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Subject: UW Art. Int. Semi., Dr. Gordon McCalla will speak on "A Cornucopia of AI/CAI Techniques".
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Date: Thu, 8-Mar-84 09:48:52 EST
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                           - Friday, March 16, 1984.

Dr. Gordon McCalla of the  University  of  Saskatchewan
will speak on ``A Cornucopia of AI/CAI Techniques''.

TIME:                1:30 PM

ROOM:              MC 5158

ABSTRACT

One of the more interesting (and more difficult) appli-
cations  of  computers  is the automation of aspects of
the teaching process.  Early approaches to computer as-
sisted instruction (CAI) were fairly inflexible adapta-
tions of  programmed  learning  techniques.   Recently,
more  sophisticated  ``intelligent''  tutoring  systems
have been  constructed  using  artificial  intelligence
techniques.   In this talk I will discuss several  pro-
jects  which  are  underway  at   the   University   of
Saskatchewan  in the general area of intelligent tutor-
ing.  The talk will focus primarily on  a  multipronged
project  started  several  years  ago to bring planning
techniques to bear on automating the teaching  process.
One  project  has resulted in the creation of an archi-
tecture (based on AND/OR  graphs)  for  the  design  of
fairly  flexible CAI courses, the use of this architec-
ture to build a small LISP course, and, more  recently,
a  proposal for directly planning CAI courses individu-
alized for particular students through  the  use  of  a
student  model.   I  will  also briefly discuss another
University of Saskatchewan project investigating  LOGO-
style  ``student initiative learning'' in domains which
require the student to understand the  interactions  of
several entities in different environments.

                     March 8, 1984