Accessible Artificial Intelligence Tutoring Software

无障碍人工智能辅导软件

• 批准号: 6880607
• 负责人: BENNY G JOHNSON
• 金额: $ 10.07万
• 依托单位: QUANTUM SIMULATIONS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-01 至 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6880607
• 关键词: Internet; artificial intelligence; blind aid; chemistry; computer assisted instruction; computer human interaction; computer program /software; educational resource design /development; science education; technology /technique development

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Quantum has successfully developed, tested and brought to the classroom the first artificial intelligence (Al) tutoring systems in chemistry education. This work successfully addressed several longstanding, clearly articulated needs for improved interactive educational software. A leading distributor for the U.S. and Canada, Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories, as well as prominent textbook publisher, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, have entered into long-term contracts with Quantum, resulting in rapid dissemination to an established end user base. The aim of this Phase I SBIR proposal is to bring the full power and benefits of this cutting-edge new educational technology to students who are blind and visually impaired. There is a considerable need for improved educational software for science education in general, but the problem of quality educational software materials for the blind is known to be particularly acute. Certain unique attributes of the Quantum Al Tutors make them potentially very well suited for full accessibility to the blind using Internet-capable screen reader technology. The potential technological innovation here is the development of advanced Al tutoring technology that has accessibility built into its framework design. If successful, an immediate outcome will be the first Al tutoring systems that are accessible to blind students, delivered through the Internet. A formulation of an Al tutoring methodology with accessibility inherent to the design will have broad implications for the prospect of developing sophisticated accessible educational software in all content areas, beyond chemistry. This project can only be accomplished by working intimately with experts in education for the blind, and Quantum has arranged a number of important partnerships in this respect, for research as well as commercialization of the resulting technology, including: the National Federation of the Blind, the American Printing House for the Blind, Pearson Learning Group, Bartimaeus Group and Henter Mathematics.

描述（由申请人提供）：Quantum公司已成功开发、测试并将首个人工智能（Al）化学教育辅导系统带入课堂。这项工作成功地解决了改进交互式教育软件的几个长期的、明确的需求。美国和加拿大的主要分销商Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories，以及著名的教科书出版商Holt， Rinehart and Winston都与Quantum签订了长期合同，从而使其迅速传播到已建立的终端用户群。第一阶段SBIR提案的目的是将这种尖端的新教育技术的全部力量和好处带给盲人和视障学生。一般来说，科学教育对改进教育软件有相当大的需求，但是为盲人提供高质量的教育软件材料的问题尤为严重。量子人工智能导师的某些独特属性使它们非常适合使用互联网屏幕阅读器技术的盲人完全访问。这里潜在的技术创新是先进的人工智能辅导技术的发展，它的框架设计中内置了可访问性。如果成功，将会是第一个通过互联网向盲人学生开放的人工智能辅导系统。具有可访问性的人工智能辅导方法的制定将对开发除化学以外的所有内容领域的复杂可访问教育软件的前景产生广泛的影响。这个项目只能通过与盲人教育专家密切合作来完成，量子已经在这方面安排了许多重要的合作伙伴关系，用于研究和由此产生的技术的商业化，包括：全国盲人联合会，美国盲人印刷厂，皮尔逊学习集团，巴底买集团和亨特数学。