Authors:
Elaine McGovern
;
Rem Collier
and
Eleni Mangina
Affiliation:
School of Computer Science & Informatics, College of Engineering Mathematical and Physical Sciences University College, Ireland
Keyword(s):
Mobile learning, modular education, multi-agent systems, recommender systems, ubiquitous computing.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Case-Studies and Applications
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
e-Learning
;
e-Learning Standards and Tools
;
Software Tools for e-Learning
;
Web-Based Teaching and Learning Technologies
Abstract:
University College Dublin has made an unprecedented transition from its once traditional educational
metaphor to a modularised education framework, the first of its kind in Ireland. This paper questions
whether students, who are unfamiliar with the concepts of modularisation, can successfully make informed
decisions, ensuring success from specifically tailored module combinations. It presents IUMELA, an
intelligent modularised-education learning assistant for use in a mobile context to aid in this career-making
decision making process. Using multi-agent systems and their associated expert systems, it recommends
appropriate modules based on the students own requirements. Proclaimed as a new departure, the ubiquitous
multi agent systems technologies are capable of transcending the boundaries of the traditional into a world
of innovative intelligent mobile learning, where software components embedded with intelligent learning
assistants can enhance the third level students acad
emic career.
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