ALE-1 Unit 2:

Assignment 2: design and evaluate

Updated 29th February 2016

Officially assigned Monday 29th February, due Friday March 18th, 4pm. Feedback due to be returned by Monday 4th April Summary:

  1. Choose TWO systems from those that have been covered in the course and ONE task from the list below.
  2. Evaluate each system as the basis for the design of a tool to support the learning of the task selected, outlining example designs.
  3. For the  task chosen, compare the appropriateness of each of the two systems as the basis for design.
Details:

A. Consider the following list of tasks:
You have been asked to design an adaptive intelligent tool to:

    a. support a young child in exploring music (any aspect);
    b. help a learner understand how some mechanism works (e.g. a fridge, a bike);
    d. teach 'first aid' skills.

Choose one of these tasks to consider. The focus of the system may be on any aspect of the task (i.e. it does not have to try and do everything!).

B. For the task chosen, specify the requirements for the ALE:

  1. What does the task entail?
  2. What aspect of the task will be focused on?
  3. How will we know when the task is completed (what are the criteria for this)?
  4. Who will the learner group be? What can we assume about their skills, knowledge, literacy, background knowledge, etc.
  5. How will the ALE you propose be customised to support the particular task, and the target users?

C. Choose 2 of the systems that we have covered in the course, and outline two designs for the proposed new ALEbasing one on each of the existing systems.
For each:

    a. Sketch a design for an ALE based on this system, to do this task.
    b. Be clear on what changes would need to be made between the existing system and the new one. How would they be similar? How would they         be different?
    c. Give examples of how the might interact with the learners. Show how would it adapt to the individual learners. You might include sample                 dialogues, graphics or anything else that might help illustrate the interaction between the system and learner.

D. Compare and contrast the appropriateness of each of the two systems as the basis for design, for this specific task. Make a recommendation of which would be the more appropriate, giving clear justification for your recommendation. 

Assignment length: You should not spend more than ~20 hours on this assignment. Your report should be at least 4 pages long (c. 2,000 words) because the task cannot be done adequately in less space than that. References are in addition to 4 pages of real content, as are figures and tables (if you have any).  You are  welcome to write more, but are encouraged to be concise.

Submission instructions: Submit the assignment using the submit program:

    submit ale1 2 filename-including-matric-no.pdf

where 2 is the assignment number. Your submission should be a .pdf file; this is the ONLY acceptable format for this course. If you do not know how to convert your assignment to a PDF or how to use the submit command, please ask a classmate! Please also make sure that there is some indication in the submission itself who has submitted it (i.e. please write you name or matric number on your work!)

Marking and feedback: This assignment is worth 15% of your course mark. It will be marked out of 100. The feedback you will receive is a marking guide (i.e. a rubric) that indicates how well your review has achieved various objectives.  You will also receive a short list of things that you do well and suggested priorities for improvement (~3 items each).

Student Seminar Series 2 (SSS2) to be added



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