Authors:
Aluizio Haendchen Filho
1
;
Jeferson Miguel Thalheimer
2
;
Rudimar L. S. Dazzi
2
;
Vinícius Santos
2
and
Paulo Ivo Koehntopp
3
Affiliations:
1
Laboratory of Applied Intelligence, University of the Itajaí Valley (UNIVALI), Rua Uruguay, 458, Itajaí, Brazil, Univertity Center of Brusque (UNIFEBE), Brusque and Brazil
;
2
Laboratory of Applied Intelligence, University of the Itajaí Valley (UNIVALI), Rua Uruguay, 458, Itajaí and Brazil
;
3
Catarinense Association of Educational Foundations (ACAFE), Florianópolis and Brazil
Keyword(s):
Intelligent Tutor, Software Agents, Decision-making, Virtual Learning Environment.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Agents
;
Artificial Intelligence
;
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
e-Learning
;
e-Learning and e-Teaching
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Intelligent Agents
;
Internet Technology
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
Quality of care in the Virtual Learning Environment is often compromised by large numbers of students. This presents a difficult task for human tutors. On the other hand, Intelligent Tutoring Systems are evolving towards a decision support system. One vision of Artificial Intelligence and education is to produce a tutor for every student or a “community of tutors for every student”. Here we present a model of intelligent tracing tutor agent responsible for tracking students in the virtual learning environment. We have designed the Tracing Tutor Agent as one of the agents of a collaborative organization of intelligent tutor agents. Each agent has his role, responsibilities and permissions. The main focus of this work is to present a model of Tracing Tutor Agent (TTA), which is one of the organization’s agents. It has the following responsibilities: (i) monitor students’ actions in VLE; (ii) to monitor the actions of the human tutor in the VLE; and (iii) collaborate and interact with t
he other organization’s agents to supply the human tutor with information in order to improve decision making and performance, increasing attendance and avoiding evasion.
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