Intelligent Tutoring Systems: A Comprehensive Historical Survey with Recent Developments

TL;DR

This comprehensive survey reviews the history, architecture, and recent innovations in Intelligent Tutoring Systems, highlighting their role in personalized education and future research directions.

Contribution

It provides an updated, detailed overview of ITS development, architecture, and recent advances, serving as a valuable resource for beginners and researchers.

Findings

ITS effectively enhance personalized learning experiences

Recent innovations include advanced AI techniques in ITS design

ITS integration shows positive impact on education outcomes

Abstract

This paper provides interested beginners with an updated and detailed introduction to the field of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS). ITSs are computer programs that use artificial intelligence techniques to enhance and personalize automation in teaching. This paper is a literature review that provides the following: First, a review of the history of ITS along with a discussion on the interface between human learning and computer tutors and how effective ITSs are in contemporary education. Second, the traditional architectural components of an ITS and their functions are discussed along with approaches taken by various ITSs. Finally, recent innovative ideas in ITS systems are presented. This paper concludes with some of the author's views regarding future work in the field of intelligent tutoring systems.