Apprentice

The Sourcerer’s Apprentice

This assignment considers the use of the apprenticeship model of teaching in academic subject areas. This has been investigated by various authors since 1989. I will consider the various flavours of the techniques presented and some of the practical implications of these. I will draw from our experience running several courses where students undertake business like projects within a protective ...

Apprentice Program: Linear Algebra

Definition 1.1. Let K be a field. (V,+, ·) is a vector space over K, if (V,+) is an Abelian group, and · : K × V → V (called scalar multiplication) is distributive, associative and multiplication by 1 is the identity on V . This compact definition unwinds to give us the following ten(!) axioms: (1) + : V × V → V (2) u+ (v + w) = (u+ v) + w. (3) u+ v = v + u. (4) ∃0 ∈ V such that v + 0 = 0 + v =...

The Virtual Apprentice

Over the past couple of decades, virtual humans have been attracting more and more attention. Many applications including, video games, movies, and various training and tutoring systems have benefited from work in this area. While the visual quality of virtual agents has improved dramatically, their intelligence and socialization still needs improvement. In this paper, we present work towards e...

The scientists' apprentice.

Apprentice-Based Learning

Various methods have been proposed in the past to improve student learning by introducing new styles of working with assignments. These include problem-based learning, use of case studies and apprenticeship. In most courses, however, these proposals have not resulted in a widespread significant change of teaching methods. Most institutions still use a traditional lecture/lab class approach with...