Diseño Desarrollo e Implementación de un Prototipo de Tutor Inteligente como apoyo a la formación de Investigadores

Abstract

The context of the current proposal is based on the research project Investiga+, which has as one of its main objectives the selection and creation of open resources for the training of postgraduate students and the creation of a repository with these resources. It is important the scaffolding process that the tutors give to the researcher in training, which will allow him to guide throughout the life cycle of the research. An Intelligent Tutor allows you to interact in a similar way to a human using Artificial Intelligence (AI) through Natural Language Processing (NLP) and to respond to the needs of the researcher Suggestions and information that has been previously entered into your database and Based on the inquiries of researchers are processed to respond "automatically and intelligently." As a method for the creation of this tutor we propose the design research with ADDIE Rapid Prototyping strategy in software development. The tutorial would be the entry element of the Investiga + educational resources portal, which has been designed and developed on the Dialogflow platform. It has as additional components a database in Firebase and custom programming in Python through the use of Webhook and Google Cloud Functions. In the first phase, the tutor provides information based on the Map of Methodological Decisions in which it is programmed internally and basic information of the data is recorded in the database. In the second phase, the information entered by the researcher can be used to follow up, proactively generate suggestions and information, improve the interface and interaction with the researcher. This paper presents the design, development and initial implementation of the prototype of the virtual tutor, the publication of future work, the implementation in real practice.