Journal of Educational Technology & Society
2005 Volume 8, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 17
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Personalisation for All: Making Adaptive Course Composition Easy
Declan Dagger, Vincent Wade & Owen Conlan
The goal of personalised eLearning is to support e-learning content, activities and collaboration, adapted to the specific needs and influenced by specific preferences of the learner and built on... More
pp. 9-25
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Designing and Generating Educational Adaptive Hypermedia Applications
Symeon Retalis & Andreas Papasalouros
Educational Adaptive Hypermedia Applications (EAHA) provide personalized views on the learning content to individual learners. They also offer adaptive sequencing (navigation) over the learning... More
pp. 26-35
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VIDET: A Visual Authoring Tool for Adaptive Websites Tailored to Non-Programmer Teachers
Jacopo Armani
So far educational adaptive technologies have proven their effectiveness only in small-scale lab courses, thus they still wait for being released to the large community of educators. Among the... More
pp. 36-52
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Authoring of Adaptive Computer Assisted Assessment of Free-Text Answers
Enrique Alfonseca, Rosa M. Carro, Manuel Freire, Alvaro Ortigosa, Diana Perez & Pilar Rodriguez
Adaptation techniques can be applied not only to the multimedia contents or navigational possibilities of a course, but also to the assessment. In order to facilitate the authoring of adaptive free... More
pp. 53-65
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An Authoring Environment for Adaptive Testing
Eduardo Guzman, Ricardo Conejo, Garcia-Hervas & Emilio
SIETTE is a web-based adaptive testing system. It implements Computerized Adaptive Tests. These tests are tailor-made, theory-based tests, where questions shown to students, finalization of the... More
pp. 66-76
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Patterns in Authoring of Adaptive Educational Hypermedia: A Taxonomy of Learning Styles
Elizabeth Brown, Alexandra Cristea, Craig Stewart & Tim Brailsford
This paper describes the use of adaptation patterns in the task of formulating standards for adaptive educational hypermedia (AEH) systems that is currently under investigation by the EU ADAPT... More
pp. 77-90
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Analysis of the Terminology Used in the Field of Virtual Learning
Alla Anohina
The broad terminology describing possible learning ways and approaches that use various technologies in the learning process has appeared together with rapid growth of information and communication... More
pp. 91-102
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Frontiers and Frontlines: Metaphors Describing Lecturers' Attitudes to ICT Adoption
Jenny Gilbert & Rebecca Kelly
This paper explores the assimilation gap, the gap between the acquisition of a technology and its deployment, in higher education teaching. The relevant literature covers three themes: technology... More
pp. 110-121
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Platform Support for Pedagogical Scenarios
Yvan Peter & Thomas Vantroys
This article deals with providing support for the execution of pedagogical scenarios in Learning Management Systems. It takes an engineering point of view to identifies actors, design and use... More
pp. 122-137
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A New Assessment for Computer-Based Concept Mapping
Kuo-En Chang, Yao-Ting Sung, Rey-Bin Chang & Shui-Cheng Lin
Concept maps are widely used in education, and have been acclaimed for their excellent results. For efficiently using concept maps in education, computer-based concept mapping systems have been... More
pp. 138-148
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Dynamic Grouping in Collaborative Learning Supported by Wireless Handhelds
Gustavo Zurita, Miguel Nussbaum & Rodrigo Salinas
One of the most important decisions to be made in a face-to-face collaborative learning activity is how the participating groups are composed. These compositions produce different learning and... More
pp. 149-161
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Frameworks for Sharing Teaching Practices
John M. Carroll, Mary Beth Rosson, Dan Dunlap & Philip Isenhour
In many organizations, collaborating with peers, sharing resources, and codifying know-how are not typical facets of work activity. For such organizations, knowledge management support must help... More
pp. 162-175
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Team Models in Online Course Development: A Unit-Specific Approach
Deborah M. Alvarez, Kristine Blair, Elizabeth Monske & Amie Wolf
This article profiles an educational technology assistance program titled Digital Language and Literacy, linking technologically literate graduate students in English with faculty developing online... More
pp. 176-186
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A Model for Content and Communication Management in Synchronous Learning
David Raymond, Kanenishi Kazuhide, Kenji Matsuura, Veronique Baudin, Thierry Gayraud, Yoneo Yano & Michel Diaz
Asynchronous web-based learning environments are not usually as interactive or adaptive compared to traditional classrooms. The use of synchronous communication tools may be a solution to... More
pp. 187-205
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The Implementation of Technology-Based SME Management Development Programmes
James Carr
Learning technology is seen as one solution to the problem of delivering management training in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). This paper investigates how the Higher Education (HE)... More
pp. 206-215
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Achieving E-learning with IMS Learning Design--Workflow Implications at the Open University of the Netherlands
Wim Westera, Francis Brouns, Kees Pannekeet, Jose Janssen & Jocelyn Manderveld
This paper uses the Open University of the Netherlands as an instructive case for the introduction of e-learning based on the IMS Learning Design specification (IMS LD). The IMS LD specification,... More
pp. 216-225
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How to Create Flexible Runtime Delivery of Distance Learning Courses
Colin Tattersall, Hubert Vogten, Francis Brouns, Rob Koper, Peter van Rosmalen, Peter Sloep & Jan van Bruggen
Distance Learning Providers serve large populations of learners, frequently offering the same course to different groups of learners over lengthy periods of time. This article argues that (re-)... More
pp. 226-236