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Brigham Young University

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2020

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From Systems To Services: Changing The Way We Conceptualize Itss -- A Theoretical Framework And Proof-Of-Concept, Brice R. Colby Apr 2020

From Systems To Services: Changing The Way We Conceptualize Itss -- A Theoretical Framework And Proof-Of-Concept, Brice R. Colby

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This dissertation consists of two articles. The first article describes an architecture for intelligent tutoring that focuses on modularity. This new architecture is based on Gibbons' layers theory for instructional design (2014). Splitting up the architecture for an intelligent tutor into layers allows different pieces to age at different rates which, in turn, allows the intelligent tutor to be adapted to new research and design theories. This architecture supports building intelligent tutoring services, nimble programs that can be assembled together to replicate the functions of intelligent tutoring without the expertise needed to create the services. Alternative architectures support building intelligent …