Title :
An adaptive distance learning environment for language teaching
Author :
Cristea, Alexandra I. ; Okamoto, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu, Japan
Abstract :
The paper describes our research on building an adaptive, WWW based, agent based, long distance learning environment for academic English. One influence of the growth of the Internet is that English gradually became the main information exchange language. Therefore, we are building an academic English learning environment, especially aimed at non-native English speaking academics, to help them exchange meaningful information with their peers. Existing teaching environments on the Web have two main defects: they are not free, and/or not automatic, but based on real human teachers at the end of the line. Our aim is to have a system capable of functioning autonomously, without human interference, as a virtual, long-distance classroom, embedding the necessary tutoring functions within a set of collaborating agents that serve the student
Keywords :
distance learning; educational technology; groupware; information resources; linguistics; natural languages; software agents; teaching; user modelling; English learning environment; Internet; academic English; adaptive WWW based agent based long distance learning environment; adaptive distance learning environment; collaborating agents; information exchange language; language teaching; non-native English speaking academics; real human teachers; teaching environments; tutoring functions; virtual long distance classroom; Audio databases; Computer aided instruction; Education; Frequency; Humans; Image databases; Intelligent agent; Internet; Natural languages; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2000. IWALT 2000. Proceedings. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Palmerston North
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0653-4
DOI :
10.1109/IWALT.2000.890631