An Intelligent Tutoring System over a social network for mathematics learning

Abstract

Nowadays, children are becoming familiar with the computer technology at a very early age. Moreover the wide availability of the internet gives a new perspective in distance education making e-learning environments crucial to the future of education. Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) provide sophisticated tutoring systems using artificial intelligence techniques in computer programs to facilitate instruction. An ITS is able to provide personalized suggestions and adapt to each individual student's knowledge and skills. Furthermore social networking is becoming a part of everyday life for almost every student. Students can benefit from collaboration in e-learning environments especially when this is combined with an ITS. In this paper we describe a novel e-learning system that uses an open-source social network platform for mathematics tutoring.