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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings
| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| An Agent System to Support Student Teams Working Online |
| University of Salford, United Kingdom |
| In this paper an application of software agents is described, aimed at supporting students working on team projects |
| in the online situation. Online teamwork is problematical for a number of reasons, such as getting acquainted with |
| team members, communications between members and knowing what progress has been made on the project. |
| Software agents have the ability to monitor progress and offer advice by operating in the background to act |
| autonomously when the need arises. An agent prototype has been de-veloped to perform a limited set of functions |
| to support students, and the results of a trial carried out us-ing teams working on projects are discussed. |
| Keywords: software agents, teamwork, online learning, task allocation, Prolog |
ISSN
1535-07-03
Unless otherwise indicated, this paper has undergone blind external review by three or more reviewers.
Types of Papers: A Best Paper, Regular Paper, Short Paper, Informal Paper,
Unrefereed Panel Paper
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