intelligent tutoring for lifelong learning

8/13/2019 Intelligent Tutoring for Lifelong Learning

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Intelligent Tutoringfor Lifelong Learning

A KA3 project


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Why I-TUTOR?Qualityinonline

learningmeans

to

monitor,trackandassesswhatthestudentdoeswithinthe

learningenvironment

;

analyzestudents writings;

manageknowledgesourcesby,forinstance,buildingrepresentationsofknowledge

throughconceptual

maps

or

taxonomies;

watchthenetworkofformalandnonformalrelationshipsasitdevelopswithintheclass,fosters

itsstrengthening

and

supports

theinclusionofallindividuals;and

giveformativeevaluationandfeedback.


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The tutor overload!

To support and facilitate online learning, tutors spendmany hours in collecting data from the learningenvironment


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Technology can help!

ICT can further support online teachers, trainers andtutors, by means of a software based on automaticprocesses pursuing the goal of monitoring, tracking,assessing students, giving formative feedbacks and useful

data to better individualize learning paths.

This is what the I-TUTOR plug-in does!


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The process

Approaches- Integration of pedagogicaland computer sciencemethods from at the designphase to get users involvedfrom the beginning- Artificial intelligencetechniques to boost thecapability of the learningsystem to support learning

and teaching

Literature review and casestudies development,understanding what has been doneso far

Rapid prototyping approach,

users are active part of thedevelopment process

Joint design and development,between pedagogical researchers and

computer scientists

Integration with Moodle, theplug-in is available for the Moodlecommunity


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What is Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer scienceconcerned with making computers behave like humans.The term was coined in 1956 by John McCarthy at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology.

With the original goal of AI to develop techniques whichsimulate human intelligence (i.e. reasoning process itself),its application in Education settings is to support

interactions with the learner.


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What is Rapid Prototyping?

Rapid Prototyping refers to the creation of models that arechecked and evaluated by the users at each step of softwaredevelopment, and can be improved or discarded toward thefinal software release.

Users are activeplayers in designand development

process!


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Would you like to learn more?

Intelligent TutoringSystems:an Overview

(2012) published by the I-TUTORconsortium

The book presents the outcomes of alarge literature review and theimplications of using intelligent

tutoring systems in the Europeanscenario.

The e-book is available as a freedownload in PDF format.


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The I-TUTOR plug-in

Developed on the basis of interlocked components

Monitoring component

Learning design component Profiling component Alerting component Visualisation component

The survey chatbot(optional)


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The I-TUTOR plug-in

The architecture

W3C standard webtechnologies

Java software modules

AIML technology (chatbot)


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The software development process

Design ended in October 2012

Alpha testing March 2013

Pilot (beta testing) April-June 2013the plug-in has been piloted in real settings

in three educational domains (highereducation, adult education, training)

Review July-September 2013

Released October 2013 for asecond piloting phase


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What the tutor can do? Maps

Create conceptual (domain of the course) and activity(students activities within the course) maps


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What the tutor can do? Statistics

Check behaviours and performances of the classroomand of the single student


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What the tutor can do? ProfilingProfile the student

LOG

OVERALL

LASTACCESS

FILES


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What the tutor can do? Monitoring

Check the students activities in a given time


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What the tutor can do? AlertingCreate automatic alerts


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What the tutor can do? Surveying

Install the survey chatbot

as additional tool

The chatbot deals with the

students and asks if s/hehas used the monitoringtools to promote self-

regulated learning


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What the student can do?

The I-TUTOR plug-in supports self-regulated learning.The student can

Position him/herself in the course

progresses and general classroomadvancements

Use conceptual maps

Use activity maps

Check his/her performance withinthe learning environment

Use Statistics for him/her profile

Receive alerts Receive inputs from the systemDeal with the chatbot Be encouraged to use the tools to

self-regulate his/her own learning


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The I-TUTOR plug-in is FREE!

Download it now!

The project website: www.intelligent-tutor.eu

The plug-in section in Moodle:https://moodle.org/plugins/

The plug-in is available in English, Greek, Hungarian, and Italian.The chatbot is available in English.


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I-TUTOR offers also

Tutorials in four languages;Learning materials for tutors;The possibility to develop the survey

chatbot in additional languages (Englishavailable);

A rich repository of resources on intelligent

tutoring systems and artificial intelligence ineducation.


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Why to use the I-TUTOR plug-in

Benefits

for the teachers and tutors

for the studentsfor the organisations


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The benefit of the tutor

Haveanimprovedmonitoringperformance;

Detectatrisk/underperformingstudentsquickly;

Manage

easily

the

content

of

the

course;

Managealertsautomatically;

Profilethestudentandtheclassroom

foramore

tailored

support;

Savetime!


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The benefit of the student

Improvedsupportfromthetutors;

Improvedsupportfromthesystem;

Theopportunitytocheck

progresses,andpositioning

him/herselfin

the

course

advancementsandwithregardto

theclassroom;

Inputs

to

reflect

about

his/her

own

learning.


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The benefit of the organisation

An improved support in online courses; Enhanced quality of the learning offer; Reduced costs.


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STAY TUNED!

Website: www.intelligent-tutor.eu

E-mail: [email protected]

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