Worked with QuadC- a learning platform, and the associate dean from Carleton to support the development of AI tutoring bots for university engineering courses.
The goal was simple.
Create-course alligned AI assistants that help students for the Fall term.
Instead of giving direct answers, the bots were made to answer in a way to challenge the students thinking of the material, and guide them based their responses.
User prompts were tracked to improve how the AI responds and engages with students.
BUT... THERE WAS AN ISSUE.
Despite careful tuning, student adoption to the AI tutors was limited, particularly for Dynamics, a course known for its high conceptual difficulty.
I contacted some course intructors to discuss alternate support strategies.
Proposed an organized in-person support event.
BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE.
I did not have any funding for the large amount of students this event would hold.
Collaborated with a professor to design an incentive model where upper-year students volunteered as tutors in exchange for a small grade incentive.
Recruited 50 upper-year student volunteers.
Results
250+ students showed up.
Great event and tons of feedback, looking to implement this further for our school and other courses.
