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An Adaptive and Proactive Interface Agent for Interactivity and Decision-Making Improvement in a Collaborative Virtual Learning Environment

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Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2020)

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According to a report published by the Brazilian Association of Maintainers of Higher Education, the number of places offered in distance learning courses (aka distance education) in 2018 exceeded the places offered in classroom courses. At the same year, there was an increase of 20.6% in enrollments in distance education, with a forecast that exceeds classroom attendance by 2023. The same report showed concerns about the high dropout rates and low graduation rates in distance learning. The research indicates that the possible reasons for this are the students' feelings of loneliness, isolation, and demotivation. This paper presents an Interface Agent in the context of collaborative agents which main responsibility is to make the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) more interactive, proactive, and able to adapt to the student's profile. This research is expected to contribute for making VLE more attractive, improve the teaching process, motivate students and, consequently, reduce dropout rates.

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    Aluizio Haendchen Filho, Karize Viecelli, Jeferson Thalheimer & Anita Maria da Rocha Fernandes

  2. Catholic University of Brasilia (UCB),, QS 07, Lote 01, EPCT, Taguatinga, Brasília, DF, 71966-700, Brazil

    Hercules Antonio do Prado & Edilson Ferneda

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Filho, A.H., Viecelli, K., do Prado, H.A., Ferneda, E., Thalheimer, J., da Rocha Fernandes, A.M. (2021). An Adaptive and Proactive Interface Agent for Interactivity and Decision-Making Improvement in a Collaborative Virtual Learning Environment. In: Filipe, J., Śmiałek, M., Brodsky, A., Hammoudi, S. (eds) Enterprise Information Systems. ICEIS 2020. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 417. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75418-1_28

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