Persistent collaboration, a methodology for applied AIED:

Abstract: "Within the AIED community there are clear signs of dissatisfaction with existing research approaches. We suggest that AIED projects are of various kinds and that the research methods that are appropriate will vary between projects. Our focus is on projects in the area of 'applie...

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Main Authors: Conlon, Tom (Author), Pain, Helen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh 1996
Series:University <Edinburgh> / Department of Artificial Intelligence: DAI research paper 790
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Summary:Abstract: "Within the AIED community there are clear signs of dissatisfaction with existing research approaches. We suggest that AIED projects are of various kinds and that the research methods that are appropriate will vary between projects. Our focus is on projects in the area of 'applied' AIED; those that aim to produce practically useful classroom tools. Following a review of studies of research in education, theories of educational change, and approaches to computer systems design, we propose that the most appropriate methodology for applied AIED is one that is derived from a combination of action research with user-centred [sic] design. We present our version of such a methodology, which we have named PCM (Persistent Collaboration Methodology) on account of the central role that it gives to collaboration between researchers, teachers and technology experts. The methodology, which we illustrate at length by reference to an ongoing project in the area of knowledge-based modelling, appears to offer a suitably balanced marriage between the 'technology push' and the 'learning pull'. Because of this, and because it also supports a productive relationship between theory and practice, the use of our methodology should enhance the prospects of individual projects and of the AIED field in general."
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