This paper describes a multiagent architecture for webbased distance education systems that presents characteristics of intelligence and adaptability. This architecture is based on techniques of Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Planning and Intelligent Tutoring Systems. As a result, the system allows adaptation of a given course to different types of students.

This paper presents a collaborative effort among the Schools of Architecture and Design, Computer Science, and Education at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, to develop the web-based Structure And Form Analysis System (SAFAS) for the education of architects. The details of the software architecture, operations, and graphical user interface of SAFAS are discussed.

This paper provides an overview of the technologies used in smart classrooms for distance education by classifying smart classrooms into four categories and discussing the type of technologies used in their implementation. It gives an example of a successful implementation of distance education technology being used to link university campuses in Japan and the US, and describes its underlying a...

the present paper first with a look to the today's architecture demonstrate that on one hand in the field of opinion in education and architecture view, there is no constant and clear standard and on the other hand what exists in the field of action, increase this disturbance and disorder. among the solution adopted in the field of action are: imitation and repetition of traditional (past)...

nowadays architects and architecture schools in iran are pleaded to produce architecture with iranian and islamic identity by managers, media and those who care in general. these requisition which sometimes end up in architecture legislations and guidelines have never received any clear response on the side of architects. what most addressees identify as “iranian” and “islamic” architecture is ...

The present paper focused on architecture students' learning styles based on Kolb's Experiential learning theory (ELT) and evaluated relationships between students' learning styles, degree of their academic achievement, gender, and duration of study in architecture. Based on the results of this research, divergent, accommodating, assimilating and convergent styles were the architecture students...