Instructional Systems Need Instructional Theory: Comments on a Truism

Developers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) -based instructional software have not yet paid a sufficient amount of attention to the instructional capabilities of such systems. In this paper, we briefly discuss candidate theories of instructional design with the goal of convincing the reader that there do exist instructional theories with which developers of Al-based instructional software should be familiar. We also investigate what additional information is required to supplement such theories, and suggest directions for future research and development.

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