APPEAL: a domain-independent artificial teacher
Judith Masthoff · International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning · 2002
This paper offers an overview of the APPEAL system and the design principles on which it is based. APPEAL, a domain-independent artificial teacher, consists of a society of agents, in which each agent has a particular competence, i.e. navigation, explanation, feedback, practice, or presentation. Foremost among the design principles on which the system is based is a reliance on "situated" action, in combination with extensive experimental evaluation. The interaction between the agents and between the agents and the student leads to the emergent adaptive functionality of the system.