From I.T.S. to I.C.S. : Learning with an Intelligent Critic, Not with a Tutor

jean louis Dessalles

Summary

Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) seem very attractive as learning tools, because they ideally replace a personal tutor, keeping in their records (student model) many characteristics of each individual learner: what the learner knows, what he ignores or wrongly knows, his preferred way of learning (inductive vs deductive, autonomous vs guided, ...), and so on.

Unfortunately I.T.S. are to be found mainly in research laboratories, not in classrooms! The reason for this is that their design is very difficult, especially on university level topics.

In TELECOM-Paris we are trying to design another type of intelligent teaching aid which should be considered rather as a critic than as a tutor. This approach should be indeed more appropriate in a university context where students are able to learn mostly by themselves, but need specific help when experiencing a particular problem (conceptual puzzle, abnormal behavior of some device, repeated failure).

1. Tutoring vs "Critiquing"
2. SAVANT 3 as a critic: from criticism to argumentation
3. Theoretical background of SAVANT3
4. Conclusion

Liste complete de publications de J-L. Dessalles