unit 1 - Topic: Knowledge Modelling Unit 1 - Topic: Learner modelling Unit A Unit 1 - Topic: Qualitative Modelling	Lecture 5: Student Modelling  slides The BUGGY system game requires at least 2 people to play: someone to be "the system" and someone to be "the teacher" (human interacting with system). Each of these PDFs has 3 pages, each with 3 different problems (the instructions on each page of the PDF are the same). BUGGY teacher instructions BUGGY system instructions
W5	Tues 13th	SSS1 presentations from groups A, B, C	Group A slides Group A meta-review Group B slides Group B meta-review Group C slides Group C meta-review	DUE: Individual and meta-reviews for SSS1 (groups 1-3). You must turn these in in order to receive formative feedback.
W5	Fri 16th Feb	SSS1 presentations from groups D, E, F Students give formative feedback about how ALE course is going so far	Group D slides Group D meta-review Group E slides Group E meta-review Group F slides Group F meta-review	DUE: Individual and meta-reviews for SSS1 (groups 4-6). You must turn these in in order to receive formative feedback.
19th to	23rd Feb	FLEXIBLE LEARNING WEEK	Flexible learning week; various school and uni-level events
W6	Mon 26th Feb	Deadline for Assignment 1, 4pm		DUE: Assignment 1, Mon 26th Feb, 4pm. See instructions document for submission information.
W6	Tues 27th Feb/ Fri 2nd Mar	Hands-on workshop using the "Betty's Brain" system (use dice) - to be student led in seminar groups in labs. Read lecture 6. slides first, then work through the workshop. Be prepares to report back on Friday Topic Unit B: Educational dialogue, motivation, and affect. Introduce Assignment 2	Lecture 6: Qualitative Modelling, Betty's Brain slides Questions for BB workshop activity SSS2 and Assignment 2 University closed - no lecture	SSS2 Out to students SSS1 presentations formative feedback returned Assignment 2 officially out (due to submit by Wednesday 21st March, 4pm)
W7	Tues 6th/ Fri 9th Mar	Topic Unit B: Educational dialogue, motivation, and affect. Metacognition, help-seeking, and feedback	Lecture 7 Dialogue slides Homework activity on dialogue. NOTE: Whilst these were not covered in a lecture, they are essential material and should be covered, together with associated readings.
W8	Tues 13th Mar	SSS2 presentations from groups A, B, C	Group A (first aid)  Group A slides  Group A design Group B (driving)   Group B slides  Group B design Group C (first aid)  Group C slides  Group C design	DUE: Group design summaries for SSS2 (groups 1-3). You must turn these in in order to receive formative feedback.
W8	Fri 16th Mar	SSS2 presentations from groups D, E, F	Group D (first aid)  Group D slides  Group D design Group E (first aid)  Group E slides  Group F (driving)  Group F slides   Group F design	DUE: Group design summaries for SSS2 (groups 4-6). You must turn these in in order to receive formative feedback. Assignment 1 feedback returned
W9	Wed 21st Mar	Deadline for Assignment 2, 4pm		DUE: Assignment 2, Wednesday 21st March, 4pm. See instructions document for submission information
W9	Tues 20th/	Topic Unit B: Educational dialogue, motivation, and affect. Metacognition, help-seeking, and feedback	Lecture 8 Motivation and Affect slides Note that the following slides and activities were not covered in lectures but should be covered, together with associated readings. Lecture 8a Modelling Affect (note these are older slides from previous years) Lecture 9 Metacognition slides Metacognition activity handout
W9	Frid 23rd Mar	System Design and Formative Evaluation	Lecture 10 Formative Evaluation slides	SSS2 presentations formative feedback returned
W10	Tues 27th/ Frid 30th	System Design and Formative Evaluation/ Summative Evaluation	Lecture 11 Summative Evaluation slides
W11	Tues 3rd/ Frid 6th April	Summative Evaluation Conclusions		Assignment 2 feedback returned
		Previous years - additional material - for interest only	Links to related materials - some relevant to this year's course
		TOPIC	MATERIALS
		System design & evaluation	List of design considerations, [from 2013/2014 class] as a .doc file for information
		System design & evaluation	Workshop papers: may be useful for revision. Crystal Island inquiry behaviours Androgynous pedagogical agents Formative evaluation of geometry SE tutor
		Discussing deployment of the core systems, factors contributing to successful deployment, barriers and problems	Lecture 18 slides. Betty's Brain classroom deployment paper: http://teachableagents.org/papers/2008/wagsterICALT.pdf
		ALE outside the classroom 1: Informal learning (focusing on museums)	Lecture 19 slides.
		ALE outside the classroom 2: Industrial and military training systems	Lecture 20 slides.
		Synthesis, review, returning to "big questions": Discussing and classifying core concepts in ALEs	Handout for class activity on classifying ALE concepts-- what's most important to understand ALEs? NOTE: The list of concepts is missing one. "Feedback" should also be on the concept list, sorry!