This paper presents a European Community supported project which investigated whether the use of ... more This paper presents a European Community supported project which investigated whether the use of electronic and mobile technologies in the hands of young learners might engage them in learning activities and start to change their attitudes towards learning. The mLearning system was implemented in a Europe‐wide network of 14 schools with over 500 students and 46 teachers participating in the
... 20Perspectives%20of%20Mobile %20Learning/view [14] A. Wasilewska and JL Wong (2009), Seminar... more ... 20Perspectives%20of%20Mobile %20Learning/view [14] A. Wasilewska and JL Wong (2009), Seminar on mobile computing for informal economies, http ... I. Marsic (2008), Launching an E-Learning System in a School-Cross European e-/m-Learning System UNITE ...
This paper presents a framework that can be used in classroom in order to improve current teachin... more This paper presents a framework that can be used in classroom in order to improve current teaching methods and motivate students by adopting a more interactive approach in teaching and learning process. Proposed framework provides a combination of simulated environment and real physical robot, both often used in classroom but rarely at the same time. An overview of the architecture of proposed framework is given. To test the effectiveness of the proposed framework, experimental study was conducted by using the framework in a single college course during one semester. Additionally, obtained observations and conclusions along with potential future work are discussed as well.
Web portals are a special breed of web sites, providing a large and diverse user population with ... more Web portals are a special breed of web sites, providing a large and diverse user population with a blend of information, services and facilities. Whether they reach their aim of facilitating users' access to diverse resources and to which extent, remains an open question. In the paper this issue is addressed with usability inspection of horizontal information (news) portals. The reported experiment was targeted to establish whether expert reviews can be performed with a reasonable level of performance by non-usability experts with some training. An empirical study of four web portals was used to support the statement, and the results appear to support this claim. Although the findings from a single experience cannot be generalized, we believe that the results of this study could contribute to improve the general understanding of the field. However, in order to draw general sound conclusions and to examine the robustness and validity of the findings, more studies should be conduc...
This study brings an evidence-based review of user individual characteristics employed as sources... more This study brings an evidence-based review of user individual characteristics employed as sources of adaptation in recent adaptive learning systems. Twenty-two user individual charac-teristics were explored in a systematically designed search procedure, while 17 of them were identified as sources of adaptation in final selection. The content analysis of 98 selected pub-lications that include evidence of adaptation efficiency is conducted. The quantitative repre-sentation of the findings shows current trends in the research of individual differences, as well as the tendencies of their further employment in student modeling. The paper contributes to the body of knowledge on user individual differences and consequently to the research and development of adaptive learning systems. Additional contribution of the study is in- depth description of development and evaluation of the search strategy which makes the method easily replicable as well as suitable for modification and employment i...
Understanding learners and acknowledging diversities in their learning behavior is the key to des... more Understanding learners and acknowledging diversities in their learning behavior is the key to design effective e-learning systems. This paper presents an innovative solution focused on adaptation to learning styles in the context of the learning management system Moodle. A new activity module named AdaptiveLesson has been developed as an extension of the Lesson module. It simplifies the interface for teachers who are creating lesson content while on the other hand provides students with individually adapted on-line courses in respect to their learning styles. Modifications in adaptive lessons with respect to regular lesson are described and the mechanism for adaptation to learning styles is presented. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed solution, a pilot evaluation of an on-line course developed by the AdaptiveLesson module has been conducted. The experiment is based on the comparison of an adaptive and an equivalent regular course. Results are discussed and guide...
Research in education confirms that adaptation to learning styles brings many benefits to student... more Research in education confirms that adaptation to learning styles brings many benefits to students’ learning activities. The ease of use of adaptive learning systems is increased, student enjoy more comfortable learning experience and achieve higher learning performance. The paper presents an adaptive on-line course on Moodle learning management system. The course is consisted of lessons, a series of HTML pages, while each lesson is developed by a new Moodle module called AdaptiveLesson. The module is built as an extension of the Lesson module, so it upgrades the Lesson module functionality with new adaptivity features. With respect to Felder-Silverman learning style model (FSLSM) adaptivity mechanisms implement several techniques to provide content adaptation and adaptive navigation support. In order to evaluate the AdaptiveLesson module, an evaluation approach with complementing usability techniques was proposed. The methodology brings together end-user testing and expert inspecti...
This work examines the influence of the different working environments during the execution of a ... more This work examines the influence of the different working environments during the execution of a creativity process. The selection factor used for the decision is each user’s learning style. For the examination of how this is perceived by the users and to test how this influences the creativity process within a Creativity Support Tool a prototype has been developed. The
This paper presents a European Community supported project which investigated whether the use of ... more This paper presents a European Community supported project which investigated whether the use of electronic and mobile technologies in the hands of young learners might engage them in learning activities and start to change their attitudes towards learning. The mLearning system was implemented in a Europe‐wide network of 14 schools with over 500 students and 46 teachers participating in the
... 20Perspectives%20of%20Mobile %20Learning/view [14] A. Wasilewska and JL Wong (2009), Seminar... more ... 20Perspectives%20of%20Mobile %20Learning/view [14] A. Wasilewska and JL Wong (2009), Seminar on mobile computing for informal economies, http ... I. Marsic (2008), Launching an E-Learning System in a School-Cross European e-/m-Learning System UNITE ...
This paper presents a framework that can be used in classroom in order to improve current teachin... more This paper presents a framework that can be used in classroom in order to improve current teaching methods and motivate students by adopting a more interactive approach in teaching and learning process. Proposed framework provides a combination of simulated environment and real physical robot, both often used in classroom but rarely at the same time. An overview of the architecture of proposed framework is given. To test the effectiveness of the proposed framework, experimental study was conducted by using the framework in a single college course during one semester. Additionally, obtained observations and conclusions along with potential future work are discussed as well.
Web portals are a special breed of web sites, providing a large and diverse user population with ... more Web portals are a special breed of web sites, providing a large and diverse user population with a blend of information, services and facilities. Whether they reach their aim of facilitating users' access to diverse resources and to which extent, remains an open question. In the paper this issue is addressed with usability inspection of horizontal information (news) portals. The reported experiment was targeted to establish whether expert reviews can be performed with a reasonable level of performance by non-usability experts with some training. An empirical study of four web portals was used to support the statement, and the results appear to support this claim. Although the findings from a single experience cannot be generalized, we believe that the results of this study could contribute to improve the general understanding of the field. However, in order to draw general sound conclusions and to examine the robustness and validity of the findings, more studies should be conduc...
This study brings an evidence-based review of user individual characteristics employed as sources... more This study brings an evidence-based review of user individual characteristics employed as sources of adaptation in recent adaptive learning systems. Twenty-two user individual charac-teristics were explored in a systematically designed search procedure, while 17 of them were identified as sources of adaptation in final selection. The content analysis of 98 selected pub-lications that include evidence of adaptation efficiency is conducted. The quantitative repre-sentation of the findings shows current trends in the research of individual differences, as well as the tendencies of their further employment in student modeling. The paper contributes to the body of knowledge on user individual differences and consequently to the research and development of adaptive learning systems. Additional contribution of the study is in- depth description of development and evaluation of the search strategy which makes the method easily replicable as well as suitable for modification and employment i...
Understanding learners and acknowledging diversities in their learning behavior is the key to des... more Understanding learners and acknowledging diversities in their learning behavior is the key to design effective e-learning systems. This paper presents an innovative solution focused on adaptation to learning styles in the context of the learning management system Moodle. A new activity module named AdaptiveLesson has been developed as an extension of the Lesson module. It simplifies the interface for teachers who are creating lesson content while on the other hand provides students with individually adapted on-line courses in respect to their learning styles. Modifications in adaptive lessons with respect to regular lesson are described and the mechanism for adaptation to learning styles is presented. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed solution, a pilot evaluation of an on-line course developed by the AdaptiveLesson module has been conducted. The experiment is based on the comparison of an adaptive and an equivalent regular course. Results are discussed and guide...
Research in education confirms that adaptation to learning styles brings many benefits to student... more Research in education confirms that adaptation to learning styles brings many benefits to students’ learning activities. The ease of use of adaptive learning systems is increased, student enjoy more comfortable learning experience and achieve higher learning performance. The paper presents an adaptive on-line course on Moodle learning management system. The course is consisted of lessons, a series of HTML pages, while each lesson is developed by a new Moodle module called AdaptiveLesson. The module is built as an extension of the Lesson module, so it upgrades the Lesson module functionality with new adaptivity features. With respect to Felder-Silverman learning style model (FSLSM) adaptivity mechanisms implement several techniques to provide content adaptation and adaptive navigation support. In order to evaluate the AdaptiveLesson module, an evaluation approach with complementing usability techniques was proposed. The methodology brings together end-user testing and expert inspecti...
This work examines the influence of the different working environments during the execution of a ... more This work examines the influence of the different working environments during the execution of a creativity process. The selection factor used for the decision is each user’s learning style. For the examination of how this is perceived by the users and to test how this influences the creativity process within a Creativity Support Tool a prototype has been developed. The
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