The applications of Multi-Agent technology in distance education system

Author

Bing, Yin ; Zhuying, Lin ; Li, Du

Author_Institution

Coll. of Math & Comput. Sci., Guizhou Normal Univ., Guiyang, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

30-31 May 2010

Firstpage

429

Lastpage

432

Abstract

Distance education that transmits information on the global Internet has become the trend of educational development in the coming years; however, it still has some drawbacks and shortcomings. This article focuses on how to apply Multi-Agent technology in distance learning systems. The systems are supposed to teach students individualized according to their personality characteristics and cognitive abilities by establishing Student Agent and Teacher Agent, thus, to improve the intelligence and personalization of distance education system, in order to fully tap the potential of learners and improve teaching effectiveness and learning efficiency.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; distance learning; multi-agent systems; teaching; Internet; distance education system; distance learning systems; educational development; learning efficiency; multiagent technology; student agent; teacher agent; teaching effectiveness; Application software; Automatic testing; Computer aided instruction; Computer science education; Distance learning; Educational technology; Intelligent agent; Internet; System testing; Time factors; Multi-Agent; intellectualization; long-distance education;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networking and Digital Society (ICNDS), 2010 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wenzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5162-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNDS.2010.5479221

Filename

5479221