Dissertation/ Thesis
Agent-assisted collaborative learning
| Τίτλος: | Agent-assisted collaborative learning |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Mallia-Milanes, Mario (2023) |
| Στοιχεία εκδότη: | University of Malta Faculty of Information and Communication Technology. Department of Artificial Intelligence |
| Έτος έκδοσης: | 2023 |
| Συλλογή: | University of Malta: OAR@UM / L-Università ta' Malta |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | Motivation in adult education -- Malta, Computer-assisted instruction -- Malta, Intelligent agents (Computer software) -- Malta |
| Περιγραφή: | Ph.D.(Melit.) ; This work started off as an inquisitive question in our minds relating to whether students enrolling in large e-Learning courses can be helped to remain committed in the course that they enrolled in. This thesis has been a journey of discovery and learning which started in 2016. Right from the very start a number of processes were investigated in order to better understand the problem at hand and offer a possible solution to the matter. To achieve this aim, the study had to move out of the fringes of a purely technical solution and delve into other disciplines. Although the proposal being offered through this work is purely a technical one, it is based on different disciplines such as psychology of learning, philosophy. The historical and economic importance of learning was also explored, but the research was placed in appendices at the end of the document in order not to detract from the main line of the work: that of finding a way forward to assist students in completing their on-line commitments. In the Literature Overview chapter the creation of an e-learning ecosystem was discussed. Then the research moved into the way people learn and what makes them hold focus better. These phenomena were initially examined so as to lay a foundation on which the rest of the document would rest. Namely that people need to be involved in learning by giving them the means to follow up on the whole process, to scaffold through their learning and by making connections between facts that have been added to their repertoire. In essence this makes learning a holistic experience. It was argued that many of the main-stay e-learning platforms do not offer such an experience. Material production is excellent, but largely the student is left on his own. Collaboration between the different actors or agents in the learning process is necessary. So once the missing link was identified the research focused onto how one could fill in the gap and assume agent collaboration in learning. The focus then moved to examine various ... |
| Τύπος εγγράφου: | doctoral or postdoctoral thesis |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Relation: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/106923 |
| Διαθεσιμότητα: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/106923 |
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| Αριθμός Καταχώρησης: | edsbas.B8261D3B |
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