Using a Simulated Student to Repair Difficulties in Collaborative Learning

Authors:
Aurora Vizcaino;Benedict du Boulay
Affiliations:
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Venue:
ICCE '02 Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education
Year:
2002

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Abstract

We describe the use of a simulated student in a synchronous but distributed collaborative learning environment in the domain of programming. The role of the simulated student is to detect and repair difficulties in collaborative learning amongst the human students, for example when a human student is too passive or when the students start chatting about off-topic conversations. The simulated student intervenes by posting messages in the shared "chat" window, just like the human students and was believed to be another human student by them. The paper describes the rules by which the simulated student operates and briefly outlines an evaluation of the system with university first year programming students. The system proved to be successful both in detecting a range of difficulties and in intervening effectively.