Key Takeaways
Introduced iLLuMinaTE, a zero-shot LLM pipeline for delivering actionable feedback to students in online courses.
Utilizes three stages (causal connection, explanation selection, presentation) based on eight social science theories.
Evaluated over 21,000 explanations with a "human-in-the-loop" approach using LLM-as-a-judge reliably and safely
Student preference for iLLuMinaTE explanations was 89.52% compared to traditional methods.
In collaboration with: Vinitra Swamy, Bhargav Srinivasa Desikan, Oana-Maria Camburu, Tanja Käser
