SBIR Phase II: Developing a Cost-Effective Method for Creating Cognitive Models for Cognitive Tutors

SBIR 第二阶段：开发一种经济高效的方法来为认知导师创建认知模型

• 批准号: 0548754
• 负责人: Stephen Gilbert
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Clearsighted
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-01-01 至 2008-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0548754&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Developing; Cost; SBIR; Phase; II; Developing; Cost

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will make the creation of effective intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) easier, and it will enable the dissemination of that technology to a broader audience than currently realized. ITSs have proven to be highly effective in delivering computer-based instruction, but they have historically been expensive and difficult to build, requiring specialized skill in artificial intelligence and production systems programming. Building upon Clearsighted's Phase I accomplishments, the firm will: (1) finish a fully-functional software development kit (SDK) that will allow non-cognitive scientists to create the cognitive model that powers an ITS; (2) develop technology that will enable an ITS to communicate to the vast majority of third-party software; (3) develop techniques that will allow an ITS to work with an institution's existing on-line learning system; and (4) evaluate the research team's work with respect to both time-savings in building ITSs and customers' return on investment. Two main results are anticipated: (1) a two- to three-fold decrease in the amount of time it takes to author an ITS; and (2) an estimated savings to customers of 30% per hour of the cost of traditional training time.The success of ITSs is well documented (e.g., Koedinger, Anderson, Hadley, & Mark, 1997; Corbett, 2001; Morgan & Ritter, 2002). However, ITSs have not been broadly deployed, due to the high level of expertise needed and the cost to create. Furthermore, lack of viable options to interface the cognitive model of an ITS with already existing software impairs wider dissemination of that technology. By increasing technological understanding of how to reduce the amount of the expertise needed to create an ITS and how to accomplish interfacing ITSs with existing software, the result of this supported work will be a wider distribution of ITSs. Clearsighted is well poised to become a market leader in on-line technical training by leveraging this technology. Clearsighted has partnered with Carnegie Learning, the ITS leader in K-12 education to assist in these goals, and it has the additional expertise needed to perform the required work. By transitioning ITS technology from its currently very small market to a wider audience that includes not only education, but also corporate and industrial applications, the costs to the many companies and institutions that do on-line training will greatly decrease, and the productivity of their workers will increase.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目将使有效的智能辅导系统（ITS）更加容易地创建，它将使该技术传播给比当前更广泛的受众。 事实证明，ITS在提供基于计算机的教学方面非常有效，但历史上它们既昂贵又难以构建，需要在人工智能和生产系统编程方面的专门技能。 在Clearsighted的第一阶段成就的基础上，该公司将：（1）完成一个功能正常的软件开发套件（SDK），该套件（SDK）将允许非认知科学家创建为ITS提供动力的认知模型； （2）开发将使ITS能够与绝大多数第三方软件进行通信的技术； （3）开发将允许其与机构现有的在线学习系统合作的技术； （4）评估研究团队在建立ITS和客户投资回报率方面的节省时间的工作。 预计将有两个主要结果：（1）在撰写ITS所需的时间上减少了两到三倍； （2）估计为客户节省了每小时30％的传统培训时间成本。它的成功已得到充分证明（例如，Koedinger，Anderson，Hadley，＆Mark，1997; Corbett，2001; Morgan＆Ritter，2002）。但是，由于需要高水平的专业知识和创造成本，因此ITS并未广泛部署。 此外，缺乏可行的选择将其与已经存在的软件相连的认知模型会损害该技术的更广泛传播。 通过对如何减少创建ITS所需的专业知识的数量以及如何完成与现有软件接口所需的专业知识的数量，这项支持的工作的结果将是ITS的更广泛分布。 通过利用这项技术，ClearSped Optypected旨在成为在线技术培训的市场领导者。 ClearSted与Carnegie Learning合作，这是其K-12教育领域的领导者，以协助这些目标，并且具有执行所需工作所需的其他专业知识。 通过将其技术从当前非常小的市场转变为不仅包括教育，而且包括公司和工业应用程序的受众群体，从事在线培训的许多公司和机构的成本将大大降低，工人的生产力将会提高。