WILE 2015 - 8th Workshop on Intelligent Learning Environments

Computers arrived to life more than fifty years ago; since then, researchers have been dreaming of make computers as intelligent as humans can be. Education field has been one of the favorites to prove computational theories, methodologies and algorithms; we can see many programs to teach almost any subject matter. But, the real big challenge relies on providing personalized support to human learning in view of previous knowledge, affective states, learning styles, etc. A great variety of research have demonstrated computers can be very helpful in supporting human learning using Artificial Intelligent (AI) techniques, transforming information into knowledge, using it for tailoring many aspects of the educational process to the particular needs of each actor, and timely providing useful suggestions and recommendations. The current results we can find talk to us that we are not so far of our dream: it is just a matter of time and effort.
The growing usage of computers in education offers an excellent opportunity for exploring new ways of applying AI techniques to education. It also delivers huge amounts of information in need of intelligent management, and poses big challenges to the field on topics such as some enlisted below.
Purpose and scope
The aim of this workshop is to bring together active researchers in the field of Intelligent Learning Environments (ILE) so that they can
present and discuss innovative theoretical work and original applications on the field,
exchange ideas,
establish collaboration links,
discuss important recent achievements in the field, and
talk over the significance of results in the field to AI in general.
In particular, the workshop aims to provide a forum for young researchers to present their ongoing research.