Latest News
Feb 13, 2023 LANGLEARN Shared Task Call for Participation
The shared task on Language Learning Development (LANGLEARN) will be held in Parma, Italia (September 7th-8th 2023).
Dec 19, 2022 BEA18 Announcement
We are thrilled to announce that the 18th edition of the BEA workshop will take place at ACL 2023 in Toronto, Canada on July 13, 2023.
Oct 17, 2022 Call for Participation: Personalized Adventures in Learning (PAL): The Future of AI in Education
The Personalized Adventures in Learning (PAL): The Future of AI in Education virtual workshop, taking place this and next week (Oct 18-19 and Oct 24-25), 1:00PM - 5:00PM EST, may be of interest to the SIGEDU and BEA community. Topics covered include production of AI personalized …
Welcome!
SIGEDU is the Association for Computational Linguistics special interest group for building educational applications. SIGEDU organizes the annual workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications – colloquially known as the BEA Workshop. 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 2022
The 2022 NAACL Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications was held in Seattle, Washington on Friday, July 15, 2022.
Organizers
- Ekaterina Kochmar, University of Bath
- Jill Burstein, Duolingo
- Andrea Horbach, University Duisburg-Essen
- Ronja Laarmann-Quante, University of Duisburg-Essen
- Nitin Madnani, Educational Testing Service
- Anaïs Tack, Stanford University
- Victoria Yaneva, National Board of Medical Examiners
- Zheng Yuan, University of Cambridge
- Torsten Zesch, University of Duisburg-Essen
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.