Intelligent Learning System: A Study Buddy

研究旨在设计有效整合有关科学教学、高级技能习得、教学设计和智能辅导的知识的教学方法。这个项目开发了一个智能辅导工具的原型，它将这些新的教学方法与真实的例子和协作信息传递环境结合在一起，以支持本科入门课程中化学工程的教与学。该项目利用了万维网(WWW)信息丰富的环境、互联网、Java的全面分布式和多媒体能力，以及多媒体、互联网和交互式可视化工具的使用。利用学习伙伴的新生工程课程将重点放在化学基础上，并结合实际生活中的例子，如当前空气污染和臭氧消耗的环境问题。

Research is conducted to design instructional methods that effectively integrate knowledge about science instruction, higher-order skill acquisition, instructional design, and intelligent tutoring. This project develops a prototype of an intelligent tutoring tool, that incorporates these new instructional methods with real life examples and a collaborative information delivery environment to support teaching and learning of chemical engineering in introductory undergraduate classes. The project capitalizes on the information rich environment of the World Wide Web (WWW), the full distributed and multimedia capabilities of the Internet, Java, and the use of multimedia, Internet, and interactive visualization tools. The freshman engineering courseware that utilizes study-buddy will focus on fundamentals of chemistry with real life examples such as current environmental issues of air pollution and ozone depletion.