Yi Shang
Abstract
Active learning is an effective learning approach. In this article we present an intelligent agent-assisted environment for active learning to better support the student-centered, selfpaced, and highly interactive learning approach. The environment uses the students learningrelated profile such as learning style and background knowledge in selecting, organizing, and presenting learning material, and it adopts a new approach to course content organization and delivery based on smart instructional components that can be integrated into a wide range of courses. The environment is being implemented using the prevalent Internet, Web, digital library, and multiagent technologies.
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Kent Campbell
It is believed by many that active learning, in other words learning by doing, produces results that are superior to those achieved by passive learning. Shang et al. discuss the creation of an intelligent environment that would enable students to experience active learning. In their system, each student is assigned a personal agent that records the student’s background knowledge and learning style, and the other courses the student is enrolled in. This teaching agent acts as an intermediary between the student and course agents, which provide course materials in several forms and using different teaching methods. This model of delivery is well suited to the Web environment, and would enable large numbers of students to take courses that have been personalized for them. Ideally, this could create a learning community. There are some statements that people may disagree with in this paper. For example, the authors state that there is an optimum amount of time for all students to study each page in a module. This does not correspond with my experience. Similarly, they state that students who frequently review material have not learned it. Students who want to learn material extremely well, however, will often spend much more time reviewing material than students who merely want to get the course over with. Overall, the author’s ideas are interesting. The real test of these ideas, however, will come when their system is completely implemented and it can be seen what impact it has on student performance and student satisfaction. Online Computing Reviews Service
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