The Digital Tutoring Opportunity

This slide deck was presented on October 26, 2017 as part of a National Academy of Sciences workshop on the role of digital tutors. This workshop, entitled "The Role of Digital Tutors," "describe[s] the evidence on the efficacy of Digital Tutors, exploring our current knowledge about the capabilities and applicability of this technology for use in day-to-day teaching and learning at all levels." The workshop also discussed "strategies and policies that might be used to implement digital tutoring more widely and to assess its impact at much larger scales."

This presentation provides an overview of the workshop and discusses the challenges and opportunities of digital tutoring. The following sections are included: Workshop Panels, One-on-One Tutoring vrs. Classrooms, Computer-Assisted Instruction, What Do We Mean by Digital Tutoring, Does Digital Tutoring Work, The DARPA Digital Tutor, Veterans Assessment, and more.