COSC420-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Intelligent Tutoring Systems

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

This course addresses the use of artificial intelligence to create computer-based intelligent tutoring systems.

This course addresses the use of Artificial Intelligence to create computer-based Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs). Students will learn theoretical and data-driven methods for creating ITSs. ITSs have been demonstrated to dramatically enhance student learning in many domains, including, to name a few, mathematics, computer science, medicine, biology and engineering. In addition to discussion and readings about methods and models of problem solving, learning, and tutor design, the course will have a "learning by doing" component.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critique key concepts in artificial intelligence in education and the psychology of learning [WA2, WA10]
2. Critically assess approaches to student modelling in ITSs [WA2]
3. Develop constraints and production rules for use in ITSs [WA3]
4. Develop small-scale constraint-based tutors [WA3]
5. Critically analyse current research topics in the area of Artificial Intelligence in Education [WA10, WA12]

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinator

Tanja Mitrovic

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignment One 08 Mar 2024 5%
Assignment Two 26 Apr 2024 15%
Assignment Three 28 May 2024 25%
Review of Papers and Participation 15%
Final Exam 40% Open book, 2 hours

Course links

2024

Additional Course Outline Information

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,176.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .

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