scholarly journals The Customized xLearning Environment Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anabela Mesquita ◽  
Fernando Moreira ◽  
Paula Peres
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Environment Model ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The One

The evolution in Information Communication Technologies, the changes in the labour market requirements together with the needs and expectation of students who arrive in higher education institutions, are forcing education to adapt. Students do not learn all at the same pace nor have all the same learning style or habits. An ideal learning environment would consider these differences as well as students' background, needs and characteristics. It should take into consideration the latest developments in learning theories, communication, social networks and learning objects available in learning management systems. It should also bridge the gap between education and the labour market by connecting all the actors whether they are students, teachers, experts or potential employers. In this learning environment education is closer to the job market allowing all actors to play in this scenario. In this paper, we propose a model where all the learning and e-learning elements are present and where the student is the focus and the one who decides what should be included in this learning environment in order to create a Customized xLearning Environment.

Towards Best Practices in Web-Based Learning and Teaching

2016 ◽  
pp. 317-332
Author(s):  
Mercy A. Iroaganachi
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

The chapter explored best practices in web-based learning and teaching with a view to discover trends and provide valuable information for all in the e-learning environment. It affirms that paradigms in Web-based education have shifted from teacher-centered to learner-centered but basically it remains synchronous or asynchronous. This requires Learning Objects (LOs) to be pedagogically efficient, designed to standard (Multimodal) with designers bearing in mind the varied population and learning styles. LOs are to be personalized thereby creating adaptive content based on learner's abilities, learning style, level of knowledge and preferences. It is recommended that educators have requisite background knowledge and competencies in technology such as hardware, software, and course management systems etcetera. Instructors, designers and all interested persons should consult a checklist of best practices, for assessing learning object repositories. More so, there is need to incorporate hands-on component into the e-learning environment. The chapter provides Indicators for best practices.

Toward a Hybrid Recommender System for E-learning Personnalization Based on Data Mining Techniques

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Outmane Bourkoukou ◽  
Essaid El Bachari
Keyword(s):  
Learning Style ◽  
Recommender System ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Learning System ◽  
K Nearest Neighbors ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Hybrid Recommender System ◽  
Hybrid Recommender

Personalized courseware authoring based on recommender system, which is the process of automatic learning objects selecting and sequencing, is recognized as one of the most interesting research field in intelligent web-based education. Since the learner’s profile of each learner is different from one to another, we must fit learning to the different needs of learners. In fact from the knowledge of the learner’s profile, it is easier to recommend a suitable set of learning objects to enhance the learning process. In this paper we describe a new adaptive learning system-LearnFitII, which can automatically adapt to the dynamic preferences of learners. This system recognizes different patterns of learning style and learners’ habits through testing the psychological model of learners and mining their server logs. Firstly, the device proposed a personalized learning scenario to deal with the cold start problem by using the Felder and Silverman’s model. Next, it analyzes the habits and the preferences of the learners through mining the information about learners’ actions and interactions. Finally, the learning scenario is revisited and updated using hybrid recommender system based on K-Nearest Neighbors and association rule mining algorithms. The results of the system tested in real environments show that considering the learner’s preferences increases learning quality and satisfies the learner.

Learning objects management and evaluatio in an e-learning environment

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Rego ◽  
Tiago Moreira ◽  
Francisco José García-Peñalvo
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Group Learning ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Authoring Tools ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Educational Contents

The main aim of the AHKME e-learning platform is to provide a system with adaptive and knowledge management abilities for students and teachers. This system is based on the IMS specifications representing information through metadata, granting semantics to all contents in the platform, giving them meaning. In this platform, metadata is used to satisfy requirements like reusability, interoperability and multipurpose. The system provides authoring tools to define learning methods with adaptive characteristics, and tools to create courses allowing users with different roles, promoting several types of collaborative and group learning. It is also endowed with tools to retrieve, import and evaluate learning objects based on metadata, where students can use quality educational contents fitting their characteristics, and teachers have the possibility of using quality educational contents to structure their courses. The learning objects management and evaluation play an important role in order to get the best results in the teaching/learning process.

scholarly journals Implementation of E-Learning Innovative Technologies in The Process of Studying Foreign Languages by Students of Agrarian Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Marina Anatoliivna Bilotserkovets ◽  
◽  
Oksana Yuriivna Gubina ◽  
Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Kobzhev ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Study Results ◽  
E Learning

The article reveals the implementation of innovative e-learning technologies in the process of mastering the discipline “Foreign language in the professional direction” by students of agricultural universities. Actual approaches to teaching humanities require the use of information-communication technologies (ICT) for educational purposes, that allows increasing the volume of educational materials and modernizing it with the help of multimedia presentation tools. The application of information-communication technologies contributes to the students’ mastering of foreign languages knowledge as a tool of communication in a global society and the development of their information competencies. Particular attention is paid to the characteristics of the content, structure and objectives of the electronic training course on learning English, German, Ukrainian and Russian as foreign languages for students of the distance learning form of Sumy National Agrarian University. The presented distance learning course is an innovative development exemplar, that provides learners’ study of educational textual, audio and video materials in the mode of independent work with a computer and facilitates regulating the order of interaction of students with a computer. Such interaction contributes to the improvement of the efficiency of the educational process through the introduction of new methods and means of teaching educational materials; stimulates students’ interest in the study of foreign languages through the use of innovative information-communication technologies; responsiveness of the feedback and the possibility of direct consultation with the teacher in the educational environment of the Moodle platform. The analysis of the experimental study results showed predominantly sufficient and high levels of humanitarian knowledge in experimental groups that were trained on the basis of the electronic course in the educational environment of Moodle platform; in contrast to the low and initial levels in the control groups.

Network-Based Continuous Education Opportunities

2014 ◽  
pp. 117-134
Author(s):  
Edita Butrimė ◽  
Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Almost All

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze and present theoretical and empirical findings about the ways that teachers in Higher Education (HE) interpret the role of ICT for their professional development both as teachers in HE and as medical professionals in some cases. Two research questions were formulated: 1) Why is the employment of technologies fully accepted and promoted in almost all aspects of professional activity, but employment of ICT for teaching and learning at HE is not always used to its full potential? 2) What (if any) educational support is needed for university teachers to use available e-learning opportunities for their own development as teachers to a greater extent? Educational support for university teachers to use contemporary information communication technologies and network provisions more effectively for their competence development are presented.

Securing the Infrastructure for Service-Based E-Learning Environments

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Simon Schwingel ◽  
Gottfried Vossen ◽  
Peter Westerkamp
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
User Authentication ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Single Sign On ◽  
User Data ◽  
E Learning

E-learning environments and their system functionalities resemble one another to a large extent. Recent standardization efforts in e-learning concentrate on the reuse of learning material only, but not on the reuse of application or system functionalities. The LearnServe system, under development at the University of Muenster, builds on the assumption that a typical learning system is a collection of activities or processes that interact with learners and suitably chosen content, the latter in the form of learning objects. This enables us to divide the main functionality of an e-learning system into a number of stand-alone applications or services. The realization of these applications based on the emerging technical paradigm of Web services then renders a wide reuse of functionality possible, thereby giving learners a higher flexibility of choosing content and functionalities to be included in their learning environment. In such a scenario, it must be possible to maintain user identity and data across service and server boundaries. This chapter presents an architecture for implementing user authentication and the manipulation of user data across several Web services. In particular, it demonstrates how to exploit the SPML and SAML standards so that cross-domain single sign-on can be offered to the users of a service-based learning environment. The chapter also discusses how this is being integrated into LearnServe.

scholarly journals An e-Learning Model for Teaching Mathematics on an Open Source Learning Platform

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Yong Ahn ◽  
Akugizibwe Edwin
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Control Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
And Control

Throughout the world, mathematics plays a vital role for the educational and developmental aspirations of any country. The quest to teach mathematical knowledge in a viable and effective way so as to induce creativity and applicability among learners is an ongoing challenge, especially for developing countries. A better understanding of how students learn mathematics coupled with effective application of mathematical e-learning can enhance meaningful learning of mathematics and make the subject more exciting. In this note, we introduce a mathematical e-learning model suitable for the modern digital era based on the learning theories of social constructivism, social realism, and connectivity. We then discuss the feasibility of implementing the model on an open source e-learning platform. Our findings reveal that the platform offers a developer’s tool for coding and customizing templates to attain higher levels of usage and interactivity in which learners can create and control learning objects while they observe the results.   

Challenges Facing the Semantic Web and Social Software as Communication Technology Agents in E-Learning Environments

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bolanle A. Olaniran
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Efficient Information

The semantic web describes the process whereby information content is made available for machine consumption. With increased reliance on information communication technologies, the semantic web promises effective and efficient information acquisition and dissemination of products and services in the global economy, in particular, e-learning. Despite the semantic web’s promises, certain challenges face the realization of these goals. In this paper, the author addresses key challenges, including technological and socio-cultural issues, in addition to discussing specific implications relating to the direction of the semantic web.

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