Supporting a Learner Community with Software Agents

Pedagogical agent models for massive online education

The effective implementation of Massively Open Online Courses poses fascinating challenges. We address two such challenges using an agent based approach, employing formal specifications to articulate an agent design which can later be used for software development. The challenges addressed are: 1) How can a learner be provided with a personalised learning experience? 2) How can a learner make b...

Pedagogical agents for social music learning in Crowd-based Socio-Cognitive Systems

This paper considers some of the issues involved in building a crowdbased system for learning music socially in communities. The effective implementation of building such systems provides several fascinating challenges if they are to be sufficiently flexible and personal for effective social learning to take place when they are large number of users. Based on our experiences of building the inf...

Model-It: A Case Study of Learner-Centered Software Design for Supporting Model Building

Learner-centered software design (LCSD) guides the design of tasks, tools, and interfaces in order to support the unique needs of learners: growth, diversity and motivation. This paper presents a framework for LCSD and describes a case study of its application to the ScienceWare Model-It, a learner-centered tool to support scientific modeling and simulation. The complex task of constructing and...

Compensation For Educational Shortcomings By Applying A Training Strategy

Introduction: Supporting process refers to the creation of temporary learning structures which lead to increase the adaptability of learners with a special learning position. In teaching, the method of relying on individual knowledge with more knowledge provides support or support for facilitating learner’s progress. For this reason, the aim of this paper is to address the issue of rehabil...

Supporting Learner Social Relationships with Enculturated Pedagogical Agents