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Entercation: engaging viewers in education through TV

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Marta Rey-Lopez,

Rebeca P. Diaz-Redondo,

Ana Fernandez-Vilas, and

Jose J. Pazos-AriasAuthors Info & Claims

Computers in Entertainment (CIE), Volume 5, Issue 2

Article No.: 7, Page 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/1279540.1279547

Published: 01 April 2007 Publication History

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IDTV (interactive digital TV) opens new learning opportunities where new forms of education are needed. In order to gain the participation of viewers, and overcome their typical passivity, it is essential to combine education and entertainment. In this article we present a new concept in t-learning, called entercation experiences, where we use TV programs as a hook to engage users in education. The key element in this approach is an ontology for learning content based on the ADL SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) standard. We have developed this ontology so that we can choose the appropriate elements to construct entercation experiences, and thus provide learning personalization.

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Reviewer: Amos O Olagunju

Interactive digital television (IDTV) provides new opportunities for enhancing education via entertainment. Children use the Internet to watch and partake in educational and social television programs in different ways [1]. Hence, the design of effective educational television programs raises significant questions. How should learning objects and educationally entertaining IDTV programs be devised, categorized, and aligned__?__ How should individual behaviors, prior learning experiences, and entertainment inclinations influence the design and delivery of effective, pleasurable IDTV learning programs for diverse learners__?__ Rey-Lopez et al. advocate the use of cleverly designed IDTV programs as a gateway to gaining knowledge of educational materials. The authors propose an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) that creates educationally entertaining experiences (EEE) to harmonize subject matter instruction via IDTV. The ITS uses stored information on the educational level, preferences, TV viewing, and learning distinctiveness of users to select learning content, and to personalize learning experiences. To create EEE, the ITS builds semantic relationships among domains of learning concepts, stores information associated with IDTV programs, and selects suitable learning objects from a repository of IDTV programs. The integrated IDTV-ITS operates by filtering relevant learning content, using profiles of users to select appropriate learning objects for TV programs, showing the learning content, receiving feedback, and updating user and viewing profiles. Standardized hardware and software technology is vital for promoting reusable IDTV learning content. The authors propose a standard for amassing, chaining, and navigating educational content, and to foster interoperability among shared learning content objects, as well as a learning management system. The authors creatively use examples from an Italian language course to illuminate the EEE construction process and the acclimatization of educational learning content for IDTV. This article offers significant insight into issues associated with the design and implementation of IDTV-based systems for individualized learning. Perhaps ingenious EEE via an intelligent IDTV can be created to attract more young students to the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Online Computing Reviews Service

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