TAKING RICH CONTEXT AND SITUATION IN ACCOUNT FOR IMPROVING AN ADAPTIVE E-LEARNING SYSTEM

Isabela Gasparini, Ana Marilza Pernas, Amel Bouzeghoub, José Palazzo M. de Oliveira, José Valdeni de Lima, Marcelo S. Pimenta

2011

Abstract

Although there are several approaches for adaptive e-learning systems, they focus mainly on technological and/or networking aspects without taking into account other contextual aspects, such as cultural and peda-gogical context. This paper presents a context-aware situation-dependent personalization approach designed for an adaptive e-learning system called AdaptWeb®, based on a rich context model as an extension to student modeling.

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Gasparini I., Marilza Pernas A., Bouzeghoub A., Palazzo M. de Oliveira J., Valdeni de Lima J. and S. Pimenta M. (2011). TAKING RICH CONTEXT AND SITUATION IN ACCOUNT FOR IMPROVING AN ADAPTIVE E-LEARNING SYSTEM . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8425-49-2, pages 165-172. DOI: 10.5220/0003291001650172


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@conference{csedu11,
author={Isabela Gasparini and Ana Marilza Pernas and Amel Bouzeghoub and José Palazzo M. de Oliveira and José Valdeni de Lima and Marcelo S. Pimenta},
title={TAKING RICH CONTEXT AND SITUATION IN ACCOUNT FOR IMPROVING AN ADAPTIVE E-LEARNING SYSTEM},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2011},
pages={165-172},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003291001650172},
isbn={978-989-8425-49-2},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - TAKING RICH CONTEXT AND SITUATION IN ACCOUNT FOR IMPROVING AN ADAPTIVE E-LEARNING SYSTEM
SN - 978-989-8425-49-2
AU - Gasparini I.
AU - Marilza Pernas A.
AU - Bouzeghoub A.
AU - Palazzo M. de Oliveira J.
AU - Valdeni de Lima J.
AU - S. Pimenta M.
PY - 2011
SP - 165
EP - 172
DO - 10.5220/0003291001650172