Cooperative learning activities help your team learn more. Cooperative learning is an instructional strategy that enables small groups of students to work together on a common assignment. Cooperative software agents for patient management. Facilitating webbased education using intelligent agent. The use of agents techniques on intelligent tutoring systems.
One of the easiest blends of cooperative learning and technology is the assignment of multimedia projects. It also affects a number of aspects in developing software products for an undergraduate program in the major of computer science. Software agents have evolved from multiagent systems mas, which in turn form. We can say that all software agents are programs, but not all programs are agents. The parameters often vary, as students can work collaboratively on a variety of problems, ranging from simple math problems to large assignments such as proposing environmental solutions on a national level. In this paradigm the interaction occurs based on cooperative or competitive. Cooperative intelligent software agents cmu school of computer. Keywords neural network, software agents technology, cooperative neural network cnn, modular neural network mnn, back propagation bp, adaptive learning rate, classification. Using technology to revolutionize cooperative learning. This lesson provides a variety of fun cooperative learning activities for adults. Classification is one of the most frequently encountered decision making tasks of human activity. A conceptual framework for collaborative learning systems. Cooperation via electronic documents is a new activity that will involve new tools. Distance learning lacks a conceptual framework aimed at designing integrated collaboration spaces both task and discourse spaces and tools for monitoring collaborative learning by an automatic analysis of student social interactions.
The advent of new technological tools has made it possible for distantly located students to collaborate with their instructors and peers for learning new skills and acquiring enhanced knowledge. Cooperative neural network cnn, modular neural network. Cooperating with others is an essential skill, whether youre a working professional or still in school. Pdf software agents for cooperative learning researchgate. Overview on agent application to support collaborative learning. Software agents for cooperative learning are designed to transform electronic document basic content into active documents. Managing patients in a sharedcare context is a knowledge intensive activity. Technology may revolutionize the way in which cooperative learning groups work on such projects.
The bonds between team members motivate and strengthen your teams commitment to the groups goals while increasing selfesteem and selfworth. Kagan 1989 contributes that in cooperative learning the teacher designs the social interaction structures as well as learning activities. They are based on the learning theories theory located in. The presentation can be a video, an animation, a slide show with music and a narration, or even a play or dance to music and narration. Johnson, johnson and holubec 1993 state that in cooperative learning students can maximize their own and each others learning when they work together. Agents for collaborative learning in virtual worlds ntu. Cooperation via electronic documents is a new activity. Cooperative learning activities are effective for tackling complex projects and concepts over the course of time and establishes caring, supportive peer relationships. Cooperative software agents for patient management springerlink.