AN INTELLIGENT ASSISTANT TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND TO PREVENT THEM FROM DROPOUT

Tri Duc Tran, Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, Christophe Marsala, Georges-Marie Putois

2009

Abstract

The research and development of an educational agent are commonly focused on the pedagogical aspect; the main objective is to automate the teaching activity, to replace the teacher in virtual learning environment. Our goal is different: it is to create a non pedagogical intelligent assistant that follows students during their learning to prevent dropout. This assistant can be compared to a coach, a motivator, or a mentor that motivates, encourages, and helps students to overcome their difficulties.

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Tran T., Bouchon-Meunier B., Marsala C. and Putois G. (2009). AN INTELLIGENT ASSISTANT TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND TO PREVENT THEM FROM DROPOUT . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8111-82-1, pages 166-171. DOI: 10.5220/0001848701660171


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu09,
author={Tri Duc Tran and Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier and Christophe Marsala and Georges-Marie Putois},
title={AN INTELLIGENT ASSISTANT TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND TO PREVENT THEM FROM DROPOUT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2009},
pages={166-171},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001848701660171},
isbn={978-989-8111-82-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - AN INTELLIGENT ASSISTANT TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND TO PREVENT THEM FROM DROPOUT
SN - 978-989-8111-82-1
AU - Tran T.
AU - Bouchon-Meunier B.
AU - Marsala C.
AU - Putois G.
PY - 2009
SP - 166
EP - 171
DO - 10.5220/0001848701660171