Agent-based Modeling and Simulation of Digital Learning Environment

In this paper, we propose a novel multiscale approach to modeling the Digital Learning Environment (DLE) by the introduction of a design pattern, which links students, educational organizations, resources, teachers, targeted skills, audience characteristics, constraints, and existing environment. For this purpose, we have to define an organizational structure and adopt management strategies to improve the performance of DLE. This organizational structure is an important element that has to be taken into account to simulate a digital learning environment. To facilitate the design of these simulations, we propose an agent-based methodological framework for this complex system.