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Luciana A M Zaina
Adaptive learning in the educational e-LORS Adaptive learning in the educational e-LORS system: an approach based on preference system: an approach based on preference categories categories
Available in:1)Complete work: http://www.icmc.usp.br/~junio/PublishedPapers/IJLT060402%20ZAINA.pdf (in English) http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/RBIE.2012.20.1.04 (in Portuguese)
2)Partial contribution: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1878450.1878488 (in English)
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IntroductionIntroduction The recommendation process occurs through the
investigation of the user’s preferences: Based on information obtained from the student explicit and
implicit learning practices
The dynamic linkage between contents and student learning profiles may enhance the adequacy of the learning objects that will be offered to the students
The observation of learning styles provides users with different teaching strategies, meeting the student’s individual needs: learning style should be observed through different dimensions
achieving diverse aspects of her/his preferences.
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Paper ObjectivePaper Objective An approach to design the student interaction based on
the dynamic recommendation of e-learning objects. The recommendation is based on:
the theme of learning the student learning profile: are described by a set of
preference categories that describe the student learning preferences.
A relationship between the learning profiles and the learning objects is drawn upon the linkage of the preference categories to the metadata fields of the learning objects.
The approach was validated in a regular college course on Computer Engineering Data Structures.
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Related ConceptsRelated Concepts
Important issues to support the approach: Recommendation strategies Learning profiles Learning objects
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Recommendation StrategiesRecommendation Strategies In general, the recommendation process is accomplished
by the following recommendation approaches: collaborative filtering: provides personal recommendation
on a group-based fashion, adjusting to sets of people with similar preferences and interests.
content-based filtering: concerns the content rather than the users. To do so, it learns about the most relevant contents based on the features derived from the objects that the user has accessed.
rule-based filtering: concerns in the definition of rules to control the adaptation process.
hybrid filtering: combinations of other techniques.
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Learning ProfileLearning Profile The learning style involves the strategies that a student tends to
apply frequently to a given teaching situation. The Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model is describe by
dimensions of Learning and Teaching Styles, creating a relationship to learning styles and teaching strategies that could be adopted to support the student learning style.
The Felder-Silverman model was selected to this work, because it's close relationship to learning styles and teaching strategies, resulting in an adherence between these aspects.
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Dimensions of Felder-Silverman Dimensions of Felder-Silverman Learning Style ModelLearning Style Model
Learning Style Teaching Strategies
Features
sensory concrete It is related with the perception of content.intuitive abstract
visual visual It is related with the format of content presentation.auditory verbal
active active It is related with the student participation in the activities.reflective passive
sequential sequential It is related with the best order to present the content: step-by-step progression or a overview first of content.
global global
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Learning ObjectLearning Object It can be defined as an entity to be applied in a teaching-
learning process. e-learning: the aim is to create contents in digital formats.
Metadata usually is adopted to organize learning objects, improving their reuse.
The LOM (Learning Object Metadata) standard of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – IEEE is the metadata specification used in the area of learning objects. It has a structure that describes learning objects through
descriptor categories.
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LOM CategoriesLOM CategoriesLOM Category LOM Field Characterization
General Identifier, Type, Title, Language, Description and Keywords.
General description.
Technical Media Format (video type, sound), Size, Physical location, Requirements (object use: software version, for example).
Technical features description.
Educational Interactive type (active, expositive) Educational function
and pedagogicalcharacteristics object description.
Learning Resource Type (exercise, simulation, questionnaire)
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e-LORS Featurese-LORS Features
e-Learning Object Recommendation. The student learning profile is:
a part of student model and splits the student learning profile into three categories, based on Felder and Silverman dimensions: Perception, Participation e Presentation Format
we called Preference Categories: its goal is to detect clusters of preferences that reflect different data perspectives caught during the tracking of learning styles.
The main goal is to recommend learning objects according to student preferences.
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e-LORS Overviewe-LORS Overview
retrieve LO references (theme)
check the learning profile
LOMRepository
e-LORS
Concept-based
filtering
Learning profile-based
filtering
references of retrieved LOs
request LO references (theme)
recommended LOs references
Categories of Preferences
Perception
Presentation Format
Student Participation
A
B
C
E
D
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Step A – Request Step A – Request
e-LORS starts the recommendation process by receiving the theme parameter.
This parameter describes the topic of interest according to the metadata defined by the LOM standard.
The theme is used to determine which LOs are to be considered for matching the learners’ profiles.
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Step B and C – Step B and C – Concept-based Concept-based filtering filtering
Concept-based filtering searching the LO references in the LOM-based repository.
The system seeks for learning objects that match the theme parameter according to the fields of title, description and keywords, which belong to the LOM’s General Category.
Step C presents the references of retrieved LO.
LOM Category LOM Field Characterization
GeneralIdentifier, Type, TitleTitle, Language, Description Description and KeywordsKeywords.
General description.
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Step D and E– Step D and E– Learning profile-based Learning profile-based filtering (1)filtering (1)
Consider the first outcome of references achieved in the previous step.
The student Preference Categories reported in the learning profiles are compared to the Interactive and Learning Resources found in the Educational LOM standard category
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Step D and E– Step D and E– Learning profile-based Learning profile-based filtering (2)filtering (2)
LOM – Educational Field
Educational Field Values
Teaching- Learning
correspondence
Preference Category
InteractivityActive Concrete-Sensing
PerceptionPerceptionExpositive Abstract-Intuitive
Learning ResourceType
Figure, Video, Film, and others
Visual-VisualPresentation-Presentation-
FormatFormatText, Sound, and others
Verbal-Auditory
Practical Exercise, Experiment, and
othersActive-Active
Student Student ParticipationParticipation
Questionnaire and Readings
Passive-Reflective
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e-LORS Validation (1)e-LORS Validation (1)
Regular college course on Computer Engineering Data Structures with 50 students.
To identify the students’ profiles (Preference Categories) we applied the questionnaire of Soloman e Felder.
Steps of Validation:1. we have cataloguedcatalogued several learning objects learning objects for the topics on
Data Structures, what allowed us to attend different learning styles during the experience.
2. e-LORS in Action – concept and learning profile-based filtering process.
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e-LORS Validation (2)e-LORS Validation (2)
Result: system e-LORS returns the list of recommended learning objects and the process is concretized with the building of the student workplace with the recommended objects.
User Satisfaction Evaluation: the evaluation of the students’ perception of the system indicated the student satisfaction with the recommended learning
objects. the students reported that the workplaces achieved with the use of
e-LORS were, in fact, more adequate than what would be achieved with casual browsing.
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Conclusions and future works Conclusions and future works The development of flexible educational environments
that are adaptable has become an important requisite within the teaching-learning process.
The association between learning profiles and learning objects metadata grants dynamism in the content retrieval process.
Future directions: One important subject for future work is to extend
the proposal to considering to the retrieval mechanism the features of mobile learning as differences between devices.
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