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AtGentive IST-4-027529-STP - Attentive Agents for Collaborative Learners1.4 Introduction to Platforms1.4.1 AtGentSchoolAtGentSchool is an e-learning system that allows students to work on assignments incollaboration with experts outside the school. The system revolves around the “Projectscreen” (see Figure 3). The project was designed in collaboration with the Czechteachers, especially for the AtGentSchool pilot. The student’s overall assignment is tocompare two countries – New Zealand to Czech Republic – before deciding in whichcountry they would prefer to live. In order to achieve this, the students have eightpossible learning activities (tasks), which they work on in order – in collaboration with theexpert – to acquire the knowledge necessary to make their final decision.The students have a significant degree of control in their selection of learning goals andlearning activities. Previous tests of the Ontdeknet software have shown that studentswith good regulation skills learn successfully with experts in this environment. However,many students will benefit from extra support in their collaboration with the expert. Theproject screen provides a script to support this collaboration.Figure 3 - Screenshot of AtGentSchool home page, showing the animated agentThe project-screen displays all learning activities a student needs to perform tosuccessfully finish the main assignment by collaboration with the expert.The project screen describes the stages as follows (see deliverable D3.2 – “ThePrototype” for further details):Main assignment“Would you like to live in another country then Czech Republic? That is a difficultquestion! In this project you will learn about another country. An expert from that countryDel <strong>4.4</strong>: AtGentive Final Evaluation Report page 4
AtGentive IST-4-027529-STP - Attentive Agents for Collaborative Learnerswill tell you everything about his country. Then you can decide if you want to live inCzech Republic or in his country!”1. Introduce“Introduce yourself to the expert.Tell where you live, your age and your hobbies.”2. Learning goal“Explain your expert what his is going to help you with.Tell him that you have to decide which country you would like to live in.”3. Mind Map“What do you need to know about the other country to decide if you like to live there?Write the topics you need to learn more about in the mind map. Select the four topicsthat you find most important.”4. Discover“Write everything you discovered about the country of the expert in a paper.Make a chapter of every topic you selected:• Read the dairy of the experts to learn more about the topic• Pose questions to the expert• Write a summary in your chapter”5. The decision“Now you need to decide where you want to livePlease answer the questions about the country of the expert and make your choice:Czech Republic or the country of the expert!”1.4.2 AtGentNetAtGentNet is a platform aimed at supporting the online interaction of groups of peopleengaged in an offline training programme in which they can only meet physically duringshort periods of time (a few days every several weeks). In particular, AtGentNet aims tohelp this group stay “in touch” while they are physically dispersed, and to contribute tohelping them know more about each other, stimulate their interaction and knowledgeexchange about the programme, and keep them motivated (see deliverable D3.2 – “ThePrototype” for further details).Figure 4 shows a typical home page, comprising a number of “portlets”. Many of thesewindow-style screen areas may be relocated within the main window as the user prefers.The portlets are listed below. (These portlets are described in more detail in Section2.2.4.)Note that most agent “interventions” are shown via a portlet, not using the embodiedagent. (These agent-related aspects of the platform – only available to users in theExperimental group – are annotated in the following list with a *).• Chat – permanently-visible text discussion area for all usersDel <strong>4.4</strong>: AtGentive Final Evaluation Report page 5
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