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Afzal, Shazia; Dempsey, Bryan; D'Helon, Cassius; Mukhi, Nirmal; Pribic, Milena; Sickler, Aaron; Strong, Peggy; Vanchiswar, Mira; Wilde, Lorin – Childhood Education, 2019
As artificially intelligent systems make their foray into the day-to-day educational experiences of students, we need to pay careful attention to the relationship between the system and the student. In this article, the authors discuss designing the personality of a virtual tutoring system called IBM Watson Tutor. The AI personality is key to the…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Instructional Design, Learner Engagement
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Jackson, Tanner; Boonthum-Denecke, Chutima; McNamara, Danielle – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2015
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) are situated in a potential struggle between effective pedagogy and system enjoyment and engagement. iSTART (Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking), a reading strategy tutoring system in which students practice generating self-explanations and using reading strategies, employs two devices…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Educational Technology, Reading Strategies, Tutoring
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Jackson, G. Tanner; Boonthum-Denecke, Chutima; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) are situated in a potential struggle between effective pedagogy and system enjoyment and engagement. iSTART, a reading strategy tutoring system in which students practice generating self-explanations and using reading strategies, employs two devices to engage the user. The first is natural language processing…
Descriptors: Natural Language Processing, Feedback (Response), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Reading Strategies