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 language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education) |
Pages | 368-372 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Volume | 36 |
Edition | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2004 |
Event | 35th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - Norfolk, VA, United States Duration: Mar 3 2004 → Mar 7 2004 |
Other
Other | 35th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Norfolk, VA |
Period | 3/3/04 → 3/7/04 |
Keywords
- Cooperative Learning
- Multiagent Systems
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hardware and Architecture
- Software
- Food Science