Conference localization in non-WEIRD countries coincided with the highest rates of papers from Latin America and Asia¶

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q2 i? Of the twelve conferences, only ITS2004 (Brazil) and ITS2006 (Taiwan) occurred in non-WEIRD societies, and these had the highest rates of papers from Latin America and Asia respectively. → Blanchard 2015

Evidence¶

Blanchard 2015¶

Blanchard, E. G. (2015). Socio-Cultural Imbalances in AIED Research: Investigations, Implications and Opportunities. Int J Artif Intell Educ 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-014-0027-7

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Observational comparison of conference locations with author-origin data in Table 4. The paper states that "only 2 occurred in non-WEIRD societies: ITS2004 in Brazil and ITS2006 in Taiwan", which had the highest Latin American and Asian paper rates, and that localization almost always impacted representation positively.

"of the 12 considered conferences, only 2 occurred in non-WEIRD societies: ITS2004 in Brazil and ITS2006 in Taiwan, and these conferences respectively had the highest rate of papers from Latin America and Asia (see Table 4)."

Discussion¶

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