Towards a Generic Architecture for Cooperative Learning Environments

To adapt information effectively to instructional contexts, we need active learning environments that reason about the domain, users mental state and information needs, the general context of information use, as well as about strategies and methods for designing effective information presentations using multiple media. The paper proposes a generic multi-agent architecture for cooperative multimedia pedagogues: Intelligent learning environments that help users to achieve their information needs. The aim is to support natural communication and effective collaboration between people and systems. Natural communication requires the integration of different modalities for information presentation and their effective use for achieving tutorial goals in various instructional contexts. Effective collaboration requires systems to work jointly with users towards achieving their information needs. Agents that comprise the proposed architecture collaborate with users towards completing a partial shared plan for achieving users information needs, as well as among themselves, towards completing a partial shared information presentation plan for achieving tutorial goals.