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Large Language Models (LLMs) have a great potential to serve as readily available and cost-efficient Conversational Intelligent Tutoring Systems (CITS) for teaching L2 learners of English. Existing CITS, however, are designed to teach only…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-03-12 Soonwoo Kwon , Sojung Kim , Minju Park , Seunghyun Lee , Kyuseok Kim

In this paper, we propose a framework that enables a human teacher to shape a robot behaviour by interactively providing it with unlabeled instructions. We ground the meaning of instruction signals in the task-learning process, and use them…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-25 Anis Najar , Olivier Sigaud , Mohamed Chetouani

Clarifying user needs is essential for existing task-oriented dialogue systems. However, in real-world applications, developers can never guarantee that all possible user demands are taken into account in the design phase. Consequently,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-06-13 Weikang Wang , Jiajun Zhang , Qian Li , Mei-Yuh Hwang , Chengqing Zong , Zhifei Li

Recent approaches have explored language-guided classifiers capable of classifying examples from novel tasks when provided with task-specific natural language explanations, instructions or prompts (Sanh et al., 2022; R. Menon et al., 2022).…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Kangda Wei , Sayan Ghosh , Rakesh R. Menon , Shashank Srivastava

High-quality conversational datasets are crucial for the successful development of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) that utilize a Large Language Model (LLM) backend. Synthetic student-teacher dialogues, generated using advanced GPT-4…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-11-02 Shashank Sonkar , MyCo Le , Xinghe Chen , Naiming Liu , Debshila Basu Mallick , Richard G. Baraniuk

Instruction tuning has become a foundation for unlocking the capabilities of large-scale pretrained models and improving their performance on complex tasks. Thus, the construction of high-quality instruction datasets is crucial for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Li Du , Hanyu Zhao , Yiming Ju , Tengfei Pan

Conversational AI has made significant progress, yet generating expressive and controllable text-to-speech (TTS) remains challenging. Specifically, controlling fine-grained voice styles and emotions is notoriously difficult and typically…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-13 Zhicheng Ouyang , Seong-Gyun Leem , Bach Viet Do , Haibin Wu , Ariya Rastrow , Yuzong Liu , Florian Metze

Large language models (LLMs) are flexible, personalizable, and available, which makes their use within Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) appealing. However, that flexibility creates risks: inaccuracies, harmful content, and non-curricular…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Zachary Levonian , Owen Henkel

This paper investigates personalization in the field of intelligent tutoring systems (ITS). We hypothesize that personalization in the way questions are asked improves student learning outcomes. Previous work on dialogue-based ITS…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-06-29 Sabina Elkins , Robert Belfer , Ekaterina Kochmar , Iulian Serban , Jackie C. K. Cheung

Expressive text-to-speech (TTS) aims to synthesize different speaking style speech according to human's demands. Nowadays, there are two common ways to control speaking styles: (1) Pre-defining a group of speaking style and using…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Dongchao Yang , Songxiang Liu , Rongjie Huang , Chao Weng , Helen Meng

Millions of learners worldwide are now using intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs). At their core, ITSs rely on machine learning algorithms to track each user's changing performance level over time to provide personalized instruction.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Robin Schmucker , Tom M. Mitchell

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have reignited interest in their impact on Computer-based Learning (CBL). AI-driven tools like ChatGPT and Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) have enhanced learning…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-05-07 Mohsen Balavar , Wenli Yang , David Herbert , Soonja Yeom

As the recent Large Language Models(LLM's) become increasingly competent in zero-shot and few-shot reasoning across various domains, educators are showing a growing interest in leveraging these LLM's in conversation-based tutoring systems.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-03-22 Minju Park , Sojung Kim , Seunghyun Lee , Soonwoo Kwon , Kyuseok Kim

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have produced highly capable and controllable systems. This creates unprecedented opportunities for structured reasoning as well as collaboration among multiple AI systems and humans. To fully…

Miscommunication and communication challenges between instructors and students represents one of the primary barriers to post-secondary learning. Students often avoid or miss opportunities to ask questions during office hours due to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-02-02 Ramteja Sajja , Yusuf Sermet , David Cwiertny , Ibrahim Demir

Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) have been developed to provide students with personalized learning experiences by adaptively generating learning paths optimized for each individual. Within the vast scope of ITS, score prediction stands…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-07-02 Youngnam Lee , Byungsoo Kim , Dongmin Shin , JungHoon Kim , Jineon Baek , Jinhwan Lee , Youngduck Choi

Chat interfaces for intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) enable interactivity and flexibility. However, when students interact with chat interfaces, they expect dialogue-driven navigation from the system and can express frustration and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-24 Ella Cutler , Zachary Levonian , S. Thomas Christie

Like many problems in AI in their general form, supervised learning is computationally intractable. We hypothesize that an important reason humans can learn highly complex and varied concepts, in spite of the computational difficulty, is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-18 Carl Trimbach , Michael Littman

The methodological foundations of the construction of information technology, formalized models and tools for the implementation of the research-related design of smart systems based on the use of the concepts of transdisciplinarity and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-01-04 Oleksandr Palagin , Mykola Petrenko , Kyrylo Malakhov

Quantum computing instructors face a compounding problem: the concepts are counterintuitive, the mathematical formalism is dense, and qualified faculty are scarce outside a small number of well-resourced institutions. Our prior work…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Iizalaarab Elhaimeur , Nikos Chrisochoides