Education

2026

Madhuri Singh, Gennie Mansi, and Mark O. Riedl
Creating learning scaffolds for engineering design using Concept Catalyst
Proceedings of the International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting (2026).
arXiv Conference bibtexEducationCreativity

@InProceedings{Singh2026ConceptCatalyst, author = {Singh, Madhuri and Mansi, Gennie and Riedl, Mark O.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting}, title = {Creating learning scaffolds for engineering design using Concept Catalyst}, year = {2026}, owner = {riedl}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20511}, keywords = {edu, create}, }

2025

Yasmine Belghith, Mark Riedl, Roxanne Moore, Meltem Alemdar, and Jessica Roberts
Exploring AI intervention points in high-school engineering education: a research through co-design approach
Information and Learning Sciences to appear (2025).
Link Journal bibtexEducation

@Article{Belghith2025ExploringAIIntervention, author = {Yasmine Belghith and Mark Riedl and Roxanne Moore and Meltem Alemdar and Jessica Roberts}, journal = {Information and Learning Sciences}, title = {Exploring AI intervention points in high-school engineering education: a research through co-design approach}, year = {2025}, volume = {to appear}, owner = {riedl}, url = {https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ils-04-2024-0042/full/html}, keywords = {edu}, }

2023

Yasmine Belghith, Julia Kim, Meltem Alemdar, Roxanne Moore, Jeffrey Rosen, Mark Riedl, and Jessica Roberts
Problem-solving or Solved Problems: Constricting design challenges in high-school engineering education to avoid (disruptive) failures
Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Learning Sciences (2023).
Conference bibtexEducation

@InProceedings{Belghith2023Disruptive, author = {Yasmine Belghith and Julia Kim and Meltem Alemdar and Roxanne Moore and Jeffrey Rosen and Mark Riedl and Jessica Roberts}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Learning Sciences}, title = {Problem-solving or Solved Problems: Constricting design challenges in high-school engineering education to avoid (disruptive) failures}, year = {2023}, owner = {riedl}, keywords = {edu}, }

Yasmine Belghith, Roxanne Moore, Meltem Alemdar, Jeffrey Rosen, Mark Riedl, and Jessica Roberts
Examining Hard and Soft Skill Prioritization in HighSchool Engineering Education
Proceedings of the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Amercan Educational Research Association (2023).
Conference bibtexEducation

@InProceedings{Belghith2023Examining, author = {Yasmine Belghith and Roxanne Moore and Meltem Alemdar and Jeffrey Rosen and Mark Riedl and Jessica Roberts}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Amercan Educational Research Association}, title = {Examining Hard and Soft Skill Prioritization in HighSchool Engineering Education}, year = {2023}, owner = {riedl}, keywords = {edu}, }

2014

M.O. Riedl and R. Michael Young
The Importance of Narrative as an Affective Instructional Strategy
Design Recommendations for Adaptive Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Adaptive Instructional Strategies 2 (2014).
PDF Conference bibtexStorytellingEducation

@InCollection{riedl:gift2014, author = {Riedl, M.O. and Young, R. Michael}, title = {The Importance of Narrative as an Affective Instructional Strategy}, booktitle = {Design Recommendations for Adaptive Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Adaptive Instructional Strategies}, publisher = {Army Science Lab}, year = {2014}, volume = {2}, owner = {riedl}, timestamp = {2014.02.19}, url = {https://www.gifttutoring.org/attachments/627/Design%20Recommendations%20for%20ITSs_Instructional%20Management%20Book%20-%20Volume%202.pdf}, keywords = {story, edu}, }

2012

Alexander Zook, Mark O. Riedl, Heather K. Holden, Robert A. Sottilare, and Keith W. Brawner
Automated Scenario Generation: Toward Tailored and Optimized Military Training in Virtual Environments
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (2012).
PDF Conference bibtexEducationGame Generation

@InProceedings{zook:fdg2012, author = {Zook, Alexander and Riedl, Mark O. and Holden, Heather K. and Sottilare, Robert A. and Brawner, Keith W.}, title = {Automated Scenario Generation: Toward Tailored and Optimized Military Training in Virtual Environments}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games}, year = {2012}, pages = {164-171}, address = {Raleigh, North Carolina}, month = {May}, cvsidenote = {30\%}, owner = {riedl}, timestamp = {2011.12.30}, url = {http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~riedl/pubs/fdg12.pdf}, keywords = {edu, game}, }

2011

James Niehaus, Boyang Li, and Mark Riedl
Automated Scenario Adaptation in Support of Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society, Special Track on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (2011).
PDF Conference bibtexInteractive StoriesEducation

@InProceedings{niehaus:flairs2011, author = {Niehaus, James and Li, Boyang and Riedl, Mark}, title = {Automated Scenario Adaptation in Support of Intelligent Tutoring Systems}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society, Special Track on Intelligent Tutoring Systems}, year = {2011}, pages = {531-536}, address = {Palm Beach, Florida}, month = {May}, cvsidenote = {50\%}, owner = {riedl}, timestamp = {2010.11.23}, url = {http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~riedl/pubs/niehaus-flairs11.pdf}, keywords = {int, edu}, }

2009

James Niehaus and Mark O. Riedl
Scenario Adaptation: An Approach to Customizing Computer-Based Training Games and Simulations
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education Workshop on Intelligent Educational Games (2009).
PDF Workshop bibtexStorytellingInteractive StoriesEducation

@InProceedings{niehaus:aied-ieg2009, author = {James Niehaus and Riedl, Mark O.}, title = {Scenario Adaptation: An Approach to Customizing Computer-Based Training Games and Simulations}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education Workshop on Intelligent Educational Games}, year = {2009}, address = {Brighton, England}, month = {July}, url = {http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~riedl/pubs/aied-ieg09.pdf}, keywords = {story, int, edu}, }

James Niehaus and Mark O. Riedl
Toward Scenario Adaptation for Learning
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) (2009).
PDF Conference bibtexStorytellingInteractive StoriesEducation

@InProceedings{niehaus:aied2009, author = {James Niehaus and Riedl, Mark O.}, title = {Toward Scenario Adaptation for Learning}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED)}, year = {2009}, address = {Brighton, England}, month = {July}, cvsidenote = {30\%}, url = {http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~riedl/pubs/aied09.pdf}, keywords = {story, int, edu}, }

2008

Mark O. Riedl, Andrew Stern, Don M. Dini, and Jason M. Alderman
Dynamic Experience Management in Virtual Worlds for Entertainment, Education, and Training
International Transactions on System Science and Applications 3 (2008).
PDF Journal bibtexInteractive StoriesEducation

@Article{riedl:itssa2008, author = {Riedl, Mark O. and Andrew Stern and Don~M. Dini and Jason~M. Alderman}, title = {Dynamic Experience Management in Virtual Worlds for Entertainment, Education, and Training}, journal = {International Transactions on System Science and Applications}, year = {2008}, volume = {3}, number = {1}, pages = {23-42}, cvnote = {Featured article on journal website for issue. A shorter version was presented at AIIDE'05}, url = {http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~riedl/pubs/itssa.pdf}, venue = {ITSSA}, keywords = {int, edu}, }

2006

Mark O. Riedl
Emergent and Guided Narrative for Training and Education in Virtual Worlds
Institute for Creative Technologies Workshop on Intelligent Tutoring in Serious Games (2006).
Workshop bibtexStorytellingInteractive StoriesEducation

@InProceedings{riedl:itsg2006, Title = {Emergent and Guided Narrative for Training and Education in Virtual Worlds}, Author = {Riedl, Mark O.}, Booktitle = {Institute for Creative Technologies Workshop on Intelligent Tutoring in Serious Games}, Year = {2006}, Owner = {riedl}, Timestamp = {2013.04.21}, keywords = {story, int, edu}, }

Mark O. Riedl and Andrew Stern
Believable Agents and Intelligent Scenario Direction for Social and Cultural Leadership Training
Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (BRIMS) (2006).
PDF Conference bibtexInteractive StoriesSocial SimulationAgentsEducation

@InProceedings{riedl:brims2006, author = {Riedl, Mark O. and Andrew Stern}, title = {Believable Agents and Intelligent Scenario Direction for Social and Cultural Leadership Training}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (BRIMS)}, year = {2006}, cvnote = {Awarded best paper.}, url = {http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~riedl/pubs/brims06.pdf}, keywords = {int, worlds, agents, edu}, }

Mark O. Riedl
Emergent and Guided Narrative for Training and Education in Virtual Worlds
League of World 3: Annual Colloquium on Online Simulations, Role-Playing, and Virtual Worlds (2006).
Conference bibtexStorytellingInteractive StoriesEducation

@InProceedings{riedl:low2006, Title = {Emergent and Guided Narrative for Training and Education in Virtual Worlds}, Author = {Riedl, Mark O.}, Booktitle = {League of World 3: Annual Colloquium on Online Simulations, Role-Playing, and Virtual Worlds}, Year = {2006}, keywords = {story, int, edu}, }

Mark O. Riedl
Emergent and Guided Narrative for Training and Education in Virtual Worlds
Air Force Research Lab Workshop on Storytelling as an Instructional Method: In Search of Theoretical and Empirical Foundations (2006).
Workshop bibtexStorytellingInteractive StoriesEducation

@InProceedings{riedl:afrl-sim2006, Title = {Emergent and Guided Narrative for Training and Education in Virtual Worlds}, Author = {Riedl, Mark O.}, Booktitle = {Air Force Research Lab Workshop on Storytelling as an Instructional Method: In Search of Theoretical and Empirical Foundations}, Year = {2006}, keywords = {story, int, edu}, }

2005

Mark O. Riedl, H. Chad Lane, Randall Hill, and William Swartout
Automated Story Direction and Intelligent Tutoring: Towards a Unifying Architecture
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) Workshop on Narrative Learning Environments (2005).
PDF Workshop bibtexInteractive StoriesEducation

@InProceedings{riedl:nle2005, author = {Riedl, Mark O. and H.~Chad Lane and Randall Hill and William Swartout}, title = {Automated Story Direction and Intelligent Tutoring: Towards a Unifying Architecture}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) Workshop on Narrative Learning Environments}, year = {2005}, address = {Amsterdam, Netherlands}, month = {July}, url = {http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~riedl/pubs/nle05.pdf}, keywords = {int, edu}, }

2004

Mark O. Riedl and R. Michael Young
A Planning Approach to Story Generation for History Education
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Narrative and Interactive Learning Environments (NILE) (2004).
Conference bibtexStorytellingEducation

@InProceedings{riedl:nile2004, Title = {A Planning Approach to Story Generation for History Education}, Author = {Riedl, Mark O. and R.~Michael Young}, Booktitle = {Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Narrative and Interactive Learning Environments (NILE)}, Year = {2004}, keywords = {story, edu}, }