Third Workshop on Issues in teaching Computational Linguitsics

Ohio State University Research Foundation -Do Not Use, Columbus OH

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Abstract

Workshop: Issues in Teaching Computational Linguistics,at the ACL:HLT 2008 Conference The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) is the primary international organization in the field of natural language processing and language engineering. The ACL's annual conference is the major international meeting in the field. NSF support subsidizes travel,conference, and housing expenses of researchers selected to participate in The Third Workshop on Issues in Teaching Computational Linguistics, held during the joint ACL on 19th to 20th June 2008 in Columbus, Ohio. Intellectual merit The primary challenge addressed in this workshop is that of working out what is necessary in order for computational linguists to communicate and collaborate effectively across disciplinary boundaries, and then to articulate principles for the design of curricular materials and pedagogical strategies for fostering this collaboration in the classroom. Participants will discuss these issues at the workshop, and carry the results back to their home instititutions for practical validation. Broader impacts The workshop contributes to the maintenance and development of a community of scholarship about teaching in Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing. The panel sessions and paper presentations are designed, in part, to disseminate experiences about the strategy and tactics of teaching to the audience that will be most able to use them, in part, to elicit suggestions from industrial, government and academic employers about the unmet needs they perceive for training and education.