Title page for ETD etd-122005-162550

Document Type	thesis
Author Name	Macasek, Michael A.
URN	etd-122005-162550
Title	Towards Teachers Quickly Creating Tutoring Systems
Degree	MS
Department	Computer Science
Advisors	Professor Neil Heffernan, Advisor Professor Kathi Fisler, Reader Professor Michael Gennert, Department Head
Keywords	collaboration Intelligent Tutoring System portal teacher tools Assistment Assistment Project
Date of Presentation/Defense	2005-12-06
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Intelligent Tutoring Systems have historically been shown to be an effective means of educating an audience. While there is great benefit from such systems they are generally very costly to build and maintain. It has been estimated that 200 hours of time is required to produce one hour of Intelligent Tutoring System content. The Office of Navel Research has funding this thesis because they are interested in reducing the cost of construction for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. In order for Intelligent Tutoring Systems to be widely accepted and used in the classroom environment there needs to be a toolset that allows for even the most novice user to maintain and grow the system with minimal cost. The goal of this thesis is to create such a toolset targeted towards the Assistments Project. One of the goals of the Assistments Project is to provide a means for teachers to receive meaningful data from the system that they can take to the classroom environment thus enabling a comprehensive learning solution. The effectiveness of the toolset was measured by its ability to reduce the overall time taken to package and distribute content in an Intelligent Tutoring System by providing the tools and allowing the completion of the tasks to be at a reasonable speed.
Files	macasek_thesis.pdf

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