Accession Number:

ADA021743

Title:

NLS-Scholar: Modifications and Field Testing

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN INC CAMBRIDGE MA

Personal Author(s):

• Grignetti, Mario C.
• Gould, Laura
• Hausmann, Catherine

Report Date:

1975-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

80.0

Abstract:

NLS-SCHOLAR is a prototype system that uses Artificial Intelligence techniques to teach computer-naive people how to use a powerful and complex editor. It represents a new kind of Computer Assisted Instruction CAI system that integrates systematic teaching with actual practice, i.e., one which can keep the user under tutorial supervision while allowing him to try out what he learns on the system he is learning about. NLS-SCHOLAR can also be used as an on-line help system outside the tutorial environment, in the course of a users actual work. This capability of combining on-line assistance with training is an extension of the traditional notion of CAI.

Descriptors:

• *EDUCATION
• *COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION
• LEARNING MACHINES
• TEXT PROCESSING
• ONLINE SYSTEMS
• INTERROGATION
• NATURAL LANGUAGE
• TEACHING METHODS
• SEMANTICS
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE