This project involves the design and implementation of a novel integrated web-based multi-agent system with an open architecture for computer science education, especially teaching programming. The learning material is designed and organized as Learning Objects. The pedagogical agent system is operated in a distributed enviroment, and is adaptive and customized for individual students. Students' interactions with the enviroment and agents, and the dialogues between the agents, take into consideration learning styles. Depending on different students' requirements, the system will present different learning paths, and deliver appropriate Learning Objects.

Publications

Liu, S. and Joy, M.S. and Griffiths, N. (2010) Students’ Perceptions of the Factors Leading to Unsuccessful Group Collaboration. In: 10th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2010), 5-7 Jul 2010, Sousse, Tunisia. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Liu, S. and Joy, M.S. and Griffiths, N. (2009) GAOOLE: a Gaia Design of Agent-Based Online Collaborative Learning Environment. In: 8th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL 2009), 26-30 Oct 2009, Bari, Italy. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Liu, S. and Joy, M.S. and Griffiths, N. (2009) iGLS: Intelligent Grouping for Online Collaborative Learning. In: 9th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2009), 15-17 Jul 2009, Riga, Latvia. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Liu, S. and Joy, M.S. and Griffiths, N. (2008) Incorporating Learning Styles in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Model. In: International Workshop on Cognitive Aspects in Intelligent and Adaptive Web-based Education Systems (CIAWES 2008), 27-31 Oct 2008, Taipei, Taiwan. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Sun, S. and Joy, M.S. and Griffiths, N. (2007) The Use of Learning Objects and Learning Styles in a Multi-Agent Education System. Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR), 18 (3). pp. 381-398. ISSN 1093-023X [PDF] (BibTeX)

Bednarik, R. and Joy, M.S. and Moreno, A. and Myller, N. and Sun, S. and Sutinen, E. (2005) Multi-Agent Educational System for Program Visualization. In: 2005 International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation, and International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce (CIMCA-IAWTIC’05), 28-30 Nov 2005, Vienna, Austria. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Sun, S. and Joy, M.S. (2005) An Autonomous Multi-Agent Solution for Adaptive Education. In: IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA 2005), 14-16 Feb 2005, Innsbruck, Austria. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Sun, S. and Joy, M.S. (2005) Learning Objects and Learning Styles as a Foundation for a Multi-Agent Web-based Education System. In: 4th IASTED International Conference on WEB-BASED Education (WBE 2005), 21-23 Feb 2005, Grindelwald, Switzerland. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Sun, S. and Joy, M.S. and Griffiths, N. (2005) An Agent-Based Approach to Dynamic Adaptive Learning. In: Agent Based Systems for Human Learning (ABSHL) Workshop, the Fourth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS), 25-29 Jul 2005, Utrecht, Netherlands. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Sun, S. and Joy, M.S. and Griffiths, N. (2005) An Innovative Use of Learning Objects and Learning Style in Pedagogic Agent Systems. In: 6th Annual Conference of the HEA Network for Information and Computer Sciences, 30 Aug - 1 Sep 2005, York, UK. [PDF] [PDF] (BibTeX)

Sun, S. and Joy, M.S. and Griffiths, N. (2005) To Support Adaptivity in Agent-Based Learning Systems - The Use of Learning Objects and Learning Style. In: 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2005), 5-8 July, 2005, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Sun, S. and Joy, M.S. and Griffiths, N. (2005) The Use of Learning Objects and Learning Styles in a Multi-agent Education System. In: ED-MEDIA 2005 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, 27 Jun - 2 Jul 2005, Montreal, Canada. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Sun, S. and Joy, M.S. (2004) An Autonomous Multi-Agent Solution for Student Centred Learning. In: Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA), 15-17 Dec 2004, Lisbon, Portugal. [PDF] (BibTeX)