title: Computer support for collaboration in medical education.
abstract: This paper introduces I-Help, an intelligent learning environment to facilitate peer help exchanges and collaborative learning in university education. I-Help's private and public discussion areas are presented, and the agent-based pairing of suitable partners, based on student models, is illustrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bull
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000639:trends; D010379:Peer Group; D012984:Software