Collaborative Task and Communication Protocol Among Pedagogical Agents in Teaching Task

In recent years, there are many educational systems which incorporate the agents such as pedagogical agents and peer agents, as a means to realize the teaching, coaching and supporting function in developing the learning environment. It is conceivable that several agents to support learners are included in the learning environment. So, each agent needs to use communication performative and protocol for interaction with other agents. The aim of this study is to design and develop a framework of interaction in the learning environment that several pedagogical agents are included. In this paper, we analyze and classify the collaborative tasks among the pedagogical agents in the teaching process. Moreover, we examine and propose communication performatives and protocols for interaction required in their tasks. KEYWORDS Pedagogical Agent, Collaboration Tasks, Teaching Task, Agent to Agent Interaction, Communication Performatives and Protocols, Multi-Agent

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: IADIS
• Authors: Ryo Takaoka, Toshio Okamoto
• Keywords: Communication Performatives, IADIS 2004, IADIS 2008, Learning Environment, Pedagogical Agent