Facilitating Group Learner Participation using Intelligent Agents in Collaborative M-Learning
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Date
2018
Authors
Njenga, Stephen
Oboko, Robert
Omwenga, Elijah
Maina, Elizaphan
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Publisher
IEEE
Abstract
Most Leaning Management Systems provide a facility for online group
discussions. Grouping members together does not give a surety of their participation
in those online discussions. However, intelligent agents can facilitate group
participation to motivate members to participate effectively in group discussions
leading to enhanced levels of group knowledge construction. This paper discusses an
experimental design for evaluating agent-based facilitated group learner participation
for online group discussions in mobile learning environments. The experiment uses
two treatment groups and one control group. We compared the levels of group
knowledge construction amongst the three groups. The findings showed improved
levels of group knowledge construction in the treatment groups compared to the
control group. Thus, we recommend the use of intelligent agents in facilitating group
participation and subsequently improving the group knowledge construction in
collaborative m-learning.
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Keywords
Group Participation, Group Knowledge Construction, Intelligent Agents, M-Learning
Citation
Njenga, S., Oboko, R., Omwenga, E., & Maina, E. (2018, May). Facilitating Group Learner Participation using Intelligent Agents in Collaborative M-Learning. In 2018 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa) (pp. Page-1). IEEE.