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KnowledgeTree: a distributed architecture for adaptive e-learning

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WWW Alt. '04: Proceedings of the 13th international World Wide Web conference on Alternate track papers & posters

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1013367.1013386

Published: 19 May 2004 Publication History

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This paper presents KnowledgeTree, an architecture for adaptive E-Learning based on distributed reusable intelligent learning activities. The goal of KnowledgeTree is to bridge the gap between the currently popular approach to Web-based education, which is centered on learning management systems vs. the powerful but underused technologies in intelligent tutoring and adaptive hypermedia. This integrative architecture attempts to address both the component-based assembly of adaptive systems and teacher-level reusability.

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KnowledgeTree: a distributed architecture for adaptive e-learning
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. Distance learning
    2. E-learning
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications

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