Premium
Courseware evaluation: where's the intelligence? *
Author(s) -
MacKenzie I. Scott
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2729.1990.tb00376.x
Subject(s) - computer science , focus (optics) , key (lock) , intelligent tutoring system , reflection (computer programming) , human–computer interaction , cognition , knowledge base , computer assisted instruction , intelligent decision support system , multimedia , control (management) , knowledge management , artificial intelligence , psychology , programming language , physics , computer security , neuroscience , optics
Questions are explored that courseware evaluators may pose in establishing the extent to which ‘intelligence’ is present in Intelligent Computer Assisted Instruction and Intelligent Tutoring Systems. The focus is on key features of intelligent systems including a knowledge base which grows, knowledge of student progress and interaction style, feedback or self‐reflection of activities, tolerance of user input errors, learner control, and resources for attaining higher cognitive states. Ways in which courseware evaluators may establish the presence of these features are examined.