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PC20: Personalisation and Community: User Modelling and Personal Connections in Web Science, Healthcare and Education |
Personalisation and Community: User Modelling and Social Connections in Web Science, Healthcare and Education
Website: https://qa.ayogo.ws/pc20/
Contributions are invited to this ACM Web Science 2020 workshop: 7 July 2020, online and in Southampton, UK.
This workshop, for Web Scientists engaged in user-centred endeavours, will bring together people who are working to
1) model (profile) and personalise (tailor) for different user groups across digital offerings, and / or
2) foster community and personal connection throughout user groups.
We are particularly interested in healthcare and education, although all approaches to user modelling and community building are of interest. Attendees will discuss tools and techniques for user modelling/personalisation and for building community online, and share case studies showcasing such tools and techniques in action.
==Description==
To build a human-centric Web, we need a solid understanding of human connections online and of mechanisms for fostering such connections. Different people use web technologies and form connections with one another in different ways. Whether the goal is to improve engagement or to foster community, modelling user groups to personalise or tailor experiences can be key.
Tailoring and connection-building are particularly crucial in spaces such as healthcare and education, where evidence clearly shows that perceived social support can facilitate learning and enhance outcomes.We invite authors to submit papers describing tools or techniques in personalisation and community building, and/or case studies about these areas in the context of healthcare, education, or broader Web Science.
==COVID-19==
Like the WebSci'20 organisers, the workshop organisers are monitoring the COVID-19 situation and prepared to run the workshop remotely. Updates will be posted on this webpage and via email to all authors.
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, we particularly welcome case studies and discussion around online community-building during these unprecedented times.
==Outcomes==
This workshop builds on health and education communities established through previous WebSci conference workshops. By using these two domains to ground discussions of user modelling and community, we will reinvigorate these communities.
Workshop goals:
1) generate outputs that can be reused by the larger WebSci community over the long term, specifically: tools and techniques for personalisation and community-building; examples of their use in healthcare and education;
2) reflect on the ways in which these relate to one another, and reinvigorate the education and healthcare communities / focal groups / special interest groups within the larger WebSci community.
Attendees will have the opportunity to collaborate on a future publication (see "After the workshop" in author information).
==Programme==
This half day workshop will include a double keynote, author presentations, and a discussion period for reflections, synthesis and next steps.
Keynote speakers:
* Health talk: Michael Fergusson, a pioneering technologist whose awards include the PharmaVoice 100 Most Inspiring People in Life Sciences, Ernst and Young Pacific's Social Entrepreneur of the Year, and World Healthcare Congress' Top 10 mHealth Entrepreneurs.
* Education talk: Dr Su White, a web scientist, digital ethnographer, educationalist and researcher with over 20 years of experience in online education and elearning.
==Author information==
Key dates:
* Paper Submission: 17 April 2020
* Acceptance Notification: 30 April 2020
* Camera Ready Papers: 15 May 2020
* Workshop: 7 July 2020
* Optional poster reception: 8 July 2020
Workshop papers will be published as a companion collection of the WebSci'20 proceedings. For this reason, the Camera Ready deadline is fixed.Authors are encouraged to showcase their work in the form of posters on 8 July at the joint conference and workshop poster reception.
Venue: The workshop will be held at the University of Southampton, UK, and in light of COVID-19, online.
Submission details:
Preferred papers will
1) describe a tool or technique in personalisation or community building, or a case study about personalisation or community building online (ideally in the context of healthcare or education);
2) describe that tool, technique or case study clearly and concisely;
3) provide an initial indication of what factors may support successful use of the tool/technique, or may have led to success in the case study.
Papers may describe pure research, applied research or research-practice collaboration.
After the workshop:
To facilitate the workshop goal of generating resources for the WebSci community, the organisers will ensure that a summary of the workshop is shared online within two weeks of the event. All participants will be invited to collaborate, if they are so interested, on a publication for WebSci'21 to reflect on and progress the workshop's contributions.
==Organisers==
Organising Committee
* Mark Bernstein (Eastgate Systems)
* Clare Hooper (Ayogo Health Inc.)
* Mark Weal (Web Science Institute, University of Southampton)
Programme Committee
* Stéphane Bazan
* Mark Bernstein
* Charlie Hargood
* Clare Hooper
* Mark Weal
==References==
1. Ghaith, Ghazi M. "The relationship between cooperative learning, perception of social support, and academic achievement." System 30.3 (2002): 263-273.
2. Verheijden, M. W., et al. "Role of social support in lifestyle-focused weight management interventions." European journal of clinical nutrition 59.1 (2005): S179-S186.
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