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THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGHDEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2005/2006
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Archived VersionThe Degree Regulations and Programmes of Study has been formulated as a dynamic online publication in order to provide the most up to date information possible. Master versions of the Degree Regulations and Programmes of Study incorporating all changes to date are archived twice a year on 1 September and within the first three University working days prior to the start of Semester 2 in January. Please note that some of the data recorded about this course has been amended since the last master version was archived. That version should be consulted to determine the changes made. Advanced Interactive Learning Environments (Level 11) (P00846)? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : INF-P-AILE Computer based tools and learning environments are increasingly used in teaching and learning. This course explores how such educational systems can be made more interactive and adaptive, in order to improve the quality and effectiveness of the teaching that they provide. A number of techniques and examples of existing systems will be considered, in addition to the theoretical basis for these. This course aims to better equip students with the skills to design and evaluate intelligent and adaptive educational systems. Entry Requirements? Pre-requisites : PGs only. Subject AreasHome subject areaArtificial Intelligence, (School of Informatics, Schedule O) Delivery Information? Normal year taken : Postgraduate ? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4) ? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks First Class Information
All of the following classes
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
It is anticipated that students who successfully complete the course will be able to:
* demonstrate knowledge of approaches and methods used in previous systems through their application to new teaching tasks; * demonstrate an understanding of the design issues in developing educational tools and environments through completing a number of design tasks; * describe methods that can be used to evaluate educational systems and apply these to existing systems; * use existing tools to design and build simple components of an educational system; * critically evaluate such components in relation to existing systems. * demonstrate their knowledge of the state of the art of a topic area covered in the course. Assessment Information
Written Examination 70%
Assessed Assignments 30% Exam times
Contact and Further InformationThe Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries. Course Secretary Mr Neil McGillivray Course Organiser Dr Douglas Armstrong Course Website : http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/ School Website : http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk/ College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/ |
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