Title :
Representation of a Course Structure Focused on Activities Using Information Visualization Techniques
Author :
García-Solórzano, David ; Cobo, Germán ; Santamaría, Eugènia ; Moran, J.A. ; Melenchón, Javier
Author_Institution :
Multimedia & Telecommun. Dept., Univ. Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
Cognitive overload, confusion and disorientation are common drawbacks in e-learning. To cope with these difficulties, this work suggests a course structure focused on the activity. This proposal also tries to help learners by improving guidance and interaction with the structure by means of information visualization techniques, which have proven to be useful in other domains. Students would carry out their learning process through a set of activities, which can be accessed from four information spaces (i.e. competences and objectives, scheduling, table of contents and assessment). Hence, this proposal should help students in their daily work.
Keywords :
courseware; data visualisation; course structure; e-learning; information spaces; information visualization techniques; learning process; Data visualization; Electronic learning; Image color analysis; Proposals; Scheduling; Visualization; course structure; e-learning; information visualization; self-regulation; student-centered learning;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-209-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-3761
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2011.138