Collaborative Working e-Learning Environments Supported by Rule-Based e-Tutor

Authors

  • Salaheddin Odeh Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Quds University,
  • Eiman Ketaneh Electronic and Computer Engineering Master Program, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Q

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v3i4.452

Keywords:

Collaborative working environment, human tutor, rule-based e-tutor, multi-user environments, socio-technical system, human-computer interaction, .NET.

Abstract


Collaborative working environments for distance education sets a goal of convenience and an adaptation into our technologically advanced societies. To achieve this revolutionary new way of learning, environments must allow the different participants to communicate and coordinate with each other in a productive manner. Productivity and efficiency is obtained through synchronized communication between the different coordinating partners, which means that multiple users can execute an experiment simultaneously. Within this process, coordination can be accomplished by voice communication and chat tools. In recent times, multi-user environments have been successfully applied in many applications such as air traffic control systems, team-oriented military systems, chat text tools, and multi-player games. Thus, understanding the ideas and the techniques behind these systems can be of great significance regarding the contribution of newer ideas to collaborative working e-learning environments. However, many problems still exist in distance learning and tele-education, such as not finding the proper assistance while performing the remote experiment. Therefore, the students become overwhelmed and the experiment will fail. In this paper, we are going to discuss a solution that enables students to obtain an automated help by either a human tutor or a rule-based e-tutor (embedded rule-based system) for the purpose of student support in complex remote experimentative environments. The technical implementation of the system can be realized by using the powerful Microsoft .NET, which offers a complete integrated developmental environment (IDE) with a wide collection of products and technologies. Once the system is developed, groups of students are independently able to coordinate and to execute the experiment at any time and from any place, organizing the work between them positively.

Author Biographies

Salaheddin Odeh, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Quds University,

Salaheddin Odeh received his masters degree in electrical engineering, specialization area computer and control engineering, from the University of Stuttgart and the PhD degree from the University of Kassel; both universities are in Germany. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and coordinator of the masters program of the Faculty of Engineering at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. His interests include software engineering, control engineering, robotics, advanced programming, operating systems, human-computer interaction, and multimedia. In 1999, for his doctoral thesis, he was the recipient of the first prize of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) in the state Hessen in Germany for the best technical-scientific research.

Eiman Ketaneh, Electronic and Computer Engineering Master Program, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Q

Eiman Ketaneh received her B.A. degree in electrical engineering department of communication, from the University of Omer-Almoktar/Libya. She is currently a Master student at the Faculty of Engineering, Al-Quds University, Palestine.

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Published

2007-11-13

How to Cite

Odeh, S., & Ketaneh, E. (2007). Collaborative Working e-Learning Environments Supported by Rule-Based e-Tutor. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 3(4). https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v3i4.452

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 4 (2007)

Section

Special Focus Papers

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