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CollabTech 2014: Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing pp 153–159Cite as

TUtor Collaborator Using Multi-Agent System

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A common problem in Virtual Learning Environments is the difficult task to monitor students activities and the lack of feedback from the tutor. Use of new technologies to perform the tracking of students in virtual environments can bring great results, facilitating the work students and teachers This paper presents TUCUMÃ, an 3D Intelligent Virtual Agent integrated into an Environment Virtual Learning Moodle. It works as a distance learning course tutor, monitoring students activities, removing doubts of the students through dialog. The avatar is composed of MultiAgent System responsible for producing gestures and monitoring students activities.

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  1. Post-Graduate Program in Computer Science (PPGI), Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, AM, Brazil

    Márcio Alencar & José Francisco Netto

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  1. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai,, 923-1211, Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan

    Takaya Yuizono

  2. Diagonal Paraquay 257, 8330015, Santiago, Chile

    Gustavo Zurita

  3. Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Chile, Blanco Encalada 2120, Santiago, Chile

    Nelson Baloian

  4. Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba, Japan

    Tomoo Inoue

  5. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hiroaki Ogata

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Alencar, M., Netto, J.F. (2014). TUtor Collaborator Using Multi-Agent System. In: Yuizono, T., Zurita, G., Baloian, N., Inoue, T., Ogata, H. (eds) Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing. CollabTech 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 460. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44651-5_14

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