An intelligent tutor-agent to support collaborative learning within a virtual environment

Our research aims to develop new concepts and methodologies, which can increase the benefit of distance collaborative learning. Our goal is to introduce a new application area for software agents in computer supported cooperative work: the support of spatially distributed human-teams´ cooperation within a virtual synchronous collaborative environment. Our work is motivated by a realistic problem: distance learning and education. A major problem in distance education is tutor´s difficulties when he follows a distance collaborative learning process, and in particular those participants who cannot keep up progress with their groupmates. This paper would present a smart agent, which assists students in a virtual collaborative learning environment.