Marion Manton

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• Marion Manton

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Literature Review

• Less existing work than expected
• Problematic literature mixed approaches
• AI
• Learning technology
• Information management
• Raises questions rather than giving answers

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Specific Projects

• Dynamic Courseware Generator Vassileva and
  Deters (1998)
• Course Wizard Nikolova and Collis (1998)
• Interbook Brusilovsky (1996)

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Personalisation

• What sort of personalisation gives the most value
  to students, tutors and institutions?
• Learning styles
• Presenting the same content in different ways
• Learning opportunity
• Making the right content available when most
  needed , just-in-time
• Content presentation
• What content shown when and who to

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Issues

• Knowledge diagnosis
• Learning objects
• Knowledge representation
• Learner model
• User experience

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Knowledge Diagnosis

• Diagnostic validity
• Methods
• Questioning
• Web activity/browsing strategy
• Interactive exercises
• Self determination
• Realistic process

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Learning Objects

• Reusable, reconfigurable
• What is a learning object?
• Size, specification
• Developing for the future
• Real usage
• Mark-up
• Standards

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Knowledge Representation

• Schema theory
• Sequencing
• Active/passive
• Task/knowledge
• Concept mapping
• Development process
• Mark-up

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Learner Model

• What to model?
• What detail to model in?
• Who to control the model
• Flexible
• Open

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User Experience

• Learner / tutor / developer / institution
• Expectations from system
• Experience of system
• Cost/benefit ratio

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Summary

• Fragmented theoretical basis
• Many practical constraints
• Emerging framework