Archive for the ‘Adpative Systems’ Category

Development and Effectiveness Analysis of a Personalized Ubiquitous Multi-Device Certification Tutoring System Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

In recent years, with the gradual increase in the importance of professional certificates, improvement in certification tutoring systems has become more important. In this study, we have developed a personalized ubiquitous multi-device certification tutoring system (PUMDCTS) based on “Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives,” and applied it to help students obtain HTML certificates. The system can […]

A Framework for Adaptive Learning Design in a Web-Conferencing Environment

Many recent technologies provide the ability to dynamically adjust the interface depending on the emerging cognitive and collaborative needs of the learning episode. This means that educators can adaptively re-design the learning environment during the lesson, rather than purely relying on pre-emptive learning design thinking. Based on a three-semester design-based research study this paper explores […]

Download Publication: Expanding Student Success: A Primer on Competency-Based Education from Kindergarten through Higher Education

The education system of the United States is not adequately preparing a large proportion of its students for college, career-training and, ultimately, jobs that provide enough income to support a middle class standard of living. Only about one-third of students are proficient on national math and reading tests. Each year, more than 1 million students drop […]

Intel on Adaptive Learning

Adaptive learning is hot. The technology, loosely defined as data-driven tools that can help professors mold coursework around individual students’ abilities, is developing at a dizzying pace. And colleges have been hard-pressed to keep up with the mishmash of adaptive offerings from emerging firms. Inside Higher Ed Full Article

New Test for Computers: Grading Essays at College Level

Imagine taking a college exam, and, instead of handing in a blue book and getting a grade from a professor a few weeks later, clicking the “send” button when you are done and receiving a grade back instantly, your essay scored by a software program. The New York Times Full Article

Augmented Reality: mLearn

What if, you are reading about any topic and simultaneously you can see and visualize what you are reading.SOURCE: Ideas ProjectRead the Full Article

Monitoring the PACE of Student Learning: Analytics at Rio Salado College

At Rio Salado College, where all 41,000-plus students attend classes online, instructional priorities include a strong emphasis on personalization–helping nontraditional students reach their educational goals through programs and services tailored to individual needs. SOURCE: Campus TechnologyRead the Full Article

eSN Special Report: Smarter Education

Predictive analytics can help schools quickly identify at-risk students—so they can intervene before it’s too lateSOURCE: eSchool News Read the Full Article

Popular Pearson Courseware Revamps by Offering ‘Adaptive Learning’

MyLabs and Mastering, tutoring software packages from Pearson Education that are used in hundreds of college courses, are getting a new engine to improve their abilities to make learning personal.SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher EducationRead the Full Article

Student Modelling in Adaptive E-Learning Systems

Abstract Most e-Learning systems provide web-based learning so that students can access the same online courses via the Internet without adaptation, based on each student’s profile and behavior. In an e-Learning system, one size does not fit all. Therefore, it is a challenge to make e-Learning systems that are suitably “adaptive”. The aim of adaptive […]