Agent-based cooperative learning: A proof-of-concept experiment

Leen Kiat Soh, Hong Jiang, Charles Ansorge

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11 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper presents an innovative multiagent system to support cooperative learning among students both in the real classrooms and in distance education. The system, called I-MINDS, consists of a group of intelligent agents. A teacher agent monitors the student activities and helps the teacher manage and better adapt to the class. A student agent, on the other hand, interacts with the teacher agent and other student agents to support cooperative learning activities behind-the-scene for a student. Two I-MINDS innovations are (a) agent-federated "buddy group" formation and (b) automated ranking of questions and responses. We have tested our I-MINDS prototype with experiment and control groups to evaluate the impact of I-MINDS in learning. The results are encouraging.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)
Pages368-372
Number of pages5
Volume36
Edition1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2004
Event35th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - Norfolk, VA, United States
Duration: Mar 3 2004Mar 7 2004

Other

Other35th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNorfolk, VA
Period3/3/043/7/04

Keywords

  • Cooperative Learning
  • Multiagent Systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Software
  • Food Science

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