Imagine that you are lucky enough to find some free time in your schedule, and so you decide to take a trip. What do you do? If you’re like most people, you contact a travel agent to arrange the details. You describe your needs (where you want to go and when), the constraints that you […]
Archive for December, 2004
New York-based ActiveBuddy has won a crucial patent covering instant messaging bot-making technology, but hobbyists and amateur developers aren’t buying the company’s claim that it invented the technology.
Sounds “acacia”-esque. . .
Intelligent tutors
fall under a general category of “adaptive-response” teaching systems.
The earliest adaptive response systems were developed in the 1960’s, and
sometimes referred to as programmed learning systems. Generally,
[…]
Is it an Agent or just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents
Published December 17th, 2004 0 Comments“The advent of software agents gave rise to much discussion of just what such an agent is, and of how they differ from programs in general. Here we propose a formal definition of an autonomous agent which clearly distinguishes a software agent from just any program. We also offer the beginnings of a natural kinds […]
Early Bot
” Abstract: In this paper, we argue that moves to reconfigure the education of adults as a dimension of lifelong learning signify a postmodern condition of education. In particular, we suggest that lifelong learning contributes to performativity and a loss of mastery, while at the same time opening up different possibilities for adult learners. This […]
“Abstract. The availability of the emote
modality, combined with social responses to object
and room-persistence in MUDs, creates a more
structured and flexible communication environment
than is found in other single modality
chat programs. […]
E-Learning Frameworks and Tools: Is it too late? - The Director’s Cut
Published December 17th, 2004 0 Comments…”I consider what is likely to happen when the JISC’s vision as promulgated in the various documents and calls supporting both the JISC E-Learning Programme and the JISC Information Environment meets the reality of e-learning infrastructures as already being built at the coalface. I suggest that because key decisions and investments are already being (or […]
An Interesting eCourse on online interaction. . .covers blogs, fan fiction, moos and muds, and more.
Building A Next-Generation Infrastructure for Agent-based Distance Learning (PDF ZIP)
Published December 15th, 2004 0 CommentsThe emergence of the Internet has radically changed the way in which we learn, teach and train. This paper proposes an integrated and extensible architecture for agent-based distance learning. The architecture provides component-based extensibility, allowing emerging technologies to be plugged-in, so that they can produce synergy. It provides HTTP and IIOP connections for maintaining and […]
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