Army Research Laboratory

The proposed collaborative effort is focused on GIFT. GIFT is an empirically-based, service-oriented framework of tools, methods and standards which makes it easier to author computer-based tutoring systems (CBTS), manage intelligent instruction and assess the effect of CBTS, components and methodologies. GIFT is being developed under the Adaptive Tutoring Research Science & Technology project at the Learning in Intelligent Tutoring Environments (LITE) Laboratory, part of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory-Human Research and Engineering Directorate (ARL-HRED).

The research and development goals that are driving future GIFT development include:
● an ontology to represent the knowledge and concepts of computer-based training systems (CBTS), their relationships and their interactions
● automated tools and processes to author CBTS, their models, and components
● automated delivery methods for tailored instruction to individuals and small teams
● a set of reusable, domain-independent modules that include standard processes and structures
● a testbed methodology to support the systematic comparison and assessment of CBTS
their components, and instructional methods

To help ARL achieve the above R&D goals, UM proposes to collaborate with ARL in the following four task components during the base year (from July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018):
1) Research, Development, and Evaluation of components of GIFT
2) Building of the GIFT R&D community
3) Making GIFT as potential foundation framework for standardization of Intelligent Tutoring Environments (ITE)
4) Enhancing/extending of GIFT with research in Advanced Learning Environments (ALE)

To learn more about the ARL Initiative, please click here.

Leadership
Xiangen Hu
(901) 678-5736
xhu@memphis.edu