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Intelligent agents for a lifelong learning environment in information technologies

2002; Inderscience Publishers; Volume: 12; Issue: 1/2/3/4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1504/ijceell.2002.000428

1741-5055

Gerardo Ayala,

E-Learning and Knowledge Management

This paper presents the design issues of CASSIEL, a lifelong learning environment developed at the Universidad de Las Americas-Puebla. CASSIEL (Computer Assisted Intelligent Environment for Learning) is a prototype that provides a lifelong learning environment that keeps the awareness in universities about the real needs and developments of software industries and in IT industries, about the latest advancements in computer science. CASSIEL represents the paradigm of a CSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning) environment based on AI (Artificial Intelligence) techniques applied to the development of software agents that promote and support lifelong learning. CASSIEL has been designed as an agent-based environment where software agents have been modelled in order to support the development of the lifelong learning skills of its members and the social construction of knowledge in their community, maintaining awareness of relevant issues of IT (Information Technology) and communication and cooperation among the participants.