Computer-supported project pedagogy in a distributed collaborative learning environment

According to situated and social cognition par:digm, learning is known as a transformational process of knowledge building. Knowledge is socially constructed through actions and interactions between the learners, In a context of distance learning, Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) is used to support this social construction of knowledge. Our work takes place in this context. We present in this paper the setting up of a CSCL environment based-on project activities. The use of project pedagogy involves cooperation between the learners and creates interesting situations of learning. We explain the benefits of using such a method in a context of distance. Then, we describe the human organization and the computer tools supporting such projects. Providing tools to enable the learners cooperation, we propose, in addition to these tools, a multi-agent architecture to assist this learners' cooperation.