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Towards Breaking the Learning System Wall Using Multimodal Tutoring Transcriptions
Danielle R. Thomas, Marie Cynthia Abijuru Kamikazi, Ashish Gurung +5
Past research using log data has faced the "learning system wall," whereby few methods exist for generalizing models of student learning across platforms. Increasingly, online lear…
Detecting Student Intent for Chat-Based Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Ella Cutler, Zachary Levonian, S. Thomas Christie
Chat interfaces for intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) enable interactivity and flexibility. However, when students interact with chat interfaces, they expect dialogue-driven navi…
Safe Generative Chats in a WhatsApp Intelligent Tutoring System
Zachary Levonian, Owen Henkel
Large language models (LLMs) are flexible, personalizable, and available, which makes their use within Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) appealing. However, that flexibility crea…
ORES-Inspect: A technology probe for machine learning audits on enwiki
Zachary Levonian, Lauren Hagen, Lu Li +4
Auditing the machine learning (ML) models used on Wikipedia is important for ensuring that vandalism-detection processes remain fair and effective. However, conducting audits is ch…
Retrieval-augmented Generation to Improve Math Question-Answering: Trade-offs Between Groundedness and Human Preference
Zachary Levonian, Chenglu Li, Wangda Zhu +4
For middle-school math students, interactive question-answering (QA) with tutors is an effective way to learn. The flexibility and emergent capabilities of generative large languag…
"Thoughts & Prayers'' or ":Heart Reaction: & :Prayer Reaction:'': How the Release of New Reactions on CaringBridge Reshapes Supportive Communication During Health Crises
C. Estelle Smith, Hannah Miller Hillberg, Zachary Levonian
Following Facebook's introduction of the "Like" in 2009, CaringBridge (a nonprofit health journaling platform) implemented a "Heart" symbol as a single-click reaction affordance in…
Peer Recommendation Interventions for Health-related Social Support: a Feasibility Assessment
Zachary Levonian, Matthew Zent, Ngan Nguyen +3
Online health communities (OHCs) offer the promise of connecting with supportive peers. Forming these connections first requires finding relevant peers - a process that can be time…
Patterns of Patient and Caregiver Mutual Support Connections in an Online Health Community
Zachary Levonian, Marco Dow, Drew Erikson +5
Online health communities offer the promise of support benefits to users, in particular because these communities enable users to find peers with similar experiences. Building mutu…
"I Cannot Do All of This Alone": Exploring Instrumental and Prayer Support in Online Health Communities
C. Estelle Smith, Zachary Levonian, Haiwei Ma +5
Online Health Communities (OHCs) are known to provide substantial emotional and informational support to patients and family caregivers facing life-threatening diagnoses like cance…