Yi-Chun Chang and Jian-Wei Li
A GABased Role Assignment Approach for Webbased Cooperative Learning Environments
1216 - 1219
2013
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International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/8656
https://publications.waset.org/vol/77
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Webbased cooperative learning focuses on (1) the interaction and the collaboration of community members, and (2) the sharing and the distribution of knowledge and expertise by network technology to enhance learning performance. Numerous research literatures related to webbased cooperative learning have demonstrated that cooperative scripts have a positive impact to specify, sequence, and assign cooperative learning activities. Besides, literatures have indicated that roleplay in webbased cooperative learning environments enhances two or more students to work together toward the completion of a common goal. Since students generally do not know each other and they lack the facetoface contact that is necessary for the negotiation of assigning group roles in webbased cooperative learning environments, this paper intends to further extend the application of genetic algorithm (GA) and propose a GAbased algorithm to tackle the problem of role assignment in webbased cooperative learning environments, which not only saves communication costs but also reduces conflict between group members in negotiating role assignments.
Open Science Index 77, 2013