Design and Evaluation of an Adaptive Learning Support Agent

This paper introduces a multi-agent approach to adaptive, problem-based learning support based on context-centric view of tutorial interactions and Elaboration Theory (Reigeluth, 1999). It describes (i) a framework for describing and analysing resource-use inside a (computer based) tutorial, (ii) a novel idea for a computer-based learning activity configuration agent, (iii) an agent that adaptively suggests learning resources and activities to learners at run time, and (iv) an empirical study that tested the second agent.