Exploring Adaptive Support for Virtual Math Teams

在线学习承诺为大众提供教育，即所有人都有优质的教育机会，特别是那些最有需要的人，尽管这一梦想尚未成为现实。拟议工作的长期目标是在免费提供的在线学习环境中，复制旨在加强少数族裔和低收入学生的大学准备和大学成功的本地校园计划的影响，例如著名的Treisman Berkeley专业发展计划。让通常会是人员密集型的计划无处不在地提供，同时大幅降低成本，将是一个巨大的回报。拟议的解决方案是在人员稀少的环境中开发一种技术增强以提供人力支持。这一拟议的项目汇集了一支在实验室和课堂上都具备技术开发和仔细实验的专门知识的团队，大规模部署教材的记录，以及建立在计算机支持的协作学习和辅导对话系统领域的研究基础上的先前工作的重大成果的坚实基础。该项目更广泛的影响在于承诺让每个人都能获得高质量的教育资源。

On-line learning promises education for the masses, that is quality educational opportunities available to all people, but especially those who are in the greatest need, although this dream is yet to be made a reality. The long term goal of the proposed work is to replicate the impact of local, on-campus programs targeting increased college preparedness and college success of minority and low income students, such as the well known Treisman Berkeley Professional Development Program, in a freely available, on-line learning environment. Making what would normally be a staff intensive program available ubiquitously at a dramatically reduced expense would be an enormous payoff. The proposed solution is to develop a technological augmentation to available human support in a lightly staffed environment. This proposed project brings together a team with expertise in both technological development and careful experimentation both in the lab and in the classroom, a track record for large scale deployment of educational materials, a solid foundation in significant results from prior work which builds on research in the areas of computer supported collaborative learning and tutorial dialogue systems. The broader impact of this project lies in the promise of accessibility to high quality educational resources for everyone.