Peer Conversations for e-Learning in the Grid

Abstract

We take the view of ‘learning as a conversational process’, and argue that this can be extended to include the notions of peer-group interactions among students, tutors, and even artificial agents. This in turn lends itself to an approach to distributed conversation which builds upon modern Instant Messaging tools, and extends such tools to include what we call enhanced presence: a way of monitoring the availability of (and interacting with) fellow students and tutors at a distance. We describe a scenario being developed in the recently-started European Learning Grid Infrastructure ‘ELeGI’ project, deploying our own BuddySpace tools, and describe the novel contributions that this approach can bring to e-learning.

Contributors

Marc Eisenstadt

Jiří Komzák

Stefano A. Cerri

Conference

Publication date: March 2005

Publication date (Print): March 2005

Pages: 1-8

Affiliations

Knowledge Media Institute,

The Open University,

Milton Keynes

MK7 6AA, UK

LIRMM,

CNRS & Université Montpellier II,

161, Rue Ada 34392 Montpellier Cedex 5,

France

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EL2005.6

Copyright statement: © Marc Eisenstadt et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. 1st International ELeGI Conference on Advanced Technology for Enhanced Learning, Vico Equense (Naples), Italy

License:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Conference name: 1st International ELeGI Conference on Advanced Technology for Enhanced Learning

Conference acronym: EL

Conference number: 1

Conference location: Vico Equense (Naples), Italy

Conference date: 15-16 March 2005

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Advanced Technology for Enhanced Learning

Product

Product Information: 1477-9358BCS Learning & Development

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Categories

Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing