A Collaborative Learning Environment for Data Modeling
Adrian Gordon, Lynne E. Hall · The Florida AI Research Society · 1998
Data modelling is an important skill tbr students undertaking university courses in computing and Infi~rnlation Systems. It is a complex task which is not currently well provided with tool based support. This paper describes extensions to a learning environment for data modelling which is based on a text based virtual reality panldigm. This learning environment has been enhanced by the inclusion of autonomous, intelligent agents of two types. One type of agent basically has a pedagogical role, providing feedback to learners about the quality of their data models. The other type of agent eft~,etively plays the role ot’a learner within the environment, and is intended to offer the opportunity fiw collaboration to human learners within the environment.