Cooperative learning activities are effective for tackling complex projects and concepts over the course of time and establishes caring, supportive peer relationships. Technology may revolutionize the way in which cooperative learning groups work on such projects. Managing patients in a sharedcare context is a knowledge intensive activity. Cooperative learning is an instructional strategy that enables small groups of students to work together on a common assignment. Software agents have evolved from multiagent systems mas, which in turn form. Cooperative neural network cnn, modular neural network. Cooperation via electronic documents is a new activity that will involve new tools. Distance learning lacks a conceptual framework aimed at designing integrated collaboration spaces both task and discourse spaces and tools for monitoring collaborative learning by an automatic analysis of student social interactions. Classification is one of the most frequently encountered decision making tasks of human activity. A conceptual framework for collaborative learning systems.
In this paradigm the interaction occurs based on cooperative or competitive. Cooperative learning activities help your team learn more. Cooperative intelligent software agents cmu school of computer. We can say that all software agents are programs, but not all programs are agents. Cooperating with others is an essential skill, whether youre a working professional or still in school. Pdf software agents for cooperative learning researchgate. This lesson provides a variety of fun cooperative learning activities for adults. Cooperation via electronic documents is a new activity. The bonds between team members motivate and strengthen your teams commitment to the groups goals while increasing selfesteem and selfworth. Cooperative software agents for patient management springerlink. Johnson, johnson and holubec 1993 state that in cooperative learning students can maximize their own and each others learning when they work together. Kagan 1989 contributes that in cooperative learning the teacher designs the social interaction structures as well as learning activities.
Software agents for cooperative learning are designed to transform electronic document basic content into active documents. Keywords neural network, software agents technology, cooperative neural network cnn, modular neural network mnn, back propagation bp, adaptive learning rate, classification. Using technology to revolutionize cooperative learning. One of the easiest blends of cooperative learning and technology is the assignment of multimedia projects. The use of agents techniques on intelligent tutoring systems. It also affects a number of aspects in developing software products for an undergraduate program in the major of computer science. Agents for collaborative learning in virtual worlds ntu. They are based on the learning theories theory located in. The presentation can be a video, an animation, a slide show with music and a narration, or even a play or dance to music and narration. Cooperative software agents for patient management. Overview on agent application to support collaborative learning.