Title :
Agent supported collaborative learning using community Web software
Author :
Ishikawa, Takashi ; Matsuda, Hiroshi ; Takase, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Nippon Inst. of Technol., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
The paper describes a teaching assistant facility being developed in Nippon Institute of Technology to activate question answering in computer programming practice using Web based teaching. The facility is implemented in the Website to provide agent supported collaborative learning using community Web software. The contents of the Website are teaching materials for computer programming practice and an electronic bulletin board system for question answering to assist practice of the students. The students can send a question message to the bulletin board and then receive an answer message from the teacher or other students in the classroom. An agent in the Website distributes the question message to teacher and/or the students being active to answer questions. The facility activates question answering between students as a form of collaborative learning.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; distance learning; groupware; information resources; programming; software agents; Nippon Institute of Technology; Web based teaching; Website; agent supported collaborative learning; collaborative learning; community Web software; computer programming practice; electronic bulletin board system; question answering; teaching assistant facility; teaching materials; Algorithm design and analysis; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Communication system software; Education; Electronic learning; Embedded software; Information filtering; Paper technology; Programming;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Auckland, New Zealand
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1509-6
DOI :
10.1109/CIE.2002.1185858
