Learning by doing with simulated intelligent help

  • Authors:
  • John Carroll;Amy Aaronson

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM US Marketing and Services Group, Franklin Lakes, NJ

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1988

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Abstract

Intelligent advisory interfaces will afford new approaches to help and training problems, however little is known about the usability of such facilities. This recent study indicates that although intelligent help can support users, there are also specific potential problems.