Ebook: Knowledge-Based Virtual Education

Virtual learning plays an important role in providing academics, educators and students alike, with advanced learning experiences. At the forefront of these current technologies are knowledge-based systems that assess the environment in which such learning will occur and are adaptive by nature to the individual needs of the user. This monograph provides a wide range of innovative approaches of virtual education with a special emphasis on inter-disciplinary approaches. The book covers a multitude of important issues on the subject of "Innovations in Knowledge-Based Virtual Education ", aiming at researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government. The carefully selected contributions report on research, development and real-world experiences of virtual education such as intelligent virtual teaching, web-based adaptive learning systems, intelligent agents or using multiagent intelligence.

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Virtual learning plays an important role in providing academics, educators and students alike, with advanced learning experiences. At the forefront of these current technologies are knowledge-based systems that assess the environment in which such learning will occur and are adaptive by nature to the individual needs of the user. This monograph provides a wide range of innovative approaches of virtual education with a special emphasis on inter-disciplinary approaches. The book covers a multitude of important issues on the subject of "Innovations in Knowledge-Based Virtual Education ", aiming at researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government. The carefully selected contributions report on research, development and real-world experiences of virtual education such as intelligent virtual teaching, web-based adaptive learning systems, intelligent agents or using multiagent intelligence.

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Virtual learning plays an important role in providing academics, educators and students alike, with advanced learning experiences. At the forefront of these current technologies are knowledge-based systems that assess the environment in which such learning will occur and are adaptive by nature to the individual needs of the user. This monograph provides a wide range of innovative approaches of virtual education with a special emphasis on inter-disciplinary approaches. The book covers a multitude of important issues on the subject of "Innovations in Knowledge-Based Virtual Education ", aiming at researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government. The carefully selected contributions report on research, development and real-world experiences of virtual education such as intelligent virtual teaching, web-based adaptive learning systems, intelligent agents or using multiagent intelligence.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Just-in-Time Approach to Learning: Arguing the Case for Cost-Effective Knowledge Dissemination....Pages 1-22
P-Dinamet: A Web-Based Adaptive Learning System to Assist Learners and Teachers....Pages 23-48
Intelligent Agents that Learn to Deliver Online Materials to Students Better: Agent Design, Simulation and Assumptions....Pages 49-80
Intelligent Web-Based Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning....Pages 81-110
Using Multiagent Intelligence to Support Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning....Pages 111-140
Intelligent Agents to Improve Adaptivity in A Web-Based Learning Environment....Pages 141-170
Intelligent Virtual Teaching....Pages 171-202
Developing a User Centered Model for Creating a Virtual Learning Portfolio....Pages 203-232
A Didactics Aware Approach to Knowledge Transfer in Web-based Education....Pages 233-260
Back Matter....Pages -

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Virtual learning plays an important role in providing academics, educators and students alike, with advanced learning experiences. At the forefront of these current technologies are knowledge-based systems that assess the environment in which such learning will occur and are adaptive by nature to the individual needs of the user. This monograph provides a wide range of innovative approaches of virtual education with a special emphasis on inter-disciplinary approaches. The book covers a multitude of important issues on the subject of "Innovations in Knowledge-Based Virtual Education ", aiming at researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government. The carefully selected contributions report on research, development and real-world experiences of virtual education such as intelligent virtual teaching, web-based adaptive learning systems, intelligent agents or using multiagent intelligence.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Just-in-Time Approach to Learning: Arguing the Case for Cost-Effective Knowledge Dissemination....Pages 1-22
P-Dinamet: A Web-Based Adaptive Learning System to Assist Learners and Teachers....Pages 23-48
Intelligent Agents that Learn to Deliver Online Materials to Students Better: Agent Design, Simulation and Assumptions....Pages 49-80
Intelligent Web-Based Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning....Pages 81-110
Using Multiagent Intelligence to Support Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning....Pages 111-140
Intelligent Agents to Improve Adaptivity in A Web-Based Learning Environment....Pages 141-170
Intelligent Virtual Teaching....Pages 171-202
Developing a User Centered Model for Creating a Virtual Learning Portfolio....Pages 203-232
A Didactics Aware Approach to Knowledge Transfer in Web-based Education....Pages 233-260
Back Matter....Pages -
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