The professor of Applied Economics, Andrés Pedreño Muñoz, presented E-Tutor, a revolutionary pedagogical resource based on the artificial intelligence of ChatGPT, at the "XV Conference on Teaching in Economics" held at the University of Murcia. Designed by Professor P. Pernias and 1MillionBot, E-Tutor aims to change the educational paradigm through the incorporation of disruptive technologies.
E-Tutor focuses on providing a personalized learning experience for each student, adjusting to their individual needs. This tool is highly versatile and offers a variety of useful features for the automation of repetitive tasks, which benefits both university professors and students.
Among its functions, E-Tutor can generate summaries, identify key ideas, provide additional contextual information, translate texts, and design tests and exams. It even has the unique ability to provide detailed explanations of programming code, which is extremely beneficial for students of technical disciplines.
E-Tutor stands out for its ability to reinterpret and simplify the study material. This aspect, inspired by the pedagogical principle of Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development, facilitates the understanding of complex concepts and encourages more effective learning.
E-Tutor also incorporates elements of collaborative learning and self-assessment, two fundamental pillars of modern pedagogy. Students can participate in knowledge competitions with their peers and perform self-assessments, promoting reflection and responsibility for their own learning.
The introduction of E-Tutor in the educational field means an important advance towards the adoption of artificial intelligence in education. Its student-centered approach, coupled with its ability to personalize and deepen learning, make E-Tutor a revolutionary educational tool that is likely to be adopted by more institutions in the future.
Description of the e-tutor tool
This is an innovative educational platform based on Artificial Intelligence (AI), designed to be intuitive, interactive and focused on the needs of the student. Once students upload their study material (which teachers can provide via a dedicated library), they can access a variety of interactive tools designed to enhance their learning. Here is a clear description of the functions of this “study toolbox”:
- Text summary: The platform can generate a short and clear summary of the study material.
- Key Ideas from the Text: This tool extracts and highlights the most important ideas and fundamental concepts from the material.
- Text expansion: Provides additional information and context about the material, including relevant bibliographical sources.
- Bibliography of the text: Create a list of references and other sources related to the study material.
- Multiple choice test of the text: The platform can generate a multiple choice questionnaire based on the study material.
- True or false tests: You can also generate true or false questions from the material.
- Group Play: This feature allows students to organize knowledge competitions among themselves.
- Text translation: The platform can translate the study material into another language.
- Keywords contained in the text: Identifies and highlights the key words of the study material.
- Explain code: If the study material includes programming code, the platform can provide a detailed explanation of it.
- Browse on code: The platform can also generate questions based on the programming code.
- Explain the text to a child: This function will reinterpret and simplify the study material to make it more understandable.
- Criticize the text: It will generate a constructive criticism of the study material.
- Evaluate the text: Allows students to self-evaluate based on the study material and rubrics that the teacher provides.
- In addition, there are several other features in development, including counterargument, completion, outlining, and timeline creation.
