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Actually, ASSISTments is not a tutor, but it draws on insights from artificial intelligence and tutoring. It's a good example of going to scale that we will reference later in the course.

Hi Prof. Dede, it struck me at the end of the article that while the title said '...Computerized Tutors...', what the creator was really struggling with was 'Humanizing computers'. It might never be possible, but the value is really in the journey. Thank you for sharing this with us!

This website allows parents to search for tutors to tutor their children over the web.

Free online tutoring for kids that enables them to talk to a real person and share a "whiteboard" space.

tutoring software senses emotions

Computer programs that can detect and respond to students' feelings aim to enhance the educational potential of tutoring technology.

"As the session continued, Lindquist gestured, pointed, made eye contact, modulated her voice. "Cruising!" she exclaimed, after the student answered three questions in a row correctly. "Did you see how I had to stop and think?" she inquired, modeling how to solve a problem. "I can see you're getting tired," she commented sympathetically near the end of the session. How could a computer program ever approximate this? "

Thanks to Dr. Dede for inviting Neil Heffernan to speak to our class a while back. Great to see Dr. Heffernan's work being covered in the press.

Yes, but would it work in the station rotation model (fig 6) of distributive learning and how much does it cost?

My grandparents live far away, and it's really hard trying to explain computer stuff on the phone. It would be great if there were more efforts like this, hooking up high school/college students to help local seniors.

With the explosion of online learning, libraries are changing too. They are not just buildings that house books, but are places that make knowledge accessible long after you leave the premises. Now, libraries offer online learning and tutoring, books and research materials to those who want to take advantage of its servies - the role of our frequest destination, the Gutman library ,certainly corraborates these findings.

Online tools for educators

Digital tutors is a fairly robust tutorial website that gives members (yeah, ya gotta pay) access to a variety of platforms, based on your interests!

Edufire is an open platform that connects students and teachers from around the world and enables teachers to tutor over the internet. Initiatives like this one, support Bill Gates' view that in 5 years the best education will come from the Web. (Reference this article: http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/06/bill-gates-education/)

South Korea initiative for digital textbooks - good news?

Company called "Knewton" making software similar to what we discussed with School of One - ongoing assessments (short quizzes), online tutoring, etc.

What happens when online tutoring goes to school?

This website is a resource for adult education teachers and tutors who are interested in integrating technology into their instruction. Each month it features a different theme. This month, the blog features daily tech tips that can be used to support reading.

Important questions to ask students 1. What do students think is the best use of technology in schools? 2. What do students think the roles of computers should be in the classroom? 3. What do students think about computers being used as tutors? 4. Do students want more time with the teacher or is the computer instruction enough? 5. What is a good use of the internet in classrooms?