The learning mechanism of the Interactive Multimedia Intelligent Tutoring System (IMITS)

Author

Butz, Brian P.

Author_Institution

Intelligent Syst. Application Center, Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Abstract

The Interactive Multimedia Intelligent Tutoring System (IMITS) project is a feasibility study that integrates interactive multimedia with expert system technology. It is a test bed to show that these two complementary technologies may be combined successfully to form a framework useful for any educational material. It combines several commercially available packages and establishes dynamic communications among these packages. This paper describes one aspect of IMITS, the learning mechanism that is controlled by the expert system and that attempts to assist the student learn the material and concepts presented

Keywords

courseware; electrical engineering education; intelligent tutoring systems; interactive systems; multimedia computing; teaching; IMITS; Interactive Multimedia Intelligent Tutoring System; electrical engineering education; expert system; learning mechanism; software packages; teaching; Artificial intelligence; Computer aided instruction; Error correction; Expert systems; Intelligent systems; Learning systems; Multimedia systems; Packaging; Software tools; Virtual groups;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual

Conference_Location

Kansas City, MO

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6424-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2000.897635

Filename

897635