Um ambiente para o agente pedagógico de aprendizagem colaborativa em harmonização ecológica - APACHE.

Abstract

This work describes the architecture of an environment for collaborative learning and the existing communication processes in the interactions between its agents. The approach implies the implementation of scenes, tasks and simulations for understanding the ecological preservation concepts. A pedagogical agent displays theoretical principles and follows the tasks development, collaborating with the apprentice in learning process. Beyond an artificial pedagogical agent, the apprentice can request aid to a human mediator and to apprentices colleagues. This proposal is based on Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development [VYG.78], where the child learns better when we offer him tasks that are above of his current development level, since that they are follow by a person capable to collaborate with them in the learning process, and guide them through the ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development). To implement the inherent concepts of collaboration surrounding this theory, it is essential to create an environment where apprentices and collaborators interaction is intense and efficient. In this context, Distributed Artificial Intelligence serves as a foundation for the environment agents conception and its communicative process.