To develop constructivist learning environments on the web with the help of software agent technology

Pan, W; Hawryszkiewycz, I

To develop constructivist learning environments on the web with the help of software agent technology

Pan, W Hawryszkiewycz, I

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the Seventh IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education, 2004, pp. 236 - 241
Issue Date:: 2004-12-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Pan, W	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hawryszkiewycz, I https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2256-0132	en_US
dc.date.issued	2004-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the Seventh IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education, 2004, pp. 236 - 241	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	0889864306	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780889864306	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/2156
dc.description.abstract	There has been a widespread increase to conduct teaching and learning over the Internet. However, many instruction sites just provide teaching materials on the Internet to support traditional face-to-face methods. Learners then passively retrieve information from the Web pages. They are not engaged in actively constructing meaningful understandings of the topics being studied by using constructivist learning methods. This paper proposes that software agents be used to develop constructivist learning environments (CLEs) on the Web, to assist learners to construct new knowledge. The constructivist theory of learning is first reviewed and the characteristics of the CLEs are then outlined. The paper then suggests a process constructed out of constructivist learning methods over the Internet. Ways of using software agent technology to assist learners in constructivist learning are then investigated, along with the relevant implementation approaches. Finally future work in this area is presented.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Seventh IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education	en_US
dc.title	To develop constructivist learning environments on the web with the help of software agent technology	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	080707 Organisation of Information and Knowledge Resources	en_US
utslib.for	080608 Information Systems Development Methodologies	en_US
utslib.for	080603 Conceptual Modelling	en_US
dc.location.activity	Kauai, USA	en_US
dc.location.activity	Hong Kong, China
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Information, Systems and Modelling
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

There has been a widespread increase to conduct teaching and learning over the Internet. However, many instruction sites just provide teaching materials on the Internet to support traditional face-to-face methods. Learners then passively retrieve information from the Web pages. They are not engaged in actively constructing meaningful understandings of the topics being studied by using constructivist learning methods. This paper proposes that software agents be used to develop constructivist learning environments (CLEs) on the Web, to assist learners to construct new knowledge. The constructivist theory of learning is first reviewed and the characteristics of the CLEs are then outlined. The paper then suggests a process constructed out of constructivist learning methods over the Internet. Ways of using software agent technology to assist learners in constructivist learning are then investigated, along with the relevant implementation approaches. Finally future work in this area is presented.

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