Collaborative Learning Agent for Promoting Group Interaction

ETRI Journal

关键词: facilitator agent;    monitoring agent;    Online collaborative learning;   

Others  :  1185384
DOI  :  10.4218/etrij.06.0105.0235

【 摘 要 】

This project aims to design and develop a prototype for an agent that support online collaborative learning. Online collaborative learning, which has emerged as a new form of education in the knowledge-based society, is regarded as an effective method for improving practical and highly advanced problem-solving abilities. Collaborative learning involves complicated processes, such as organizing teams, setting common goals, performing tasks, and evaluating the outcome of team activities. Thus, a teacher may have difficulty promoting and evaluating the entire process of collaborative learning, and a system may need to be developed to support it. Therefore, to promote interaction among learners in the process of collaborative learning, this study designed an extensible collaborative learning agent (ECOLA) for an online learning environment.

   

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