Title :
P2P e-learning system and its Squeak-based user interface
Author :
Kawamura, Takao ; Nakatani, Ryosuke ; Sugahara, Kazunori
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Knowledge Eng., Tottori Univ., Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a novel framework for asynchronous Web-based training. The proposed system has two distinguishing features. Firstly, it is based on P2P architecture for scalability and robustness. Secondly, all contents in the system are not only data but also agents so that they can mark user´s answers, can tell the correct answers, and can show some extra information without human instruction. We also present a prototype implementation of the proposed system on Maglog. Maglog is a Prolog-based framework for building mobile multi-agent systems we have developed. The user interface program of the proposed system is built on Squeak. Performance simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system.
Keywords :
Internet; PROLOG; Smalltalk; computer based training; mobile agents; multi-agent systems; peer-to-peer computing; user interfaces; Maglog; P2P e-learning system; Prolog-based framework; Squeak-based user interface; asynchronous Web-based training; mobile multiagent systems; Computer networks; Electronic learning; History; Humans; Knowledge engineering; Multiagent systems; Prototypes; Robustness; Scalability; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing, 2005. C5 2005. Third International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2325-0