phyllis@utcsrgv.UUCP (Phyllis Eve Bregman) (03/26/84)
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UofT Department of Computer Science Seminar Schedule for
the week of March 26th, 1984
Thursday, March 29th, 3:00 P.M., GB244: Dr. Gordon McCalla,
Department of Computational Science, University of Saskatchewan: "A
cornucopia of AI CAI techniques".
ABSTRACT: One of the more interesting (and more difficult)
applications of computers is the automation of aspects of the
teaching process. Early approaches to computer assisted instruction
(CAI) were fairly inflexible adaptations of programmed learning
techniques. Recently, more sophisticated "intelligent" tutoring
systems have been constructed using artificial intelligence
techniques. In this talk I will discuss several projects which are
underway at the University of Saskatchewan in the general area of
intelligent tutoring. The talk will focus primarily on a
multipronged project started several years ago to bring planning
techniques to bear on automating the teaching process. One project
has resulted in the creation of an architecture (based on AND/OR
graphs) for the design of a fairly flexible CAI course, the use of
this architecture to build a small LISP course, and, more recently,
a proposal for directly planning CAI courses individualized for
particular students through the use of a student model. I will also
briefly discuss another University of Saskatchewan project
investigating LOGO-style "student initiative learning" in domains
which require the student to understand the interactions of several
entities in different environments.
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Phyllis Eve Bregman
CSRG, Univ. of Toronto
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