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The evolution of intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) toward the use of multiple learning strategies calls on a multi-agent architecture. We designed an ITS where several agents assume different pedagogical roles; consequently, we called them actors. We first describe the conceptual architecture of an actor which allows it to be reactive, instructable, adaptive and cognitive. We then provide a detailed view of this architecture and show how it functions with an example involving the different actors of a new learning strategy, the learning by disturbing strategy.
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Frasson, C., Mengelle, T., Aïmeur, E., Gouardères, G. (1996). An actor-based architecture for intelligent tutoring systems. In: Frasson, C., Gauthier, G., Lesgold, A. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1086. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61327-7_101
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