Latest News
Sep 24, 2025 BEA 2026 Announcement
We are thrilled to announce that the 21st edition of the BEA workshop will take place at ACL 2026 in San Diego, CA, USA.
Jul 25, 2025 BEA 2025 Proceedings
The Proceedings of the 20th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA 2025) have been officially released and are available open-access through the ACL Anthology. Access the full volume here.
Jun 24, 2025 BEA 2025 Schedule
The BEA 2025 workshop schedule is now available. View the complete program here.
Welcome!
SIGEDU is the Association for Computational Linguistics special interest group for building educational applications. Anyone can become a member of SIGEDU. If you are interested, please fill out this form.
This is a community website. If you would like to share resources, tools, announce job positions, information on related events, or start a discussion on educational applications, you are invited to submit a guest blog post by following the instructions here. All submissions will be reviewed by the SIGEDU executive board and published if approved.
About
SIGEDU was founded in 2017 and is ACL’s newest SIG. SIGEDU has the following goals:
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promote interdisciplinary interest in educational applications.
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promote the exchange and distribution of recent developments within the field of educational technology development.
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provide means and venues for exchanging news on cutting-edge technology and advances within the field.
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promote collaboration both within the ACL community as well as between the ACL and other communities working on educational applications.
BEA Workshop
SIGEDU organizes the annual workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications – colloquially known as the BEA Workshop.
BEA Shared Tasks
SIGEDU members have organized a variety of interesting shared tasks. Check them out on our shared tasks page.
Anti-Harassment Policy
SIGEDU adheres to the ACL Anti-Harassment Policy for the BEA workshops. Any participant of the workshop who experiences harassment or hostile behavior may contact any current member of the ACL Executive Committee or contact Priscilla Rasmussen, who is usually available at the registration desk of the conference. Please be assured that if you approach us, your concerns will be kept in strict confidence, and we will consult with you on any actions taken.