Human use regulatory affairs advisor (HURAA): Learning about research ethics with intelligent learning modules
Abstract
The Human Use Regulatory Affairs Advisor (HURAA) is a Web-based facility that provides help and training on the ethical use of human subjects in research, based on documents and regulations in United States federal agencies. HURAA has a number of standard features of conventional Web facilities and computer-based training, such as hypertext, multimedia, help modules, glossaries, archives, links to other sites, and page-turning didactic instruction. HURAA also has these intelligent features: (1) an animated conversational agent that serves as a navigational guide for the Web facility, (2) lessons with case-based and explanation-based reasoning, (3) document retrieval through natural language queries, and (4) a context-sensitive Frequently Asked Questions segment, called Point & Query. This article describes the functional learning components of HURAA, specifies its computational architecture, and summarizes empirical tests of the facility on learners.
Publication Title
Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers
Recommended Citation
Hu, X., & Graesser, A. (2004). Human use regulatory affairs advisor (HURAA): Learning about research ethics with intelligent learning modules. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 36 (2), 241-249. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195569
