November newsletter

MiGen Project email newsletter, 5^th November 2009

PROJECT NEWS

The MiGen Project has now entered its third and final year.

The project has continued releasing new versions frequently and is also experimenting with using Java Web Start as a method of making the software more widely available. The latest release can always be found here: http://migenproject.wordpress.com/software/

CONFERENCES AND PAPERS

The MiGen team attended several conferences over the summer.  Selected publications can be found here: http://migenproject.wordpress.com/publications/.

In particular, the team had a strong presence in International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED’09) where the team also organised a workshop and presented their work in the interactive demonstrations showcase of AIED systems.

Other conferences the team attended include:

• The User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (UMAP’09),
• The 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME),
• The “Using ICT to promote conceptual learning in mathematics” symposium in BPS Developmental Psychology conference and
• The European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (ECTEL’09).

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

The 6^th MiGen Practitioners’ Advisory Meeting will be held on the 25^th of November at 4.30pm at LKL.