Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Sofia M Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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Diversity

Technology”, researchers have developed an AI-powered socio-technical system for making online learning in higher education more affordable, accessible, andachievable. In particular, they have developed original and interweaved AI technologies such asVERA, a “Virtual experimentation research Assistant” for supporting inquiry-based learning ofscientific knowledge, and Jill Watson Q&A, a virtual teaching assistant for answering questionsbased on educational documents including VERA’s user reference guide.“VERA” helps learners build conceptual models of complex phenomena, evaluate them throughsimulation, and revise the models as needed. VERA’s capability of evaluating a model bysimulation provides a formative assessment of the model; its support