Is a Learning Theory Harmonious with Others? To form E ective Collaborative Learning Groups with Ontological Engineering

Our research objectives include constructing a collaborative learning support system that detects appropriate situation for a learner to join in a collaborative learning session, and forms a collaborative learning group appropriate for the situation dynamically. In this paper, we describe the outline of a system of concepts concerning learning goals expected to attain by learners through collaborative learning process with justi cation by the learning theories. We propose possibility that theory-based learning groups can be combined into one in order to help a learner attain his/her learning goals and showed an example of e ective learning group formation which is formed by combining multiple theory-based learning groups. With the ontology, it will be possible to compare and synthesize the learning theories to design the collaborative learning settings.