Updated 29th February 2016
Officially assigned Monday 29th February, due Friday March 18th, 4pm. Feedback due to be returned by Monday 4th April Summary:
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:
C. Choose 2 of the systems that we have covered in the course, and
outline two designs for the proposed new ALE, basing 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.
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