Optimizing Human Learning
Workshop eliciting Adaptive Sequences for
         Learning (WeASeL)


     Fabrice Popineau 1, Michal Valko 2 and Jill-Jênn Vie 3

                      1 CentraleSupélec, France
                         2 Inria Lille, France
       3 RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Japan




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Preface
       section contains the papers presented at WeASeL 2018: Optimizing Human Learning –
This volume
Workshop eliciting Adaptive Sequences for Learning held on June 12, 2018 in Montréal.
    Each submission was reviewed by at least 3 program committee members. The committee
decided to accept 3 papers. The program also includes 2 invited talks and 1 tutorial.
    What should we learn next? In this current era where digital access to knowledge is
cheap and user attention is expensive, a number of online applications have been developed
for learning. These platforms collect a massive amount of data over various profiles, that can
be used to improve learning experience: intelligent tutoring systems can infer what activities
worked for di↵erent types of students in the past, and apply this knowledge to instruct new
students. In order to learn e↵ectively and efficiently, the experience should be adaptive: the
sequence of activities should be tailored to the abilities and needs of each learner, in order to
keep them stimulated and avoid boredom, confusion and dropout.
    Educational research communities have proposed models that predict mistakes and dropout,
in order to detect students that need further instruction. There is now a need to design online
systems that continuously learn as data flows, and self-assess their strategies when interacting
with new learners. These models have been already deployed in online commercial applications
(ex. streaming, advertising, social networks) for optimizing interaction, click-through-rate, or
profit. Can we use similar methods to enhance the performance of teaching in order to promote
lifetime success?
    We thank the workshop chairs, Nathalie Guin and Amruth Kumar.


May 24, 2018                                               Michal Valko, Fabrice Popineau and
Tokyo, Japan                                                                      Jill-Jênn Vie




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