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CASE: A Configurable Argumentation Support Engine

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One of the main challenges in tapping the full potential of modern educational software is to devise mechanisms to automatically analyze and adaptively support students' ...Show More

Abstract:

One of the main challenges in tapping the full potential of modern educational software is to devise mechanisms to automatically analyze and adaptively support students' problem solving and learning. A number of such approaches have been developed to teach argumentation skills in domains as diverse as science, the Law, and ethics. Yet, imbuing educational software with effective intelligent tutoring functions requires considerable time and effort. We present a highly configurable software framework, “Configurable Argumentation Support Engine” (CASE), designed to reduce effort and development costs considerably when building tutorial agents for graphical argumentation learning systems. CASE detects pedagogically relevant patterns in argument diagrams and provides feedback and hints in response. A wide variety of patterns are supported, including ones sensitive to students' understanding of the domain, problem-solving processes, and collaboration processes. Teachers and researchers can configure the behavior of tutorial agents on three levels: patterns, tutorial actions, and tutorial strategies. The paper discusses design concerns, the architecture, and the configuration mechanisms of CASE. As a proof of concept, four showcases are presented each showing different aspects of CASE and thus demonstrating the flexibility and breadth of applicability of the CASE approach in supporting single user and collaborative scenarios across different argumentation domains.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies ( Volume: 6, Issue: 2, April-June 2013)
Page(s): 144 - 157
Date of Publication: 10 January 2013

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Author image of Oliver Scheuer
Center for E-Learning Technology, Saarland University, Saarbruuken, Germany
Oliver Scheuer is a researcher at the Center for e-Learning Technology (CeLTech) at Saarland University, Germany. His research concerns adaptive technologies for computer-supported collaborative learning, in particular, argumentation learning. In this field, he has published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and workshops, focusing on topics such as the application of educational data mining and ...Show More
Oliver Scheuer is a researcher at the Center for e-Learning Technology (CeLTech) at Saarland University, Germany. His research concerns adaptive technologies for computer-supported collaborative learning, in particular, argumentation learning. In this field, he has published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and workshops, focusing on topics such as the application of educational data mining and ...View more
Author image of Bruce M. McLaren
Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Center for E-Learning Technology, Saarland University, Saarbruuken, Germany
Bruce M. McLaren is a senior systems scientist in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an adjunct senior researcher with the Center for e-Learning Technology (CeLTech) at Saarland University, Germany. He has research interests in educational technology, collaborative learning, intelligent tutoring, and artificial intelligence. He has more than 100 publicat...Show More
Bruce M. McLaren is a senior systems scientist in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an adjunct senior researcher with the Center for e-Learning Technology (CeLTech) at Saarland University, Germany. He has research interests in educational technology, collaborative learning, intelligent tutoring, and artificial intelligence. He has more than 100 publicat...View more

Author image of Oliver Scheuer
Center for E-Learning Technology, Saarland University, Saarbruuken, Germany
Oliver Scheuer is a researcher at the Center for e-Learning Technology (CeLTech) at Saarland University, Germany. His research concerns adaptive technologies for computer-supported collaborative learning, in particular, argumentation learning. In this field, he has published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and workshops, focusing on topics such as the application of educational data mining and intelligent tutoring techniques, the design of software architectures, and empirical studies of learning.
Oliver Scheuer is a researcher at the Center for e-Learning Technology (CeLTech) at Saarland University, Germany. His research concerns adaptive technologies for computer-supported collaborative learning, in particular, argumentation learning. In this field, he has published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and workshops, focusing on topics such as the application of educational data mining and intelligent tutoring techniques, the design of software architectures, and empirical studies of learning.View more
Author image of Bruce M. McLaren
Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Center for E-Learning Technology, Saarland University, Saarbruuken, Germany
Bruce M. McLaren is a senior systems scientist in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an adjunct senior researcher with the Center for e-Learning Technology (CeLTech) at Saarland University, Germany. He has research interests in educational technology, collaborative learning, intelligent tutoring, and artificial intelligence. He has more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and workshops.
Bruce M. McLaren is a senior systems scientist in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an adjunct senior researcher with the Center for e-Learning Technology (CeLTech) at Saarland University, Germany. He has research interests in educational technology, collaborative learning, intelligent tutoring, and artificial intelligence. He has more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and workshops.View more

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