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An Adaptive and Proactive Interface Agent for Interactivity and Decision-Making Improvement in a Collaborative Virtual Learning Environment

Authors : Aluizio Haendchen Filho, Karize Viecelli, Hercules Antonio do Prado, Edilson Ferneda, Jeferson Thalheimer, Anita Maria da Rocha Fernandes

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According to a report published by the Brazilian Association of Maintainers of Higher Education, the number of places offered in distance learning courses (aka distance education) in 2018 exceeded the places offered in classroom courses. At the same year, there was an increase of 20.6% in enrollments in distance education, with a forecast that exceeds classroom attendance by 2023. The same report showed concerns about the high dropout rates and low graduation rates in distance learning. The research indicates that the possible reasons for this are the students' feelings of loneliness, isolation, and demotivation. This paper presents an Interface Agent in the context of collaborative agents which main responsibility is to make the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) more interactive, proactive, and able to adapt to the student's profile. This research is expected to contribute for making VLE more attractive, improve the teaching process, motivate students and, consequently, reduce dropout rates.

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Title: An Adaptive and Proactive Interface Agent for Interactivity and Decision-Making Improvement in a Collaborative Virtual Learning Environment
Authors: Aluizio Haendchen Filho
Karize Viecelli
Hercules Antonio do Prado
Edilson Ferneda
Jeferson Thalheimer
Anita Maria da Rocha Fernandes
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Enterprise Information Systems
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-75417-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-75418-1

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75418-1_28

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