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The ‘all-inclusive’ tutor – excluding learner autonomy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

Markus Ritter ,
Christiane Kallenbach  and
James Pankhurst
Markus Ritter
Affiliation:
University of Siegen, Berlin, Germany
Christiane Kallenbach
Affiliation:
Cornsen Verlag, Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

A multimedia learning environment would appear to benefit from an intelligent tutoring system that draws on didactic expertise, knowledge of the program structure, and knowledge of the learner's previous activities. On the other hand, one may argue against a tutor because of the damaging effects on learner autonomy: the tutor may hamper genuine learning by taking the learner by the hand, whereas what the learner needs is to have sufficient space to move freely through material in an explorative rather than an executive mode, generating her own queries and finding her own solutions. It is argued that tutoring may be a necessary stage on the road to autonomy.

Type
Selected Papers
Information
ReCALL , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , May 1999 , pp. 111 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 1999

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