ADEPT: a Tool for Developing Synthesis Skills

  • Authors:

  • Elizabeth A. Kemp;Timothy Pick;Raymond H. Kemp

  • Affiliations:

  • Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, {e.kemp, r.kemp}@massey.ac.nz, tjpick@softhome.net;Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, {e.kemp, r.kemp}@massey.ac.nz, tjpick@softhome.net;Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, {e.kemp, r.kemp}@massey.ac.nz, tjpick@softhome.net

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Towards Sustainable and Scalable Educational Innovations Informed by the Learning Sciences: Sharing Good Practices of Research, Experimentation and Innovation
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

A teaching system, ADEPT, has been developed to assist students to understand and apply the DECIDE framework for planning an interface evaluation. This planning activity is an example of a synthesis problem solving task. To assist students to develop the skills required to produce sophisticated plans, a scenario-based system which provides scaffolding was built. Related work was considered in order to ensure educational objectives were met. Technical issues and the role of authoring are also addressed.