A COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR E-LEARNING - A system based on workflows and Agents

Latifa Mahdaoui, Zaia Alimazighi

2005

Abstract

In the E-learning platform, we can consider three principal actors (Teacher, Learner and Administrator) whose interact or cooperate between them among processes, then in context of enterprise the e-learning process can be seen as a cooperative information system where actors are managers and employees. Many of these processes can be automated and then we consider this work as a workflow process. The learning process is naturally flexible because of different levels of learners and the different ways to present a lesson or training process. We use an oriented object Meta-Model based on UML to describe a process concerning Tutor and Learner and we propose a Multi-Agent System (MAS) based on ITS architecture to support the work of the actors roles “tutor” and “learner”.

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Mahdaoui L. and Alimazighi Z. (2005). A COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR E-LEARNING - A system based on workflows and Agents . In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: EES, (ICEIS 2005) ISBN 972-8865-19-8, pages 213-225. DOI: 10.5220/0002567602130225


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@conference{ees05,
author={Latifa Mahdaoui and Zaia Alimazighi},
title={A COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR E-LEARNING - A system based on workflows and Agents},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: EES, (ICEIS 2005)},
year={2005},
pages={213-225},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002567602130225},
isbn={972-8865-19-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: EES, (ICEIS 2005)
TI - A COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR E-LEARNING - A system based on workflows and Agents
SN - 972-8865-19-8
AU - Mahdaoui L.
AU - Alimazighi Z.
PY - 2005
SP - 213
EP - 225
DO - 10.5220/0002567602130225