Accession number:20084711718682
Title:Applying semantic agents to message communication in e- learning environment
Authors:Wang, Ying-Hong (1); Lin, Chih-Hao (2)
Author affiliation:(1) Department of Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan; (2) Department of Information Science and Application, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
Corresponding author:Wang, Y.-H.
Source title:International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Abbreviated source title:Int. J. Distance Educ. Technol.
Volume:6 Issue:4
Issue date:October/December 2008 Publication year:2008
Pages:14-33 Language:English ISSN:15393100 E-ISSN:15393119
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:IGI Publishing, 701 E. Chocolate Ave., Suite 200, Hershey, PA 17033-1240, United States
Abstract:A traditional distance learning system requires supervisors or teachers always available on online to facilitate and monitor a learner's progress by answering questions and guiding users. We presents an English chat room system in which students discuss course contents and ask questions to and receive from teachers and other students. The mechanism contains an agent that detects syntax errors in sentences written by the online the user and also checks the semantics of a sentence. The agent can thus offer recommendations to the user and, then, analyze the data of the learner corpus. When users query the system, this system will attempt to find the answers from the knowledge ontology that is stored in the records of previous user comments. With the
availability of automatic supervisors, messages can be monitored and syntax or semantic mistakes can be corrected to resolve learner-related problems. Copyright © 2008, IGI Global.
Number of references:21 Main heading:Education
Controlled terms:Agents - Distance education - E-learning - Information theory - Internet - Learning systems - Multimedia
systems - Ontology - Semantics - Supervisory personnel - Syntactics - Teaching
Uncontrolled terms:Chat rooms - Course contents - Distance learning - Distance learning systems - E - learnings - Knowledge ontologies - Link grammar - Message communications - Semantic agents - Semantic check - Syntax errors - Syntax parser
Classification code:731.5 Robotics - 803 Chemical Agents and Basic Industrial Chemicals - 804.1 Organic Compounds - 912.4 Personnel - 804.2 Inorganic Compounds - 903 Information Science - 903.2
Information Dissemination - 901.2 Education - 723.5 Computer Applications - 723.4 Artificial Intelligence - 461.4 Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering - 716 Telecommunication; Radar, Radio and Television - 716.1 Information Theory and Signal Processing - 717 Optical Communication - 718 Telephone Systems and Related Technologies; Line Communications - 723 Computer Software, Data Handling and Applications
Database:Compendex
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